Sell Bent?

[Dante Lavelli]

Bent out, Carroll in, maybe even as a straight swap.
The are pro’s and con’s for every argument but I have a hunch that this would work well.

My preferred formation is a 4231 a la Germany and I think Carroll could make a damn fine Klose.

 

[Monty]

Bent out, Carroll in, maybe even as a straight swap.
The are pro’s and con’s for every argument but I have a hunch that this would work well.

My preferred formation is a 4231 a la Germany and I think Carroll could make a damn fine Klose.

I don't think he has the mobility or movement for that role. The Guidetti link isn't a terrible one, though he does have injury problems.

[danlanza]

Bent out, Carroll in, maybe even as a straight swap.
The are pro’s and con’s for every argument but I have a hunch that this would work well.

My preferred formation is a 4231 a la Germany and I think Carroll could make a damn fine Klose.

I don't think he has the mobility or movement for that role. The Guidetti link isn't a terrible one, though he does have injury problems.

How much would Carroll demand in wages though?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think we should sell Bent purely for the satisfaction of watching Ozzjim implode.

[Dante Lavelli]

Bent out, Carroll in, maybe even as a straight swap.
The are pro’s and con’s for every argument but I have a hunch that this would work well.

My preferred formation is a 4231 a la Germany and I think Carroll could make a damn fine Klose.

I don't think he has the mobility or movement for that role. The Guidetti link isn't a terrible one, though he does have injury problems.

Well Klose is exceptional in that role, but Gomez has also done well and he is known for his limited movement.  Besides I have always been impressed by Carroll’s movement and also his pace so I think he’d be a good fit for where Villa are at the moment.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

Selling Bent would probably be the most stupid thing this football club has ever done and I include employing TSM.

Let's say we sell Bent, the first thing that happens is clubs know how much money we have to play with. So if Paul Lambert thought (for arguments sake) Jake Livermore was the player he wanted and was prepared to pay a realistic £5m - the first thing Spurzzz would do would be ask for £7m. So, Lambert improves the squad significantly by signing the 'Bent money' what would be the one thing thing that we would need? - A goalscorer.

I fully support Randy's cost cutting and Lambert has got rid of (or trying to get rid of) the big earners within the club, however, Randy needs to give Lambert the opportunity to build his team. Yes, we use the academy players, yes we bring in the players from the reserve team, but for every Ciaran Clark there is coming through there are also many young players across Europe that we should be trying to invest in. Lambert is clearly trying to do this by hiring this European scout. I think £15-£20m needs to be spent on 3 or 4 players, paid (for football) sensible wages now to compliment the youngsters and to try and ensure we don't have to sell Darren Bent. That said, if we're sitting in a relegation dogfight come Christmas I can see Bent asking to go elsewhere in January.

[Steve67]

Buying a big centre forward to win the ball in the air is absolutely pointless unless you have wingers to cross the ball in. Sell Bent, really? Madness, unless it's a swap for someone even better.

[Dante Lavelli]

Buying a big centre forward to win the ball in the air is absolutely pointless unless you have wingers to cross the ball in. Sell Bent, really? Madness, unless it's a swap for someone even better.

Germany manage pretty well and they do not play wingers. 

[Karlos96]

Selling Bent in my view would be utter madness.  We have waited years for a forward who can score 20 goals we should be looking to build a team around him, Bent would be the last player I would sell.

[Steve67]

Buying a big centre forward to win the ball in the air is absolutely pointless unless you have wingers to cross the ball in. Sell Bent, really? Madness, unless it's a swap for someone even better.

Germany manage pretty well and they do not play wingers. 

Are we Germany? Gomes also isn't really THAT type of forward either.  There is always an exception to the rule I suppose but buying Carroll, rather than Gomez, wouldn't really suit Villa at this point.

[Boz]

There's been some pretty stupid suggestions from time to time, but this one after one game and no service to Bent beggars belief.   

[Risso]

There's been some pretty stupid suggestions from time to time, but this one after one game and no service to Bent beggars belief.   

Stupid?  Try using your supreme intelligence to read the whole thread and you'll see it that it specifically says it's not just one game.

[olaftab]

Would we swap Bent for Gomez? I guess we would however the biggest criticism of Bent not getting involved is valid for Gomez as well. Against Holland he had ball possession for 21 seconds in total but scored two goals.

[garyshawsknee]

If he scores on sat,all this talk will die down till the next game when Bent is starved of service and chances.

[Steve67]

Would we swap Bent for Gomez? I guess we would however the biggest criticism of Bent not getting involved is valid for Gomez as well. Against Holland he had ball possession for 21 seconds in total but scored two goals.

No mate, Dante and I were debating the big centre forward thing.  Gomez and Bent swap wasn't a serious suggestion.