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

[dcdavecollett]

Went to yesterday's game, by the way, and Bent missed two good chances to go along with his two-yard goal.

[LTA]

Well done Darren, another 2 goals tonight.  Showing Lerner Fox and Lambert for the idiots they are.

[Damo70]

4 goals in 7 for Brighton and Derby in the Championship is quite impressive. 3 in 24 for Fulham in the PL less so. I think we have seen the best of him at the very top level and PL managers seem to agree.

[Bully2345]

Out of the many things we can moan about at Villa, the departure of Darren Bent is not one of them.

I hope he enjoys a successful end to his career but his prem days are long gone

[Tom_Mc9?]

Well done Darren, another 2 goals tonight.  Showing Lerner Fox and Lambert for the idiots they are.

Ha! Relentless criticism. What next? Next time Joe Bennett whips in a cross we should burn the three at the stake? Should I look out for how Sylla's doing at the African Cup of Nations to find something else I can criticise them for?
Come on - there's plenty we can criticise Lerner and Lambert for (not sure why we're whacking Fox in there? Fun?), but this isn't one of them. The only time I've seen Bent for Villa in the last few years is him waddling on the pitch, standing round a bit and walking back off. Then he has the audacity to do the BMW (bitch, moan and whine) to the media that he isn't having the red carpet rolled out for him. Nice work if you can get it for £60,000 a week.

[dcdavecollett]

Good to see some get so excited at a striker knocking the ball into the net twice from inside the six-yard box at the second-tier level.

[cdbearsfan]

Last time Derby got promoted their leading scorer was Steve Howard with sixteen. The season after in the top flight he mnaged... one goal.

Moral is, don't get too excited about a bloke scoring in the second tier (and against a lower division club in the cup).

The truth is that even Bent at his best would struggle in our current line up as we need a player who creates chances for himself due to our not-very-creative midfield. A Bent that is well past his best and missed a hatful on his last full appearance against Leyton Orient is no use to us at all.

[LTA]

We'd all be excited if he was scoring two yard tap ins for us. Instead, our stubborn managers pride has to get in the way. No doubt Lerner and Fox sanctioned the move and there's clearly no attempt made to mediate between the manager and player to sort this petty feud out (and it is a feud, no matter what Lambert tries to tell us otherwise).

Bottom line is Bent is a proven goal scorer.  We are the lowest scorers in all 4 leagues.  Aston Villa logic I guess.

[cdbearsfan]

Bent's a proven goalscorer. So's Pele. Maybe sign him up? Pretty sure he'd keep us up.

(Sorry)

[lovejoy]

Well done Darren, another 2 goals tonight.  Showing Lerner Fox and Lambert for the idiots they are.

Is that Derby at the top of Serie A or Derby in the Championship?

[Mister E]

Bent's a proven goalscorer. So's Pele. Maybe sign him up? Pretty sure he'd keep us up.

(Sorry)

Come again?

[Ads]

Who in their right mind seriously thinks that Bent should be starting for us? What on earth has he shown post Wigan 2012 that has convinced you of this? Was it is form with us or his form with Fulham? So what if he is scoring goals in the second division, it doesn't mean he is up to it in the top flight.

There are plenty of things to criticise the club on, but shipping Bent out clearly isn't one.

[saunders_heroes]

Who in their right mind seriously thinks that Bent should be starting for us? What on earth has he shown post Wigan 2012 that has convinced you of this? Was it is form with us or his form with Fulham? So what if he is scoring goals in the second division, it doesn't mean he is up to it in the top flight.

There are plenty of things to criticise the club on, but shipping Bent out clearly isn't one.

We've scored 11 league goals going into February. Don't be surprised if some fans pick up the fact that one of our strikers is knocking in the goals at the top of the Championship.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Bent's a proven goalscorer. So's Pele. Maybe sign him up? Pretty sure he'd keep us up.

(Sorry)

Come again?

Without wishing to put words into anyone's mouth, I think cdbullyweefan is saying that Bent is a spent force like Pele is.

And he's right. Bent scored twice in the Championship. It doesn't disguise from the fact that he's a bit shite in the Premier League nowadays. Even if Derby come up and he starts banging them in regularly in the top division (if you believe that, then get down the bookies - you'll be in for a treat come next May), he's still the ultimate square peg in a round hole for us.  Fans picking up on the fact that he has scored a brace in the Championship may be understandable in our current predicament, but it smacks of desperation.

[LTA]

Who in their right mind seriously thinks that Bent should be starting for us? What on earth has he shown post Wigan 2012 that has convinced you of this? Was it is form with us or his form with Fulham? So what if he is scoring goals in the second division, it doesn't mean he is up to it in the top flight.

There are plenty of things to criticise the club on, but shipping Bent out clearly isn't one.

We've scored 11 league goals going into February. Don't be surprised if some fans pick up the fact that one of our strikers is knocking in the goals at the top of the Championship.

Exactly. Plus the irritation of seeing Bent not get a chance, while Agbonlahor not only gets a free passage into the team, but also given the captaincy despite offering bugger all the the cause for months.