Darren Bent

[john e]

So Darren Bent is in the same league as Linekar, Cole and Rooney...

Can I suggest you have a look at a list of top Premier League goalscorers over the last say, five seasons?

Good point:

1    Alan Shearer   260
2    Andrew Cole   187
3    Thierry Henry   174
4    Robbie Fowler   163
5    Les Ferdinand   149
         Michael Owen   149
6    Frank Lampard   148
7    Teddy Sheringham   147
9    Wayne Rooney   130
10    Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink   127

Which of the last 5 seasons did Shearer, Cole, Henry, Fowler, Ferdinand, Sheringham or Hasselbaink score in?

the way its going with Henry and Scholes, it still could happen !

[Legion]

Don't forget about Keane!

[PeterWithesShin]

I reckon Heskey will make a late run to get to the top of the list. And then fall over just before he gets there.

[PaulTheVillan]

Bent reminds me of Andy Cole.

[Steve kirk]

Amazing. Bent is shit?

There were three games this season when he got his radar wrong, Sunderland away, Bolton away and Swansea away, had things been different in those games he would have been on around 10 goals and we would be purring about him, he is just a bit off colour and needs our support so I am also amazed that some might consider him even a teeny weeny bit shit.       

[Percy McCarthy]

Bent is not shit, but Villa play better without him. Still, anyone who believes this is apparently mentally ill.

[Shrek]

Bent is not shit, but Villa play better without him. Still, anyone who believes this is apparently mentally ill.

Exactly, dare you not agree..

[ozzjim]

Most press outlets are saying he is Hughes top target and they are targeting Europe next season. Ambition above ours and back in London.

[Chris Smith]

Bent is not shit, but Villa play better without him. Still, anyone who believes this is apparently mentally ill.

I think we have been playing better without him recently, Bolton aside; I don't think that means we will always play better without him.

[Shrek]

Most press outlets are saying he is Hughes top target and they are targeting Europe next season. Ambition above ours and back in London.

To be fair, the only reason we attracted people was with high wages.

So as we know, it'll all end in tears.

[Chris Smith]

Most press outlets are saying he is Hughes top target and they are targeting Europe next season. Ambition above ours and back in London.

To be fair, the only reason we attracted people was with high wages.

So as we know, it'll all end in tears.

We attracted people because we had a good manager and owners who appeared ambitious and prepared to back him. I doubt we offered wages that couldn't have easily been matched elsewhere.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Bent reminds me of Andy Cole.

Who won a number of trophies with Man Utd. Exactly. The sort of player a team wanting to do well would want.

[ozzjim]

Bent is not shit, but Villa play better without him. Still, anyone who believes this is apparently mentally ill.

I think we have been playing better without him recently, Bolton aside; I don't think that means we will always play better without him.

Last season we would have been fine without him. Should never have bought him in the first place, we simply never needed his 1 in 2 record for us. We ooze goals from so many areas of the pitch, having the top premier league goalscorer over the last 3-4 seasons is simply below us really. And coming into his prime. What were we thinking I just don't know.

[JUAN PABLO]

Carroll to barcodes for 10 million ?     Dalglish is a really muppet If true , pardew would really have stitched him up. 

But £10 million for 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' to go towards someone else ..

[Percy McCarthy]

Whereas this season, we'd be better off with Gabby playing up front.