Tomo 20,673 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Wow £7m what a bargain by Villa, we really missed a trick with him, what an alternative he would have been to you know who.Next summer maybe offer Villa £20m plus Lukaku on loan (assuming the latter's loyalty to WBA fans doesn't hinder it) those two together could be dynamite for years to come.I will be delighted if we can get him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hutcho 8,443 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Wow £7m what a bargain by Villa, we really missed a trick with him, what an alternative he would have been to you know who.Next summer maybe offer Villa £20m plus Lukaku on loan (assuming the latter's loyalty to WBA fans doesn't hinder it) those two together could be dynamite for years to come.I will be delighted if we can get him.We seem to miss a trick with a lot of young good quality players. It seems we go for the approach were if they are cheap then they obviously are not very good. Add players like michu and hernandez from a few years back to that list. Benteke is a quality player for sure. He will probably single handedly keep villa up this year, if he doesn't make a shock move in january (which i think would be extremely unlikely after just 4 months there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xPetrCechx 13,323 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 7 Mil- Demba Ba7 Mil- Benteke50 Mil- Torres Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Benteke is what i call a Complete striker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
themightyblue 443 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Not doubting his ability, but this is the definition of 'Flavour of the Month' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deanocfc 22 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I think this guy is something special. I hadn't heard of him before this season and can't believe he's only 21. I really think a big club should snap him up asap. He's so strong, can shoot from long range as well as more controlled finishes, and as some pace. But see how he goes until May. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukakutoStamford 779 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Not doubting his ability, but this is the definition of 'Flavour of the Month'Nah, he's been good for quite sometime now. Last 22 games with Belgium and Villa he has had 12 goals and 6 assists including 4 goals in 5 games for Belgium. For 2012 he had 47 appearances for Genk/Villa/Belgium and scored 27 goals in 46 games. for 2012-2013In 14 PL games he has 5 goals and 3 assistsIn 3 World cup qualifiers he has 2 goalsIn two int'l friendlies he has 2 goalsIn the 3 league cup games for Villa he has 3 goals and 3 assists Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hamilton 1,941 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Nice to see him doing this, he was never populair in Genk/Belgium, from time being a bad boy with a bad attitude.In our national tv-show Johan Boskamp (former coach, now analist) said he was two years ago just like Lukaku is now, so hopefully Romelu is having the same progression..Oh and isn't about time we start a Coop with Genk? Courtois, KDB, Benteke (over 2 periods), Praet (now Anderlecht) are all coming trough the youth academy.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sutro 1,026 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Add dufour(porto) on that listBy far the best youth academy in belgium imo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hamilton 1,941 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Add dufour(porto) on that listBy far the best youth academy in belgium imoYeah mate, how could i forgot him.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OneMoSalah 7,642 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Was going to start a thread myself but I thought everyone would think I was going nuts because of that one game vs Liverpool.Liked watching him since he came to the Prem. In all honesty reminds me of Drogba a bit, big, strong, works hard for the team, scores goals, sets them up. 20 million is a bit much though maybe 10-14 million plus Lukaku on loan would be a great deal. Much more complete player than Lukaku right now anyway, would be a good signing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mediator 2,026 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Defour is an average player... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OneMoSalah 7,642 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Loved the way he just brushed Joe Allen and Martin Skrtl aside vs Liverpool tbh. Also his amazing bit of strength to knock down that pansy Chris Smalling, absolutely decked him. Defos reminds me of Drogba. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukakutoStamford 779 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Defour is an average player...I dunno if I'd call him average. It's more like he's limited but he's very good at what he does. He's best suited for locking down an opponent's distributing midfielder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomo 20,673 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Was going to start a thread myself but I thought everyone would think I was going nuts because of that one game vs Liverpool.Liked watching him since he came to the Prem. In all honesty reminds me of Drogba a bit, big, strong, works hard for the team, scores goals, sets them up. 20 million is a bit much though maybe 10-14 million plus Lukaku on loan would be a great deal. Much more complete player than Lukaku right now anyway, would be a good signing.I actually think he is more of a Hasselbaink than a Drogba. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OneMoSalah 7,642 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I actually think he is more of a Hasselbaink than a Drogba.I'd actually say thats quite accurate tbh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jase 43,297 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Think his performance today showed that he still got a lot to improve on and needs major fine tuning. Still got a lot to prove before claiming he's a special player in the making. And the number of times he got caught offside today was quite ridiculous! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corner 456 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Think his performance today showed that he still got a lot to improve on and needs major fine tuning. Still got a lot to prove before claiming he's a special player in the making. And the number of times he got caught offside today was quite ridiculous!I know he's young, but after about 20 minutes and things weren't going his way, he just put his head down and disappeared for the game. You could literally see the desire to win disappear from him. A bit worrying, but like I said, he's young. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Muzchap 8,825 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Yup I think he was offside more times than Moses today True what Corner said he stopped fighting early on - credit to Weimann he didn't though and ran everything down...Really think we have a better player in Lukaku than this guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Styles 9,790 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 I don't think he understands the offside rule. Decent young player but he has plenty to learn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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