Darren Bent

[hawkeye]

2,3,4,5 kicks in the balls!!!!!!.

That could be us, on the freeway, laughing at squares and eating corn dogs. I'd tip waitresses, you wouldn't but you'd help them with their music. Wyoming, Idaho, Utah...just us and our thoughts. x

Noon Iron bouncing around on the back seat chucking empty crisp packets out the window asking "are we nearly there yet" every 10 minutes.

[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.

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.

We see how crap he is in matches though.  He hasn't had a good game in two years.  But anway, it's completely Lambert's choice not to play Bent.  I just hope his pig headedness doesn't lead to relegation and him losing his job over it, as that would be a very expensive price to pay for making a point.

I think the whole point is that Albrighton and others are putting more effort into training on a daily basis than Bent.

That is why he is left out.

[PeterWithe]

Norn, we've worked out between us that the maximum we probably still owe Sunderland is between £1m and £2m.  I looked at the accounts, Dave W seems to have talked to somebody at the club.  It's not a small amount but probably not worth leaving him out over.

And that's the total potentially owing. I don't think it's all for fifty appearances - some of it will be tied up in stuff like European qualification and winning trophies.

Indeed.  Although I bet Sunderland didn't put too much on the winning trophies bit.  "£2m if you qualify for the Champions League?, bollocks Mr Lerner, we'll have it when Benty scores 30 goals if you don't mind!"

I'd guess it'll be both, along with everything from staying up to playing in Euro 2012.

The rumour was that £3m was payable on us staying up.  That would tally with what's in the accounts as well.

Is that £3m part of the reported £18m transfer fee or on top of it? Was the extra £3m paid as a lump sum or is that spread across the years of the contract like the transfer fee?

[danlanza]

Paper rumours..... Lambert could be forced to sell Bent for a cut price 10mil. QPR sniffing around.

[olaftab]

Forced? Current state doesn't suggest that!

[olaftab]

I really do not understand why we would sign into a appearance clause for an established experienced player.  Saving us from relegation yes, getting to a particular position in the League yes, winning a cup or something yes, qualifying for Europe etc yes but number of appearance and at that as low as 50 NO.

[supertom]

10 mill would be quite low, certainly to QPR. To them we up the price. We're not in a rush to sell. If we only want 10, we can get that in the summer.

[LeeB]

Paper rumours..... Lambert could be forced to sell Bent for a cut price 10mil. QPR sniffing around.

I love the way he's stuck his spoon in the porridge this week, what with us playing down there this week.

They won't be signing him, and at £10m they can whistle fucking Dixie.

[QBVILLA]

I really do not understand why we would sign into a appearance clause for an established experienced player.  Saving us from relegation yes, getting to a particular position in the League yes, winning a cup or something yes, qualifying for Europe etc yes but number of appearance and at that as low as 50 NO.

It might be a case that 50 appearances coincides with twelve months, assuming that the player plays week in week out. Thus helping out on tax payments. We had Davies on loan from Albion for a year due to the Albion not wanting his transfer fee on their yearly accounts if I remember correctly.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Darren Bent to Lincoln City for £74 million

In the latest in a series of inexplicable transfers for the player, Darren Bent has joined Lincoln City for £74 million. Bent tells the press:

"I've had some great days at Aston Villa - about thirteen, I think - but it's time to move on. People will question why I'm swapping a top Premier League side for unfashionable League Two strugglers, but then people questioned why Johnny Rotten done them butter adverts, so... you know."

[Villafirst]

All this talk of £3 Million in clauses makes Villa look small-time. The root of Villa's problems lies at the Chairman's door. We never hear a thing from him so we haven't a clue at his intentions for the club, although I suspect his current austerity measures are probably linked to the Bent situation. As I've said before, he needs to sell up and move out. No wonder the Browns fans were glad to see the back of him!

[Rip Van We Go Again]

All this talk of £3 Million in clauses makes Villa look small-time. The root of Villa's problems lies at the Chairman's door. We never hear a thing from him so we haven't a clue at his intentions for the club, although I suspect his current austerity measures are probably linked to the Bent situation. As I've said before, he needs to sell up and move out. No wonder the Browns fans were glad to see the back of him!

Whilst I agree that the Chairman is utterly useless, there is no evidence at all about this supposed £3m add on, so you can't have a go at him for that.

[cheltenhamlion]

Its pleasing to see Norn Iron back talking cobblers as usual.

Someone who apparently values debate but, when his own points are proven to be incorrect, just shouts them louder.

[Villafirst]

All this talk of £3 Million in clauses makes Villa look small-time. The root of Villa's problems lies at the Chairman's door. We never hear a thing from him so we haven't a clue at his intentions for the club, although I suspect his current austerity measures are probably linked to the Bent situation. As I've said before, he needs to sell up and move out. No wonder the Browns fans were glad to see the back of him!

Whilst I agree that the Chairman is utterly useless, there is no evidence at all about this supposed £3m add on, so you can't have a go at him for that.

What I can have a go at him at is selling all our best players (incuding Bent soon) and replacing them with Championship quality players ready to play in that very league next season the way things are going.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

All this talk of £3 Million in clauses makes Villa look small-time. The root of Villa's problems lies at the Chairman's door. We never hear a thing from him so we haven't a clue at his intentions for the club, although I suspect his current austerity measures are probably linked to the Bent situation. As I've said before, he needs to sell up and move out. No wonder the Browns fans were glad to see the back of him!

Whilst I agree that the Chairman is utterly useless, there is no evidence at all about this supposed £3m add on, so you can't have a go at him for that.

Lambert has clearly stated in his press conference that this "50 game" quote is complete rubbish. His comment was " i see them training every day . You lot don`t" when then asked "is he just not putting the work rate in" Lambert said. "i pick the team" .....