When he was at Villa he used to run with the ball. Here he never does. He seems to be risk averse. He should pick the ball up in the middle then run at goal and SHOOT. I don't get why he doesn't.

My opinion of Benteke is similar to that of what I think of Cabaye.

He's not the player I thought he would be.

I don't think the service into him has been good enough, but he doesn't make things happen enough.

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Benteke wins more than his fare share of balls either in the air or using his chest and feet.
The problem is being the lone striker and not having a partner to link with Wickham being injured and Remy having missed so much of this loan season.
He is frequently marked by both center backs and still manages to win the ball but then we have no one close feeding off him.
Palace having 2 quality wingers in Wilf & Andros, as well as van Aanholt, Ward and Shlupp and must get down the flanks and feed him with quality crosses in order to play to his strengths.

Thanks for reminding me, yes Bumfluff, how funny that players like him get easily forgotten!

Bring back Brolin

First half, chased well plus had a good effort on his left foot that was saved, and he was a little unlucky to be adjudged to have handballed in the build up. He pulled off his marker for a free header, could have done better with that one but his movement was good. He also had two more headed chances, both coming when beating Boro defenders in the air. Tough to score from either but he won his battle with the centre halves.

Second half, he continued working even as the team dropped deep and left him isolated. Created a lovely chance for himself after Wilf's cross field ball, denied by a last ditch tackle. Decent effort from a tough angle from a corner as well. Set up an excellent two on two with Townsend but didn't get a return pass. Tried a 1-2 with Wilf in the area, which didn't come off. He was also noticeably annoyed with himself with that one.

He was involved plenty across the 90 minutes, got himself into positions and had some good efforts on goal.

I can deny he's not giving everything because neither you or I have any idea about what his 'everything' is. Just because he's not running around like a headless chicken doesn't mean he's being lazy.

I'm focusing on the impact he actually had on the game, which is more than most Palace strikers have on games in the Premier League.

Employee of the month is a good example of how someone can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.