Darren Bent

[RafaShanks]

Just been watching Sky Sports news review of tomorrows papers and a few going with this story.

 

Daily Mirror reporting a figure of £12m.

 

Silly season or some truth?

[libero]

Just been watching Sky Sports news review of tomorrows papers and a few going with this story.

 

Daily Mirror reporting a figure of £12m.

 

Silly season or some truth?

 

Cant see it myself.

 

Ive got a picture in my head of a player who was a one season wonder and for the life of me cant remember his feckin name played for Bolton then went to Leeds, feckin hell thats terrible i am hoping the more I type then I will remember..... got an England cap as well....feckin jebus my minds gone blank..... big black guy....

 

Feck it someone put me out my misery..

[Bailo]

Ricketts

[Guest Portly]

I would be pretty happy with Darren Bent. He has scored very consistently this season, and playing for Charlton he doesn't get the service that he would in front of Liverpool's midfield.

 

I would prefer Bent to Jermain Defoe, who is another name that is being bandied about at the moment. Defoe sometimes scores fantastic goals, but he is not reliable enough for my liking.

[RafaShanks]

I would prefer Bent to Jermain Defoe

 

Completely agree. Not for £12m though. Didn't Charlton buy him for £4m?

 

This seasons stats:

 

Charlton Athletic

Apps As sub Goals Yellow Red

Total (Club) 44 (1) 22 2 0

League 36 (0) 18 2 0

FA Cup 5 (0) 2 0 0

League Cup 3 (1) 2 0 0

European/Others 0 (0) 0 0 0

 

1 in 2 striker

[anfield11]

I would be pretty happy with Darren Bent. He has scored very consistently this season, and playing for Charlton he doesn't get the service that he would in front of Liverpool's midfield.

 

I would prefer Bent to Jermain Defoe, who is another name that is being bandied about at the moment. Defoe sometimes scores fantastic goals, but he is not reliable enough for my liking.

 

 

 

Dirk Kuyt please, strong, aggressive, won't be knocked off the ball easily and can score L, R and with nogin'

[Gomez]

Darren Bent is fine, but £12m is taking the p*ss. Sounds to me like a plant by his club/agent to set the price for future discussions.

 

£4m is more realistic.

 

£12m gets you Owen. Proven top level quality.

£12m gets you Kuyt, international regular, not a potential one season wonder.

[libero]

Ricketts

Thats the fecker

 

And now...

 

Bent = Ricketts

[Guest Gaz_J]

IIRC, didn't he sign from Ipswich for £2.5mill? We should cut out the middle-men and trawl the lower leagues for a proven goal-scorer. Lee Trundle anyone???

[Stevie H]

rafa wouldn't pay £12m for bent.

[Guest fender_rhodes]

Rafa paid 7m for Crouch though...

[Spike]

Ricketts

 

Although Ricketts never fulfilled his promise on the pitch he became a pub and forum legend

[Michael]

Bent is overpriced when you factor in that we won't recover a penny of his transfer fee in jersey sales. Mind you a forward line of Crouch, Bent and Ricketts would be crying out for Haliborange to sponsor us.

[Guest RedLegend]

Just been watching Sky Sports news review of tomorrows papers and a few going with this story.

 

Daily Mirror reporting a figure of £12m.

 

Silly season or some truth?

 

Please God no.

 

Good season and all that but no thanks.

[Guest Jack Bauer]

7-8m would be good business.

[Bjarkinn]

Bent isn't even playin at world cup

[libero]

Bent isn't even playin at world cup

Neither is Fowler and we signed him

[Jiggy Hates Jazz]

Rafa paid 7m for Crouch though...

 

Thats because there aren't many players that can do the same job as Crouch, and whilst 20 goal-a-season strikers are rare there are few more "possibilities" available.

[dodgy1]

From the bbc

 

They're not the only strikers on the move, however. Craig Bellamy and Darren Bent are heading Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez's summer shopping list. Shaun Wright-Phillips and Barcelona's Ludovic Giuly are also targets. (Daily Express)

 

To make way for them, Benitez is prepared for a major clear-out at Anfield after the FA Cup final. (Various)

 

The Liverpool players reportedly most in danger of being fobbed off elsewhere are Djibril Cisse, Fernando Morientes and Djimi Traore (The Times)

[Big G Superhero]

Ricketts

 

Id say it's more likely he's suffering from amnesia...

[Guest Bernie]

Not many comments beyond complaints about the projected price and suggestions that Kuyt would be better. I've not seen too much of him this season. Has anyone been impressed with particular qualities he would bring to the team, or to a partnership with Crouch? Thre's a suggestion in the Independent that we would get both Bent and possibly Defoe.

[McBain]

Bent is a decent player but I hope we dont sign him, and certainly not at £12m. If he has another good season next year then maybe but i'm always wary of signing players after one good season.

 

Selling Mori and Cisse and buying Bent and Bellamy would improve us perhaps. But not by much

[Bailo]

Id say it's more likely he's suffering from amnesia...

[Guest The Chunk]

Bent is a lot better than Ricketts...and Cisse for that matter.

 

There was a lad on another forum who mentioned that he was close to a lot of Bents family and that he was defo coming, but for a fee of around 6 or 7 million.

 

Bent and Bellamy would improve us perhaps. But not by much

 

How can anyone possibly know that?

 

It's just big name syndrome.

[McBain]

How can anyone possibly know that?

 

It's just big name syndrome.

 

It's also called an opinion

 

Do you restrict yourself to only ever postings FACTS!!! ?