Benteke - BOOOOOO the puns

[Rafiagra]

The problem with Benteke's release clause is that its high enough to constitute being overpriced yet within reach if we REALLY wanted him.

If he does come in, where does it leave Sturridge? Granted, his injury record means he can't claim to be indispensable. However, if he stays fit, he would be our best striker and so you'd pick him first. Yet, if you're spunking £32m on a player, you'd be wanting to build the team around him, which would mean a different set up.

I'd be a lot happier if we got Benteke if we'd at least publicly failed in trying to get some better high profile targets in first. At the minute, it just seems like Benteke is all we're aspiring too, and it rings alarm bells (again) that Rodgers' ceiling on identifying talent is too low.

 

[Spionkop69]

Still don't want him.

 

[mr_moo]

If we sign him then it means we must have plan as to how we're gonna play him. Nobody at the club is stupid enough to make that mistake twice. Really find it hard to believe that people think otherwise.

Because we keep making mistake after mistake in the transfer market. Last summer (and this perhaps) only serves to prove most of use are right.

 

[mark1975]

People would have bought him two or three years ago, infact ALOT of posters on here were advocating it.

 

[Spionkop69]

People would have bought him two or three years ago, infact ALOT of posters on here were advocating it.

Im staying in the no camp.

 

[jexykrodic]

We don't need a striker who scores unless he suits our style.

 

[keniget]

I think watching Balotelli and Lambert, two players a lot of posters had a lot of hope for last summer, struggle pretty badly has fucked things for any prospective player of a similar type.

We'd have to be pretty fucking unlucky for Benteke to fail quite as badly as those two and for all the talk of our style etc, if Arsenal and City can make it work with more traditional #9s then so should we, but ultimately it's boils down to risk. Is Benteke for 20-32M a risk we need to take?

You'd like to think that there are better options out there.

 

[jexykrodic]

The better options are er er er. Well somebody is I'm sure of it.

The list will be a long one. I'm almost sure I know it.

 

[keniget]

The better options are er er er. Well somebody is I'm sure of it.

The list will be a long one. I'm almost sure I know it.

You might not but you'd like to think that our expert team of scouts do.

 

[jexykrodic]

You might not but you'd like to think that our expert team of scouts do.

Let's hope so because no-one on here has come up with any alternatives. We've gone all Greek on here, all we say is no, no, no.

 

[Hansern]

Can I just commend you on having a pic of Dr. Fun as your avatar. I spent many years standing just to his right on the Kop. A top man.

Cheers mate. Didnt know much about him when I saw the pic on Twitter. 🙂
Read a bit about him and he seemed like a great character and a true red.
Loved the pic.

 

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

Only one word to describe Benteke and that is - hype.

 

[doctor_mac]

Let's hope so because no-one on here as come up with any alternatives. We've gone all Greek on here, all we say is no, no, no.

Us Ulstermen were doing it well before the Greeks.

 

[jexykrodic]

Us Ulstermen were doing it well before the Greeks.

I thought it was 'never' rather than no.

 

[Silver Sean]

You might not but you'd like to think that our expert team of scouts do.

Experts? Really?

 

[DHSC]

Bontekers.

 

[Rosco]

Only one word to describe Benteke and that is - hype.

I don't really agree.

He's a good Premiership striker, but his goal scoring run at the end of the season has created hype and because of that he's become a bit overvalued. Imagine if we'd bought him in January? We'd get the same player pre hype, for about 20m at most

 

[Silver Sean]

Cheers mate. Didnt know much about him when I saw the pic on Twitter. 🙂
Read a bit about him and he seemed like a great character and a true red.
Loved the pic.

He was brilliant. Witty but in a gentle way and old school in his respect for opponents and the game. Very sad when he died.

 

[Woland]

Us Ulstermen were doing it well before the Greeks.

Anal?

 

[Rosco]

Its too early in the morning for that sort of thing

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Nobody at the club is stupid enough to make that mistake twice.

*giggles*

 

[doctor_mac]

Anal?

Sodomy is damned as one of the World's greatest evils in Ulster. Which means there's a lot of it going on, I suppose.

 

[Judge Jules]

Us Ulstermen were doing it well before the Greeks.

Dave Allen used to tell a story about somebody once putting up some graffiti on a wall in Belfast which read "ULSTER SAYS NO!". Supposedly someone else then added underneath it: "The man from Del Monte, he say Yes".

 

[doctor_mac]

I thought it was 'never' rather than no.

 

[doctor_mac]

Dave Allen used to tell a story about somebody once putting up some graffiti on a wall in Belfast which read "ULSTER SAYS NO!". Supposedly someone else then added underneath it: "The man from Del Monte, he say Yes".

Completely coincidently, I posted the image...

 

[StevieM]

Completely coincidently, I posted the image...

.... and it the first thing that came into my head as soon as I read Doc's initial post.

 

[King Binny]

[article]Liverpool legend John Barnes has warned Liverpool they would have to significantly overhaul their tactics if they sign Aston Villa forward Christian Benteke.

The Belgian international is understood to be keen to exit Villa Park, though his current employers would demand full payment of his £32.5 million buyout clause before sanctioning any departure. Both Tottenham and Liverpool are believed to be considering a move for Benteke, with the forward favouring the latter side for personal reasons.

However former Anfield winger Barnes warned that this is a high price to pay for a player who does not fit Brendan Rodgers’ current style of play.

“Liverpool have to adapt the way they play to suit Christian Benteke,” Barnes told Talksport. “When they play with Raheem Sterling and Philippe Coutinho, they pass the ball through midfield and always want to score the perfect goal.

“With Benteke, you get the ball wide and then in the box, you need to be a little bit more direct.”

However Barnes said that it may be worth Liverpool considering a change in style after their frontline hit 49 fewer goals in 2014/15 than they did in 2013/14.

“If he comes it will need a sweeping change in the way Liverpool play,” Barnes added. “Would that be a bad thing? Not necessarily, balance is important.

“At times Liverpool overplayed which really came off two years ago but didn’t last season. He would cause people a lot of problems.”[/article]

 

[localny]

[article]Liverpool legend John Barnes has warned Liverpool they would have to significantly overhaul their tactics if they sign Aston Villa forward Christian Benteke.

The Belgian international is understood to be keen to exit Villa Park, though his current employers would demand full payment of his £32.5 million buyout clause before sanctioning any departure. Both Tottenham and Liverpool are believed to be considering a move for Benteke, with the forward favouring the latter side for personal reasons.

However former Anfield winger Barnes warned that this is a high price to pay for a player who does not fit Brendan Rodgers’ current style of play.

“Liverpool have to adapt the way they play to suit Christian Benteke,” Barnes told Talksport. “When they play with Raheem Sterling and Philippe Coutinho, they pass the ball through midfield and always want to score the perfect goal.

“With Benteke, you get the ball wide and then in the box, you need to be a little bit more direct.”

However Barnes said that it may be worth Liverpool considering a change in style after their frontline hit 49 fewer goals in 2014/15 than they did in 2013/14.

“If he comes it will need a sweeping change in the way Liverpool play,” Barnes added. “Would that be a bad thing? Not necessarily, balance is important.

“At times Liverpool overplayed which really came off two years ago but didn’t last season. He would cause people a lot of problems.”[/article]

Yeah like Andy Carroll. You don't win the league or make top 4 by lumping the ball forward.

 

[Hansern]

You do by counter attacking though.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

The Scum are saying Manure are in ... so now he's been linked to us, Chelsea, Spurs and the Mancs ...