Meh
Benteke - BOOOOOO the puns
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Then how much will it cost us in the end ?
Bentekona
Darren benteke
Entirely depends on how he does
If he's a lumbering mess up top it's your one
If he's a talent and does well it's mine
It could work in theory, yes. But it is contingent on a number of things:
1) Rodgers actually playing the formation - If he plays the 4-3-3 with Benteke as the pivot, then like you said, we're going to struggle since Benteke's not the greatest technically. @studsup posted a couple of videos in the Lacazette thread which amply demonstrated his lack of technical ability in build-up play.
2) Benteke adjusting to a new role - My biggest discomfort is that Benteke has spent 3 (formative) years in this league playing as a central pivot. Can he adjust his style to a face-the-goal striker now that he's surrounded by much better players?
Benteke has some fantastic attributes - he has brutish strength, a powerful shot and the technique to get that shot off in tight spaces - it's why I made the Hasselbaink comparison - he had some very similar attributes (though he was much smaller in stature). And like Benteke, he wasn't the greatest all-round player, but was an absolutely ruthless goalscorer. And his absolute best was playing in a 4-4-2 next to Gudjohnsen, who was a very skilful and intelligent player. That's the sort of thing I want to see in Benteke and Firmino. Benteke should focus exclusively on facing the goal, making powerful drives and unleashing that shot of his. The less we have him involved in build-up play, the better.
3) Firmino being as good as advertised - I do have pretty high hopes as far as this is concerned though.
Re: Can for the holding position - I'm not entirely sure. I think he likes to rove too much to be an effective holding mid. I don't think he has the positional sense or the discipline. I also think we'd be doing greater justice to his abilities by playing him slightly higher up the pitch.
He could potentially be suitable as a libero, but that would mean splitting the CBs, and I'm not really a fan of that, especially with our CBs.
Eusebenteke.
If it sticks it means we've pissed 32.5 million up the wall. Which won't be ideal. Still, you'll have coined a name that a small collective of work-shy forumites use to refer to this waste of space. I suppose we can all take some solace from that.
Lol!
welcome benteskey. I hope you wont be shit but i know you will be.
The ways in which Benteke and Heskey are similar.
1. They are both black.
2. They are both tall.
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1. They are both black.
2. They are both tall.
/end.
I'm still very worried about this transfer
You're a good lad
The last Christian we signed was this..
