Bent out for rest of season

[N'ZMAV]

The words Shit, Hit & Fan spring to mind... and that's not a story of Emile Heskey assaulting anyone....

[FrankyH]

This might not be as desperate as it sounds. Weimann might be the man to start scoring a few goals. It could completely change the shape of the side. It is a case of horses for courses.

I think Weimann could be a great player for Villa, but  McLeish wont use him even with the loss of Bent and Keane.I hope I'm wrong , but Heskey will feature for the rest of the season if fit.

[gervilla]

This should see Bent still at the club to spearhead our promotion push next season.

[Legion]

I hope not. He needs to show more belief and try Weimann.

[bilsim]

I wouldn't bother with the Fonz, he is truly, truly awful, I've kept a close eye on him for the past few years and he's got no idea how to finish and no spacial awareness. Maybe it's worth giving Weimann a go or playing Ireland where Keane has flourished. Unfortunately though, McLeish is the decision maker so I'm not going to get my hopes up, it'll probably be the Ivanhoe show until may.

[PaulWinch again]

I now strongly believe we have a very good chance of going down.

[Chipsticks]

I wouldn't bother with the Fonz, he is truly, truly awful, I've kept a close eye on him for the past few years and he's got no idea how to finish and no spacial awareness. Maybe it's worth giving Weimann a go or playing Ireland where Keane has flourished. Unfortunately though, McLeish is the decision maker so I'm not going to get my hopes up, it'll probably be the Ivanhoe show until may.

Completely disagree with saying that the Fonz is awful. I think I've been at at least 50% of his games for the senior team, and in which he's always looked a great pacey threat with a good shot who's always scored on demand. I will admit that he's overrated, as is a lot of our young talent, but by any means I think that calling him "truly, truly awful" is incredibly harsh on the lad.

[PeterWithe]

The words Shit, Hit & Fan spring to mind... and that's not a story of Emile Heskey assaulting anyone....

I think one good thing about being so inept this season is that the board makes me laugh a lot more than when we are half decent. Nice one

[supertom]

It wouldn't at all surprise me if Bent has played his last game for us. All we can hope for is that we don't sell him for a loss. But if I'm Darren Bent and I'm facing another season of dredgery at the Villa, getting maybe 10 touches a game (on a good day), I'd be gone at the first sniff of a half decent side. He's had a poor season in truth, largely don't to the failure to get the best of him and give him service. I'd just hate to see a new manager come in, who might actually get things right and then Bent buggers off. He's not the most loyal player out there.

[bilsim]

I wouldn't bother with the Fonz, he is truly, truly awful, I've kept a close eye on him for the past few years and he's got no idea how to finish and no spacial awareness. Maybe it's worth giving Weimann a go or playing Ireland where Keane has flourished. Unfortunately though, McLeish is the decision maker so I'm not going to get my hopes up, it'll probably be the Ivanhoe show until may.

Completely disagree with saying that the Fonz is awful. I think I've been at at least 50% of his games for the senior team, and in which he's always looked a great pacey threat with a good shot who's always scored on demand. I will admit that he's overrated, as is a lot of our young talent, but by any means I think that calling him "truly, truly awful" is incredibly harsh on the lad.

I would love to be proved wrong, but I can only call it how I see it. I remember his winner against Portsmouth and thinking it would be a big moment in him becoming a regular, but he's actually played quite a few games and I've never seen anything that made me think he was capable of a full time senior place. In the pre-season game against Walsall he missed two open goals in the space of about 5 minutes and ran around like a headless chicken for the rest of the evening. Now I'm not going to say that a friendly should decide his ability but at the same time it's those chances that he should be taking. In his 30 odd appearances he's scored I think 3 goals, maybe 4, which isn't exactly scoring on demand. He is pacey but when he's not getting into the right areas that counts for nothing.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

It's not luck, it's football. You get injuries.

If that's the case, why don't all players get injured for 12 weeks at a time? Oh, wait, that's right, because it's just down to luck.

[Percy McCarthy]

At least our best centre-forward will be playing at centre-forward now. God help us if he gets injured though.

[pauliewalnuts]

Oh dear.

I think we are potentially in a lot of trouble now.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh dear.

I think we are potentially in a lot of trouble now.

Exactly massive trouble.

[ozzjim]

At least our best centre-forward will be playing at centre-forward now. God help us if he gets injured though.

Our best centre forward is out for 3 months, thinking Gabby is going to score the volume of goals Bent will with the sparse service that he has had this season if delusional. Gabby is a good lone centre forward, but never carries the positional sense or goal threat of Bent.

I am more pleased that Ireland and NZogbia simply have to start now which may give Gabby more service than Bent has had.

I agree with Supertom though, I fear we have seen the last of Bent, and if he goes I would not blame him one jot. If I were a decent player in our squad I would be onto my agent getting me a move in the summer.