Daveburnside Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 He definitely has the best goal celebration in our team Absolutely love it when he scores, and starts pumping the air. I wondered what the smell was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Time for Andi to get a go up top? Agbonlahor-----------------Tonev ---------------Wiemann------------- No real sweeping changes needed there, and Andi does look to have enough about him to be a very good front man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Weimann is best out wide cutting in with his workrate The idea of playing him as an out and out striker is a nono for me Plus you can't play direct to him either As a last resort i'd play Gabby up front on his own because he did when MON was in charge but even then id prefer him on the wing We need a similar physical presence up front to Benteke imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 He's always been a striker, not the target man type by more a Darren Bent with work ethic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 15 league goals for him I reckon if he stays fit and starts taking the penalties, what did he get last season 9? And he missed a few sitters and had some miraculous goalline clearences against him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw_nuff Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Weimann is best out wide cutting in with his workrate The idea of playing him as an out and out striker is a nono for me Plus you can't play direct to him either As a last resort i'd play Gabby up front on his own because he did when MON was in charge but even then id prefer him on the wing We need a similar physical presence up front to Benteke imo Physically, Bowerey has it. Probably too early though. If he has the ability at all that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Benteke's knock downs from Guzan kicks were a big part of our game last season. Weimann and Gabby thrived off them. Think Andi up front on his own would need a whole new way of playing. Perhaps not a bad thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 9, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) Benteke's knock downs from Guzan kicks were a big part of our game last season. Weimann and Gabby thrived off them. Think Andi up front on his own would need a whole new way of playing. Perhaps not a bad thing.... Yeah, it's no wonder Benteke won the most headers last season. I'm a bit worried that we'll need to change the way we play again. Like you said, it may not be a bad thing, but it means another transition period of changing the style of play. Which will probably mean a slow start again. Edited July 9, 2013 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Benteke's knock downs from Guzan kicks were a big part of our game last season. Weimann and Gabby thrived off them. Think Andi up front on his own would need a whole new way of playing. Perhaps not a bad thing.... Yeah, it's no wonder Benteke won the most headers last season. I'm a bit worried that we'll need to change the way we play again. Like you said, it may not be a bad thing, but it means another transition period of changing the style of play. Which will probably mean a slow start again. Think the ball up to CB was a good safety valve, particularly when our defenders were so full of mistakes. Not having that presence up there we'd just be giving the ball away if under any pressure at the back. If and when Benteke does go I reckon Lambert will have someone lined up to do the same thing if it's not Helenius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Still think that if Benteke leaves we should play Weimann up top. He looked excellent from the limited highlights against Paderborn playing as the lone striker. Made a lot of intelligent runs, scored a good goal and could have had another. We could play Tonev and Gabby on either side of him, and maybe Helenius behind him...doesn't sound too bad eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Who would hold the ball up or win the aerial battles that Benteke does for us right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Who would hold the ball up or win the aerial battles that Benteke does for us right now? I think we would have to change. Last season we became a bit one dimensional towards the end. Not surprising given Bentekes ability in the air but I remember a couple of games where the most completed pass combinations were Guzan to Benteke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 If Benteke is sold the money should be reinvested in a quality striker. We shouldn't put the pressure on weimman in only his second full season at the club. Let him play out wide where he had a great season and continue to develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Weimann is best out wide cutting in with his workrate The idea of playing him as an out and out striker is a nono for me Plus you can't play direct to him either As a last resort i'd play Gabby up front on his own because he did when MON was in charge but even then id prefer him on the wing We need a similar physical presence up front to Benteke imo I disagree about Weimann. I think he is wasted out wide for a long time he was going missing in games when being put out wide as its just not his position. Weimanns best games imo worked best when he was up top with Benteke, they were creating a superb partnership at one point. (The Liverpool game comes to mind) I think every now and then it could work to have Weimann up front, especially if we go a bit direct. One thing that really annoyed me last season was we would put Benteke up top by himself boot the ball up to him for him to flick on and Gabby and Andi would be on the flanks rather than behind Benteke to receive the flick on. Tonev Helenius Gabby Weimann Could work imo, especially direct as Helenius could flick on to Andi. I wouldn't want to see it all the time and we would certainly need another Striker, but I think this could work quite well, with Helenius pushing up into a 4-4-2 when need be to create a partnership with Andi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Gonna break a neck if his injury is serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Did anyone see how serious it looked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 PL has just said 'it's a sore one' and mentioned his hip and back are the injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks1876 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Did anyone see how serious it looked? looks like he hurt his ribs, but thats only what Dan said on the commentry on OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 PL has just said 'it's a sore one' and mentioned his hip and back are the injury. damn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks1876 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Did anyone see how serious it looked? looks like he hurt his ribs, but thats only what Dan said on the commentry on OS. Yeah! just seen it on AVTV, Villa highlights lasted 2.21Mins Lamberts interview over 3Mins, what has happened to AVTV, i hope the whole game is played on there later otherwise a lot of people will get really annoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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