Herd and Bent fallout?

[arnie66]

I'm coming round to the idea of selling him and couldn't care less where he goes.

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I want to see pace / power / movement from our forwards and I think in a re-vitalised Gabby we have pace, in Benteke we have power and in Weimann we have movement.

I'm not sure we are the sort of team that can afford a luxury player nor does it seem to fit in the 'young and hungry' ethos of PL

[Merv]

I can't see Rogers wanting Bent either. The only role for him in that team is the central striker, which is where Suarez plays, and he's an entirely different type of player to Bent. If anything, he'll need an understudy to Suarez. Can't see Bent being that man.

[Concrete John]

As I see it they'd probably play Bent with Suarez behind him, which is where I think he's best anyway.

[Concrete John]

I'm coming round to the idea of selling him and couldn't care less where he goes.

This 100%

I want to see pace / power / movement from our forwards and I think in a re-vitalised Gabby we have pace, in Benteke we have power and in Weimann we have movement.

I'm not sure we are the sort of team that can afford a luxury player nor does it seem to fit in the 'young and hungry' ethos of PL

I'd say it's more basic that that and we can't afford a player who's getting £80k a week to be sitting on our bench.  Same probably goes for Given as well!

[Ryu]

 After the performances of Gabby and Tekkers in the sunderland game I did start to think for the first time that selling Bent might not be a terrible idea. We would surely make a loss on him but if we could get £15m or more and use the money to strengthen in other areas, such as a genuine right sided player it would possibly improve the team overall   

Having said that its a long season and having bent as an option from the bench or to start is a brilliant one. As long as he doesn't start pushing for a move himself.

[Jarpie]

After the performances of Gabby and Tekkers in the sunderland game I did start to think for the first time that selling Bent might not be a terrible idea. We would surely make a loss on him but if we could get £15m or more and use the money to strengthen in other areas, such as a genuine right sided player it would possibly improve the team overall   

Having said that its a long season and having bent as an option from the bench or to start is a brilliant one. As long as he doesn't start pushing for a move himself.

We might need to buy replacement for Bent since we don't know is Weimann or Benteke as good scoring as Bent. If Gabby can get back to scoring 13-15 goals in the league, and Benteke + Weimann can pick up scoring when Gabby hits the dry run we wouldn't need to rely on him as much.

That being said, I'd probably rather have two or three strikers who can score 10-15 goals by themselves than rely on one striker who can score 20+.

[midnite]

I think he wants to leave, and lambert is resigned to him going. Not saying that is a good thing, but I don't know how else to read it.

I think its the other way around... Lambert want him gone and Bent is resigned to leaving. Something has happened behind the scenes that we're not privy to.

I cant see why, not long after his arrival to the club, Lambert makes Bent captain only for a few weeks later to not be in the side at all.

[ez]

Looks like he's going then. I doubt he's too downhearted. He knows he'll be playing in the premier league next season. Lets hope we are too.

[Jarpie]

Why do you think he's going? Just because he got a knock and didn't play or some unfounded rumours in twatter?

[jeowje]

It seems shortsighted and naieve in the extreme to take the view that we no longer need Bent because Gabby has scored his first goal in the league in a year and Bentekke is staring to look useful. I still think that Bent/Bentekke could be our best strikeforce, and it will surely get it's chance sooner or later.

Bent is still by far our most valuable assset and the only player of genuine PROVEN class at the club. We should be very keen to ensure that we keep him in my view.

[Dave]

Agreed.

I don't get this 'luxury player' stuff either. Charlton couldn't afford a 'luxury player'. Nor could Sunderland. They still managed to get one of the best goalscorers in the league scoring lots of goals.

If we do end up making a loss on him (which is looking increasingly likely), I'll consider it a bit of a failure on Lambert's part.

[Matt C]

I fear he's off in January and whichever way we dress it up, that will be a great waste.

[silhillvilla]

I get the impression a deal to sell him has already been agreed, and it's all about making sure he doesn't get injured now. Can't say I'll be shedding many tears .

[eastie]

I get the impression a deal to sell him has already been agreed, and it's all about making sure he doesn't get injured now. Can't say I'll be shedding many tears .

Can't see that - we aren't I'm a position to leave a top player  out just in case he gets injured with almost 2 month till the transfer window- it's a shame lambert can't find a way of using bent as he is without doubt a quality finisher and alongside benteke we would have a very dangerous strikeforce.

[Steve R]

Say what you like about the lass in the photograph, she has a far better grasp of squad  rotation than O'Neill ever did.