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Austin is better than Ings.Most expensive = Benteke.
Weakest of the three = Austin.
Most suited to us = Ings.
We'll end up with neither.
All you have to ask yourself is, Who do you fear the most when facing their respective teams..
Fear Austin when we played QPR? Nah not really..
Fear Ings when we played Burnley ? Nah not at all.
Fear Benteke when we played Villa? Damn right I did, and with reason.
Agree. In addition need to look at our system, who is the most effective loan striker has to be Benteke. I like all three but Ings, from what I have seen is prolific when played in 4-4-2 namely with Vokes. Apart from the disastrous opening games when QPR played 3 at the back they played a 4-4-2, although I have seen Austin play like a loan striker (I guess having to play alongside Zamora, Vargas and Zarati he is actually playing on his own).All you have to ask yourself is, Who do you fear the most when facing their respective teams..
Fear Austin when we played QPR? Nah not really..
Fear Ings when we played Burnley ? Nah not at all.
Fear Benteke when we played Villa? Damn right I did, and with reason.
People moan about not having enough experience.
Can't get much more experience than a 74 year old.
No one would disagree with that. But that's not the same thing as being able to sign him.All you have to ask yourself is, Who do you fear the most when facing their respective teams..
Fear Austin when we played QPR? Nah not really..
Fear Ings when we played Burnley ? Nah not at all.
Fear Benteke when we played Villa? Damn right I did, and with reason.
It could be argued Benteke is better than Kane. And no, I ain't going to argue that as I don't have the energy or inclination, let's see how Kane gets on next year when everyone's got his number. It will a big challenge for the young man.No one would disagree with that. But that's not the same thing as being able to sign him.
At Villa, he's their most important player, and can get whatever wages he wants out of them. Villa cannot afford to let him go as they're relegation fodder without him. He'd also be very, very difficult to replace for them.
So, he's well paid, and the main star. We'd be unlikely to offer the same kind of wages, as we don't need him (we have Kane), and he wouldn't get the same attention by virtue of being the back-up.
So we don't look too appealing from his perspective. We would need to either offer substantially higher wages in order to get him to come as a back-up, or guarantee minutes (no one in their right mind would handcuff themselves like that). Not happening. Then there's the price.
Are we better off spending 20+ million on Benteke and then spending less on a holding midfielder to partner Bentaleb, or spending whatever it takes to get the best DM we can, and spending less on a back-up striker.
I think the latter choice is the way we become a better team.
If we got Ings I would see him as doing what Chadli currently does rather than being a back up striker, but he would be a useful reserve. We don't really have a player like him in the squad so he offers something the others don't.
Benteke isn't going to sit on the bench and I doubt Levy will pay that much for a bench warmer.
I wouldnt mind Austin but I doubt we will get him as I think we will be keeping Soldado this summer.