Corner 456 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 McCarthy and Bannan would have been a dream midfield partnership for Scotland but you Irish stole him Haha, tell that to Trapattoni! He doesn't seem to have the same faith in McCarthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Haha, tell that to Trapattoni! He doesn't seem to have the same faith in McCarthy. Trapattoni is nuts.. the friendly kind of nuts but nuts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner 456 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Trapattoni is nuts.. the friendly kind of nuts but nuts...He really is insane. But I can't help but admire his confidence in his own insanities sometimes. Mad bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrategiC 73 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 2-Meters long and couldn't win any air challenges against us? Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 just recall lukaku instead of buying him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukakutoStamford 779 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think Benteke hit a wall due to fatigue. He's been playing in just about every match for Villa. He had a run of 3 poor games but bounced back against Swansea with a goal and an assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atholy 1,293 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 2-Meters long and couldn't win any air challenges against us? Pathetic.More than fair to judge him on his season and not 1 game (were all Villa was absolutely sh*t).You will notice that statistics show Benteke, with an average of 7,6 air challenges won / game is an absolute rock.It might surprise you that no one in the EPL has better statistics!Their last game against Swansea he won 11 out of 13 air challenges => that's solid! It surprises me that he is even doing better than Fellaini on this point!So I guess he just had an offday against us... also he's a player with a lot of character... and is a fighter. When you see your defense having a laugher, conceding 8 goals!!, I think you are not too motivated anymore to give it your all on 'his island'!just recall lukaku instead of buying him...This!I would never consider buying Benteke instead of Lukaku. Benteke is doing really well at Villa, but this has a lot to do with confidence and the amount of game time he gets. If you would give Lukaku the same amount of minutes... I'm sure he would do even better (figures show this if you compare goals, etc.)So Benteke to Chelsea... naahh Recall Lukaku if you need a striker of this type! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I like this guy. He is young, and has great potential.He would not cost an arm and a leg to get him.Plus in the past Chelsea does good when we get good players like him, with great potential but are not already top stars. When we go for top stars is when we screw up.Plus if Mourinho comes back, I will assume he will want some more physical guys in his team. So get a guy that has the hunger, and can become addicted to the Chelsea and Mourinho cause like Drogba did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 if they go down maybe we can get him for 15m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 if they go down maybe we can get him for 15m15 mill is cheap. With Lukaku, and Benteke we should be good. Well we got Ba as well, so that would be 3 great strikers. Get rid of Torres ASAP this summer. Otherwise if Mourinho comes back, he might also lose his job because of this guy like past manager. But top teams have at least 3 strikers. United got more, so if we get another one like Bony I would not cry. For the amount of money we spend on a Falcao or Cavani, we can get Benteke, Bony and maybe Schurrle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I hope im not slated for saying this but he kind of has the same gameplay of drogba. The strength and few flicks and link up play with about the same pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,145 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 No, Lukaku. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 No, Lukaku.That's only one striker men. We need 3 or 4 strikers. Unless you are counting Torres in our list for next season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I don't know. I don't really want these 'Budget buy' type of Strikers. We did that with Ba and although he's pretty good, he's not a game changer.Plus. We already have a young up and comer in Lukaku. I don't think we need more direct competition for him. Buy Cavani/Falcao/Rooney.They are in their prime and top class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I hope im not slated for saying this but he kind of has the same gameplay of drogba. The strength and few flicks and link up play with about the same pace.He's far more like Drogba than Lukaku is, definitely. However, I think we're better off in getting another striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 His all round game is improving each week. Would consider signing him. He gave Cahill and JT who are both good CBs a hell of a problem and if Villa stay up its mostly due to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton 2,120 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 AVB has put him top on transfer list apparently.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 As KoF pointed out, we need a ST with lots of experience, proven quality and/or in their prime so that they can come in and immediately do the job for us. Buying another young ST in Benteke will get us nowhere if we are to challenge for major trophies again and besides, we already have a young ST in Lukaku. Getting Benteke now will be nothing more than a luxury buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 We got the wrong big black belgian striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I'm not saying he's a one-season wonder, but the true test of a player like this is consistency. He should stay another season at Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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