Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert denies rift with Darren Bent

[JUAN PABLO]

so certain peolpe want to sell Bent and get money in to buy other players , a bit more creative etc etc etc

Then what will we say then?  we need a goalscorer .     

We have one . Play to his strengths    .Bent is not the problem , its getting the damn ball to him.

[SoccerHQ]

How come Benteke is getting on the end of chances and not Bent?

You can't say Benteke has better movement than Bent in the box?

[Percy McCarthy]

Well he's trying harder for a start.

[Dave Clark Five]

I don't get all this 'play to his strengths' talk. Sadly we no longer have quality wide players in the squad so how exactly can we do that? Sometimes you have to deal with the hand you are dealt with. 

You are correct. I doubt if there has ever been a player who has been able to hide so much behind the lack of service that he is supposedly wanting. You even hear people who have never watched a game of football going on about it. It is becoming an urban myth.

For a centre forward at the price we paid for Bent you expect more than a six yard goal hanger. The fact is that he is creating an unpleasant atmosphere within the squad at a time that we can well do without it.

[1874]

Yep. As I said. It isn't his fault. That is the way he has always played and he has been successful doing that. Just a case now of wrong player, wrong club. He was perfect under Houllier with the players and system we had. Now that has changed he isn't.

[PeterWithesShin]

That is an interesting point. How come despite playing with the same players, Benteke gets far more chances than Bent does? If it's the service surely Benteke would be living off scraps as well? Rather than missing all those *cough* sitters.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

so certain peolpe want to sell Bent and get money in to buy other players , a bit more creative etc etc etc

Then what will we say then?  we need a goalscorer .     

We have one . Play to his strengths    .Bent is not the problem , its getting the damn ball to him.

Exactly. We finally got a goals corer and people want to sell him. Sometimes people forget that you need to score goals to win games...

[Percy McCarthy]

I find it more surprising that paople forget that the best individuals don't always make the best team, and that just because you sell a goalscorer, it doesn't necessarily follow that you score less goals.

[Dave Clark Five]

so certain peolpe want to sell Bent and get money in to buy other players , a bit more creative etc etc etc

Then what will we say then?  we need a goalscorer .     

We have one . Play to his strengths    .Bent is not the problem , its getting the damn ball to him.

Exactly. We finally got a goals corer and people want to sell him. Sometimes people forget that you need to score goals to win games...

It also helps when all eleven of the team are trying and not just going through the motions.

[1874]

That is an interesting point. How come despite playing with the same players, Benteke gets far more chances than Bent does? If it's the service surely Benteke would be living off scraps as well? Rather than missing all those *cough* sitters.

This.

[hilts_coolerking]

It's quite a choice isn't it?  Play Benteke and we create chances for him to miss.  Play Bent and we create nothing for him to score.

Maybe the answer is to try Weimann.

[Sexual Ealing]

so certain peolpe want to sell Bent and get money in to buy other players , a bit more creative etc etc etc

Then what will we say then?  we need a goalscorer .     

We have one . Play to his strengths    .Bent is not the problem , its getting the damn ball to him.

Exactly. We finally got a goals corer

I always wondered how the holes for the posts got there.

[ciggiesnbeer]

so certain peolpe want to sell Bent and get money in to buy other players , a bit more creative etc etc etc

Then what will we say then?  we need a goalscorer .     

We have one . Play to his strengths    .Bent is not the problem , its getting the damn ball to him.

Exactly. We finally got a goals corer

I always wondered how the holes for the posts got there.

Does a damn fine job to be fair. I have never seen our posts wobble about or fall over.

[adrenachrome]

I don't get all this 'play to his strengths' talk. Sadly we no longer have quality wide players in the squad so how exactly can we do that? Sometimes you have to deal with the hand you are dealt with. 

You are correct. I doubt if there has ever been a player who has been able to hide so much behind the lack of service that he is supposedly wanting. You even hear people who have never watched a game of football going on about it. It is becoming an urban myth.

For a centre forward at the price we paid for Bent you expect more than a six yard goal hanger. The fact is that he is creating an unpleasant atmosphere within the squad at a time that we can well do without it.

When you get right down to it, that's the truth, Ruth.

[Sexual Ealing]

so certain peolpe want to sell Bent and get money in to buy other players , a bit more creative etc etc etc

Then what will we say then?  we need a goalscorer .     

We have one . Play to his strengths    .Bent is not the problem , its getting the damn ball to him.

Exactly. We finally got a goals corer

I always wondered how the holes for the posts got there.

Does a damn fine job to be fair. I have never seen our posts wobble about or fall over.

Not even the nets do that.