Darren Bent - worth every penny

[Toronto Villa]

To the management of Aston Villa, thank you for Darren Bent. He has been worth every penny at a time when the club was being forced to check its spending.

Injuries withstanding, we now have a forward at the club that will bring us the magical 20 league goals in a season next year. Something no Villa player has managed in many, many years. Sunderland fans, who have watched their team sink like a stone since his departure must be in tears. Good for us.

And to the press and pundits, who suggested his purchase was lavish or a waste. You can fuck right off.

[ozzjim]

Great feeling eh TV. Great result today, and fair play to Bent, 6 in 10 with 2 perfectly good ones chalked off too, is about as good as you can get from a  centre forward.

Fair play to Houllier. Not a deal I could see many managers pulling off in the situation we were in, and his judgements was excellent.

[sidcowans10]

Well said. His goals have been so important. A brilliant buy at a crucial time. I would much rather spend the money we did on someone proven like that then £10 million on an unproven foreigner

[Disco01]

Here here TorontoVilla, without Bent i fear we would of gone. Great signing full credit Randy. Onwards and upwards!

[PeterWithesShin]

So far he's proving a bargain. But Torres is twice the player apparently.

[Singapore Villa]

Totally agree.  Thought he was outstanding today. 

[Salsa Party Animal]

6 goals in 11 games for Villa so far. Good start

[eamonn]

Yeah, the only accusation you can level at Dazza is that he hasn't scored enough goals at Villa Park. Mind you, the debut winner against Man City gave him a lot of credit in the bank.

[Deano's Mullet]

He's done great and he really should be on eight when you think he's had some perfectly legitimate goals disallowed.

[Toronto Villa]

Great feeling eh TV. Great result today, and fair play to Bent, 6 in 10 with 2 perfectly good ones chalked off too, is about as good as you can get from a  centre forward.

Fair play to Houllier. Not a deal I could see many managers pulling off in the situation we were in, and his judgements was excellent.

We needed Bent, or a Bent type player for ages. We create so many chances and eventually you know he's going to get on the end of one. What surprised me the most today was his pace. Almost Gabby like at times. His presence gives everyone the confidence that if you put it in the right spot (and our players are still figuring that out), that he'll score or be very close every time. If he can end up with 10 this season for us, that will be some return in a very short amount of time.

[Lambert and Payne]

Yeah and plenty more to come, finish on a flurry and he could become a hero if he carries on!

[JJ-AV]

Fine player, scored a hatful already and he's had two goals wrongly disallowed. His build up play is very underrated.

[cheltenhamlion]

Scores goals. Been thumping the drum to sign him since his Ipswich days. Dazzler will knock the magical twenty next season, I have no doubt about it.

[Toronto Villa]

Fine player, scored a hatful already and he's had two goals wrongly disallowed. His build up play is very underrated.

hs movement is brilliant. It's something that a lot of fans don't get when they say alll he does is score goals (like that was ever a bad thing). His movement opens up lanes for others. Ash being back on the wing is also helping because now defences have two very mobile players attacking them in different ways.

[Risso]

I think he's fantastic, but then so is Gabby as he proved today.  If we can get those two gelling together over the course of a season we could have quite some strike force.