Darren Bent

[Shrek]

Darren Bent, hmmm I know let's play him, then put Heskey on one wing and Marc on the other and ask them to defend.

Great managerial skills there..

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Bents game is much better when playing a 4-3-3 though having Keane as his partner has been fairly sucessful ....

[Percy McCarthy]

Biggest problem with playing him on his own is that when it gets knocked up to him nobody makes a positive run because they have absolutely no confidence in him retaining possession. And rightly so.

Many strikers would struggle to hold on to some of the passes Bent receives. But not quite so much as he does.

[Malandro]

So how did he look in some of the later friendlies? I saw him against Mansfield and he looked so unfit and fat that I thought it was a different player.
His head even looks different!

[PaulWinch again]

Well if he could bang in 10 goals for us this season, that'd be a massive help.

[pauliewalnuts]

So how did he look in some of the later friendlies? I saw him against Mansfield and he looked so unfit and fat that I thought it was a different player.
His head even looks different!

I know it sounds nuts - given the training regime and the fact he's a professional footballer - but I thought he looked overweight, too. I know what you mean about him looking different.

This photo is on the OS. He looks pretty chunky here.



(obviously, when I say "chunky", i mean for a professional footballer, not by comparison with us civilians)

[curiousorange]

The new Mick Quinn, hopefully.

[Malandro]

I hope so, I think he's a good player.

[peter w]

I think he's guiven up on it all. He should havce been busting a gut to get to Brazil seeing as we're not blessed with an abundance of quality forwards. Yet his performances at Fulham saw him dropped frequently. I don't think his heart's in it anymore.

[PaulTheVillan]

It's the collar.

[sid1964]

I think it is the stripes on his shirt that make him look fat

Fo me he should be long gone, but no doubt if he scores 6 goals this season there will be some who will be saying give him a new contract!

[silhillvilla]

Been hanging out with grant holt too much

[Toronto Villa]

His recent change in marital status explains his girth. After a year or two that will change and he'll back to packing his own lunch and finding his dinner missing when arriving home.

[Percy McCarthy]

I think it is the stripes on his shirt that make him look fat

Any mod, woman or gay man will tell you that vertical stripes are slimming.

God help him if he goes to Celtic or QPR.

[tomd2103]

I think he's guiven up on it all. He should havce been busting a gut to get to Brazil seeing as we're not blessed with an abundance of quality forwards. Yet his performances at Fulham saw him dropped frequently. I don't think his heart's in it anymore.

Could be Peter, but it just might have the past couple of years totally demoralised him.  Hopefully he has realised that this is his last chance and is willing to put the effort in.