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

[shaunreynolds]

Fellow Villains, i never meant to stir up the DB debate again just mearly asking the question! Everyone is entitled to an opinion, mine is based on fact, we cant score goals, he can given the opportunity. I believe that under Sherwood our midfield will do just that and give the guys up top chances to score. I'm not saying that he should start every game but having a goalscorer on the bench isnt a bad thing to have as an option surely? He's lazy yes but isnt CB??

[not3bad]

He's lazy yes but isnt CB??

At his best, no.

[Dave]

Fellow Villains, i never meant to stir up the DB debate again just mearly asking the question! Everyone is entitled to an opinion, mine is based on fact, we cant score goals, he can given the opportunity. I believe that under Sherwood our midfield will do just that and give the guys up top chances to score. I'm not saying that he should start every game but having a goalscorer on the bench isnt a bad thing to have as an option surely? He's lazy yes but isnt CB??

But it still doesn't matter, as he's at Derby and will be staying at at Derby until his Villa contract expires.

[joe_c]

He's lazy yes but isnt CB??

At his best, no.

Correct. Can you imagine Bent scoring either of Benteke's league goals this season? It's a poor return admittedly but both were high quality strikes that were all his own work.

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

[pauliewalnuts]

Fellow Villains, i never meant to stir up the DB debate again just mearly asking the question! Everyone is entitled to an opinion, mine is based on fact, we cant score goals, he can given the opportunity. I believe that under Sherwood our midfield will do just that and give the guys up top chances to score. I'm not saying that he should start every game but having a goalscorer on the bench isnt a bad thing to have as an option surely? He's lazy yes but isnt CB??

Yours is based on a fact - we struggle to score goals - but that doesn't mean your mooted solution is factual.

We can't score goals because we don't create chances, not because we don't have a finisher.

Bent is doing ok in the championship, but there's a reason he's in the championship in the first place.

[brontebilly]

Fellow Villains, i never meant to stir up the DB debate again just mearly asking the question! Everyone is entitled to an opinion, mine is based on fact, we cant score goals, he can given the opportunity. I believe that under Sherwood our midfield will do just that and give the guys up top chances to score. I'm not saying that he should start every game but having a goalscorer on the bench isnt a bad thing to have as an option surely? He's lazy yes but isnt CB??

Yours is based on a fact - we struggle to score goals - but that doesn't mean your mooted solution is factual.

We can't score goals because we don't create chances, not because we don't have a finisher.

Bent is doing ok in the championship, but there's a reason he's in the championship in the first place.

To be fair Bent looks to have improved out of all recognition in some of those clips, excellent movement to the front post for that goal. Something which seems beyond Benteke at the moment.

Tom Ince has failed at multiple clubs but looks a player reborn at Derby.

[adam#1]

There just seems something not quite right with Bent. He can perform, but I wonder if he fits in well with team members? Issues at Spurs, issues with us...?

[silhillvilla]

It's a shame Lambert made it a personal vendetta against bent.
We could do with him here , in the squad.

[Mister E]

It's a shame Lambert made it a personal vendetta against bent...

did he?

[silhillvilla]

It's a shame Lambert made it a personal vendetta against bent...

did he?

Well he went from club captain to not having a squad number.
Something has gone on.

[pauliewalnuts]

It's a shame Lambert made it a personal vendetta against bent...

did he?

Well he went from club captain to not having a squad number.
Something has gone on.

The chairman telling him to get him off the wage bill, I imagine.

That's not to say Lambert had a personal problem with him, though, let alone a vendetta. After all, Hutton was also in the same situation as Bent, and look at his rebirth.

[pauliewalnuts]

Out of interest, who would people drop to make space for Bent, and while we're at it, how would the chronic problem of lack of supply that we saw hinder him last time he played for us with any regularity be any better now?

It's all well and good looking the part in a team at the top end of the second flight, but it's another thing entirely in the premier league. Which is probably why Tom Ince looks the part, as well.

[Ian.]

It's a shame Lambert made it a personal vendetta against bent...

did he?

Well he went from club captain to not having a squad number.
Something has gone on.

Yes the employment of all high earners being dumped in the bomb squad.

Although Bent was given more of a chance than some of the other members.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

As much as I loved him and wanted him to be a Villa hero DB just didn't look arsed when he played in the last 2/3 seasons and I admit to having written him off because that's what he seemed to have done himself!

I console myself with the idea that we have moved on and he is no longer any part of our plans.
Whereas, Christian Benteke most definitely is!

UTV!