He just doesnt have the football intelligence. Physical attributes are not even well utilized either.

Six games to go, please, please omit the big Belgian from the starting line-up.
Enough is enough!!!!

Leicester 14 shots 5 on target 2 goals
Palace 4 shots 2 on target 1 goal
what I want to know how many of Leicester shot were by Verdy and is he being slaged off by Leicester supporters , I think not .

You want to put Vardy and Benteke in the same category?

From whenever Wikipedia was last updated: Benteke has scored 27 goals in 132 appearances for us. Vardy 136 in 303 for Leicester. So it's nearly 1 in 4 vs nearly 1 in 2. I expect we would love a Vardy type player. He'd be a hero for us and there's no reason for Leicester to slag Vardy off. He's done excellently for them and nearly always plays his heart out.

Red and Blue Army!

think to be honest if we are letting wickham go, and (i assume) not taking up our £20m option on bats then a new contract for benteke at the current £70k a week makes sense. it would cost us a fortune to replace him, and you know what...i quite like him.

if however we are going to sign bats then he has to make way & mateta has a season to prove he would be a valuable signing.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

I do understand that benteke likes crosses, but I'm not convinced at all that if we supply a higher number of balls into the box from wide then he will score lots of goals.

For one thing, the percentage of goals resulting from crosses (especially headed goals) has always been really low. If it was such a reliable source of goals then why do so few teams play with a big forward and old fashion wide men? Premier league football clubs are all over the stats, and if they've moved away from crosses and headers it's for a reason.

More to the point, he misses loads of chances from crosses, or even worse, often doesn't get anywhere near them. Nobody gets their head on every cross of course, but Benteke seems to want the ball literally delivered to his head without moving. If I had a pound for every time I've seen him rooted to the spot, hiding behind the last defender when he should be getting across the face of the goal, attacking the space as a decent cross goes begging, I'd have about as much money as Benteke makes in a short lunchtime.

It's fair to say that Benteke might do a bit better if the team was built around him, but that doesn't mean he's good enough to build the team around.

Despite the above, I'd personally keep him if he'll accept a reduced wage, preferably with significant incentives built in. As average as he is, there's no guarantee we can sign enough better forwards that we would cease to need Benteke.