Darren Bent joins Fulham on loan (Reply #486)

[ozzjim]

Anyone seen Pardew bleating on that Newcastle was a better option for him? Yes Allan, it may be a better option, but Kinnear offered 2m for a permanent deal like a buffoon and you never came back with anything decent. Had you, you might have the player. Complete oik. Ashley, Pardew, Kinnear, is there a more loathsome, ridiculous, car crash trio than them in the league. Ashley is a useless lout, Kinnear is pissed and generally a complete cock in all he says and does and Pardew has no self respect for not walking away and hitting Newcastle with a law suit for the way they put Kinnear in. Their hopes lie with Remy, who has a fun court case ahead. Lovely.

[Pete3206]

If he stays fit, I can see him getting at least 15 goals this season.

[eamonn]

The ease at which Pardew reveals telling information in interviews about the club (specifically mentioning players that they want, don't want, commenting on the weaknesses of their current squad etc.) would make me feel queasy as a supporter but I guess we're used to Lambert - and Lerner/Faulkner's, more guarded, professional approach to any questions.

[JUAN PABLO]

Anyone seen Pardew bleating on that Newcastle was a better option for him? Yes Allan, it may be a better option, but Kinnear offered 2m for a permanent deal like a buffoon and you never came back with anything decent. Had you, you might have the player. Complete oik. Ashley, Pardew, Kinnear, is there a more loathsome, ridiculous, car crash trio than them in the league. Ashley is a useless lout, Kinnear is pissed and generally a complete cock in all he says and does and Pardew has no self respect for not walking away and hitting Newcastle with a law suit for the way they put Kinnear in. Their hopes lie with Remy, who has a fun court case ahead. Lovely.

If we had told them , his name was Dareau Courbé , We would have got £15 million off them.

[eastie]

I would like to wish darren all the best at Fulham , sad to see him go but he wasnt part of the managers plans so it is best for all- i an grateful for the goals he scored that helped us stay up during his time with us.

[timeoutbigbar]

On the bench for them today.

[danlanza]

Good luck to Darren. He will have a good season at Fulham.

[Concrete Tom]

So it looks like Darren and Paul did have a spat after all...

And I too was going to wish him luck. Oh well, everything else surrounding the club is positive at the moment.

[Percy McCarthy]

So it looks like Darren and Paul did have a spat after all...

Tell me more....

[Marlon's Hairy Wood]

So it looks like Darren and Paul did have a spat after all...

And I too was going to wish him luck. Oh well, everything else surrounding the club is positive at the moment.

If you're on about his quotes today then he pretty much says there wasn't a spat, there was literally nothing, jut dropped.

I feel bad for him, it's obviously for financial reasons for the good of the club, it's just a shame he had to go under a bit of a cloud as he's honest pro. I wish him well.

[Marlon's Hairy Wood]

although Gabby just tweeted this

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Every club ur at u say ur treated badly I wonder wat u do that u don't tell everyone 🙈

hehehe

[ciggiesnbeer]

His comments are fine. Just expressing his disappointment. This is good for him and us.

[PeterWithesShin]

Darren Bent has revealed the extent of his "horrible" misery at Aston Villa last season and stressed his determination to make the England squad for next summer's World Cup finals in Brazil.

Roy Hodgson's team have still to qualify but, after escaping Villa on a season-long loan to Fulham, Bent is looking to the future with confidence. "It's been a long, long summer," said the striker. "There's been a lot of speculation about where I was going to go and where I was going to play my football but it was Fulham who did the most work in getting me to the club and that's why I'm their player.

"It was really difficult at Villa because we weren't allowed to play in any matches, a few of us were kind of alienated to train with the kids. It has been difficult. There were times when I was thinking‚ 'Do I really deserve this?' It's all well and good not being part of the squad but to be treated like we have is bad.

"It was horrible. It wasn't so much the injuries, although they certainly didn't help, it was just the uncertainty. There were times I was in the squad and times I wasn't and there was just no explanation why. I understand that not every player can be every manager's cup of tea but to be alienated like that, to be kicked out of the first-team dressing room, when I've played a long time, when I'm an international, just felt a bit disappointing."

As for why he chose Fulham ahead of Newcastle United, whose manager, Alan Pardew, he had worked with at Charlton, he said: "I know Martin Jol. I've worked with him before, he signed me at Tottenham and I respect him hugely.

"Fulham are a strong, solid team and a good, solid club who have got some fantastic players. It's no secret that Newcastle were in for me, too, and there was a lot of speculation and I spoke to them but it never really materialised. Crystal Palace are a good side and I'd like to thank them for their interest but at this stage of my career I just felt that the best place for me was Fulham."

Bent, a £24m buy from Sunderland by Villa's former manager Gérard Houllier, clearly feels he can exorcise the recent past at Villa Park under Paul Lambert with a new start at Craven Cottage.

"I'm not just hungry to play football again. I'm absolutely starving," he said. "I'm ready to get going. Hopefully for the next game I'll get a piece of the action.

"I've missed on a couple of major competitions with England but I just hope this is my year. I need to get back to playing regularly, scoring goals for Fulham and that's my priority. That's what I do best."

[Dave Cooper please]

One day, in a parallel universe thousands of light years away there will be a journalist who actually realises that there is no way in the World we ever paid £24million for Darren Bent.

[Toronto Villa]

One day, in a parallel universe thousands of light years away there will be a journalist who actually realises that there is no way in the World we ever paid £24million for Darren Bent.

In that same universe, Ciaran Clarke never gets spelt that way again. Barry Bannan actually realises it his fault he isn't wanted at Villa. Stephen Ireland actually cares about anything.