It was obvious it was going to happen and I’ve been expecting it, but quite simply, this one hurts.
I know, I know, we’ll be able to put the money to good use and we were too one-dimensional because we always played to/always relied too much on the one player. I’ve heard what you’re saying.
But I don’t agree.
First, unless Lerner really surprises me, we won’t spend all the money we ought to have available.
We’ve had around £40 million coming in, give or take a few million because of sell on clauses etc and this means even after the players we’ve signed, we should still have at least another £30 million or so to spend.
Do I see that happening?
No I don’t, although in fairness, we’ve been linked to Diego Rolan at 18 million euros, so it may be a case that the spending will indeed continue.
And then, more importantly, there’s the fact that I rate Benteke as highly as any striker I’ve seen down the Villa in a long time. He has the lot for me and to see that only around 30% of his goals were scored with his head has surprised even me.
I know we couldn’t do anything about the release clause, but it strikes me it was way too cheap.
And given that some ignorant Liverpool fans only had him pegged as some Andy Carroll type, this deal has really wound me up. To be fair though, it does seem that after proper research, they have had their eyes opened somewhat.
I really think Benteke should have held out another season for a Champions League club, but fair play to Brendan Rodgers, he knows what he’s buying.
If Liverpool don’t achieve CL this season, I don’t believe it’ll be Benteke’s fault, as I think he’ll get twenty goals easily, even if they don’t specifically play to suit him.
So it’s with a heavy heart, that I wish Benteke well at Liverpool.
From what I’ve seen of Sherwood’s signings up to now, I’m happy in thinking that we’ll be a better side this season, but we’ll still miss a player of Benteke’s calibre, in my opinion.
Oh well, onwards and upwards eh?
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84 responses to “Benteke has officially gone. I’m sad.”
Benteke has gone and I’m over it. Can’t wait to see who we get in as replacement/additions. The signings so far are pretty exciting so we could be in decent shape when the dust settles.
Bolasie looks very unlikely to me, but there is plenty of talent out there.
As for Lerner and funding, I think he has learnt his lesson, and I think he is not so stupid that he can’t see how important goal scorers are. We know Benteke’s goals kept us up, same as Bent’s goals did a few seasons ago. Lerner can see that too. He can also see the value in signing players at a decent sum with good potential to become worth even more.
Bolasie lovely thought,now will come the influx of links mostly bollox it’ll be a media frenzy now.hold onto your seats folks
What annoys me is the fact we had 2 quality players in Delph and Benteke that we could and should have built a team around. Lerner’s lack of decent investment will prove costly again. We are going around in fucking circles. How many times since MON left have we had to rebuild. Who can blame players for wanting to leave a club with no obvious ambition or desire to improve? Sherwood is not the type to become another ‘Lerner puppet’. If Randy pockets the Benteke money then we really are in the brown stuff IMO.
If that happens I 100% believe that TS will walk. And rightfully so.
He won’t walk he needs to prove himself with us first and no one else would touch him if he just walked out
I think he will pocket it tbh
BUM BUM…..spot on. I would also expect him to walk. Its all a bit pointless if we dont show ambition. TS doesnt come across as a weak, sit on the fence guy. He is refreshing after the last 2 managers who were very uninspiring. As I keep saying, only Lerner can fuck up this opportunity to move forward.
Nobody would blame him. Similar to MON for me despite some shite buys. If the writing is on the wall, why should anyone put up with it if they don’t have to. I don’t.
Bordeaux boss has come out and said no contact has been made at all between villa and Bordeaux for Diego Rolan. He said Newcastle had shown interest but no formal offer has been made by them either.
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Don’t think we can blame him for wanting to better himself, he could spend a career waiting for us to improve lol !
Just a shame he went to Liverpool, is he as good as he thinks he is ?
Yes, he is as good as he thinks he is, imo.
Without doubt Benteke deserves his chance at playing for a club that should be challenging for the top 4. Wether Liverpool is that club remains to be seen. I hope he succeeds because he was fantastic for us and undoubtedly has the talent to play at champions league level.
Can’t understand this love in with benteke. He’s not our player any more do stuff him I’m only interested in players who play for us not the sky bore