Isnt Bent the reason why we are rubbish

[markdadude]

At the moment without berbatov and of course keane our strike force is just so weak. Whenever i watch bent in the premiership he is always heavily marked and never runs off the ball well enough to escape his marker. Its as if he doesnt want the ball passed to him anywhere else than with a strait shot on goal becuase he knows he cant do anything with it so he never even botheres to run into space. His abilty on the ball is so poor. His strengths are heading and shooting at point blank range and that is all. The less time he has on the ball the better the chance is.

Our midfield are not goalscorers. Jenas is not a goalscorer. modric is not a goalscorer.

Playing bent is like having a team of just 10 men. I didnt even think keane was that special and i am waiting for him to be pretty average at liverpool but bent is no where near a suitable replacement

 

[SpurOfGlory]

Your second post is hardly encouraging if this is what your going to do and look for scapegoats.
You can always find the worst fans after a couple of bad games and they look to blame it all on one player.
If Bent was blame for allowing balls into box or unmarked players leadng to goals then yeah he is to blame,as the only fit and willing striker we have it's pathetic to blame it all on him,he's not been great but no one has but he is not the sole reason we have lost our first two games,get a grip and try and be mature he has not caused us to lose.

 

[Black]

Your right even thou some will say you ain't. i remember last season people saying we need to play a 4-5-1 to suit Bent were playing it and things still look the same.

 

[Tom1882]

Isnt Bent the reason why we are rubbish

No [/thread]

 

[SpurOfGlory]

Your right even thou some will say you ain't. i remember last season people saying we need to play a 4-5-1 to suit Bent were playing it and things still look the same.

He's not right,how is the whole teams performance including bad defending be down to Darren Bent?:shrug:

 

[Black]

The team has been playing good, its just that Bent is not good enough to play upfront on his own especially if were playing all these long balls in the air.

 

[don1]

i was at the game yesterday and i couldnt believe the abuse one fan behind me gave bent mostly, but the hole team it was terrible, if i repeat what was said i would be banned for life, at one point there was a few lads looking at him to say if he didnt shut up they would shut it for him, there was kids all around and they had to listen to him go on, it was a bit sad to say the least, nothing to do with this thread put i just thought i would throw it in here

 

[dontcallme]

I totally agree, the only problem we have at the moment is Darren Bent is not good enough for a top 4 club. Oh shit no I and most others on here have an adult mental capacity and see many factors both good and bad being behind why we've progressed in the last three years but still struggle to reach the heights we are aiming for.

This thread is just one of many one minded attempts at singling out/blaming someone when everything doesn't go according to plan.

 

[sunnydelight786]

A forward is only as good as the supply line he gets... I've been at both our games this season so far and can count on the fingers of 1 of my hands, my thumb is not included, how many chances Bent has had.... Not for 1 second am I saying he is a world class striker but the facts are he is feeding on scraps even a mouse would be ashamed of having......

 

[SpurSince57]

:sleepy:

 

[lily_lane]

:sleepy:

That's not nice.

Not all of us have been posting on Spurs Forums forever, so new members may raise a topic that's been discussed before, because they feel moved so to do.

What's wrong with that? :shrug:

If I'm not interested in a thread title, I don't click on it, simple as.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

We are not rubbish but you have a point regarding Bent. He is an unintelligent greyhound. When the rabbit stops going round the track he doesn't really know what to do with himself.

I was really disapointed we wasted so much money on him and he has done nothing to dispell that disapointment. In fact, having seen him for us, I think he's even more limited than I originally thought.

I think he may be one of the worst purchases - in terms of value for money - that has ever been made.

Which is at odds with most of our other business over the last 3/4 years.

 

[johnny two saints]

He's heavily marked but cannot escape his marker? Yeah, that will be because he's heavily marked then.

Against Sunderland he was fed one ball.. yes only one ball that he chased beyond their back line and but for a good stop on the near post from their keeper would have been a goal. He's the only forward who wants to play for us FFS so play to his strengths!!

 

[jamesc0le]

charlton were playing 451 and he was successful because they were not playing balls up to him but over the top and in front of him to run onto..

also our midfield is not well drilled and do not know how to get the best out of eachother quite yet.

and even when the squad is complete and well drilled we are not charlton we should be looking to play very differently and im sure the long term plan is not for darren bent to play lone striker, if he is to be involved in the long term plan, he would be playing off a proper target man

 

[brasil_spur]

Bent was a Mido replacement or possibly a Defoe replacement. He isn't a Keane replacement and sure as hell wont be a Berbatov replacement.

If we have 3 proper stikers in our team and Bent is one of them we'll be fine, he can provide something which other players can't.

The problem is not Bent, but the fact that we need two other strikers to go with him.

The title of this thread is poor.

 

[milkman]

Simple answer: No
Detailed answer: Cant be bothered to type out!

 

[guy]

i agree with BusConductor, he simply isnt good enough. Yes he hasnt got much service, but bloody hell, if the ball isnt getting to him like saturday he has to go and get it or make something happen for himself. He cant do that, and its shit.

Even defoe would come back and get the ball if it was coming through to him, and he'd go alone and have a crack. bent, no.

Its not good enough, we need 2 strikers and he should be relegated to 3rd choice IMO.

 

[SpurSince57]

That's not nice.

Not all of us have been posting on Spurs Forums forever, so new members may raise a topic that's been discussed before, because they feel moved so to do.

What's wrong with that? :shrug:

If I'm not interested in a thread title, I don't click on it, simple as.

Frankly, I'm not in a nice mood. I rarely am if we've lost, and my tolerance level slips still further when I read knee-jerk scapegoating claptrap like this. And in some cases, this being a case in point, a picture is worth a thousand words.

 

[SpurSince57]

i agree with BusConductor, he simply isnt good enough. Yes he hasnt got much service, but bloody hell, if the ball isnt getting to him like saturday he has to go and get it or make something happen for himself. He cant do that, and its shit.

Even defoe would come back and get the ball if it was coming through to him, and he'd go alone and have a crack. bent, no.

Its not good enough, we need 2 strikers and he should be relegated to 3rd choice IMO.

Since when did Defoe ever play up front on his own?

Bent is our number three.

But it's true, someone like Torres would rip Sunderland's defence apart. We saw that last weekend.

Oh no, we didn't.

 

[markdadude]

Give me a break guys. Show me a bent goal where he has been in possesion of the ball for longer than moment's breath before scoring. The only time this guy is going to assist any strike partner or other midfielder to score is by unwittingly scuffing the ball in their path. you couldn't choose a less suitable style of striker for the passing football we are trying to achieve At least last season we always looked like scoring. Whenever Ramos or jol for that matter started bent in place of keane or berbs last season the whole team looked like they couldn't score. Maybe you just have very short memories.

Theres a fine line between attacking well and being inefective and some of you seem to think one player cant swing that balance. I however think you cant be much better than the weakest link. -a whole attack can be squandered by trying to pass it to bent.