Re: CHRISTIAN BENTEKE - Official Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:20 pm
The_Rock » Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:17 pm wrote:7_Kewell » Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:06 pm wrote:The_Rock » Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:00 pm wrote:Looked a lot like balotelli today. And that's the problem. We buy a striker and don't play to his strengths.
For 3 f**king seasons we don't put in crosses into the box. Now we buy Benteke and suddenly we ask our players to cross the ball. And can you blame them when they cross the ball like a bunch of schoolboys ?
And when Benteke wins the ball in the air...who is there at the end of it ? no-one. Very similar whenever balotelli dropped deep to lay-off the ball to no-one (as none of our players are running through at goal).
Fella, you're losing the plot if you're comparing Beteke with Mario. The latter never moved enough or got into goal scoring positions. That's why he was dropped. He was lazy.
Benteke tracks back, gets into the box and works for the team. Ok, he's not getting crosses, but he's no Andy Carroll and can score with his feet as well as his head.
I am just iterating the point that we have to setup the team to play to our striker's strength. Benteke looked as powerless as Balo today. He looked as everybit as heavy footed as Balo did last season.
totally irrelevant comparison... far from similar situations...