Benteke to Palace 27m + 5m Add on's.

[Brad]

Bit annoying that they couldn't have waited a day as he's quite close to a price drop!

Mind you, I doubt there will be too much of a frenzy to get him in, and the masses that currently have him in their teams will probably carry on transferring out the 0-pointer in their front line. Would be a nice bonus if he did drop though.

He has dropped now - 7.4. I'll be bringing him in after GW2. Thinking of going from Aguero/Vardy/Borini to Aguero/Benteke/Lukaku.

[breakfastbutty]

Need to find the 1m from somewhere (now I'm wondering if I should pick the 1-goal-a-season Capoue, didn't have him in GW1) to upgrade Gray. Leaves my midfield looking a little pitiful though

[Coop13]

If Ibra goes big again tomorrow, will consider Costa > Benteke and Vardy > Ibrahimovic. With 0.5 left over, could also allow Mahrez > Hazard.

[Mav3rick]

Bit annoying that they couldn't have waited a day as he's quite close to a price drop!

Mind you, I doubt there will be too much of a frenzy to get him in, and the masses that currently have him in their teams will probably carry on transferring out the 0-pointer in their front line. Would be a nice bonus if he did drop though.

He has dropped now - 7.4. I'll be bringing him in after GW2. Thinking of going from Aguero/Vardy/Borini to Aguero/Benteke/Lukaku.

Brilliant. That's as good as a 0.2 rise elsewhere and I suspect I will take it on as soon as it looks like he will start.

[CarlosTheFinger]

Pardew just gave a press conference. He was slightly tentative to talk about Benteke as he's not our player but in classic Pards style, he did it anyway. He said that if and when the deal was done, he wouldn't be match fit and would need to be eased into first team action, so I wouldn't be too quick to transfer him in. That said, if we continue to be blunt up front, I would expect him to make a couple of desperate bench appearances as soon as he signs.

Unbelievable signing though. Never thought it would actually happen.

[Resonare]

Considering his goal to minutes ratio and Palace's style it is for sure one to keep an eye on.

[baganboy]

Yeah. Not bad. But still think there are better 6.5 picks.

Debatable. I think Benteke is a nice upgrade to the 6.5m's and opens up further striking option and midfield combinations adding overall to your teams quality in front of goal. 7.5m is value IMO when he's probably along the lines of Lukaku and Girouds quality.

Only if we assume that footballers are robots and all they have to do is just press the reset button to the player they were 1-2 year previously. Not so simple. How many examples of Players moving up to bigger clubs, sitting on the bench, and coming back as worse players? Many.
Benteke, while in Villa, was keeping Lukaku from the Belgium national team, and was by all means seen as an as good, if not better prospect. He is nowhere now.

Not that he cannot. I had benefited greatly from the Villa Benteke in FPL. But, it's a wait and watch for me. If he starts well, I will pick. If not, I won't. Not going bonkers about Benteke yet.

[JoonaR16]

Aguero, Ibra, Benteke sounds good

Just not sure how to get him. I already have Townsend in my team and two attackers from Crystal Palace doesn't sound good.

[Weisenwolf]

Bit annoying that they couldn't have waited a day as he's quite close to a price drop!

Mind you, I doubt there will be too much of a frenzy to get him in, and the masses that currently have him in their teams will probably carry on transferring out the 0-pointer in their front line. Would be a nice bonus if he did drop though.

He has dropped now - 7.4. I'll be bringing him in after GW2. Thinking of going from Aguero/Vardy/Borini to Aguero/Benteke/Lukaku.

Brilliant. That's as good as a 0.2 rise elsewhere and I suspect I will take it on as soon as it looks like he will start.

Same unless Negredo is banging one in every weekend

[bristolciteh]

But does he remember he is a great goalscorer?

Forwards like him need confidence from recent form and he has none. Give him a few weeks...

I'm with murf on this one. I'm excited about Tekkers in my 11 for this season but it's a 'wait and see' until I see one goal out of him, then I'll board the bandwagon.

[Weisenwolf]

But does he remember he is a great goalscorer?

Forwards like him need confidence from recent form and he has none. Give him a few weeks...

I'm with murf on this one. I'm excited about Tekkers in my 11 for this season but it's a 'wait and see' until I see one goal out of him, then I'll board the bandwagon.

And with a bit of luck he will have dropped even more by then

[Valeron]

7.4m for a striker that has looked pretty rubbish for a couple of years playing in a mid-table team at best....doesn't sound great to me.

[Bertie64]

Yeah. Not bad. But still think there are better 6.5 picks.

