Darren Bent joins Fulham on loan (Reply #486)

[pauliewalnuts]

I think part of is we're only little Villa, so an easy safe target to dig at. I also think we stole the jam out of a lot folks doughnuts when we signed him for that amount and he hit the ground running, considering what was paid by the super big n glamorous clubs for Torres and Carroll. Plus we were meant to be skint at the time, so how dare we spend £18+m on a player.

Or the tiresome "Why didn't you just give that money to O'Neill? He wouldn't have left and would have spent it far better?". To which the only response could be "No! You just...you just don't get it, do you?"

That is the single most annoying football comment I have heard in the last several decades, and it used to get reeled out quite a lot, too.

Really, really frustrating stuff.

[olaftab]

I think Bent should head off to MLS.

[gervilla]

I think part of is we're only little Villa, so an easy safe target to dig at. I also think we stole the jam out of a lot folks doughnuts when we signed him for that amount and he hit the ground running, considering what was paid by the super big n glamorous clubs for Torres and Carroll. Plus we were meant to be skint at the time, so how dare we spend £18+m on a player.

Or the tiresome "Why didn't you just give that money to O'Neill? He wouldn't have left and would have spent it far better?". To which the only response could be "No! You just...you just don't get it, do you?"

That is the single most annoying football comment I have heard in the last several decades, and it used to get reeled out quite a lot, too.

Really, really frustrating stuff.

Ya.
I often get the old "Ye had a good manager but he couldn't hold on to him" rubbish spouted to me in work about MON.
His Sunderland escapade has but that one to bed.

[SoccerHQ]

Tbf the only one who still thinks MON is a decent manager is Oliver Holt surely?

[dave.woodhall]

"I'll never understand why Villa sacked O'Neill." Then again it was a Wolves fan who said it, so some slack can be cut.

[Villa in Denmark]

Tbf the only one who still thinks MON is a decent manager is MON surely?

Corrected:)

[olaftab]

I am sure there was a Darren Bent thread here somewhere ...

[rob_bridge]

"I'll never understand why Villa sacked O'Neill." Then again it was a Wolves fan who said it, so some slack can be cut.

Please tell me nobody other than his Mother said or wrote this. Even the Blowsers only ever said it 'in jest'

[dave.woodhall]

"I'll never understand why Villa sacked O'Neill." Then again it was a Wolves fan who said it, so some slack can be cut.

Please tell me nobody other than his Mother said or wrote this. Even the Blowsers only ever said it 'in jest'

I heard it at a Stourbridge match.

[rob_bridge]

"I'll never understand why Villa sacked O'Neill." Then again it was a Wolves fan who said it, so some slack can be cut.

Please tell me nobody other than his Mother said or wrote this. Even the Blowsers only ever said it 'in jest'

I heard it at a Stourbridge match.

How soon after his non sacking?

[dave.woodhall]

"I'll never understand why Villa sacked O'Neill." Then again it was a Wolves fan who said it, so some slack can be cut.

Please tell me nobody other than his Mother said or wrote this. Even the Blowsers only ever said it 'in jest'

I heard it at a Stourbridge match.

How soon after his non sacking?

Last year.

[eamonn]

I am sure there was a Darren Bent thread here somewhere ...

Kinnear said today that they spent two hours in talks with Bent and his agent to thrash out a deal. Other clubs were showing an interest but he was quite hopeful of a deal.

Benty might need to bring his bodyguards with him when he plays at the Stadium of Light this season.

[john e]

I am sure there was a Darren Bent thread here somewhere ...

Kinnear said today that they spent two hours in talks with Bent and his agent to thrash out a deal. Other clubs were showing an interest but he was quite hopeful of a deal.

Benty might need to bring his bodyguards with him when he plays at the Stadium of Light this season.

Joe Kinnear sounded almost normal today when being interviewed by sky, non of the normal twaddle and bullshit we have come to expect
maybe his meds are working at last

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I am sure there was a Darren Bent thread here somewhere ...

Kinnear said today that they spent two hours in talks with Bent and his agent to thrash out a deal. Other clubs were showing an interest but he was quite hopeful of a deal.

Benty might need to bring his bodyguards with him when he plays at the Stadium of Light this season.

Joe Kinnear sounded almost normal today when being interviewed by sky, non of the normal twaddle and bullshit we have come to expect maybe his meds are working at last

I wouldn't count on it. Matt Kendrick had this to say earlier today:

Meanwhile, Villa are baffled at suggestions from Joe Kinnear that they are “still in negotiations” with Newcastle about Darren Bent.

And despite the Magpies’ interest in Bent this summer Villa have not received any offers or entered into discussions with the St James’ Park club about the striker.

Wrong kind of meds by the sound of it.

[Percy McCarthy]

Palace want him according to Steve Parish, who I think is their co-owner.