Darren Bent

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I dont think there is much chance of Bent going to QPR after Redknapp's public humiliation of Bent. Not to mention they are probably favourites to go down right now and that probably (we hope) won't change much in January.

Fulham or Liverpool are more likely destinations.

Feel free to poo poo this but I think he's got a good chance of going to Chelsea or even Arsenal. Both are looking for a goalscorer, Chelsea moreso. The fact he is eligible for European competition and a proven goal getter makes me think Arsenal might take a punt on him especially if as rumoured Walcott leaves in January.

I think his technical limitations make Arsenal an unlikely destination and Chelsea will surely cast their net a bit wider if they're in the market.

What technical limitations? Arsenals current strikers are Giroud, Podolski and Chamakh - Darren Bent scores more goals per game than those three combined.

[QBVILLA]

I dont think there is much chance of Bent going to QPR after Redknapp's public humiliation of Bent. Not to mention they are probably favourites to go down right now and that probably (we hope) won't change much in January.

Fulham or Liverpool are more likely destinations.

Feel free to poo poo this but I think he's got a good chance of going to Chelsea or even Arsenal. Both are looking for a goalscorer, Chelsea moreso. The fact he is eligible for European competition and a proven goal getter makes me think Arsenal might take a punt on him especially if as rumoured Walcott leaves in January.

I think his technical limitations make Arsenal an unlikely destination and Chelsea will surely cast their net a bit wider if they're in the market.

What technical limitations? Arsenals current strikers are Giroud, Podolski and Chamakh - Darren Bent scores more goals per game than those three combined.

The two goals he scored at the Emirates at the end of the season before last were as good technically as you'll see from a centre forward. I personally don't buy into this idea that Bent is limted technically and think wherever he ends up he will score plenty of goals. For me that is the main job of a centre forward.

[levico]

I have no logical basis on which to hang this idea but I just wonder if the poetic irony will be that we signed Bent who then kept us up 2 years ago and then conversely we sell him in January and we go down.

I know, pure boll**** 

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

From Todays Guardian.
Darren Bent: 22 questions about Aston Villa's record signing.

My favourite is...

Q We're only asking what the punters are talking about.

PL Listen, I totally respect what you're doing and what your questions are. All I can do is give you an honest answer. If I was going to lie to you, honestly I would lie. I ain't lying. I'm telling you the truth.





http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/nov/28/darren-bent-aston-villa

[QBVILLA]

From Todays Guardian.
Darren Bent: 22 questions about Aston Villa's record signing.

My favourite is...

Q We're only asking what the punters are talking about.

PL Listen, I totally respect what you're doing and what your questions are. All I can do is give you an honest answer. If I was going to lie to you, honestly I would lie. I ain't lying. I'm telling you the truth.





http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/nov/28/darren-bent-aston-villa

Cheers for that link A.L.I.T.A.

[JUAN PABLO]

Selling him to QPR would be utterly ridiculous but I would put nothing past the two in charge.

agree

They would stay up with his goals , we could go down .   The owner would deserve what he gets .

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Another from the Guardian `22 questions`comments page.


Q:Is this the real life?
PL: Oh, this is real, believe me, and the sooner my player know that the better.

Q:Is this just fantasy?
PL:We can’t be caught dreaming, you know, my player can’t be thinking they are better than what they are, they need to work hard and get us out of this.

Q:Caught in a landslide?
PL: No, there was that danger but I think tonight the three points has stopped the slide

Q:No escape from reality?
PL: Exactly, our players know this is real, they know what we have to do, the table doesn’t lie.

Q:Open your eyes?
PL: Exactly, theres no hidin’ from my players

Q:Look up to the skies and see?
PL: Exactly, we need to look up the table and move towards it.

Q: Just a poor boy, Need no sympathy?
PL: Well, yes we may not have the funds available but we certainly don’t expect anyone feeling sorry for themselves.

Q:Because You’re "easy come, easy go"?
PL: Well, in this game you live and die football but you got to get on and think about the next game, no point dwelling on what went on before.

Q:Little high, little low?
A: It’s a rollercoaster ride, the Barclays Premier League

Q: Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me?
A: Well, not unless you are playing Stoke (Assembled hacks laugh)

Q: Mama, just killed a man?
A: Aye me and all, Darren Bent’s in the freezer……shit……..

