Recently I’ve been reading an article and peoples opinions on why Benteke decided to stay at Aston Villa, and it appears as though it’s believed that Benteke didn’t want to become a flop at his next big club. Yes, we’ve seen many players move away from Aston Villa and become a flop for the new team. Stewart Downing, James Milner, Ashley Young, James Collins, Luke Young, Cuellar, John Carew, Re0-Coker have all left Villa, either forcing a transfer or just being sold and haven’t really impressed or matched the same level of performance as they have at Aston Villa. Would have Benteke just followed that route?
Yes and no, Benteke is young and that’s the key here. He can still develop at any club really, but what Paul Lambert and Aston Villa offer is something different. At a top club the team isn’t built around a player, it’s built around a style of the manager. Here, it’s a bit different. Lambert’s philosophy works best with a big target man, it worked at Norwich with Holt and it’s certainly working with Aston Villa and Benteke. Lambert is making sure he get’s the service, Benteke bullies defenders, makes room for other players and certainly makes sure that all the players work together.
Back to the curse, why have many former Aston Villa players struggled? I’ve got one theory, Aston Villa is a family club, it is, you hear it very often from many players at the club. It’s a good atmosphere and what Lambert is doing is adding on to that. Okore and Helenius have already spoken at the pleasure of being here and how open it is. I can imagine at other clubs it isn’t all like that, especially at the top clubs where you have some players earning fortunes, and others not. It could also be the transfer fee, or the pressure to replicate the perform last seen.
But the curse can also work backwards, Ireland and N’Zogbia have never really settled or replicated their previous form.
I think Benteke would’ve struggled if he moved this season, I think he’ll have another great season and I certainly believe that the will be playing in the World Cup. And that ‘curse’ could be a reason for him staying.
@Obeng.
Have you been following football long, my friend? Villa are a far better bet than clubs like Spurs.
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Ashley Young did well in his first season at MU and Milner has been consistent at City…but I get your point. These players are big fish in a little pond at Villa and then they just become another player at these clubs.
Its hard to put your finger on players like Nzogbia though, i thought he would have been great at Villa. He was the main signing that summer, the player the fans wanted to see…he got to play in different positions and he never really got going.
With reagrds to slashing the wage bill and getting rid of the ‘Bomb Squad’
Think Bent will def go.. Bannan too fingers crossed..
Hutton.. Given and Fonz will all eventually leave this window but most likely on loan and subsidized wages..
With Petrov Dunne Warnock all already gone.. thats 140K weeks wages saved.. Bent and Bannan will be another 80K min IMO..
We will probably save 50K on subsidized wages for Hutton Given and Fonz..
All in all that still a whopping 270Kish we will probably get rid off by end of August..
I think the 6 new players are probably on about 100K tops between them.. there is still room to get at least two decent quality players in for around 35K a week each and still bank 200k of savings..
Lionheart think one to come but two not so sure. your sums add up by the way.
We made our best and most expensive signing last summer on the very last day of the window in benteke. I’m sure, after removing some members of the ‘bomb squad’ we’ll see a similar ending to this window. If we off load all of the deadwood, I can realistically see 2 new faces coming in.
Please please let at least the first if it’s going to be two a proper ‘number 10’. Then a another CH would be nice.
Yup, hopefully Lambert pulls off another Benteke type signing on August 31st!! A quality playmaker…
And a centre half plus back up for Lowton and a new left back as Luna looks no better than Bennett from what iv seen and heard so far. Good going fwd but defensively shit
I’m quite liking Tony Moon
Me too. Moon has played a few friendlies, let’s give him a chance. He’s made some good tackles, has already scored (albeit ruled offside) and has one more foot than Bennett. I think he’s going to be very good, and allow Okore/Baker/Vlaar to concentrate on their own jobs.
Do you think Lambert is going to try El Ahmadi in the number 10 role?
Kae has come from nowhere into the reckoning. I don’t rate him one bit too error prone and not physical enough and is a busy fool. Having said that he looked half decent v utd and has a decent pre season so maybe he’s turned a corner. But if he isn’t doing it in first few games then that’s it IMO
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Nani has been reportedly offered to psg and Monaco for 8.5m. I think that’s pretty cheap in all honesty. I think he would be good for us, always been overshadowed at united. Long shot definitely but might be worth a bid.
Jesus Adam Nani? Leave it out mate he has got to be the most over hyped, over rated overpaid pile of shite of I have ever seen in any a football shirt and that includes Mr Ireland (although he runs a very close second.)
He’d have to at least halve his 100k wages. I mean he’s got a lot of talent when he feels like playing, he’s a lot like Ade, really talented, doesn’t care enough. There’s a reason he’s only offered to clubs willing to pay such wages.
Adam i can really see Mr ‘show boat’ Nani coming to Villa Park on 40k a week and fitting the Pl player profile too…
Yeh true the wages would be an issue I did forget that lol