Kurtz wrote:

This guy scored 19 goals in the PL with dross around him. Only 22 as well. Why haven't we payed the £12 million to get this guy yet!? Higher ceiling than Higuain, cheaper than Michu, more PL ready than Jovetic and Sanogo.

Is he 83+ skill and deceleration?

Bold Tone wrote:
Kurtz wrote:

This guy scored 19 goals in the PL with dross around him. Only 22 as well. Why haven't we payed the £12 million to get this guy yet!? Higher ceiling than Higuain, cheaper than Michu, more PL ready than Jovetic and Sanogo.

Is he 83+ skill and deceleration?

Looks like he has a 77 rating in Fifa 13( Benteke). That's mediocre but you have to take into account that he made the "leap" this year and he'll get the "move to a top 4 team" bonus if we buy him.If we bought him he'll easily reach 82+ in next year's installment.

More importantly, what are his Tekkers like? Are they mad crazy, or just fresh?

Kurtz wrote:
Bold Tone wrote:

Is he 83+ skill and deceleration?

Looks like he has a 77 rating in Fifa 13( Benteke). That's mediocre but you have to take into account that he made the "leap" this year and he'll get the "move to a top 4 team" bonus if we buy him.If we bought him he'll easily reach 82+ in next year's installment.

:hmm:

"Next Drogba" gets bandied about a lot these days, but I think the two Belgian hitmen (Lukaku and Benteke) are as close as any of the previous contenders. 19 goals on 104 shots for Benteke. 17 on 99 shots for Lukaku. I'll have to do research on this Bony character however...

Armor wrote:

The best type - sick

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He said that a while ago as well. He's really keen to come here.

Wonder if it's as a result of any contact, or if it's just self promotion.

I think he'd been an improvement on Giroud and as long as we get one 'super' quality player to play in one of the three position behind him I'd be happy. So him up top, Cazorla, Walcott and 'super' quality winger/AM. That and a above average DM, RB and CB. We could compete for the title with that. 5 first team signings though...

Do people really think we'll make a marquee signing? It's not happening.

Can't see us signing him when we have Giroud.

I cannot fathom how we even ended up signing Giroud. There's so much wrong with him, and so little that's really exceptional.

He's got an awful touch, is really slow, and a poor finisher. He's not terrible, but he's not a project either, at 26 years old. It's hard to understand what we saw in him that made us settle on him.

Lets get benteke. Guy scores goals, is young, physical and wants to be here

Benteke could work if and only if we signed another top forward - Benteke Walcott Podolski still reeks of mediocrity. Benteke reminds me of Lewandoski from what little I've seen.