Breaking News: Bent Signs

[Greg N'Ash]

if it was just about money he wouldn't have asked for a transfer. thats a substantial sum he's thrown away straight off

[WikiVilla]

I think part of it was Bent wanting to be based further down South

[olaftab]

Ged trying to pronounce Agbonlahor was hilarious! He looked well pleased though!

he is not good with foreign names!

[arfanvilla]

Can someone tell me if Darren Bent is eligible to play in the FA cup against Blackburn??? Cheers.

[olaftab]

I know he is a blose and works for talkshite but I thought Ian Danter(?)was very good about Bent signing on Brazil show yesterday morning. Totally shut up Brazil's cheap jibes with very positive and correct  comments on why Villa should  sign him.

[olaftab]

Can someone tell me if Darren Bent is eligible to play in the FA cup against Blackburn??? Cheers.

No as has been mentioned in this thread on every other page! He palyed in Sland v Notts County match. Shame.

[Pete3206]

Can someone tell me if Darren Bent is eligible to play in the FA cup against Blackburn??? Cheers.

Afraid not, he played against Notts County.

[ned_werby]

Yes, I was going to post myself and point that out: Bruce is the epitome of the manager who jumps ship at the whiff of a better offer. It's a bit rich laying into one of his players for seizing the chance of a move. Bottom line is, Bent obviously wasn't happy at Sunderland. I don't believe it was about money: if it was, interest from another club would have been the perfect opportunity for his agent to negotiate a pay rise. If he was happy to stay at the club, of course.

Morning lads, SAFC supporter here. No axe to grind, no bitching to be done - after all - it's a cracking bit of business for us. 

The bit in bold above is wrong I'm afraid - it was about the money. Asked for a rise at the start of the season and didn't get it. If you're happy to pay him the reported £80k pw fair do's, but it's a massive amount of money to spending on one player over 4 years - in excess of £40m if my sums are right. Anyway a couple of bits of info for you - DB is a very sensitive soul who reacts badly to criticism - check out his Twitter account if you like - DB11TT - took the hump because we commented on one of our message boards (readytogo.net) about all of the chances he's missed in the last few games and it appears he loves to be Top Dog - form suffered once Gyan and Welbeck started performing. Don't believe the bullshit about 'loving the place', the people being 'fantastic' and wanting to stay with you for 'a long time' either. 

Anyway, good luck for the rest of the season.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Love this from a Wigan supporter on sportinglife.com

A first response to my appeal for Wigan fans as Paul Bennett gets in touch. Paul could cause some controversy as he describes Sunderland as "little.

"Steve Bruce is very good at complaining about his own problems but clearly not afraid to cause problems elsewhere. He complains about Darren Bent wanting to leave for Aston Villa, but just watch him come in for either Charles N'Zogbia or Hugo Rodallega. He'll have no problem talking openly about his interest in them – just as with Lee Cattermole.''

 ''Then he'll say it's just the nature of football and little Wigan have to put up with it. Well, little Sunderland must do the same with Bent. He is joining one of England's biggest clubs so good luck to him. Sunderland are getting a lot of money with which to improve the squad so they have that for comfort, whereas Bruce virtually stole Cattermole from Wigan for next to nothing considering his talent. I'm fully expecting a £6m bid for Charles or Hugo to follow, which hopefully Mr Whelan will throw back in his face."

[arfanvilla]

Can someone tell me if Darren Bent is eligible to play in the FA cup against Blackburn??? Cheers.

Afraid not, he played against Notts County.

Can someone tell me if Darren Bent is eligible to play in the FA cup against Blackburn??? Cheers.

No as has been mentioned in this thread on every other page! He palyed in Sland v Notts County match. Shame.

Cheers for that guys. Shame though. We're gonna need him in the final

[Mazrim]

I know he is a blose and works for talkshite but I thought Ian Danter(?)was very good about Bent signing on Brazil show yesterday morning. Totally shut up Brazil's cheap jibes with very positive and correct  comments on why Villa should  sign him.

He's a good lad and a mate of mine.
Our Villa - Blose Subbuteo games down the studio were the stuff of legend. I dont think Blose ever won one there either.

[pauliewalnuts]

I know he is a blose and works for talkshite but I thought Ian Danter(?)was very good about Bent signing on Brazil show yesterday morning. Totally shut up Brazil's cheap jibes with very positive and correct  comments on why Villa should  sign him.

To be honest, Danter is always very, very fair on us when he talks about us. I know he's a nose, but he's also one of those who "gets" Midlands football as a whole. Neil Moxley is the same.

And, controversially, I also think Trevor Francis is very fair to us when he co-commentates on Football First. Certainly compared to some former Villa players - like Platt - who never seemed to have a good word to say about us.

[Risso]

I know various people who used to coach at Wigan when Bruce was manager there, and most of them think he was a cock. 

[Concrete John]

Danter is one of the few on Talksport that actually likes to give a reasoned and balanced opinion as opposed to spouting of whatever controversial crap will get people to ring in and spend 50p a minute while on hold to put them right.

[Mazrim]

Bruce has just given a press conference...