We're seriously not comparing the effectiveness of these two?
As was said earlier, the mistake we made was in selling Bent, like him or loathe him it can't be denied that he is an effective striker who knows where the net is.
We're seriously not comparing the effectiveness of these two?
As was said earlier, the mistake we made was in selling Bent, like him or loathe him it can't be denied that he is an effective striker who knows where the net is.
bent was top scorer at charlton and top league scorer when they went down - he is clearly a good player but not for us - personally the biggest problem for me was he is a completely one dimensional player - he does not have the deft touches - he can't seem to hold up the ball or play off others than can - the thing i liked about berbs was that he was good to watch - defoe since coming back from portsmouth also passes sometimes to make a goal rather than try to score himself - keane for all his faults has more play making that bent and as much scoring, same for pav an intelligent player who will do well when he leaves us.
but bent? arseman said we paid about 12m to much for him, sadly he was probably right
well said again Legend
i have to remind people at this juncture that i said i'd rather we sold keane than bent during the summer
and certain 'senior members' of this board called me bonkers
i haven't received any apologies and don't expect to, but am happily smiling that it sure wasn't me who was bonkers
now it may be it was right to sell Bent it may be it wasn't, but to call my vision of what was best'bonkers' was not only bad manners, it showed and continues to show a lack of footballing insight
Defoe may have scored 8 goals over two games, but he has failed to score in only 7 starts over all competitions. Keane has failed to score in 11 starts, and a number of sub appearences.
well said again Legend
i have to remind people at this juncture that i said i'd rather we sold keane than bent during the summer
and certain 'senior members' of this board called me bonkers
i haven't received any apologies and don't expect to, but am happily smiling that it sure wasn't me who was bonkers
now it may be it was right to sell Bent it may be it wasn't, but to call my vision of what was best'bonkers' was not only bad manners, it showed and continues to show a lack of footballing insight
Great, a player apparently at the top of his form and with the full support of the manager and the fans managed to score in 4 more starts than a player generally derided by our fans and getting less and less game time.
You're right, Defoe is a footballing god and Keane should be dumped on the scrap heap pronto.
Personally I think it might be somewhere in the middle for both of them. Defoe is outperforming himself a bit and Keane is in a bit of a rut (although I'd still rather pay to watch Keane than Defoe). I'd like to see them both get fair support and hopefully we would end up with two top class strikers both firing on all cylinders.
Im beginning to bore of what used to be my favourite site online. EVERY single thread is turning into a keane debate. It's so frustrating. And nothing knew is ever said, its just the same recycled bullcrap again and again.
Bent is good in a team that is built around him. He is clearly the best player at Sunderland. He wasn't at spurs so that argument is fundamentally flawed. We weren't ever going to build a team to suit Bents style of play therefore he was ineffective. And I challenge you to remember a game where you thought Bent was MOM? I cant think of one.well said again Legend
i have to remind people at this juncture that i said i'd rather we sold keane than bent during the summer
and certain 'senior members' of this board called me bonkers
i haven't received any apologies and don't expect to, but am happily smiling that it sure wasn't me who was bonkers
now it may be it was right to sell Bent it may be it wasn't, but to call my vision of what was best'bonkers' was not only bad manners, it showed and continues to show a lack of footballing insight
Bent is good in a team that is built around him. He is clearly the best player at Sunderland. He wasn't at spurs so that argument is fundamentally flawed. We weren't ever going to build a team to suit Bents style of play therefore he was ineffective. And I challenge you to remember a game where you thought Bent was MOM? I cant think of one.