It's not a matter of having great defenders but playing against defensive week in, week out. Parking the bus takes another meaning in France which is stupid because when teams decide to attack more, they get better results.Is this sarcasm? Italians will always be the best defenders.
Thats true but drogba was a goal every 2 game striker for most his career. Benteke is already a goal every 2 game striker already and has plenty of time to improve.
Benteke is compared to Drogba?
Seriously?
With confirmation about Chicharito 'returning' (whether for now or entire season, we will see), it makes it even more unlikely we will go for Benteke. 30M for backup? No thanks. Better Add 5-10M further and get Lewandowski if we are to buy.
Noone. No chance of getting Lewandowski.Bayern won't sell him. Who better could they possibly replace him with?
Why is that?Not that highly rated here in Belgium - I'm guessing his national team performances have been quite underwhelming.
But then again, Hazard doesn't seem to be rated as highly here as he is in the UK. Kevin De Bruyne's the real big Belgian superstar.
Not that highly rated here in Belgium - I'm guessing his national team performances have been quite underwhelming.
But then again, Hazard doesn't seem to be rated as highly here as he is in the UK. Kevin De Bruyne's the real big Belgian superstar.
Why is that?
Given how much hard work we've put in to the transfer market over the last 2 years, bringing in talent like Mata, Di Maria, Depay, Schneid-steiger etc... I would feel bringing in a striker like Benteke would be a backwards step. The funds are clearly there to buy a better, less injury prone and more consistent striker so please LvG don't go down this road!
Christ, you'd hope for more than that. Hardly a player to use as your yardstick.Has the potential to be our new Saha? Not worth 32 mill thats for sure but somewhere around 20 and i would think its a good signing for us
Benteke is compared to Drogba?
Seriously?
Who are these better strikers though?
Benzema - sounds like he would rather retire than come here.
Higuain - same price probably and a better striker I'll give you that
Kane - just too much hassle to prize away, my preferred choice though.
Other than them 3 he is better than all the other options and Lewa ain't going nowhere.
Skysports. However it says over 35m.
But you are right, we might not get anything out of Bayern this year.
Noone. No chance of getting Lewandowski.
How about Cavani? The guy is immensely talanted and, in our new look side could be a revelation. I agree with you re: Kane he would be a target of mine too but the price is likely very high there. As for the other 2 you mention, great players but for me it's Kane or Cavani.
While he may not be the "sexy" choice, you cannot argue with his record. Especially considering most of that was under lambert, and they didn't score a goal for how long?. Under sheerwood you can see his potential, I think he could make a great foil for our AMs to bounce off. He will also be a much better box target than Rooney. While I would prefer Lacazette I think Benteke will score bucket loads for us. If he can step up his game even more with us it might turn out to be a great signing.
He's probably worth £32m to Liverpool, but not to us... if that makes sense.
He isn't some complete donkey though. He can pass and move fine? He's got better technique than lukaku in that sense. I'm not sure what other strikers available that LVG would like can offer that.Would you have been on board with us signing James Beattie when he was banging in goals for Southampton? It takes more than goals - he has to be able to participate in intricate passing moves with players like Ander, Mata and Basti - the guy would be so out of his depth it would limit the effectiveness of our attack.
I don't think we are signing him as I don't think we will pay the release clause figure, the links seem to have gone cold for us but more recent suggestions say United are getting him.
I also think if he was going to Liverpool we would have signed him by now, seems odd waiting and risking someone else buying him when it's obvious what the price is.
I don't think we are signing him as I don't think we will pay the release clause figure, the links seem to have gone cold for us but more recent suggestions say United are getting him.
I also think if he was going to Liverpool we would have signed him by now, seems odd waiting and risking someone else buying him when it's obvious what the price is.
True, I thought you'd have wrapped him up by now (I figured you were waiting on the Sterling money...). Possible that you may be trying to wait Villa out in order to lower their valuation? I just don't see us (or you) spending £32m on him though... he's not a £32m striker. If you're spending that much money, you want someone who is comfortably one of the better strikers in the league... not the 9th or 10th.
The only reason I said the above is because a) you probably need a striker more then we do b) he'll be a great foil for Sturridge I'd reckon.
I think Pool have really dropped the ball on this one man. You's should have just paid the release clause & got him before someone else nipped in out of desperation. You know what you're gettin from Benteke & he's only 24, so he's got plenty of time to improve also..
Would rather him than Cavani.
Would you have been on board with us signing James Beattie when he was banging in goals for Southampton? It takes more than goals - he has to be able to participate in intricate passing moves with players like Ander, Mata and Basti - the guy would be so out of his depth it would limit the effectiveness of our attack.
While I am neutral to the thought of signing benteke, this is not entirely true.Would you have been on board with us signing James Beattie when he was banging in goals for Southampton? It takes more than goals - he has to be able to participate in intricate passing moves with players like Ander, Mata and Basti - the guy would be so out of his depth it would limit the effectiveness of our attack.
Wonder how we win games with a players first touch as bad as hisYou mean like Rooney who has one of the worst first touches I've seen.
Signing Benteke for £32m, using almost all the money from the sale of Sterling, with Balotelli, Lambert and Borini still at the club wouldn't sit well with the fans though surely.I am a bit mixed on him, it's odd but I am not 100% sure I want Liverpool to sign him, but I don't really want to see United get him either!
We definitely need a quality striker, having said that we really need to offload a couple too.
The last I heard was before the Sterling sale, and we were interested but didn't want to pay the release clause value and were looking at an alternative way. But it's gone quiet now (even the RAWK thread on the player has been closed).
You may be right - as I suggested we may have waited and missed out. Unless we are looking at selling a couple of our unwanted strikers first, or maybe have looked at other targets.
