How You Like Me Now? - The Karim Benzema Thread

Dammit. Does this mean he's gonna go on one of those months long scoring droughts.

 

Tbh , apart from all his qualities , that is a very pathetic record. And I am talking about this year.

 

The difference from the last season is interesting though. Maybe he will get better as he gets used to being the main goal scorer.

 

Did you watch the game against Villareal ? He was playing as a winger with only Lucas and Isco as other goal threaths. Being 2-2 at that moment. How is that for a striker ?

Look I love him too but unless Bale starts hitting goal after goal , Benz is quite useless.

 

I dont vouch for Icardi either. And I know there are no top strikers available atm . But should we be happy with his stats this year only because they where much worse the year before ?

 

Guess we should add goals by adding wingers who can score. Robben/Salah/Sane type. I'm curious to see Brahim Diaz first.

 

Well if you are 2-2 against Villareal with only some minutes to play and you are the only goalthreath in your team I think you shouldn't be found at the left wing. And "for a minute" is a total misperception. Thing is Benzema's runs are actually some of the best in the world but with only him capable of scoring he shouldnt do it. If we want to keep him we really need someone extra in the box.

 

Benzema -Mariano should have been tried..

 

That would be interesting yes. My point : with Benz roaming around we have nog presence in the box.

 

You really need to stop comparing the records of strikers who play in completely different circumstances such as teammates quality/service and league style.

 

Yeah, now take into account how good is that Inter team at buildup and crossing, how packed are italian defenses, and recalculate how many goals would Icardi score at Madrid with a crossing strategy and how many goals Benzema would score at Inter.

Benzema has become completely useless with the departure of Ronaldo. He has no hunger to score, which was fine before, because he was crucial in creating a flow in the final third, in a situation Ronaldo had only an ambition to score thus his selfish style prevented good teamwork. But its different now and we need a different player at the #9.

 

Not that I advocate for Icardi, his name doesn’t move me but to be honest that’s mostly all we are doing too, playing with LV, Marcelo, Odriozola, Carva, Regui, Vin, Marco, Gareth, except Icardi is mostly in the box, whilst we are squaring to the box where a lot of the time we have a huge hole because Benz has been off somewhere else on the pitch “linking up”

 

Icardi would be really good here. He would give the team a purpose and players like Modric, Kroos and Isco would instantly look better.

We are lacking a goal scoring strategy because of the lack of an actual goal scorer on the field.

Ronaldo took that identity with him when he left and Flo just decided that goal scorers are over rated.

 

Exactly. At this point we do not need the best of best we just need a real poacher.

 

I don't know who are you trying to convince that Inter has a better service for a player than Icardi than Madrid. Especially when it comes to a crossing strategy.

What kind of a ridiculous logic is that? Of course Icardi isn't Gerd Muller, but in today's scarce era for strikers, hes a pure scorer with excellent positioning and finishing. His record from the last five years at a shit team proves that. If 100 million is too expensive for Madrid for a striker of that pedigree, then we simply will not be able to survive as a top club in the current market.

 

Icardi's value would double overnight after he puts on the white shirt and the 100ME would look like a deal.

We were after him last winter but he rejected us (the rational being Inter were in a competitive Serie A race but Madrid was a sinking ship).

We absolutely have room for Falcao and Morata as well. We're fighting for trophies in two cups and fighting for 4th place in the league and the striker department is barren. Its appalling that a Real Madrid team has the personal to do everything well except score goals.