Fonz on loan to Burnley

[Holtenderinthesky]

Well, that took him a whole four minutes to start scoring.

Indeed, he will do very well at that level.

Give the lad a break?

  I've just said he will do well there.

[Chris Smith]

It's a good move for him. He's got a lot of ability and a great scoring record but he needs to develop his all round game and the only way he will do that is playing games.

[VillaZogmariner]

Good move for him and for us.

Although I can't help but think we should've loaned him out during the last 2 seasons too.

[mal]

Oh dear. They will be loving him at Burnley. Lets hope we don't end up having him back, playing him a fair, bit buying two new strikers who can't score goals for twice the price we then sell him to some second rate club for, at which he then flowers into a £30 million pound international striker, who makes a habit of scoring against us (of course).

[LeeB]

He has been on the periphery for 3 seasons now and has made 41 appearances, most as sub.  If he was really that good then why has he not been involved more over what is quite a long period of time.

Ooh, I know this.

It's because he has only just turned 20 years old.

And?  So what if he is only 20.  If he has been around the 1st team for 3 years then it shouldn't make too much difference that he is "only 20".  Albrighton, Bannan and Clark are only 21 and have only really come into the fold this season and a small part of last season but two of those are now integral to our team.  I can think of a plethora of players who have made a bigger impact for their respective clubs by the age of 20 than Delfouneso and it's not as if we have been banging the goals in without him to halt his progression.

I bet there were Barca fans saying the same about Iniesta. Probably.

[Clampy]

He's got a lot of ability and a great scoring record but he needs to develop his all round game

Sounds like you're talking about our £24m striker there.

 

[Chris Smith]

He's got a lot of ability and a great scoring record but he needs to develop his all round game

Sounds like you're talking about our £24m striker there.

Yes it does, you're right, although to be fair to Bent he's scored regularly at PL level for a number of years but it was his other limitations that have always made me less than enthusiastic about him.

[Clampy]

He's got a lot of ability and a great scoring record but he needs to develop his all round game

Sounds like you're talking about our £24m striker there.

Yes it does, you're right, although to be fair to Bent he's scored regularly at PL level for a number of years but it was his other limitations that have always made me less than enthusiastic about him.

I'm not knocking Bent, far from it. I don't mind him having limitations to his game. The thing is, some strikers don't need to add much more to their game because they're so bloody good at what they do, which is score goals. If MON had bought Bent, he would have got him tracking back, playing out wide etc, when we all know he just's an out and out goalscorer and nothing else.

That's kind of what i see in Fonz to be honest, i hate seeing him shunted out wide, he's a goalscorer. As controversial as this may sound, it's probably Gabby who needs to get games under his belt if anybody.

[Lambert and Payne]

Well, that took him a whole four minutes to start scoring.

Indeed, he will do very well at that level.

Give the lad a break?

  I've just said he will do well there.

"at that level" as if he's not gunna do it anywhere above that. Let the lad grow some nuts before you chop em off

[Holtenderinthesky]

Well, that took him a whole four minutes to start scoring.

Indeed, he will do very well at that level.

Give the lad a break?

  I've just said he will do well there.

"at that level" as if he's not gunna do it anywhere above that. Let the lad grow some nuts before you chop em off

Is it not allowed to have an opinion about a players potential?  FWIW I think Bannan, Clark and Albrighton will do very well at the top level.

[Dave]

Well, that took him a whole four minutes to start scoring.

Indeed, he will do very well at that level.

Give the lad a break?

  I've just said he will do well there.

"at that level" as if he's not gunna do it anywhere above that. Let the lad grow some nuts before you chop em off

Is it allowed to have an opinion about a players potential?

Definitely not. Expect your banning order in the post.

*rolls eyes*

[Dave Cooper please]

Bent will do bugger all - except score at least one goal every other game.
If you want a hard working striker who creates tracks back, runs the channels and creates chances for others, Bent ain't your man. If, on the other hand, you want a player who will always be there, in the right place, with an uncanny knack of knowing where to be when the ball comes in, even if he doesn't always convert the chance, then Bent certainly is your man.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Well done Nathan.
Keep banging them in my boy.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

And I've no Idea what a Thimbu is.

I don't know what it is either but I want one.

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[UsualSuspect]

Good move for him and for us.

Although I can't help but think we should've loaned him out during the last 2 seasons too.

Exactly

or even at the start of this season

Im glad he got off the mark so quick but what does scoring for Burnley tell us?

When if he comes back to us if he's scored a few then his confidence will be up but his overall game won't be.