[eastie]

From Todays Guardian.
Darren Bent: 22 questions about Aston Villa's record signing.

My favourite is...

Q We're only asking what the punters are talking about.

PL Listen, I totally respect what you're doing and what your questions are. All I can do is give you an honest answer. If I was going to lie to you, honestly I would lie. I ain't lying. I'm telling you the truth.





http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/nov/28/darren-bent-aston-villa

Cheers for that link A.L.I.T.A.

Yes , having read that link its even more perplexing that bent is out of the 18.  , lambert says he has no problem with him , he rates him , and there's no problem in training with him- so why the hell isn't he at least on the bench  mr lambert?

If the most important thing is aston villa and. Winning matches then Darren bent MUST be on the bench at least.

[JUAN PABLO]

I dont think there is much chance of Bent going to QPR after Redknapp's public humiliation of Bent. Not to mention they are probably favourites to go down right now and that probably (we hope) won't change much in January.

Fulham or Liverpool are more likely destinations.

Feel free to poo poo this but I think he's got a good chance of going to Chelsea or even Arsenal. Both are looking for a goalscorer, Chelsea moreso. The fact he is eligible for European competition and a proven goal getter makes me think Arsenal might take a punt on him especially if as rumoured Walcott leaves in January.

I think his technical limitations make Arsenal an unlikely destination and Chelsea will surely cast their net a bit wider if they're in the market.

true but he would score a lot more goals than Torres and Walcott put together.

[glasses]

Lambert is on a hiding to nothing with Bent, really. If he wants to play him, but can't due to clause trigger/transfer request/transfer agreed/refusal to play, then he has to fend off 22 questions asking him why Bent wasn't playing, even after winning a match. If he doesn't want to play him, the fans are on his back and the papers will print stories like the on a few pages ago 'A source close to Bent ...etc'

FWIW, I think that story sounds like an agent putting the story together for a move. What you read is that Bent is bemused at not being in the squad and feels like he is being forced out, and doesn't want to leave/hand in transfer request.

Rather than he wants a move as he is bored with us/frustrated the service to him isn't as good as when he signed, and he thinks he will be sold whether he puts the transfer request in or not, thus saving the handsome 'loyalty bonus' that he and no doubt most footballers get when they are sold.

[JUAN PABLO]

If only we were half way up the table and scoring goals.

[Dave]

Never understasnd why Redknapp can talk about other players like that.

Why can't he? There's nothing in the rules that says that he shouldn't.

I seem to recall one of our managers talking about another player a few years back and getting fined for it. Can't remember who it was.

Completely different.

O'Leary was stupid enough to say 'I know that the player wants to join us' when we hadn't been given permission to talk to him. He later said that he bumped into Beattie at a racecourse and discussed whether he'd be open to a move to Villa.

If Redknapp had said 'I know Bent wants to come here' then he would be dragged over the coals, and if O'Leary had said 'I want to sign Beattie' then he would be fine.

It's the admission of talking to the player without permission of the club that was the problem, not the admission of interest in the player.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

If he wants to play him, but can't due to clause trigger/transfer request/transfer agreed/refusal to play, then he has to fend off 22 questions asking him why Bent wasn't playing, even after winning a match.

Please, please,please. Can we stop going on about him playing triggering payments? That is all complete and utter bollox.
That stuff might be good enough for stupid wanky TalkSport pundits and lazy London hacks, but surely we can do better than that here? 

[glasses]

If he wants to play him, but can't due to clause trigger/transfer request/transfer agreed/refusal to play, then he has to fend off 22 questions asking him why Bent wasn't playing, even after winning a match.

Please, please,please. Can we stop going on about him playing triggering payments? That is all complete and utter bollox.
That stuff might be good enough for stupid wanky TalkSport pundits and lazy London hacks, but surely we can do better than that here? 

Well I haven't categorically said that, have I? I've tried to list a number of reasons which may mean Lambert's hands are tied. I don't think they are, but speculation is rife at the moment

[PaulWinch again]

I do wonder the logic of this extra payment argument. I can't imagine when Lambert joined he was told 'right you can play Bent 11 times and then that's your lot, we can't afford to play him anymore.' Why would he have made him captain if that were the case? it makes no sense.