Meh, didn't really work that well. They won some headers there, but....I can't remember any finished counter attack. Because the 2 strikers were really tall and pretty slow. Especially when you play a team like United, which pressures you, I think you have better odds of scoring if you have some small in height, fast players to run on counter attacks.

Benteke was dangerous at 1 Townsend cross but it was a positional attack, not a counter attack.

We needed and still do, a fast paced striker. An aj type.

Granted hard to come by but we should've invested in someone with some true pace.

Sorloth will come good I'm sure but he needs someone nippy beside him just like benteke does

They don't need each other.

The only formation where they'll compliment each other is one where there's a nippy cam behind them.

Edited by matthau (05 Mar 2018 10.02pm)

I'll tell you what we need.

Zaha.

That's what we f***ing need.

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And so reliant, yes your correct of course, but if we had someone fast in the middle it would make the world of difference.

Nevermind

Get Chelsea out the way next week and Zaha back and we'll be fine for the run in

Nah, 2 target man, ones bad enough. People getting so excited over Sorloth and absolutely destroying Benteke but I was much more encouraged when a ball was played to Benteke tonight than the former, Sorloth looks as slow as anything, immobile and lacks the understanding of football at a half decent level.

We're the Arthur over ere!

Think that’s harsh on Sörloth. He doesn’t have too much pace but he’s strong and large. He’s been thrown in at the deep end. Looked dead on his feet at the end of the game as most of them did. They gave their all. Couldn’t have asked for much more. Think he’ll improve and looking forward to seeing him develop.