Bentley 15 million my arse!

[Babylon22]

ashley young is a decent player-but they both play in different positions-bentley on the right wing, young left...ashley young can play right wing aswell, but no way as good as bentley..

its not just blackburn fans who think bentley is good-theres a reason why he is getting talked about alot-his performances this season and last have been brilliant..
if bentley goes for anything less then 10million its a bargain to which ever club it is..
he isnt the quickest, but he has everything else to his game-he gets his fair share of assists and scores goals to..on current form he is the best right winger in the league(behind ronaldo)-and you cant argue with that..

English flavour of the month that's why people are talking about him. Same was said about Lennon when he was on form. Same was said about downing.Ashley young is better than bentley. Has more assista too. J cole plays on the right wong for Chelsea now. Bentley isnt fit to lace his boots. Do me a favour. He is a slightly above average typical English player with delusions of grandeur. Would cost no more than 5 million in Spain.

 

[Johnny Hotrod]

Would cost no more than 5 million in Spain.

Might do with the current exchange rate!:wink: That could hurt us in the summer

 

[SpurSince57]

I wonder just how much some of us (me included) have seen of Bentley or Young to be able to make these judgements. England performances are totally irrelevant; we've had this put forward as evidence against Downing before—but just how good have most of the England squad looked when you compare club to international performances? England have performed badly because of a selection policy that's tried to keep the best players happy, massaging egos, instead of playing the best team. Add to that McClown's being promoted way beyond his competence (top-class coach—does anyone think he'd have lasted five minutes at Uited if he wasn't?—but a second-rate manager) and there you have it.

United are as good as they are because Ferguson has blended traditional English strengths with Continental strengths. That seems a pretty good model to me. And I think we're too much in awe of Continental football. Yes, there's no doubt that on a technical level the best Continental players surpass ours, but let's remember how close we ran Sevilla last year—two dodgy decisions, two moments of Mickey Mouse defending, cost us that tie. Over the two legs we had fully 50% of the action, and at the Lane they were hanging on for dear life in the second half. PSV beat us on penalties after packing their area for both legs and relying on hitting us on the break. They didn't dare try to take us on in an open game.

Bolton, who now look prime relegation candidates, held Bayern in Munich, beat Atletí over two legs, and made Sporting struggle, playing the away leg with kids.

I'm not saying we should spend £15m on Bentley (and that's a newspaper figure anyway), just that we shouldn't dismiss players because they're English. It's also stupid saying he'd cost a third of that in Spain—we've seen how Continental clubs hike up their prices once they know EPL clubs are interested, that's Chavski's fault, we're all falling about in money—and paying a premium for a player who is a proven success in the EPL isn't too bad an idea.

English flavour of the month that's why people are talking about him. Same was said about Lennon when he was on form. Same was said about downing.Ashley young is better than bentley. Has more assista too. J cole plays on the right wong for Chelsea now. Bentley isnt fit to lace his boots. Do me a favour. He is a slightly above average typical English player with delusions of grandeur. Would cost no more than 5 million in Spain.

Bentley was starting to get noticed two years ago. He was one of Blackeye's best players in that great game at the Lane when we pulled out of our slump in 2005-2006. Most of Young's assists come from set pieces, not open play, and his shooting is bloody awful.

 

[Rovers]

bentley sets up goals and can score goals-9 goals this season.
for the past two seasons he probably been our best player-and his performances have deserves the praise he has been getting..
thing with lennon and bentley when both getting praise-one hasnt let it get to his head, one has just continued to perform.
babylon.your hatred of bentley is quite funny-but people who actually watch him know he is a classy player and most people know he is the guy to replace beckham.
blackburn fans have been saying for ages he should be in england squad-he should be playing right wing for england-just the media and pundits have started to take note of how good he actually is, and how good he can be..
5million is worth his left foot-which i might add is pretty decent.

 

[DC_Boy]

I'm with you on this one Rovers - I rate Bentley and think he's quality and would love to see him at the Lane - as for price that's up to Levy & co-

 

[llamafarmer]

If we don't ask we dont get but I really really hope we can lure Arteta from Everton. He is the EXACT player we need. Rather spend 15m on him if I had the choice

I'm a big fan of Arteta, but we should be direct rivals to Everton next season in the league and the UEFA cup, there's no way they'd let us pinch their star player.

 

[Babylon22]

Flavour of the month. Typical overrated Englishman.

Apparently he is also a gambling addict. Fucking scum. We have too many indisciplined players as it is. Media whore and gambling addict. The type of player who will blow up when he gets to a big club. No thank you. You can stay in that shithole whiles we Get someone foreign in for half the price and 2x the quality.

 

[Rovers]

Flavour of the month. Typical overrated Englishman.

