respect - i was wrong about you

[TopSpurMan]

Ok you are starting to win me over Mr Bent - you are not going to set the world on fire with your deft touches but in front of goal you are cool - hat trick even against that lot is worthy!

Congratulations and may we continue to be the free scoring unit we were tonight.

COYS

 

[jamesc0le]

the opponents tonight weren't great and bent will never be a great either however when spurs are playing well and playing the game as it should be bent is a threat to any team..

well done benty

 

[Spurger King]

If the only thing Bent ever does in a game is score, I'll be happy. He's not a Berbatov or a Keane, but given a run in the team he does what he does well.

Well done Bent, and well done Huddlestone. Glad to see glad to see the Thudd show Redknapp how good he can be.

 

[SpurSince57]

You never saw Berbatov or Keane put in 90 minutes graft closing down defenders and midfielders the way Bent did tonight.

 

[Bristol Coys]

You never saw Berbatov or Keane put in 90 minutes graft closing down defenders and midfielders the way Bent did tonight.

I couldn't really fault Keane's work rate, but Berbs...
Is this the start of a new thread, What was the most mins effort you saw Berbs put in. Ave could be as high as 15.:rofl:

 

[ziggy]

You never saw Berbatov or Keane put in 90 minutes graft closing down defenders and midfielders the way Bent did tonight.

Very true, he's a grafter all right, and with confidence and service is lethal in front of goal.

 

[eddiebailey]

You never saw Berbatov or Keane put in 90 minutes graft closing down defenders and midfielders the way Bent did tonight.

I do not think Ramos ever understood what sort of player Bent was, or could be, or if he did he had no interest in playing to those strengths. I do not know if Clive has been working with the first team since Harry's arrival, but I detect his influence in Darren's performance. And of course he now has Thudd's service to work with. I think Darren could come very good for us.

 

[nightgoat]

His finishing was clinical tonight... Couldn't see how far off he was for the one he had disallowed though, lino had his flag up very early...

Hopefully Fabio was watching tonight, Bentley and Huddlestone played very well as well...

 

[punky]

Bent always has been decent, he's just not had the chance.

 

[SpurSince57]

I do not think Ramos ever understood what sort of player Bent was, or could be, or if he did he had no interest in playing to those strengths. I do not know if Clive has been working with the first team since Harry's arrival, but I detect his influence in Darren's performance. And of course he now has Thudd's service to work with. I think Darren could come very good for us.

I don't think Wendy Random understood much full stop.

 

[Krafty]

I think Harry is settig up the team much better for Bet (and Pav for that matter).

You have classic wingers, full backs who can cross. You have Modric who can make space in between their defence and midfield and creates, and you have the great passing and vision of the Hudd. Then you need someone to stick the chances away, and Bent can certainly do that.

Glad he got a little song as well. With all the Defoe is a yiddo chants, we had a Bent is a yiddo. The guy works his socks off and has 9 goals, easily on for 20+ this season.

Lets hope he continues banging them in.

 

[bill]

You never saw Berbatov or Keane put in 90 minutes graft closing down defenders and midfielders the way Bent did tonight.

For what Bent 'lacks in skill and finesse'* he makes up in hard graft.


He is great for us at the moment and I really do hope he continues his run of scoring. I like Bent, I like the way he works hard for our team.







* Of all the worlds' football teams Bent is a striker in the top 1% of clubs on the planet. He has earned this right by his hard work and what the club saw of him when he was at Charlton and also his scoring record there. Who here can dispute that he does not have the class and skills to play at a top club like Spurs? Does he have skill and finesse? Well maybe not in the class of Berbatov or Henry but he is a different style of player. I guess only a professional football striker can honestly and really judge him.



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[Bus-Conductor]

You never saw Berbatov or Keane put in 90 minutes graft closing down defenders and midfielders the way Bent did tonight.

So far I haven't seen Bent do that either SS (like I said I wasn't at tonights game). But if Harry gets him doing that then he'd get a bit less criticism off me. Thing is, with his skillset it's the bare minimum I would expect from him.

I'll say this though, he made good positions and runs for his goals tonight, and took them all very well.

 

[Bristol Coys]

So far I haven't seen Bent do that either SS (like I said I wasn't at tonights game). But if Harry gets him doing that then he'd get a bit less criticism off me. Thing is, with his skillset it's the bare minimum I would expect from him.

I'll say this though, he made good positions and runs for his goals tonight, and took them all very well.

"Slice of humble pie to go for table 3"
Now get them buses out of here.

 

[camaj]

His finishing was clinical tonight... Couldn't see how far off he was for the one he had disallowed though, lino had his flag up very early...

He was half a jermain offside. Lino was spot on

Thing is, with his skillset it's the bare minimum I would expect from him.

WTF does that mean?

Bents job, like all strikers, is to score. I know that with decent supply he'll score. It makes/made me laugh when people were criticising him for not having much of the ball as if it was his fault he didn't get good service.

