should we really be spending £24million on one player??

[jimmy.y]

It is a yes from me aswell, 
but  only if our defence can get back to being as tight as we used to be and stop letting in silly late goals that have cost us vital points this season,  Whats the point of Bent knocking them in at one end if we can't stop them going in at the other,,

while i am on here can i be the first,,,,
"Super, super Daz"
"Super, super Daz"
"super Darren Bent"

[Shrek]

we bought milner for 12million
we sold Milner for 26million

we bought Ireland for 8milliion
we bought Bent for 18 million

so even if you add the 6 million add ons we have paid 18 million for Bent and Ireland!

[Big Dick Edwards]

As good as Milner was for us, we've in effect traded him for a proven Premier League goalscorer who's still only 26.
I think it's a great bit of business personally.

[Shrek]

As good as Milner was for us, we've in effect traded him for a proven Premier League goalscorer who's still only 26.
I think it's a great bit of business personally.

I'd still have Jimmy back tommorow

[Dave]

As good as Milner was for us, we've in effect traded him for a proven Premier League goalscorer who's still only 26.
I think it's a great bit of business personally.

Not true. We also got a mental bald man as well.

[SashasGrandad]

It is Wednesday night - only a few days since we were dragged down to the level of that bunch of vagrants in Small Heath.

That now feels like months ago as we are now splitting hairs about a £20 million plus transfer and they are bleating about scrappy little deals they can't do.

We have spent the money because we can afford to!  Others can't...


 

[Gaztonniller]

should we really be spending £24million on one player??


Given the league situation, can the club now afford not to?

[myf]

Never mind is Bent worth the money, why do some people put loads of full stops (................) between sentences?  Surely it takes less time to just insert a single one?

[TelfordVilla]

Way too much talk about staying up/avoiding relegation. We are only 9 points away from 6th place this season you muppets. There's half a season to go yet, or in our case the season is just starting. If this was Evertoffee you would expect them to come with a fantastic second half to the season. Come on. Get behind Hoolahoop and support the Phoenix like rise up the table.

[Shrek]

A Sunderland fan has just been on talksport, he said Niall Quinn was on local radio and said we paid MORE than 24 million for Bent.

I hope the General will tell us The truth when he returns!

[pauliewalnuts]

A Sunderland fan has just been on talksport, he said Niall Quinn was on local radio and said we paid MORE than 24 million for Bent.

I hope the General will tell us The truth when he returns!

It wasn't local radio, it was a tv interview in Ireland, which I saw on youtube, and he said "a bit more than that" when the interviewer said "18m"

[MoetVillan]

If it was in Ireland, maybe the interview was in Irish Euros, in which case it would be more than 18million squid

[Billy Walker]

Looking at the buzz around the club since the signing, I only hope we do this kind of thing in future summer transfer windows: the spin off effects in terms of season tickets and kit sales make it the classic no brainer. 

I think Villa have long needed to make a statement like this and the publicity from doing this kind of business is worth its weight in gold.  Agents, news agencies and hacks from all over the football world will take note of this.  All being well, future quality transfer targets will have heard about this too.

[Shrek]

A Sunderland fan has just been on talksport, he said Niall Quinn was on local radio and said we paid MORE than 24 million for Bent.

I hope the General will tell us The truth when he returns!

It wasn't local radio, it was a tv interview in Ireland, which I saw on youtube, and he said "a bit more than that" when the interviewer said "18m"

Cheers for clearing that up, it is winding me up the fct the media keep saying 24 million fee, an agent was on radio earlier and said it's very unlikely it will reach that amount.
We have paid 18 million that could possibly rise.

[Chris Smith]

I hope we  do well enough to trigger the add ons and that we end up paying the full £24m.