Club that cannot stop scoring lets yesterday's man go forth.

[mark west]

I'll be glad when he leaves for good. £70k a week for what?

[Ron Manager]

I think he's finished at Villa. Lately, he hasn't been particularly prolific anywhere he's been. At least Agbonlahor and Weimann generally work hard. If Bent isn't scoring, he isn't contributing. Of course there is the chance that he could rediscover the knack but a loss of pace coupled with an awful, sitter-missing, performance in his last full game against Leyton Orient suggest otherwise.

We're not in a position where we can afford to pick out-of-form players who contribute very little on the off-chance he suddenly starts to look like the player he was three years ago.

If Kozak isn't likely to be fit any time soon I'd sooner we switched to 4-4-2 with Agbonlahor, Weimann and Robinson competing for the spot alongside Benteke.

Or, failing that, sign another forward.

You actually believe Agbonlahor works hard? I really don't understand that thinking. Callum Robinson needs to be utilized and right now.

[olaftab]

An unnecessary thread.
As someone said if we were missing chance after chance than there is some merit in this but that is not the case and any how Bent is long past his best before date!

[Ron Manager]

I agree Aftab. As far as I am concerned Darren Bent can finish his career at Derby I just wish Agbonlahor would disappear as well.

Lets get the kids in. Kids have no fear of failure.

[Risso]

What a silly thread title. He's as lethal as Ivanho these days.

Didn't he get the winner on his debut for Bolton last week?!

[dave shelley]

What a silly thread title. He's as lethal as Ivanho these days.

Didn't he get the winner on his debut for Bolton last week?!

An equaliser I think.  Either that or, the first goal.

[joe_c]

Imma start a thread on the scandal of an Irish international goalkeeper spending two and a half years on the bench.

[barrysleftfoot]

 I'll be interested to see how he gets on under McLaren.I think Derby look a really good footballing team, and i would like McLaren as the next Villa manager tbh.

 

[TheMalandro]

Good luck to him. I still think he has it in him (if fit) at our level. I don't think Lambert's style is good for any players however.

[berneboy]

I'll be interested to see how he gets on under McLaren.I think Derby look a really good footballing team, and i would like McLaren as the next Villa manager tbh.
 

Me too but it was a very unpopular suggestion a while back!

[PeterWithesShin]

As this loan means we almost certainly won't see Bent in a Villa shirt again i'd like to wish him well and thank him for helping keep us up 2 years running. The great "if only" of recent times. If only we'd bought Bent instead of Heskey.

[Ian.]

What a silly thread title. He's as lethal as Ivanho these days.

Didn't he get the winner on his debut for Bolton last week?!

He also got the winner for us on his debut, I think?
Do you fancy us resigning Emile then Risso? 

[ez]

Prolific a few years ago when he kept us up. He's not the same player now but no worse than Agbonlahor.

Actually he is now. Worse scoring rate over the last 45-50 games since his injury, despite Gabby playing wide and Bent playing through the middle.

That surprises me with the amount of starts each has had but ok i'll take your word for it.

[silhillvilla]

Has he gone to Leeds

Off to Derby.

What a joke

How is it a joke?

Well he's taken a £24m prolific striker , mismanaged him for years (see the Hutton files and others ) and now we can't buy a goal he's got a devalued , demotivated prolific striker who now is only available to loan to championship clubs .
The club is a shambles .

[Ian.]

Has he gone to Leeds

Off to Derby.

What a joke

How is it a joke?

Well he's taken a £24m prolific striker , mismanaged him for years (see the Hutton files and others ) and now we can't buy a goal he's got a devalued , demotivated prolific striker who now is only available to loan to championship clubs .
The club is a shambles .

I'd say this is more down to the player. Injury, form and attitude can't be blamed on Lambert.
Hutton on the other hand has taken his chance and used it.
Bent has been to other clubs and still is not the player he once was. Sad to say but true.