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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Big Willie

Maybe I just haven't watched him as much as you have.

Rex

Benteke is a sprinter compared to Giroud IMO.

Big Willie

Now why am I not surprised?

Rex

Hehe. IMO Giroud is a better footballer than Benteke, but he is certainly not even close to being as fast as him.

Big Willie

🙂

My thoughts as well. I don't remember Benteke as being a slow player either. Maybe it's something GM has noticed more.

Ricky1985

He's certainly not a fast player. Very slow off the mark because he's a big bloke. He can be quite lumbering at times.

Mirth

Exactly, we'll still be playing the ball to feet or to his head if we want to get the best out of Benteke.

edit: For the record, I've wishlisted Benteke in the past, he's a very promising striker but we need someone more established.

Rex

Yeah. Had we signed Benteke or Lukaku instead of Welbeck I would have been more than ok with that. At this point though we need a player significantly better than Giroud IMO. If we can't get that, I wouldn't bother with the number 9 position and wish for us to sign a top class wide forward instead.

Qwiss

Its funny how people look at Benteke and think "he's big, he must be slow". He's a similar height to Henry.

Rex

In fairness, they are built very differently. Benteke is a tank.

Ricky1985

He is slow.

Mirth

Qwiss! wrote:
Its funny how people look at Benteke and think "he's big, he must be slow". He's a similar height to Henry.

He's slow because he couldn't run in behind a defence if we asked him to.

I've not made any reference to his height or used that as basis for my judgement - why would I? Ronaldo, Strurridge, Welbeck, Aubameyang and - like you said - Henry are all 6ft plus and would leave Benteke eating their dust.

Klaus

Not getting into the height argument, but I think Benteke is pretty pacy too. He's a bit like Sol Campbell in that sense. Guys who are built like them shouldn't be that fast, but I guess no one told them. Lukaku is the same. Built like a brick shithouse but can still outrun most opponents. It must be a Belgian thing.

Ricky1985

He's not bad when he gets up and running, but he's slow off be mark. And that's what counts most of the time.

Irishgunner

Bentekkers is fast, don't know what you lads are smoking. He's seriously athletic.

Klaus

Ricky1985 wrote:
He's not bad when he gets up and running, but he's slow off be mark. And that's what counts most of the time.

I dunno. I haven't seen any stats, but my gut feeling is that he's pretty explosive which is why he's so predatory in the box. It's moot either way I guess, he's not a patch on Aubameyang.

Gunner89

Personally I'm loving the hypocrisy of some suggesting Welbeck "deserves" another chance while having no problems with Ospina far better in his position is being shoved out of the club.

Gunner89

Ricky1985 wrote:
He is slow.

Fast enough and intelligent enough to get on the end of through balls.

Giroud and Welbeck have one or the other IMO.

Most strikers these days to more beyond poaching.

The fact is there's only a very few players like that now say a Hernandez.

Benteke's got good feet too.

Big Willie

Yes yes G89 we're all illogical, absurd thinking hypocrites who live in la la land on here. Why, with your superior intellect, do you tolerate us peasants?

Timbob

Who the fuck are "people"!? Quote the individuals that say this stuff or just fuck off. Which individual person has said "Welbeck deserves another chance but Ospina can go because he's not good enough"? Who's said Benzema is available?

It's like you take an almagamation of various different opinions you read on this site and elsewhere on the Internet and attribute it to a single figure, who you then rage against. Stop it!

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