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Emmanuel Adebayor - Officially gone \o/

I usually hate celebrity news and TMZ and all that brick but I'm am absolutely loving this. I can't wait for part 3!!!
 
Rorschach said:
Benteke to 'pool? Um...I'd much prefer Ings to 'pool and Benteke to us.
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Benteke is another unsuitable player for Liverpool. It would be wasting a lot their money on someone else who won't work. Benteke is a good player, but only on the break, which isn't how Liverpool (or we) play.

Ings would be ideal for us - he's mobile, intelligent and runs the channels just like Kane

It's about fit, rather than reputation.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Benteke is another unsuitable player for Liverpool. It would be wasting a lot their money on someone else who won't work. Benteke is a good player, but only on the break, which isn't how Liverpool (or we) play.

Ings would be ideal for us - he's mobile, intelligent and runs the channels just like Kane

It's about fit, rather than reputation.
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That's exactly how Liverpool have played when they've been on their winning runs, long balls to runners.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Benteke is another unsuitable player for Liverpool. It would be wasting a lot their money on someone else who won't work. Benteke is a good player, but only on the break, which isn't how Liverpool (or we) play.

Ings would be ideal for us - he's mobile, intelligent and runs the channels just like Kane

It's about fit, rather than reputation.
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I disagree that Benteke is only a good player on the break.... I think you also (incorrectly) stated this same point about Loic Remy last Summer as well.

Do the Belgium national team base their gameplan around playing on the break? Did Benteke's previous club Genk do so?
 
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Gutter Boy said:
Benteke is another unsuitable player for Liverpool. It would be wasting a lot their money on someone else who won't work. Benteke is a good player, but only on the break, which isn't how Liverpool (or we) play.

Ings would be ideal for us - he's mobile, intelligent and runs the channels just like Kane

It's about fit, rather than reputation.
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I don't agree with that. I think Benteke has a lot of similar traits to Ade (MKI) and in addition has the ability to score more frequently, especially with his head. His hold up play is great and he runs the channels reasonable well and seems to have good technique all around. He's more that just a big lump up front but he can be a target man too (which we don't have - plan B lets call it). Perfect foil or alternative for Kane in my opinion.

I like Ings too but he's a bit more huff and puff than you describe.
 
Finney Is Back said:
I disagree that Benteke is only a good player on the break.... I think you also (incorrectly) stated this same point about Loic Remy last Summer as well.

Do the Belgium national team base their gameplan around playing on the break? Did Benteke's previous club Genk do so?
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So do I he is much more then that, he can lead the line, hold the ball up, has a good first touch, great in the air and is strong on the ball. I have said it before he would be perfect for us with Kane behind him.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Chelsea are the biggest on the break team out there
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Interesting.... And there was me thinking that over the course of the whole season they had almost exactly the same percentage of possession that we had (55%). Just because they play on the break in specific games, it doesn't mean they always do so (it's all part of having a manager who can adjust his tactics to maximise the chance of getting a result against whatever opposition he is up against).

I guess next you'll be telling me that the French national team only play on the break as well?
 
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Interesting.... And there was me thinking that over the course of the whole season they had almost exactly the same percentage of possession that we had (55%). Just because they play on the break in specific games, it doesn't mean they always do so (it's all part of having a manager who can adjust his tactics to maximise the chance of getting a result against whatever opposition he is up against).

I guess next you'll be telling me that the French national team only play on the break as well?
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Yes, Mourinho is extremely pragmatic. I've noticed on multiple occasions that Chelsea have two distinct styles of play, and both are often seen in the same game depending on how the game progresses. I've seen them swarm all over the opposition from the off until they get a goal, and then sit back and counter once they get the breakthrough goal. It's a very effective ploy as they defend so well and have devastating players on the break too. However if the goal does not come they keep up with the high intensity plan A. Plan A and plan B in perfect sync.
 
His strength is managing the tempo of games, spotting where to press, where to drop off, where to drive and above all, how to massage the tactics to neutralise any advantage the opposition seek to make work for them, especially once his side have got their noses in front. That's why you need flair players and game-changers to defeat Mourinho. You have to have it in you to hit him with the unexpected, preferably before they've settled into the game; either that, or have a repeatable tactic that there's no safe answer to, like Stoke used to have with Delap and his long throws into the box. Otherwise, sticking patiently to a plan will fail more often than not, because he will just negate and smother it.
 
Scouser should definitely got for Adebayor, him and Balotelli upfront, an amateur psychologist's wet dream
 
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