Darren Bent joining Brighton on loan

[Matt C]

If only old Martin had signed him instead of Emile.

[taylorsworkrate]

Good luck Darren! Will always be grateful for the goals that kept us up.

The fact that you look so out of shape now is more of an embarrassment to our back-room and coaching staff. What on earth are they doing?

He looked out of shape and half arsed during his time at Fulham too, it's his own responsibility to stay in shape. 

It's both really.

[Matt Collins]

The thing with bent is that I don't think he's ever been a regular in a genuinely good side. He's a lazy poacher and the days of those players being successful has long passed

[go on the dog]

Bent in Brighton who would have thought that hello sailor

Grow up or evolve

Have a laugh mate life's too serious

[silhillvilla]

So Bent out (immediately?) Callum Robinson back (January?)
Seems the cameo Monday was enough for lambert / Keane to make this decision .

[Witton Warrior]

Bent in Brighton who would have thought that hello sailor

Grow up or evolve

Have a laugh mate life's too serious

A bit of homophobic banter never hurt anyone

[ciggiesnbeer]

He lost it just before Lambert joined. To be fair to Lambert he had Bent pegged as busted from from day 1 and has been proven right.

A real shame but I remain grateful to Darren for keeping us up that season.

Maybe not quite from day one or why give him the captain's arm-band initially? He was quick to realise that Bent was no longer what he once was though.

Ah true that. Yeah not quite day one. But fairly swiftly.

[Dave]

Him at £18 million was "overpriced" yet in the same window £50 million for Torres and £35 million for Andy Carroll were perfectly fine.

I seem to remember that both the Torres and Carroll transfer fees were thought of as pretty ludicrous at the time. Certainly the Carroll one.

And one could also argue that given the way that us, Chelsea and Liverpool have spent since that they were in much more of a position to throw money at misfit strikers more than we were. So considering the respective finances, they were perfectly fine.

[lovejoy]

I'd love to know how much of his wages we are still paying.

[Nirog72]

Are Brighton now our feeder club?

[passitsideways]

Well, feeder club suggests that we'll actually have some use for the players when they come back from Brighton

[Clampy]

Reading one of the PNE forums last night, they all seem gutted that Robinson has come back. Thinking about it, N'zogbia went off injured on Monday so I wonder if that's had anything to do with it as well as Bent going out on loan?

[Richard E]

Reading one of the PNE forums last night, they all seem gutted that Robinson has come back. Thinking about it, N'zogbia went off injured on Monday so I wonder if that's had anything to do with it as well as Bent going out on loan?

Was N'Zogbia injured? I just assumed he got taken off when he was because that is what happens nearly every week. He wasn't doing a fat lot. If he is injured that narrows down our attacking options so you could be right.

[silhillvilla]

Zog was limping down the touch line as he went off

[SteveN]

Zog was limping down the touch line as he went off

If I was taken off for tactical reasons on the basis that I wasn't doing a fat lot that's what I would do.