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Church

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I’m surprised at the amount of disrespect Benteke gets. I’m not saying we should get him, he’s a player that has lost all his confidence in the past 2 seasons.
But he did score 65 goals in his first 5 seasons across 3 teams in the premier league.
People saying he has no ability and comparing him to the likes of Rasiak is quite ridiculous.
 

Metalhead

But that's a debate for another thread.....
Nov 24, 2013
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Benteke is coming back from injury too so likely as not, Roy probably doesn't want to risk him coming back too soon and ruining his chances of winning the golden boot.
 

Metalhead

But that's a debate for another thread.....
Nov 24, 2013
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I’m surprised at the amount of disrespect Benteke gets. I’m not saying we should get him, he’s a player that has lost all his confidence in the past 2 seasons.
But he did score 65 goals in his first 5 seasons across 3 teams in the premier league.
People saying he has no ability and comparing him to the likes of Rasiak is quite ridiculous.
I was asking a friend who is a Palace fan why he thinks that Benteke has not been that great and he reckons that it's because Roy likes balls being played to feet whereas at Villa, the ball was invariably crossed into him. I've not studied his career closely so I wouldn't know personally.
 

THFCSPURS19

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I’m surprised at the amount of disrespect Benteke gets. I’m not saying we should get him, he’s a player that has lost all his confidence in the past 2 seasons.
But he did score 65 goals in his first 5 seasons across 3 teams in the premier league.
People saying he has no ability and comparing him to the likes of Rasiak is quite ridiculous.
He has scored a total of 4 goals in the past 3 seasons ffs.
 

Church

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He has scored a total of 4 goals in the past 3 seasons ffs.
Yeah he has been horrible the last few seasons, but you don’t get to be in the top 50ish goal scorers in premier league history with no ability
 

THFCSPURS19

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Yeah he has been horrible the last few seasons, but you don’t get to be in the top 50ish goal scorers in premier league history with no ability
I don't think he has no ability, but context is everything and scoring 70 goals in 8 PL seasons is not that impressive at all.
 

bigfrooj

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I remember spending fortunes on mobile data on holiday in Croatia a few years ago when itk said we were close to signing him and it eventually came to nothing. He was very good then but has gone to seed. A bullet dodged so let’s not put the gun back to our head.
 

G Ron

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There’s a whole list of strikers I’d have in front of him, but if Jose wants to replicate the style that got us to the CL final with the hoof up to a target man and Moura and Son running off him onto the knock downs then this may actually not be horse shit after all. Not advocating it for a minute, but Jose does love a presence up top.
 
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