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Author Topic: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?  (Read 4620 times)

Offline brian green

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #30 on: May 09, 2015, 10:04:25 AM »
The Bald Avengers George Cummings and Mush Callaghan.

Failing that Burke and Hare.
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Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #31 on: May 09, 2015, 10:53:46 AM »
Quote from: Marton on May 09, 2015, 09:57:39 AM
Collins might be out with a back problem and I dont have a clue who they can play beside Burke if that is true....

Even if Collins does play...wonder what its like to go up against the "Hungry Beast" if you past 30 and got an aching back....

I've seen Collins injury doubt quite a few places but nothing from West Ham. Think they'd bring Alex Song back into midfield and push Kouyate into central defence. They might do that anyway and drop the young kid as he'll probably get battered.
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Online edgysatsuma89

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #32 on: May 09, 2015, 04:58:38 PM »
I haven't seen the game but i presume west hams CB's did a decent job.
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Offline thick_mike

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #33 on: May 09, 2015, 05:00:03 PM »
Collins had a brilliant game today.
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Offline supertom

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #34 on: May 09, 2015, 05:01:33 PM »
Quote from: thick_mike on May 09, 2015, 05:00:03 PM
Collins had a brilliant game today.
Was gonna say. He's probably one of only a few defenders who will aerially dominate the beast. Collins ate up every cross. He was a magnet today.
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Offline OCD

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #35 on: May 09, 2015, 05:10:54 PM »
Yeah, I was going to describe him as a magnet too. As soon as Benteke was named player of the month I thought he wouldn't score today.

Sherwood said he looked forward to Cleverley getting his third in three games and it happened.
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Online Toronto Villa

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #36 on: May 09, 2015, 05:14:48 PM »
Said in the match thread that Collins is your bog standard very solid PL CB. In the air, if that's all you do he'll be a match for most forwards. Our crossing wasn't great today and that's partly down to us, and also down to how West Ham denied us space to get quality crosses in.
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Online Rudy Can't Fail

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #37 on: May 09, 2015, 06:08:08 PM »
Collins was excellent but we made it extremely easy for him.
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Offline UK Redsox

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #38 on: May 09, 2015, 07:17:19 PM »
Collins was excellent today. He'll never be a great footballer but I do get kind of nostalgic for his hoofs up field
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Offline KRS

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #39 on: May 09, 2015, 09:21:21 PM »
Benteke seemed off the pace or simply not up for it today. Collins won every ball played into the box with Benteke a few yards behind him in space...it was crying out for Benteke to just get in front of Collins but I think he only did that once and won the ball.
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Offline myf

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #40 on: May 09, 2015, 09:28:30 PM »
Great first half then faded. He deserves a break.
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Offline silhillvilla

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Re: What defensive pairing can handle Benteke?
« Reply #41 on: May 09, 2015, 09:32:46 PM »
Quote from: The Sound of Villadelphia on May 09, 2015, 06:08:08 PM
Collins was excellent but we made it extremely easy for him.
Aerially he was superb today.
You have to play on the ground around him .
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