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View DutchEagleJohan's Profile DutchEagleJohan Flag Vlissingen, Netherlands 02 May 19 10.11pm Send a Private Message to DutchEagleJohan Add DutchEagleJohan as a friend

You are joking right....???

Originally posted by sprites

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I wasn't saying we should feel sorry for him?

Not wanting to come out and play = loss of form. By all accounts he's been working super hard to get back and fit. A break might do him good. Let's see how he goes after the first few games of next season.


 

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View thai-eagle's Profile thai-eagle Flag chiang mai 03 May 19 5.46am Send a Private Message to thai-eagle Add thai-eagle as a friend

Think is the "finished" article!

 

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View dreamwaverider's Profile dreamwaverider Flag London 03 May 19 8.04am Send a Private Message to dreamwaverider Add dreamwaverider as a friend

He is the modern day version of Billys Boots. The problem is as he doesn’t feel his £6M a year is enough, he is enhancing it with a bright orange boot sponsor who give him another £100k a year. So although he has his magic boots in his locker he can’t afford to put them on. A problem Billy never encountered. Greed City. Modern day football.

 

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View Bangell's Profile Bangell Flag Oxford 03 May 19 8.46am Send a Private Message to Bangell Add Bangell as a friend

Originally posted by sprites

You don't just lose ability though. You just don't. You lose form/confidence....but the player who banged in goals for Villa and us season one must still be in there somewhere.

Well maybe it was the injuries that screwed him. In any case, it is definitely time to give up on Benteke - he's finished.

 

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View Tickled pink's Profile Tickled pink Flag Cornwall 03 May 19 9.25am Send a Private Message to Tickled pink Add Tickled pink as a friend

Originally posted by Bangell

Well maybe it was the injuries that screwed him. In any case, it is definitely time to give up on Benteke - he's finished.

I feel decent balls near him like the freekick against Arsenal is what is causing him and us problems, in the Barcelona game Liverpool practically failed to put any good crosses in for their forwards always over or under hitting them, the sole reason they failed in this game ..same goes for Spurs in their game (Rose is so over hyped) Early crosses for Benteke to feed on have been virtually zero.

 

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View taylors lovechild's Profile taylors lovechild Flag 03 May 19 10.07am Send a Private Message to taylors lovechild Add taylors lovechild as a friend

I supported Bentenke for far longer than many, but he just seems to have completely lost the ability to shoot. I don't think he's useless but for the money he's on and the fact he has only one year left on his contract I think it's time to put the feelers out to China/Qatar/US to see if someone will pick up the tab. If we could get his wage off the books it would free us up to try and rebuild a new forward line.

 

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View Lanzo-Ad's Profile Lanzo-Ad Flag Lanzarote 03 May 19 10.55am Send a Private Message to Lanzo-Ad Add Lanzo-Ad as a friend

As I've said get 5 million for him, and save a years salary 6 million, 11 million not bad, still big loss but frees up wages.

 


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View EddieMac's Profile EddieMac Flag 03 May 19 1.11pm Send a Private Message to EddieMac Add EddieMac as a friend

Originally posted by taylors lovechild

I supported Bentenke for far longer than many, but he just seems to have completely lost the ability to shoot. I don't think he's useless but for the money he's on and the fact he has only one year left on his contract I think it's time to put the feelers out to China/Qatar/US to see if someone will pick up the tab. If we could get his wage off the books it would free us up to try and rebuild a new forward line.

I agree with you on this, He looks absolutely petrified when he has the ball at his feet. As soon as he makes 1 mistake then that is his game doomed.
It is definitely all in the head as there is no way he has lost his ability at his age but it happens in sport, One day a player looks like the best in the world then it's party over.

 

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View HKOwen's Profile HKOwen Flag Hong Kong 04 May 19 1.47am Send a Private Message to HKOwen Add HKOwen as a friend

We should give him away to save the wages but he's not going anywhere when he can hang around for a year , collect his money and be a free agent.

HIs football skills have gone away but his financial smarts in good form.

Zero incentive to move anywhere.

As piss taking as it appears, and it is, no one forced us to give him a contract on the terms he has .

Many other clubs have similar issues with over paid under/non performing players on contracts they have no chance of getting elsewhere so won't move.

Originally posted by Lanzo-Ad

As I've said get 5 million for him, and save a years salary 6 million, 11 million not bad, still big loss but frees up wages.

 


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View dreamwaverider's Profile dreamwaverider Flag London 04 May 19 8.41am Send a Private Message to dreamwaverider Add dreamwaverider as a friend

Originally posted by Lanzo-Ad

As I've said get 5 million for him, and save a years salary 6 million, 11 million not bad, still big loss but frees up wages.

So the next question is who is going to pay £5 million? Then out of contract what are WE going to pay him as an employee? My guess is his wages will continue until sold.
Now is the time to get shot. £5 m should do it. Bring it on

 

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View spartakev2's Profile spartakev2 Flag Anerley 04 May 19 12.16pm Send a Private Message to spartakev2 Add spartakev2 as a friend

Originally posted by dreamwaverider

So the next question is who is going to pay £5 million? Then out of contract what are WE going to pay him as an employee? My guess is his wages will continue until sold.
Now is the time to get shot. £5 m should do it. Bring it on

Its not thd buying price. Someone would probably pay 5m, but who's going to match his wages. I can see him staying next season then going somewhere on a free.

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Online Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 04 May 19 12.33pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by spartakev2

Its not thd buying price. Someone would probably pay 5m, but who's going to match his wages. I can see him staying next season then going somewhere on a free.

This is the issue.I cannot see any club matching his wages. Benteke himself might feel that it is in his best interests to go to another club in order to kickstart his career and in the circumstances be willing to take a drop in salary.This scenario could unfold if he was frozen out of the team.At present he is in the first team with no real competition, he is collecting his sizeable salary so perhaps no real incentive to go elsewhere.

Edited by Willo (04 May 2019 12.35pm)

 

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