So hes missed a few sitters. What about all the screamers he has scored? United, one in the europey hes your second top joint goalscorer and he had the creative talents of milner lucas and allen behind him the last match alongside firmino who's been pants most of the year and mr ibe hold onto the ball wannabe sterling
there is no point mentioning the goals he's got or the fact that every striker misses chances (like lukaku hitting the bar and post last night or suarez the season before he hit 31 goals)
the problem is now its he's not a great scorer. Poor lad got 1 in 2 for a dire villa side in his time there. is only 24 and hit 11 in 9 games to save villa when sherwood game in.
If anything the MAIN issue with benteke is his fitness record. its not as bad as sturridge but he misses quite a few games a year. there is no doubt he will score lot of goals for us.
I have to wonder which system klopp will settle on in the end. It could be 4-2-3-1 but he's experimented along the way and has played the false 9 and two up now. We have not yet seen benteke and sturridge together so it'll be interesting to see where we get to.
Benteke, fimino, ibe and origi all need time and development with Klopp. Ibe are young and have a lot to learn about effectiveness and consistency.
Firmino needs to come to terms with the variety of roles he is being asked to play in and he is in a new league. He's played best in the false 9 role but then quite poorly in the second line of attackers so he needs time.
why should benteke not get a bit of time from klopp too. He's had a new club to come too, a manager and style change to deal with and injuries too. I view him as a vital player for us. We can't have just sturridge any more than in 2009 could we have just torres. Keane was vital to us then and his sale killed our season