TRO Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 There are only so many strikers in a team that draw blanks we have too many already....he has that hound dog look for me....its all a bit too much trouble. he really did do the saying justice " a pig in a poke" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Allegedly wanted by Pardew at Palace - strike a deal today Villa, get him off the wage bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Off to Derby on loan till the end of the season and will leave on a free after that. Bye Darren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) To and from Darren Bent. Goodbye x Edited January 2, 2015 by rodders0223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Can we swap him for Will Hughes please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Aston Villa FC @AVFCOfficial 6m6 minutes ago Striker @DarrenBent has joined @dcfcofficial on loan until the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbertoAVFC Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 If it is in fact correct that Brighton did and Derby will pay around 25% of Bent's wages (reportedly 70k a week in total), Villa will have paid him well in excess of £3m this season. When you consider we've sold roughly 20,000 season tickets at (let's say) £450 a piece (£9m overall), that means over one-third of season ticket sales went straight to Darren Bent. I appreciate season tickets and gate receipts are now a drop in the ocean for a modern Prem club's total income, but that is seriously depressing and indicative of how poorly this club has been run over the past few years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 To and from Darren Bent. Goodbye x Bit harsh. He saved us when he first joined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie09 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Not a big fan of Bent but would rather see him get a game than Gabby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I don't get this move. Why would Derby want him? Derby are better than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I don't get this move. Why would Derby want him? Derby are better than us. Exactly, so they will know how to get the best out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I don't get this move. Why would Derby want him? Derby are better than us. Regardless of that, and it might well be true, the championship is his level now. I've no doubt he'll score goals down there and that this thread will, unfortunately, not go away so easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I don't get this move. Why would Derby want him? Derby are better than us. Exactly, so they will know how to get the best out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 An expensive luxury that never seemed to fit in with what Lambert likes in an attacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 An expensive luxury that never seemed to fit in with what Lambert likes in an attacker. Couldn't defend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 An expensive luxury that never seemed to fit in with what Lambert likes in an attacker. Couldn't defend That's what I was getting at. Lambert likes his attackers to work very hard, be able to hold the ball and offer some sort of physical presence. Lambert is no stranger in that regard though, if you look at the league as a whole, 'poachers' are a bit out of fashion. Bent isn't good enough to fashion chances for himself, and as a result, I think he'll struggle in the PL, so the championship is a good fit for him. Good luck to him, just not if Derby get promoted. Bent is currently a burden on our wage bill, which is one of the reasons we appear to be financially uncompetitive. As soon as we can reinvest that large chunk of wages in a player that will actually contribute to the first team, the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) Pound for pound for me he was one of our worst signings. I have seen it stated that he saved us from relegation in 2010/11. Lets be honest though it would have taken a managerial f up of major proportions to have relegated a squad of players that less Milner but with the addition of Ireland had the season before finished with our highest ever points total in the Prem, had the 4th best defense and contained some very good players. I'd imagine he cost us around 21 mill in fees ( we paid 18 rising to 24 in add ons) and was on anywhere between 70k and 85k depending on whichever report you believe. Due to the odd loan period you are looking at him having cost a total of around 35 mill which for such a limited player and what he contributed is absolutely ridiculous. Edited January 2, 2015 by markavfc40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 if we'd have bought him instead of heskey then i think he could have been the difference, kept us up the 1st year, did **** all since, did **** all at fulham and will probably do **** all at derby robbed a living for the last 3 years think i'll remember him for the goal vs man city and the sitter vs bradford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted January 2, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2015 Thanks again for keeping us up Darren and all the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 You played your part in keeping us up and scored a decent portion of goals for us under 2 managers. The third one came in and you started a mere 8 league games under him (most recently we now have scored just 11 goals in 20 league games under this attacking genius) Shame it worked out like it has but cheers Darren - good luck at Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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