If we could get him/keep him fit, Wickham would be my choice above all others.

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

Therein lies a problem, he is never fit for more than 2 or 3 games, then back to physio room.

Some of the posts are laughable, Benteke not standing in the right place, when he is behind W,H, defence with an open goal. Anyone would think McArthur missed deliberately, the game is so quick its easy to miscue a shot.

You have to look at the positives, we are making chances, some of our passing in the opponents box is creating openings regularily, but that bit of luck just eludes us. It would be more of a concern if we weren't making those chances.

Yes.

He also said Aubameyang wouldn’t score goals for Arsenal as he was the ‘wrong type of striker’.

Will this be five? It's gonna be five! It IS five!

Benteke interrupting the roll of the ball, moving it away from goal to make it very difficult to finish opposed to how much easier it would’ve been is not luck, pal. It’s just pure sh1t. I think some of the kids at HT taking penalties would do better in that situation. He’s not worth £3,000 per week, let alone £130,000.

His reading of teammates and where they can and might deliver a ball across goal is terrible for someone here in his 3rd season (he’s never there for the quick ones that go across from further than the near post in our walk it in 2nd halves) and his ability to control a football is abysmal. And that’s before considering controlling a ball on the move. He’s better on the pitch than off it though, but it’s not saying much because we’ve had nobody else to play there.

I’d take anything for him to get him off the wage before his final contract year as long as we could bring someone else in, but because we spent so much on him we’re still suffering on that score so we may not be able to. Benteke being so sh1t is a big reason why we’ll have to cash in on our best players.

I just love it when he moans at his teammates as if everything he does is successful. They’re the best moments for viewing. ‘Why didn’t you do this?’ (after he’s messed it up many times before. Do as I say, not as I do on the pitch. A real joy to watch.

COYP

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It feels like it to me. Again at Selhurst, 45 mins of allowing the opposition to control the game and looking too laid back and slow, though to be fair in this period we created more than we usually would. One half time later and we look like f***ing Brazil at times, carve West Ham open for fun but even then miss 3 or so massive chances that'd easily bag us the win, only score from a deflection, only bring on our little David Silva lite in Meyer with 10 to go in which he looking brilliant and is combining with Wilf for fun and after fuming at half time I'm walking down the Holmesdale road stunned we didn't win

my point is this team has some serious potential in it. The levels they reach are top 7 quality at times and even when we're not that dynamic we're solid as a rock at the back. How the f*** are we in a relegation battle? Why are our strikers cursed to never take clear cut chances as well?