Darren bent in January?!?

[gravycanaries 0]

Now thi morning flicking through my time line in twitter I came across a tweet that said bent would be coming to us in January. This bloke has allways been quite good with Norwich transfers.

Now when I read this I thought it was utter tosh until a couple of hours ago when two villa fan mates text me saying exactly the same thing. Now it does make me think. Bent is clearly not in lamberts plans and is apparently only on 42k per week and considering bassong is apparently on 40 k pw here doesn''t rule us out. Lambert is also manager of villa so is he thinking of swap and cash for bent?

I just thought coming up to silly season I would share what I''ve heard so what do people think. I know I would certainly have him here in a flash.

[Gingerpele 0]

Bassong is apparently on 40k? According to who? Never heard that...

I''d be shocked if Bent comes here, its very unlikely.

[Morisons Prozac 0]

Will Lambert, who isn''t on the best terms with our club right now, allow us to sign an ex-Ipswich striker who is a proven scorer at this level when potentially we could be relegation rivals. It''s highly unlikely imo.

[lake district canary 0]

As much chance of this happening as Mungo ever becoming a proper supporter.

[gravycanaries 0]

[quote user="Gingerpele"]Bassong is apparently on 40k? According to who? Never heard that...

I''d be shocked if Bent comes here, its very unlikely.[/quote]

It''s in some paperwork for when he was at court or something I heard. Hence the fact I put apparently.

[Gingerpele 0]

Fair enough, just never come across that before. Seems like quite a lot to jump up to, since most the the numbers flying around Holt when he wanted a better contract were between £20-30k a week...

But at some point we were always going to have to start paying players more. Unless we want to lose all our good players and get relegated.

[gravycanaries 0]

I think 40k per week for bassong is a steal. The man oozes quality and is a player we could if only dreamt of having at the club a few years back.

[NWC 315]

Me too. We can''t keep hoping lower league players will step up to the class of the premier league. Proven quality costs money.

[ZLF 335]

a report at the weekend had bents pay at £80k pw.  

 

and bassong has come via two of the highest payeing clubs in the league - its not going to be cheap!!!  def worth it though..

 

 

the truth is none of us know - incl what our players are getting.

 

 

[Jonzey 0]

With respect OP, never gonna happen. For these reasons;

He''s ex Binner.

He''s a mercenary, so perfect for ''arry at QPR in Jan.

His wages are well out of our budget. (Bassong is never on 40k btw!)

When he was left out last year he didn''t go the stadium to support his team mates, he went shopping! Hes also clearly being left out for this bad attitude now. The top brass don''t tend to sign these types.

He''s past his best, again we don''t sign those types.

The Aston Villa top brass wouldn''t do business with ours given the recent bad blood.

To name but a few, but mainly he''s an ex Binner.

[BlyBlyBabes 0]

No thanks. We can''t accomodate a lazy goal hanger type.

 

OTBC

[Making Plans 957]

If he''s not good enough for Lambert then he''s definitely not good enough for Hughton.No deal

[Branston Pickle 4,149]

A guy near me reckoned Bent for Russ Martin yesterday, has always been a favourite of Lambert. Can''t really see it happening, but it does seem to be out there.

[ncfcstar 342]

Haven''t seen something so ridiculous for quite some time. This will never happen, not in a million years.

And as for a Russ Martin/Bent swap, a guy we paid, what. £50k for swapped with someone who went for £24m not so long ago?! Jesus wept.

[nutty nigel 7,902]

I think we get Bent plus cash Star...

 

 

[paul moy 235]

I wouldn''t want us to take an expensive journeyman primadonna rejected by Lambert.   

[Norwich or die tryin! 0]

Bents got QPR written all over him.

[nutty nigel 7,902]

QPR got bent written  all over them..

 

 

[Mister Chops 7]

[quote user="nutty nigel"]

QPR got bent written  all over them..

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Especially with their new manager and his canine bank account arrangements.

