AvfcRigo82 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I definately feel that IF he goes we will get in the region between 10m-15m for him depending what kind of club comes in for him. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 A lot of people seem pretty certain that Bent will be off in January (I hope they're wrong). Where is going to end up? I can't see Liverpool's finances stretching that far and they still owe us for Downing, I think. If QPR lose to Soton on Saturday I can see Hughes getting the sack and Arry coming to the rescue. Can't see Bent wanting to reunite with Arry and Sandra. Who's going to stump up the cash....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Possibly a team trying to break the top 4??? who knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Could he be our super sub like dzeko is finding himself? Obviously didn't work like that against Norwich, but against Albion his impact was plain to see... Tiring defences being tested by Weiman gabby and benteke for 70 mins, then introduce bent who's movement in the box catches out the defence and finds space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Could he be our super sub like dzeko is finding himself? Obviously didn't work like that against Norwich, but against Albion his impact was plain to see... Tiring defences being tested by Weiman gabby and benteke for 70 mins, then introduce bent who's movement in the box catches out the defence and finds space No. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodigan Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 he doesn't need to be a super sub, and he doesn't necessarily need to fit in with benteke - PL rotates players and systems... Benteke has had a great couple of games, but as a young player, he is going to have stinkers as well... at that points fans are going to calling for his head, and if db9 is gone, we're going to be in a situation where we are stuck without that as a credible alternative... what PL needs to do now, and this is why he's paid the bucks, is manage his players and their expectations. if DB9 says he's not prepared to be part of a squad, then i thnk there is little choice other than to sell him. I am firmly of the view that if bent leaves it will be because he has forced the move... i also, unfortunately think that there is more than a 50% chance that this will be case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Getting rid of one of your best players is not the way to go as we've found out over the past couple of years. So he hasn't started the past few games, so what? He's still a part of the team, and last season despite Holt being on fire and team captain, he found himself on the bench a lot. It's just how Lambert goes about things. As he's stated multiple times, he picks the players he thinks can win a particular game. I'm fairly sure Bent will have his use to PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I dont think we should sell him, and I dont think the club or lambert wants to sell him, but the fact remains that as a club it seems unlikely that we could keep him as backup to Benteke. It seems likely to be an either or kind of thing, with us needing to spend any made by selling him on a squad striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I dont think the club or lambert wants to sell him I think its quite clear that Lambert wants rid of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I dont think we should sell him, and I dont think the club or lambert wants to sell him, but the fact remains that as a club it seems unlikely that we could keep him as backup to Benteke. It seems likely to be an either or kind of thing, with us needing to spend any made by selling him on a squad striker Its imperative that we do keep Bent until the end of the season. We do not want to be selling one of our best players until we are safe from the drop. What we lose in transfer fee by keeping him until the end of the season will be replaced by the extra revenue from TV. I really don't want a replacement for Bent taking x amount of games getting up to speed with the Premiership. By then it could be too late. It is vitally important that we stay up this season and nothing is more important than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I think its quite clear that Lambert wants rid of him. I dont really agree. Im sure Lambert would be more than happy to have a player of Bent's abilities available to him, when he needs him. If bent was being stroppy about not playing, and throwing the toys, upsetting the dressing room, then I suppose Lambert might think differently, and he'd be right I guess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 cant see us getting any more than £10m for him, a huge loss, hes best off kept but he needs to not have strops, he knows hes not finding the net at the moment o ho can you expect to play every minute when youre not finding the net and other strikers are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I don't recall him even having a strop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Too many incidents now The HMV incident Running off to the press And not putting a shift in on the pitch Time to offload Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Too many incidents now The HMV incident Running off to the press And not putting a shift in on the pitch Time to offload Wow you're right that's way too many specific incidents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Sell Bent for 15m... Bring in Taison for 8m and Willy Bony or Aubameyang for around the 8-10m mark and we have made our team better...... Only if it was that simple hey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Too many incidents now The HMV incident Running off to the press And not putting a shift in on the pitch Time to offload He never ran off to the press and this "not putting a shift in" thing is a myth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 cant see us getting any more than £10m for him. If he's going to leave in January and i hope he doesn't he very well might end up in Germany in a possible swap for a midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heffoman Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 He never ran off to the press and this "not putting a shift in" thing is a myth. Not that Stephan Ireland is playing well the unfounded accusations about him have to go somewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TezzRexx Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Personally, I think Bent got dropped purely on form basis. The ankle injury was Bent's first ever major injury and hadn't kicked a ball competitively since February so it's probably taken him a bit longer than we'd expect another player who's had 1 or 2 major injuries in the past to get back up to form. It takes a lot out of you and takes a while for your movement, pace, reading of the game etc to come back. Depending on this ankle set back, I reckon he'll come back into the team sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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