Darren Bent

[Eigentor]

Darren Bent a shit finisher? If that's the case then I wonder what's the opinion of the other forwards at Villa. Bent is probably the best finisher in the Premier League outside last season's top four.

[Dante Lavelli]

His movement is world class but i do not think his finishing is anything extraordinary.  He misses a helluva lot of sitters for a finisher.  What was Harry Redknapp's quote?  "my wife could have finished that" or something similar. 

[Concrete John]

Everyone will miss sitters from time to time, but not everyone will be there to miss them.

Finishing - 8/10
Movement - 10/10

[Rick_avfc]

When people say Bent has missed some sitters, which ones?  He has had good opportunities against Bolton but I wouldnt say any of them were "sitters".  Strikers of all levels have missed the same sort of chances as Bent.  People are being too over critical of him.

[pauliewalnuts]

He's not a shit finisher, but he's not world class at it. What he is world class at is movement and timing of runs. Finishing, however, is a technical skill, and he'll never be world class at anything technical.

He's the best player I have ever seen at beating the offside, he times his runs superbly.

Agree, his movement is superb.  This gets in him great positions, from which he occasionally misses.
World class movement.  Good finisher.

I also love the way he waits on the shoulder of the last defender, turns at exactly the right time to stay on side, and gets himself into lots of space.

Imagine how many goals he'd have at a club who play like Arsenal and provide plenty of through balls of that type to get on the end of.

[Rick_avfc]

I also love the way he waits on the shoulder of the last defender, turns at exactly the right time to stay on side, and gets himself into lots of space.

Imagine how many goals he'd have at a club who play like Arsenal and provide plenty of through balls of that type to get on the end of.

Thats where his strengths mie and we should be playing them.  We all know he is not a work horse and he will never become that but what he will offer is great movement and good finishing.  How Eck has not got this right yet i will never know

[Shrek]

My gosh I caused Abit of a stir on here eh.

Bent isnt the best finisher at all, maybe shit is harsh, but my gosh you lot just don't like my opinion on Bent.

He is being built up on here as irreplaceable, I don't know how the rest of the league cope without Bent.

[Ryu]

Darren bent does miss very good chances, to be fair, especially one on ones. He's very good at first time shots from balls into the box.  But when he's playing well he tends to get himself into at least 3 or 4 very good shooting positions a game, so missing half his chances isn't exactly a problem.

There's no question he should be in the team, its up to AM to work out which 3 of Gabby, Ireland, The Zog, Marc and now Keane are going to work best behind him.

[Chris Smith]

My gosh I caused Abit of a stir on here eh.

Bent isnt the best finisher at all, maybe shit is harsh, but my gosh you lot just don't like my opinion on Bent.

He is being built up on here as irreplaceable, I don't know how the rest of the league cope without Bent.

Shit isn't a bit harsh, it's completely and utterly wrong.

[andyh]

I can't believe that there is a debate going on here around whether Darren Bent is good enough for us !!
And that nearly 23% who voted would sell him

Incredible.

 
 

[N'ZMAV]

Darren Bent is the modern day Andy Cole.

[Shrek]

Look at how many chances Bent misses, yes he puts most chances that are easier to miss away, but his actual finishing isn't that good, it's just his positioning in the box is second to none which makes up for it.

[Shrek]

I can't believe that there is a debate going on here around whether Darren Bent is good enough for us !!
And that nearly 23% who voted would sell him

Incredible.

 
 

That's not the issue, it's the fact he doesn't for into how our manager plays.

[Villanation]

Bent is a shit finisher, he is such a limited footballer.

BUT he has that natural talent that cannot be taught of being in the right place at the right time.

Shit finisher? You have completely and utterly lost your mind

I was going to comment myself Toronto, but posts like that are not even worthy of a response. Ignore.

If we'd signed Lineker in his prime, Shrek would have been moaning that he didn't put a shift in like Mark Hateley, and we should sell him.

If we'd have signed Lineker Walkers crisps wouldn't have been the company they are now....

[Vanilla]

He may not be performing for us now, but hopefully when we are playing better football in the future he would be an integral part of the team (he says with forlorn hope).