[York Canary 29]

[quote user="Norwich or die tryin"]Bents got QPR written all over him.[/quote]Totally. Redknapp likes him and had him at Spurs. Plus they''ll have money as always and can afford the massive wages. They need a striker too. Though he did say that they won''t make any big signings if they''re too far from safety by Jan. However, I don''t believe him at all because he lives for transfer windows and transfer bungs!

[Gingerpele 0]

Redknapp had him at Spurs, but didn''t like playing him...

[paul moy 235]

Bent missed chances that ''arry''s grandmother would have put away....... [:D]

[Norfolk Mustard 106]

[quote user="Mister Chops"][quote user="nutty nigel"]

QPR got bent written  all over them..

 [/quote]

Especially with their new manager and his canine bank account arrangements.

[/quote]

Yes indeed - I always though Bent had a fine pedigree, chum.

[Evesham Canary 0]

Not sure Bent can play in the system we are currently using. He can''t hold the ball up and he won''t put the kind of selfless shift in that Holty has been doing over the last couple of months. He is a goalscorer pure & simple.

I must say I don''t agree with those who say not good enough for us - England striker with a record of pretty much a goal every 2 games. Not that old either!

My view is that any striker we get in January will be a younger Holt/Morison option who will run the channels, work his socks off and (hopefully) have some goals in. The lad at Maribor who scored home & away against Spurs would seem to fit that bill.

[a1canary 0]

Never in a million years. For 80k reasons.

BUT, i''d quite like it if only because we would be a perfect platform for Bent to stick it to Lambert, and he probably would i reckon. Just a shame we will have already played them by January

[chicken 0]

[quote user="Evesham Canary"]

Not sure Bent can play in the system we are currently using. He can''t hold the ball up and he won''t put the kind of selfless shift in that Holty has been doing over the last couple of months. He is a goalscorer pure & simple.

I must say I don''t agree with those who say not good enough for us - England striker with a record of pretty much a goal every 2 games. Not that old either!

My view is that any striker we get in January will be a younger Holt/Morison option who will run the channels, work his socks off and (hopefully) have some goals in. The lad at Maribor who scored home & away against Spurs would seem to fit that bill.

[/quote]

This.

Robert Beric I think his name is. 21 and 6''2 if my memory serves me right.

January will be interesting for a number of reasons. Firstly the fact that everyone gets a chance to re-name their 25 man squad for the second half of the season I believe.

So whether sold or omitted I should imagine that you''d find Lappin and C.Martin out of the squad.

The space freed up by them might be used to bring in a couple of striking options. Having said that at 21 Beric wouldn''t count.

But with Holt 31 and Morison 29 I would prefer to see someone come in that could be considered the future and with a bit more pace.

That''s why I am not convinced with Graham.

I''m not saying Bent would not come here, maybe he has earn''t his millions like Huckerby? I am just doubtful of it. He is admired by enough clubs to have a bit of a pick. Stoke maybe? Sunderland? Fulham? There are plenty of people that would and could sign him. And he is pretty reliable.

I think a lot of his current strop is due to Lambert turning up and dropping him almost straight away.

I said at the time Villa was a funny place for Lambert to go. They don''t suit each other. He hasn''t got the guarded charisma of O''Neil who manages at times to deflect some questions with humour. I thought he came across as very awkward when questioned about Bent by the press.

[Tangible Fixed Assets anyone? 0]

Bent is 29 on the 6th Feb 2013

league form:

Ipswich               103+ 19 apps       47 goals

Charlton               68                        31 goals

Tottenham            32 + 28                18 goals

Sunderland          58                         32 goals

Aston Villa         43 + 4                    20 goals

 

 

 

[Canary Wundaboy 1,423]

QPR will buy him with the money we payed them for Hoilett... *keeps dreaming*

[Houston Canary 0]

Anyone who believes the OP needs to follow Bart Simpson''s advice and, "Get bent!"

[pete_norw 0]

[quote user="NWC"]Me too. We can''t keep hoping lower league players will step up to the class of the premier league. Proven quality costs money.
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So people should remember this when ticket prices are announced, you can''t run a club on a shoestring.