Lennon v Bentley

[Flatters]

Can anyone even begin to understand why Bentley yet again got the nod to start today over Lennon?

In my opinion, Lennon has been our best player so far this season. Bentley has been our worst, or at least joint worst with Dawson.

Surely today was the final straw... Bentley was woeful yet again today, and within seconds of Lennon replacing him, Lennon threatened and should have won a penalty. Lennon actually did more in half a minute than Bentley did in an hour.

Lennon must start against Portsmouth, and Bentley must be dropped.

 

[Black]

Bentley is just another one of them players we have bought that we didn't need

 

[DC_Boy]

no way has lennon been our best player prior to this game - he's had lots of pitch time and produced one assist - not enough for a primarily offensive player - let alone to be our best player

bentley has a poor start and still his end product has been superior

maybe lennon deserves to start on wed - good luck to him - but until he starts producing assists and goals the critics will be there

if he was even creating a stream of chances which we were missing then good for him - but he don't

 

[dontcallme]

So far none of our new players have really shown what they can do. Gomes has been decent but Modric, Bentley and Giovani have all been poor. I still maintain we should have started as many players that were here last season as possible instead of throwing all the new guys in and then wondering why they don't look like a team.

Lennon has looked very sharp and this should be rewarded with a place in the team but for now Ramos wants to go with Bentley and Giovani out wide. I'm not convinced he's right.

 

[fazza]

Lennon is more dangerous simply because of his pace, his problem is that he cannot cross a ball which I find staggering, what do they teach the players in training all week, it's not that hard to put some height on a cross.

Bentley is more of a goal threat but again lately his crossing, which is his main trademark has been appauling.

Right now for me Lennon would start on the left and Bentley on the right, Bale back at left back to replace that waste of space BAE.

 

[PT]

Bentley, as with our other big game players, thrives on confidence and crowd feed back.

Put him in one of the top four sides and he'll play to the standards we want him to.

 

[spursfan1991]

I don't know what has happened to Bentley but I am very happy with Lennon, thought he may sulk when we bought Bentley but it appears it has motivated him to raise his game. He still needs to improve his end product on a consistent basis though but he has plenty of time do that as he is still very young.

 

[MarkTHFC9]

Bentleys delivery has been absolutely appalling, his decision making has also been terrible. The guy has zero confidence atm and needs a substantial period out of the team

 

[west indie]

in the summer folks were happy if lennon was off loaded in order to bring bentley in and now the table has turned with him being flavour of the month while bentley's lambasted.. both good players playing in a struggling team caused by the boards insistance in getting their berba valuation met ahead of the teams morale and berba's replacement having time to settle and bed in during pre season..

 

[jamesc0le]

why not play them in the same team anyways? why the fucking shitbags is bent and pav starting game after game when it's obvious they do not compliment eachother yet?
bentley simply has to play, as he has to get his top fitness back as soon as possible and has prem experience, and lennon should be playing OFF bent OR pav.

when modric returns then he should play off bent or pav, and then a choice can be made between gio,bentley,lennon on the wings on a game by game basis.

 

[yanno]

Balague, who as a journalist is keen to protect his relationship with the likes of Benitez and Ramos, posted this after the Villa debacle:

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A couple of readers have referred to the example of David Bentley as a player they feel should have started against Villa. However, his absence kind of proves the point I am trying to make about making decisions based on all of the information available: because while it may seem obvious to the fans that he should have started, how many of you would know that the report on David Bentley from the Capello England camp - where Bentley had been all week - was that he is slightly out of shape, physically slow and a little heavy. He missed out on Juande's pre-season physical training and Marco Alvarez, the fitness coach, currently has Bentley on a programme to get him back to peak form. Factors, like that, are all taken in to account when selecting the team: factors that the fans do not see.
http://www.guillembalague.com/blog_desp.php?id=76

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I hope Balague is right. I'm sure that, like all players, Bentley is better when he's feeling confident. But his Spurs performances have generally been dire to date. So, I actually hope he is lacking peak fitness and sharpness. Because otherwise...

 

[phil]

Can anyone even begin to understand why Bentley yet again got the nod to start today over Lennon?

In my opinion, Lennon has been our best player so far this season. Bentley has been our worst, or at least joint worst with Dawson.

