mikeyp102 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 My red Scouse supporting mate (I know I know) reckons that their fan sites are saying that, butland's agents are talking to them at the moment and coincidently bent is also with te same agents and that his name has been mentioned within talks... Not sure how true any of that is, just passing it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What happens if Benteke gets a long term injury ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What happens if Benteke gets a long term injury ? What happens if Paul Lambert gets ill and can't manage?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Bowery up front ?? You have to be kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houllierout Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What happens if Paul Lambert gets ill and can't manage?? we celebrate abd play two good strikers and wingers and sell gabby?? [/dream] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What happens if Benteke gets a long term injury ? What if he doesn't? Is Bent going to accept the bench for the rest of the season, or are we going to keep paying him while he watches Bowery sit there instead? we celebrate abd play two good strikers and wingers and sell gabby?? [/dream] 1990 called, it wants its tactics back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houllierout Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What if he doesn't? Is Bent going to accept the bench for the rest of the season, or are we going to keep paying him while he watches Bowery sit there instead? 1990 called, it wants its tactics back. I'll inform 1990 of your humour when i tell it to go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I'll inform 1990 of your humour when i tell it to go away. What? Have another go. Did you mean 'remind 1990' of my humour? That would've been pretty sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Surely he is going to be on the Bench against QPR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Surely he is going to be on the Bench against QPR? I wouldn't put any money on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I would like to see our current set up and maybe try Benteke where Holman was and bent as the out and out striker. Benteke can hold the ball up, keep possession and flick it on to someone. Also when we get the ball out wide we'd have both Benteke and bent in the box attacking the ball. Benteke has shown he can drop deep and keep the ball with Westwood and bannan. I think it could be quite interesting to see it and would give us a bit more when attacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houllierout Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What? Have another go. Did you mean 'remind 1990' of my humour? That would've been pretty sharp. Agh a pedant as well as sarcastic..... This is why I stay away from vt. and ironically dream of the 90's when we won cups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Bring Downing in on loan and one other winger and you could play both Bent and Benteke and both would score more with the service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I would like to see our current set up and maybe try Benteke where Holman was and bent as the out and out striker. Benteke can hold the ball up, keep possession and flick it on to someone. Also when we get the ball out wide we'd have both Benteke and bent in the box attacking the ball. Benteke has shown he can drop deep and keep the ball with Westwood and bannan. I think it could be quite interesting to see it and would give us a bit more when attacking. It's one less person to stop the opposition playing though. On Tuesday we had Bannan, Westwood, Holman and whatever Benteke was putting in. I would rather have Bent as an option with Ireland behind him, but would have to drop Benteke though, and Bent would have to work his balls off. In our current system Bent is a luxury we can't afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What if he doesn't? Is Bent going to accept the bench for the rest of the season, or are we going to keep paying him while he watches Bowery sit there instead? At some stage Benteke will either hit the proverbial brick wall and lose form or quite simply he will need resting. Who will score in his place if we sell Bent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I'm up for selling Bent at the season end but not in Jan It is quite literally madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 At some stage Benteke will either hit the proverbial brick wall and lose form or quite simply he will need resting. Who will score in his place if we sell Bent? These are valid concerns, no doubt about it. In an ideal world, Bent and Lambert would be happy for Bent and Benteke to be available and for one of them to be on the bench. I have no idea whether it's Bent or Lambert that doesn't want Bent on the bench, but either way there's a massive hole in the argument that we need to keep Bent at our disposal. For whatever reason, he's not. And we're paying him to not be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What if he doesn't? Is Bent going to accept the bench for the rest of the season, or are we going to keep paying him while he watches Bowery sit there instead? Well, he always might. There is quite a number of precedents for this under Mr Lerner's managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Issue is if we are looking for a goal in a game and we need a striker off the bench , I'd rather Bent came on than Bowery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Well, he always might. There is quite a number of precedents for this under Mr Lerner's managers. Didn't quite get my point across with that. What I meant was that Bent's rightful place, however you look at it, is either on the pitch or the bench. Nobody thinks he's behind Bowery in the pecking order. We have to ask why he's not on the bench, and if that's because he's not happy with his lot then that's very disappointing. Equally, if Lambert is keeping him off the bench and he's gagging to be (at least) on it, we have a bigger problem. I can't see it being the case though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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