Quote from: Concrete John on February 01, 2013, 10:58:40 AMQuote from: saunders_heroes on February 01, 2013, 10:44:44 AMQuote from: Concrete John on February 01, 2013, 10:34:00 AMBenteke scores about the same as Bent does, so can't see how much difference he will make. Unless we convert him to a centre half!Benteke plays every game though, Bent doesn't. I'd stick Bent in a leave him there till the end of the season. I like Benteke but he misses lots of chances. We need Bent's clinical finishing to save us, and as long as we have width (N'Zogbia are you listening?) we have a chance. It's our few remaining big players that will get us out of this god damn mess.I meant in terms of goals to games. Someone put the stats on the transfer thread the other day and we actually get more from Benteke than Bent. When you add in Weimann, when was the last time we had two strikers on double figures by this point of the season?The reason we haven't been scoring enough is therefore lack of goals from elsewhere in the team.I still think Bent would come good in the games that matter. As I said before its the big players who could keep us up. We need width though. N'Zogbia must play every game out on the wing now if we want a chance of staying up.
Quote from: saunders_heroes on February 01, 2013, 10:44:44 AMQuote from: Concrete John on February 01, 2013, 10:34:00 AMBenteke scores about the same as Bent does, so can't see how much difference he will make. Unless we convert him to a centre half!Benteke plays every game though, Bent doesn't. I'd stick Bent in a leave him there till the end of the season. I like Benteke but he misses lots of chances. We need Bent's clinical finishing to save us, and as long as we have width (N'Zogbia are you listening?) we have a chance. It's our few remaining big players that will get us out of this god damn mess.I meant in terms of goals to games. Someone put the stats on the transfer thread the other day and we actually get more from Benteke than Bent. When you add in Weimann, when was the last time we had two strikers on double figures by this point of the season?The reason we haven't been scoring enough is therefore lack of goals from elsewhere in the team.
Quote from: Concrete John on February 01, 2013, 10:34:00 AMBenteke scores about the same as Bent does, so can't see how much difference he will make. Unless we convert him to a centre half!Benteke plays every game though, Bent doesn't. I'd stick Bent in a leave him there till the end of the season. I like Benteke but he misses lots of chances. We need Bent's clinical finishing to save us, and as long as we have width (N'Zogbia are you listening?) we have a chance. It's our few remaining big players that will get us out of this god damn mess.
Benteke scores about the same as Bent does, so can't see how much difference he will make. Unless we convert him to a centre half!
No for two reasons, firstly he doesn't really play and we don't create chances for him. Secondly no striker in the world could compensate for the amount of goals we concede.
I'd pick Weimann over Bent, every time. The best finisher at the club by a mile, but he also works his backside off and he clearly wants it. The hunger is obvious.Bent just looks like he's coasting to me.Our best bet is to play Benteke and Weimann together as a front two, IMO. N'Zogbia in that roving attacking role just behind, or getting out to the left to give us width.
I'd go with the formation we started the 2nd half on Tuesday. With Weimann and Gabby out wide, Benteke up front and Zog just behind with Sylla (if he is what we hope he is) in for Bannan.If crosses sent in from our width aren't being converted then Bent comes on for Bentekee or vice versa. Gabby and Weimann will give us work rate when we need to defend.
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