Club that cannot stop scoring lets yesterday's man go forth.

[supertom]

Lambert dismissing him virtually as soon as he came in was one of his countless bad decisions. At that point, Bent's scoring record goals per game in a shit Villa team and having had injuries was very good.

Didn't Lambert make him captain? From memory, Bent's goals dried up at that point as well.

That's right making him a captain is really dismissing him as soon as he got here.

We really struggled in Lamberts first half season. We created very little for Bent and it wasn't just him struggling to find the net. Much like now it was the whole team. Of course we then went and won at Anfield, in no small part thanks to Benteke absolutely ripping them apart. It then became abundantly clear we couldn't cater for a player like Bent, but needed to play around Benteke who can essentially do it all on his own if he has to. Like picking the ball up and just bulldozing his way through the Liverpool defence. Andi also began hitting some form at that point too.
Personally I'd have liked to have seen a little more of Bent and Benteke. I think Bent may have had a field day feeding off the scraps and that bit more space afforded to him with the Beast around. It always seem a case of one or the other at that time though. Never together.

Bent obviously was on his way down the hill, but I don't think Lambert necessarily should have put him in a trolley and pushed him down. 

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Lambert hasn't mishandled Bent at all. His career ended at Wigan in March 2012, only somebody forgot to tell him he was done.

[pauliewalnuts]

Lambert hasn't mishandled Bent at all. His career ended at Wigan in March 2012, only somebody forgot to tell him he was done.

Hmm, not too sure about that. For starters, he was one of the bomb squad, which we've pretty much all agreed since was a properly bad idea.

[silhillvilla]

Lambert hasn't mishandled Bent at all.

Oh yes he has .

[PaulWinch again]

Our issue isn't the lack of a striker, it's the lack of genuine chances created. So Bent going doesn't really matter. As far as he goes he did great to keep us up for a couple of years. It was a shame we didn't sign him when we still had ambition.

[Ian.]

Lambert hasn't mishandled Bent at all.

Oh yes he has .

Oh no he hasn't.

[dekko]

Lambert hasn't mishandled Bent at all.

Oh yes he has .

Oh no he hasn't.

HES BEHIND YOU!

[LeeB]

Lambert dismissing him virtually as soon as he came in was one of his countless bad decisions. At that point, Bent's scoring record goals per game in a shit Villa team and having had injuries was very good.

Didn't Lambert make him captain? From memory, Bent's goals dried up at that point as well.

That's right making him a captain is really dismissing him as soon as he got here.

We really struggled in Lamberts first half season. We created very little for Bent and it wasn't just him struggling to find the net. Much like now it was the whole team. Of course we then went and won at Anfield, in no small part thanks to Benteke absolutely ripping them apart. It then became abundantly clear we couldn't cater for a player like Bent, but needed to play around Benteke who can essentially do it all on his own if he has to. Like picking the ball up and just bulldozing his way through the Liverpool defence. Andi also began hitting some form at that point too.
Personally I'd have liked to have seen a little more of Bent and Benteke. I think Bent may have had a field day feeding off the scraps and that bit more space afforded to him with the Beast around. It always seem a case of one or the other at that time though. Never together.

Bent obviously was on his way down the hill, but I don't think Lambert necessarily should have put him in a trolley and pushed him down. 

They started together at Norwich in the League Cup, just before the Liverpool game. Bent missed an absolute sitter, clean through with nobody near him, he then pulled his hamstring with us a goal down. Weimann came on for him, and we subsequently played as well as I 've seen us under Lambert.

I and a few others that were there had made our minds up about Bent at that point, I think the manager did too.

[dave.woodhall]

There was also the Bradford miss, I think it was at 1-0 when he went up for a totally free header about five yards out and pulled a muscle jumping.

[silhillvilla]

There was also the Bradford miss, I think it was at 1-0 when he went up for a totally free header about five yards out and pulled a muscle jumping.

Easily done .

[ciggiesnbeer]

You don't have to look back even that far. He has played for us this season, quite a few times. He looked absolutely awful. 

It is worth repeating this is a player who was so bad last season he made Fulham fans angry enough that they singled him out for abuse during games when he was playing for them. Fulham fans, how bad do you have to be to get Fulham fans to turn on you?

[LeeB]

There was also the Bradford miss, I think it was at 1-0 when he went up for a totally free header about five yards out and pulled a muscle jumping.

I have a vague recollection of this as the mind bleach is never 100% perfect.

[Phil from the upper holte]

There was also the Bradford miss, I think it was at 1-0 when he went up for a totally free header about five yards out and pulled a muscle jumping.

I have a vague recollection of this as the mind bleach is never 100% perfect.

Oh god I remember now, it was that bad I actually thought he'd done it on purpose. I don't get why he's recalled Robinson then given him no time whatsoever, Agbonlahor & Weimann have done nothing so why not introduce him slowly?

[pooligan]

We might as well let him go to Derby as it's clear Lambert either does not like him or rate him and won't play him. My issue is ,we are left woefully short of strikers. Benteke,struggling to score,Gabby and Wiemann who just don't score goals, Robinson,who clearly Lambert does not rate and a injured Kojak.To let Bent leave and not replace him is just stupid in my opinion

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Lambert hasn't mishandled Bent at all. His career ended at Wigan in March 2012, only somebody forgot to tell him he was done.

Hmm, not too sure about that. For starters, he was one of the bomb squad, which we've pretty much all agreed since was a properly bad idea.

He was played, he was rubbish, replaced, went on loan to Fulham the following season and was utter rubbish for them. Nobody was going to sign him because he was finished as a top flight player. That's not Lambert's fault, it's Wigan sharing their pitch with the shit version of rugby.