He's not my cup of tea when he's marked out of the game so easily and wins so few headers. That said he didn't look too bad against City so let's hope he picks up where he left of in that game.

He loses a lot of them too though. That stat really surprised me, but is very impressive. I feel though that his rate of winning them would not be so impressive, and that this stat is partly due to our style of play and hitting it long to Benteke so often. Some of the headed goals he's scored are phenomenal, but I think Murray was better at winning aerial duels and retaining possession (not trying to turn this into a Murray thread)

I can't really understand what you mean here. He wins more than anyone else, but loses some too. He cannot win them all. What do you expect?

If we didn't hit it long to him, he wouldn't get the opportunity to win/lose aerial duals. He would neither win or lose, as the ball isn't aerial!

Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

Agree with this, it’s up to the supporting players to win the second ball, can’t blame tekkers for winning headers! We never seem to have wilf or Andros running in behind, gambling on the fact that tekkers will win most of the balls we hit his way.
Add 17 goals to the balls he wins and he is a huge factor in us staying up last season, and will this when he comes back and starts scoring.

You do understand, and if not I'll explain... it's our silly fans trying to ignor facts to suit the feeling they have that he's not actually a quality player.

Similar to Wilf making more chances than most yet still gets accused of not being consistent. Except the facts would suggest he consistently creates chances...

We need to get behind Benteke when he's back as we desperately need him to hit the ground running.

What feet?

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