Debatable. I think Benteke is a nice upgrade to the 6.5m's and opens up further striking option and midfield combinations adding overall to your teams quality in front of goal. 7.5m is value IMO when he's probably along the lines of Lukaku and Girouds quality.

Only if we assume that footballers are robots and all they have to do is just press the reset button to the player they were 1-2 year previously. Not so simple. How many examples of Players moving up to bigger clubs, sitting on the bench, and coming back as worse players? Many.
Benteke, while in Villa, was keeping Lukaku from the Belgium national team, and was by all means seen as an as good, if not better prospect. He is nowhere now.

Not that he cannot. I had benefited greatly from the Villa Benteke in FPL. But, it's a wait and watch for me. If he starts well, I will pick. If not, I won't. Not going bonkers about Benteke yet.

Over the past 4 seasons he's averaged a goal every other game plus a few assists for a poor Villa team and as a bit part player for Liverpool.
I don't know where all these better picks are coming from at 6.5m but I suspect they come with a good dose of expectation, a pinch of dodgy stats and a large dash of hope or gut feeling attached.

He's only 25 and is moving to a club where he will be the focal point in attack with far better service that he ever got at Villa.
He's well established in the league and has proved year on year that he knows where the net is.
He just left a club where he was clearly surplus to requirements and still managed to score a goal every 169 minutes.
He hardly ever picks up a yellow card (but has been sent off once or twice), and gets a decent share of the BP's.

I don't know what you want from a 7.4m striker but he's ticking all my boxes right now.

[ZeroRemorse]

Yeah. Not bad. But still think there are better 6.5 picks.

Debatable. I think Benteke is a nice upgrade to the 6.5m's and opens up further striking option and midfield combinations adding overall to your teams quality in front of goal. 7.5m is value IMO when he's probably along the lines of Lukaku and Girouds quality.

Only if we assume that footballers are robots and all they have to do is just press the reset button to the player they were 1-2 year previously. Not so simple. How many examples of Players moving up to bigger clubs, sitting on the bench, and coming back as worse players? Many.
Benteke, while in Villa, was keeping Lukaku from the Belgium national team, and was by all means seen as an as good, if not better prospect. He is nowhere now.

Not that he cannot. I had benefited greatly from the Villa Benteke in FPL. But, it's a wait and watch for me. If he starts well, I will pick. If not, I won't. Not going bonkers about Benteke yet.

Over the past 4 seasons he's averaged a goal every other game plus a few assists for a poor Villa team and as a bit part player for Liverpool.
I don't know where all these better picks are coming from at 6.5m but I suspect they come with a good dose of expectation, a pinch of dodgy stats and a large dash of hope or gut feeling attached.

He's only 25 and is moving to a club where he will be the focal point in attack with far better service that he ever got at Villa.
He's well established in the league and has proved year on year that he knows where the net is.
He just left a club where he was clearly surplus to requirements and still managed to score a goal every 169 minutes.
He hardly ever picks up a yellow card (but has been sent off once or twice), and gets a decent share of the BP's.

I don't know what you want from a 7.4m striker but he's ticking all my boxes right now.

100% spot on.

[Weisenwolf]

+1

[MOBIUS]

from the Guardian
"Benteke will not be considered for selection in Saturday’s derby at Tottenham Hotspur but is likely to make his debut in Tuesday’s League Cup tie against Blackpool at Selhurst Park, when James McArthur, James Tomkins and Steve Mandanda are also expected to play.'

[Weisenwolf]

Well that'll help drive his price down

[FPL Ruined My Life]

Well that'll help drive his price down

Do you think the casual players are all just robots who have no interest in football? News of Benteke moving to Palace is going to be all over the media, so his price certainly won't drop any further below 7.4 unless he picks up an injury.

[baganboy]

Yeah. Not bad. But still think there are better 6.5 picks.

Debatable. I think Benteke is a nice upgrade to the 6.5m's and opens up further striking option and midfield combinations adding overall to your teams quality in front of goal. 7.5m is value IMO when he's probably along the lines of Lukaku and Girouds quality.

Only if we assume that footballers are robots and all they have to do is just press the reset button to the player they were 1-2 year previously. Not so simple. How many examples of Players moving up to bigger clubs, sitting on the bench, and coming back as worse players? Many.
Benteke, while in Villa, was keeping Lukaku from the Belgium national team, and was by all means seen as an as good, if not better prospect. He is nowhere now.