He may not have the touch of Berba or the positioning of Keane but he's got strength and speed and lethal finishing.

Last season, at the same stage we had:
Lg/UEFA/CC (pens)
Keane 6 (2)/3/1
Berba 2/1/0
Bent 2/1/0
Defoe 0/2/0

This year Bent has 5(1)/4/0 which is pretty much on par with Keane from last season. I should point out that there would be mitigating factors I'm not taking into account, number of starts nor the performance of the team which is worse this season. Nor should we over look the goals that berba created for the team, although Bent set up the winner against Liverpool (off the top of my head)

The frustraiting thing is Bent is doing better than most people acknowledge, even at the same stage last season. To listen to most people you'd think Bent had only scored the odd goal.

 

[jonnyp]

You never saw Berbatov or Keane put in 90 minutes graft closing down defenders and midfielders the way Bent did tonight.

Berbatov, yeah never. However, Keane's workrate has almost always been very good, so I don't know where you're coming from with that one.

 

[AnotherSpursFan]

people keep goin on about Bent not having the brains, classy technique and silky skill. screw that, I want a striker who score goals not a sissy who flops his arm and points his nose to the sky when he thinks he does something magical.
The brain should resides with our midfield, strikers should just score. At least that's how i see it.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

He was half a jermain offside. Lino was spot on



WTF does that mean?

Bents job, like all strikers, is to score. I know that with decent supply he'll score. It makes/made me laugh when people were criticising him for not having much of the ball as if it was his fault he didn't get good service.

He may not have the touch of Berba or the positioning of Keane but he's got strength and speed and lethal finishing.

Last season, at the same stage we had:
Lg/UEFA/CC (pens)
Keane 6 (2)/3/1
Berba 2/1/0
Bent 2/1/0
Defoe 0/2/0

This year Bent has 5(1)/4/0 which is pretty much on par with Keane from last season. I should point out that there would be mitigating factors I'm not taking into account, number of starts nor the performance of the team which is worse this season. Nor should we over look the goals that berba created for the team, although Bent set up the winner against Liverpool (off the top of my head)

The frustraiting thing is Bent is doing better than most people acknowledge, even at the same stage last season. To listen to most people you'd think Bent had only scored the odd goal.

people keep goin on about Bent not having the brains, classy technique and silky skill. screw that, I want a striker who score goals not a sissy who flops his arm and points his nose to the sky when he thinks he does something magical.
The brain should resides with our midfield, strikers should just score. At least that's how i see it.

You lot are so predictable and rarely see past the obvious. There is a reason why SAF paid 32m for Berbatov, despite those flouncy arms.
Because he doesn't just score. Perhaps you missed the goal he set up for Ronaldo the other day.

Bent scores a hatrick against some half hearted Croats and he's fucking Pele all of a sudden.

What most of you lot still fail to grasp is that it does not matter how many goals Darren Bent scores. It matters how many goals we score and concede. And if 95% of our attacks break down because Bent can only play one way and is hopeless at retaining possession because he has a poor first touch and movement then whilst he may profit from his one clear cut chance a game, we as a team will suffer because that's the only type of chance we can create for him to be useful.

The thing that impressed me the most was SS telling me he worked his nuts off. Which none of the rest of you even seemed to notice.

It's a team game fellas and that is why Berbatov, Tevez, Rooney etc are so highly prized by people that an arse from an elbow.

 

[Kendall]

How many goals did we ship when berbatov joined? our defence was woeful the whole time he played for us, so blaming bent but praising berbatov with regard to defending from the front is shit.

plus the only tackle I saw keane put in ever got him sent off against birmingham.

He does not have a poor first touch at all, I don't know what you're watching but it seems you are jumping on every little mistake he makes, when you look at Keane for liverpool or even Berbatov against celtic the other night, their touch was totally wayward.

Of course it's a team game but one one breathe you're bemoaning bent because he cost us £16m but then criticising him for not being more like players that cost in excess of £30m

 

[Ironskull]

So far I haven't seen Bent do that either SS (like I said I wasn't at tonights game). But if Harry gets him doing that then he'd get a bit less criticism off me. Thing is, with his skillset it's the bare minimum I would expect from him.

I'll say this though, he made good positions and runs for his goals tonight, and took them all very well.

I'm always puzzled by comments about Bent's skills. Is not scoring goals a skill? If Bent has achieved his scoring record without any outstanding skills, wouldn't that mean that a similar scoring record was open to any player putting in his level of work (or whatever it was/is he does)? Wouldn't that present opportunities for people such as Bernatov and Keane to score all the goals they do plus a load more?

I'm reminded of both Greaves and Lineker when I watch Bent. Both of them were players who were criticised for not offering much other than scoring goals. In the final analysis, Bent is doing his job, and there is a chance he might end up doing it better than either Keane or Berbatov did.