According to the gossip today (Daily Star) we are going to make a £28 mil bid for Benteke in January. That is who we need and that is who I want. Soldado had a couple of nice touches on sunday and a lovely calm finish but for me he is not on the ball often enough- and similar can be said of Defoe.
Benteke is a real threat who frightens other teams. With him and Baines and we could even win the title if not too far behind by then.
The last thing we need is a big man up front. We're doing enough hoofing from the back as it is. We need a passing midfield who can dictate play from the centre of the pitch.
Hmmmm - I think a lot of those long balls are actually balls to switch play from left to right (or vice versa) or balls out from Dawson intended to hit either Townsend or Siggurdson who are often in space due to the way that teams go narrow when defending against us.Usually not to Soldado. But we play the most long balls per game in the league.
And when we're pinned back in our own half constantly (like we have in our last 2 league games), a big man upfront will be be the obvious outball to a team outnumbered in midfield.
I couldn't disagree with you more.... Our build up is slow and purposeful generally involving us gradually moving the ball forward and pinning the other team back more and more into their own half. Unfortunately however this is makes it extremely difficult to work an opening, the fact that we don't have a physical presence up front also means that we lack the option of getting crosses into the box from wide areas.
In games such as the West Ham one for instance it would've been a great option to be able to fire it up to somebody Benteke and then get the likes of Ericksen, Siggurdson and Townsend playing off of him so that we could have posession of the ball in good areas of the pitch without almost all of their team in position between us and their goal.
Hmmmm - I think a lot of those long balls are actually balls to switch play from left to right (or vice versa) or balls out from Dawson intended to hit either Townsend or Siggurdson who are often in space due to the way that teams go narrow when defending against us.
Also Modric - surely if we are pinned back and outnumbered in midfield then a ball up to the centre forward is the best ball to play?
I would be all over us going for Benteke in January and I would be happy with us going in with a £30 million offer to Villa to tempt them. The last few seasons we have been in with a great shout of a Champions League place in January and on none of those occasions have we taken the gamble to try to secure it. This season we definitely have the money to make signings and I think as long as we're signing players of the right age profile then we can afford to over pay a little now to help us realise our ambitions.
Along with Benteke I actually wouldn't mind seeing us have a little go for Evra from Man Utd. It sounds like it would be unlikely to happen I know, but the fact that they went for Baines and Contrao leads me to believe that they are ready for a change and with Evra knowing he is on the way out there and with a World Cup coming up he may well be keen to come and join us?
I would be all over us going for Benteke in January and I would be happy with us going in with a £30 million offer to Villa to tempt them. The last few seasons we have been in with a great shout of a Champions League place in January and on none of those occasions have we taken the gamble to try to secure it. This season we definitely have the money to make signings and I think as long as we're signing players of the right age profile then we can afford to over pay a little now to help us realise our ambitions.
Along with Benteke I actually wouldn't mind seeing us have a little go for Evra from Man Utd. It sounds like it would be unlikely to happen I know, but the fact that they went for Baines and Contrao leads me to believe that they are ready for a change and with Evra knowing he is on the way out there and with a World Cup coming up he may well be keen to come and join us?
According to the gossip today (Daily Star) we are going to make a £28 mil bid for Benteke in January. That is who we need and that is who I want. Soldado had a couple of nice touches on sunday and a lovely calm finish but for me he is not on the ball often enough- and similar can be said of Defoe.
Benteke is a real threat who frightens other teams. With him and Baines and we could even win the title if not too far behind by then.
Yeah, so in the summer we're quoted 25m and we decide not to, but now we're going to up and bid 28m?
I don't see it.
exactly, thats not Levy at all, if we were quoted 25m in July there is no way Levy would offer anything over 8m now
Perhaps we should discuss the differences (both positive and negative) between Ade and Benteke and what they can/will bring to our squad as it is now.
Perhaps we should discuss the differences (both positive and negative) between Ade and Benteke and what they can/will bring to our squad as it is now.
We will not be buying Benteke in January. AVB says we will play with 1 striker. I personally think he will change his mind soon but if he doesn't we would have to completely change our style of play to accomodate Benteke. We are not RM. We do not buy a £26 million striker and then get another one.
So why are French footballers planning to go strike at the end of November?
Under the government's proposals, companies, rather than individuals, will be liable to pay the 75 per cent tax rate for the part of employees' annual salaries that exceed one million euros.
The issue is to be discussed in parliament, but the fear among clubs is that it will dissuade players from playing their football in France and they will instead seek employment elsewhere.
The clubs had initially hoped they would be exempt, but sports minister Valerie Fourneyron confirmed last month that that would not be the case.