Surely today was the final straw... Bentley was woeful yet again today, and within seconds of Lennon replacing him, Lennon threatened and should have won a penalty. Lennon actually did more in half a minute than Bentley did in an hour.

Lennon must start against Portsmouth, and Bentley must be dropped.

Have to agree. Bentley's current form does not merit a place in the team. At least Lennon's pace provides a threat even if his final ball is poor. I don't understand what has happened to Bentley.

 

[joey55]

I think it's great we have both Bentley and Lennon. At the time when we were linked with Bentley and people thought we might be selling Lennon as a result, I thought we'd keep them both, as they offer such contrasting problems for the opposition defenders. They are the perfect replacemtn for each other. Why have two wide players that offer the same thing? Being so different to each other is a real plus for our squad. Anyone who thinks what we've seen so far from David bentley is anywhere near representative of what he's really like, needn't worry. The guy is top class. He'll be a fantastic signing for us, but he hasn't been at all helped by the way he was played initially by Ramos and now he is playing in his preffered position, the team in general are playing poorly. I think overall Lennon is a great player, but Bentley is a class above him. However, at the moment, Lennon is clearly showing the better form and should maybe be our first choice.

 

[Kendall]

Because for all his running fast Lennon does fuck all. Bentley may be off the pace, but he's created more.

 

[Flatters]

Because for all his running fast Lennon does fuck all. Bentley may be off the pace, but he's created more.

No he hasn't. And Lennon doesn't do fuck all. Lennon at the very least injects some pace and threat into the side, even when his crossing is poor. Bentley literally does fuck all. Zokora even crossed the ball into the box today, which was better than any cross Bentley put in the whole game.

 

[Dibby]

Can anyone even begin to understand why Bentley yet again got the nod to start today over Lennon?

In my opinion, Lennon has been our best player so far this season. Bentley has been our worst, or at least joint worst with Dawson.

Surely today was the final straw... Bentley was woeful yet again today, and within seconds of Lennon replacing him, Lennon threatened and should have won a penalty. Lennon actually did more in half a minute than Bentley did in an hour.

Lennon must start against Portsmouth, and Bentley must be dropped.

Agree completely.

 

[Krafty]

Bentley had a very poor game. I really think he could do with a full back (Hutton) that will bomb on past him, to give him room to cross the ball, like Neville did for Beckham. However, that is no excuse for his poor set piece delivery today.

Lennon did well when he came on, but I think a lot of this was because he was able to isolate their full back. Once Koumas went off and Kapo came on he wasnt as effective, but it wasnt helped by the fact that we did try to release him.

 

[Rackybear]

I think the real question is Lennon vs Walcott.

A year ago if I had to pick between the two, it would be lennon 8 times out of 10.

More worrying is, lennon burst onto the scene as a 17 year old 3 years ago under MJ. In that three years Lennon has failed to materialise the potential that was tagged above his head, he has stayed at the same level or perhaps even worsened in that period. Walcott in one year has developed as a player and surpassed the improvement Lennon failed to achieve in 3 years.

Both burst onto the scene as fast wingers who had pace to burn - the difference being in three years Lennon remains the same player, whilst over the course of one, walcott has turned into someone who can change a game, make a telling pass & hit the byline and deliver a killer ball into the box.

I think Lennon is overated, and will never be as good as people think he could. He strikes me as a player that will not be able to learn how to deliver a good cross, he just does not have the technique. With walcott you can see something their, the way he strikes the ball reminscent of henry tells you that he has the skill required to further improve.

Lennon vs Bentley..

Bentley is by far the more complete player and can have a bigger contribution on a game then Lennon could ever have.

We know lennon can run with the ball and get past defenders, but what else do we associate with him.....nothing.

Bentley is a potential match winner, we know he can deliver a great cross, we know he can shoot, we know he can pass and that he can take a set-piece. The proof is in the pudding, we saw him do it in pre-season and for blackburn, he has not lost all his ability by coming to spurs.

At the moment Bentley is going through a bad patch, and lennon - the one trick pony he is, looks more dangerous. Perhaps dropping Bentley for a game or two will fire him up, but in the long term - Bentley is the one, not Lennon.

 

[bubble07]

i have never seen a worse single performance from any one spurs player as I did with Bentley in a very very very long time

 

[Dibby]

Lennon at Arsenal would be the same if not better than Walcott.