Not that he cannot. I had benefited greatly from the Villa Benteke in FPL. But, it's a wait and watch for me. If he starts well, I will pick. If not, I won't. Not going bonkers about Benteke yet.

Over the past 4 seasons he's averaged a goal every other game plus a few assists for a poor Villa team and as a bit part player for Liverpool.
I don't know where all these better picks are coming from at 6.5m but I suspect they come with a good dose of expectation, a pinch of dodgy stats and a large dash of hope or gut feeling attached.

He's only 25 and is moving to a club where he will be the focal point in attack with far better service that he ever got at Villa.
He's well established in the league and has proved year on year that he knows where the net is.
He just left a club where he was clearly surplus to requirements and still managed to score a goal every 169 minutes.
He hardly ever picks up a yellow card (but has been sent off once or twice), and gets a decent share of the BP's.

I don't know what you want from a 7.4m striker but he's ticking all my boxes right now.

Recommend reading my post, and not the others, when answering me, perhaps ?

[Bertie64]

Recommend reading my post, and not the others, when answering me, perhaps ?

Touchy?
It's not a reply to you, it's a quote.
Every response on every thread is called a reply, and all of them are replies to the original poster of the thread.

I read your own reply, and I think you are overly negative. He's hardly 'nowhere'. Is he?
I was giving my, slightly more upbeat, opinion in contrast - so I included your post as a quote... That's all. That's how it works 'round here.

Clearly some parts of my post were directed at other quotes that were also included. I'm sure people can figure out who said what.
Don't take it so personally...

[baganboy]

It's not a reply to you, it's a quote.
Every response on every thread is called a reply, and all of them are replies to the original poster of the thread.

Maybe. However, when one quotes another poster - like I am doing here - I am responding to one person's comment specifically - which is yours. Otherwise, one would generally just comment without quoting someone. Just comment.

I read your own reply, and I think you are overly negative. He's hardly 'nowhere'. Is he?
I was giving my, slightly more upbeat, opinion in contrast - so I included your post as a quote... That's all. That's how it works 'round here.

Which is an absolutely acceptable POV - I have alluded to that possibility in my post too. I don't have a problem with alternate viewpoints. You may well be right.
How it works round here is how I have mentioned it above. Trust me on that. It's standard norm for most forums.

Clearly some parts of my post were directed at other quotes that were also included. I'm sure people can figure out who said what.
Don't take it so personally...

Are you that kid who tries to be way too cool for school - "Aw, I dunno, you folks are too touchy, you folks take it too personally, it's all yo' faault". Get a grip. Everyone here cares, you included, otherwise you wouldn't be here. I am invested in this game and this forum. And unabashed about it.
However, I am not that much invested in players I select in my team, nor my opinion about one specific player - which change with changes in performance of said player. When I comment though, I would like to believe I put some thought into them most times.

[blahblah]

Anyhow, he is causing Wickham to surge to a drop.

[Bertie64]

...

OK. I don't understand what the point here is. You replied, I replied, we all replied. If you think that I think that you think there are better 6.5m pick maybe its because you alluded to that when you replied to a reply that included a reply that said that...
I still think everyone can see that... apart form you.
If I offended you, then I'm sorry.
Are we good now?

[Bertie64]

Anyhow, he is causing Wickham to surge to a drop.

I think Wickham may also be partly to blame for that...

[eastcentral1]

I'm in the "wait and see" category. He's had a tough couple of seasons, and it will be interesting to see how he will emerge from that. As mentioned above, he was at one time considered to be better than Lukaku, but he's got his work cut out to get there again. Also, Palace can go through real barren periods.

We all know there is a top goalscorer in there, but I think it would be only natural for him to take time to find his form.

[baganboy]

Are we good now?

Of course! Cheers.

[CupidStunt000]

Depending on how GW2 goes I'm thinking of downgrading Vardy rather than upgrading Gray, just because Liverpool and Man City have a selection of midfielders that are probably going to smash it and I'll probably want at least one of them without downgrading Mahrez or Hazard.

[baganboy]

If Benteke goes back to the Villa form, that's a 9M forward. I'd take the AVL Benteke over Giroud and Firmino.
Big if, though.

[gallus]

Just need to decide whether its worth upgrading a 6.5 (Gray) or downgrading a premium (Vardy).

I'm thinking both, as soon as one of Lukaku/Giroud is up to speed.

my first thought as well. Kun Lukaku Benteke looks like a great front 3.

[MOBIUS]

Got the funds to upgrade current 6.5 pick Llorente. Benteke ticks all the boxes at the price. As soon as he's a starter, I'm in