Darren Bent

[Dave]

is it true that we are only 3 appearances away from paying a big whack off the transfer to Sunderland?

Thank goodness you're back.

[ktvillan]

Has there ever been such a keen discussion on the line up of our subs bench?

We've never had a player that cost £24m before.

Surely it's a good thing that the manager doesn't take that into account.

But perhaps he should take the reasons why he cost 24m into account.  Especially when we are hardly scoring for fun, and will have few alternative reliable goal sources if Benteke becomes unavailable. 

[Irish villain]

Is it an MON type-signing?

[nornironvillain]

is it true that we are only 3 appearances away from paying a big whack off the transfer to Sunderland?

Thank goodness you're back.

MEGALOLZ etc etc etc

why is that?

only asking a question

"It is interesting to read about Aston Villa supposedly having to pay Sunderland a big lump of money if their striker Darren Bent plays three more games for them."

so why would Lawrenson say that?

[Dave]

is it true that we are only 3 appearances away from paying a big whack off the transfer to Sunderland?

Thank goodness you're back.

MEGALOLZ etc etc etc

why is that?

only asking a question

"It is interesting to read about Aston Villa supposedly having to pay Sunderland a big lump of money if their striker Darren Bent plays three more games for them."

so why would Lawrenson say that?

a) He's a fucking idiot.

b) He hasn't spend the last five days discussing it at length, as has been the case on here.

[JUAN PABLO]

to be fair on Nirniron , he could have been away for 5 days

[The Man With A Stick]

"It is interesting to read about Aston Villa supposedly having to pay Sunderland a big lump of money if their striker Darren Bent plays three more games for them."

so why would Lawrenson say that?

Three people at work have asked me the same thing this week and they know fuck all about the Villa as well.

Lawro's probably been too busy tugging over all the Benitez stories this week to read about anything else.

[pauliewalnuts]

I find it truly remarkable that Mark Lawrenson is paid handsomely for his "analysis" of football, which consists of parrotting the same batch of about 15-20 cliches he's been parrotting for years.

[VILLA MOLE]

I find it truly remarkable that Mark Lawrenson is paid handsomely for his "analysis" of football, which consists of parrotting the same batch of about 15-20 cliches he's been parrotting for years.

that is the only part of my License fee I want back

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

In his pre-match interview, Lambert repeatedly said that he based his selections on "What I see day in and day out on the training ground".
He couldn't have made it any clearer, why Bent was not figuring.

[garyshawsknee]

I find it truly remarkable that Mark Lawrenson is paid handsomely for his "analysis" of football, which consists of parrotting the same batch of about 15-20 cliches he's been parrotting for years.

that is the only part of my License fee I want back

And Shearers fee.

[Risso]

In his pre-match interview, Lambert repeatedly said that he based his selections on "What I see day in and day out on the training ground".
He couldn't have made it any clearer, why Bent was not figuring.

Even if he spent training on a deckchair in the penalty area, he'd be a better bet than Albrighton, who appears to have forgotten how to play football.

[olaftab]

January 2011 transfer window was obviously not good for strikers.  The 3 big money transfers Torres, Carroll, Bent all struggling to make an impact.

[ozzjim]

In his pre-match interview, Lambert repeatedly said that he based his selections on "What I see day in and day out on the training ground".
He couldn't have made it any clearer, why Bent was not figuring.

Even if he spent training on a deckchair in the penalty area, he'd be a better bet than Albrighton, who appears to have forgotten how to play football.

But may be doing really well in training and thus making the bench based on the fact he gives us width. In training he might be whipping brilliant balls across. We don't see it.

[Karl Bridges]

I've not seen a convincing argument yet to say why Leigh Bowery is better to have on the bench than Darren Bent.