Connor's a great player but he never seems to be in the right place when the ball comes over. Could be great chance for him to learn from Benteke the master.

Anyone who saw him play at Southampton the other week are more likely to say, very poor Wickham, than poor Wickham.

hes only young. plenty of time to work on sprints

I don't have the stats to back this up, but my impression is that Benteke inspires the full backs to make runs, because they feel something might happen. I think this used to be the case when Murray was playing. I am not suggesting that Murray was the same class as Benteke, just that the team knew where he was likely to be and were prepared to get forward and risk being caught out of position because they felt something good might happen. That attitude seems to be back, and the team is gelling.

Benteke has a track record of scoring goals, hence a £30m valuation.

Wickham doesn't, and we paid something like £9m for him.

I think Wickham could do a job in the current team if Benteke wasn't available, but he doesn't look capable of goalscoring on a regular basis.

Tough on him ? I don't think so. He needs to show much more desire if he's ever going to fulfil his potential.

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..injuries, he had that great spell didn't he when he scored four, was it West Brom and Sunderland...I think so, but injuries keep on preventing him.
He definitely has it in him.