Apparently he is also a gambling addict. Fucking scum. We have too many indisciplined players as it is. Media whore and gambling addict. The type of player who will blow up when he gets to a big club. No thank you. You can stay in that shithole whiles we Get someone foreign in for half the price and 2x the quality.

i suggest you go and read what bentley said properly-he stopped gambling 3 years ago.

 

[donny1013]

If anything he seems pretty down to earth, going on about DIY in the Daily Mail today, makes him a real big time charlie doesn't it?! I would like to see him at Spurs but have a feeling Liverpool or Chelski could be sniffing around him in the summer, he defo wont be at Blackburn next season

 

[Babylon22]

If anything he seems pretty down to earth, going on about DIY in the Daily Mail today, makes him a real big time charlie doesn't it?! I would like to see him at Spurs but have a feeling Liverpool or Chelski could be sniffing around him in the summer, he defo wont be at Blackburn next season

Media spin.he is a total ****.why would Chelsea want him when they have j.cole swp malouda and kalou. If they need another winger they will go out and buy a world class one with pace. Liverpool fans don't want him either.

 

[donny1013]

how do u actually know he is a total **** though? Fabio Capello seems to think he is a pretty good player and i agree with him.

 

[Rovers]

swp has pace-bentley is better
kalou for me is more of a striker-so on the wing id say bentley is better
malouda-left wing-hes done poor this season-bentley is better winger then him

yeh and with all the money he has, he could of hired someone to do his work-yet he does it himself.

 

[ultimateloner]

over the two i would take bentley-and that isnt because im a blackburn fan..
lennon is quick-but what else does he have to his game??
whereas bentley isnt the quickest of players but he has more to his game then lennon-you could maybe class lennon has a on trick pony-all pace, no end product..
i think anything below 12million would be a rip of for blackburn-so in my opinion yes 15million is about right..
i sometimes see lennon linked away from spurs for 15million-if lennon is worth that much i would think bentley is well worth it..

We can agree that Bentley shows more end-product than Lennon because technique is fundamental to consistent performances.

I disagree that Lennon is a 1-trick pony - or even if he is, then the trick he has is the most important for a winger. Lennon scares defenders when he runs at them, and this is a rare gift. IF Lennon develops his final ball, he could be the next SWP and will therefore be worth over £15. Lennon has this potential. Bentley does not.

Agree?

 

[Babylon22]

how do u actually know he is a total **** though? Fabio Capello seems to think he is a pretty good player and i agree with him.

Not much else to choose from says it all when a 32 year old from a mikey mouse league is picked ahead of him. Not a total ****? How about abandoning the ENG under 21? When they needed him. A tosser

 

[ultimateloner]

swp has pace-bentley is better
kalou for me is more of a striker-so on the wing id say bentley is better
malouda-left wing-hes done poor this season-bentley is better winger then him

yeh and with all the money he has, he could of hired someone to do his work-yet he does it himself.

Are you sure Bentley is better than SWP?

SWP has a final ball coupled with pace and strength on the ball. He is a great asset in attack. His main downfall might be his inability to defend (too light-weight and short) but he is a paradigm of a winger.

Assuming Bentley's final ball is about as good as SWP's, then SWP is a better player.

 

[Rovers]

assuming bentleys final ball is about as good as swp-its miles better..
yeh id say he is better..
he scores goals.9 goals to swp 4
he has set up more goals then him-going by the assists table swp isnt even listed
http://www.4thegame.com/statistics/premiership/assists/
so hes scored more goals, set up more goals-i think im right to say hes better then swp.

 

[Babylon22]

swp has pace-bentley is better
kalou for me is more of a striker-so on the wing id say bentley is better
malouda-left wing-hes done poor this season-bentley is better winger then him

yeh and with all the money he has, he could of hired someone to do his work-yet he does it himself.

Are you fucking delusional?Why would Chelsea want bentley when they can have there pick of almost any world class winger across the world. They are in for the champions league not the uefa cup mate.

 

[ultimateloner]

assuming bentleys final ball is about as good as swp-its miles better..
yeh id say he is better..
he scores goals.9 goals to swp 4
he has set up more goals then him-going by the assists table swp isnt even listed
http://www.4thegame.com/statistics/premiership/assists/
so hes scored more goals, set up more goals-i think im right to say hes better then swp.

We know that SWP, when given the right number of games, would climb alot higher in the statistics table.

So I don't think your stats are good back-up.

SWP set the Prem alight back in his Man City days - he was a more influential player than Bentley is, with less assistance throughout the squad (hence less space).

 

[donny1013]

Not much else to choose from says it all when a 32 year old from a mikey mouse league is picked ahead of him. Not a total ****? How about abandoning the ENG under 21? When they needed him. A tosser

Yeah the 32 yo in question was a certain David Beckham who was stuck on 99 caps with the whole nation begging him to get his 100th might have been a reason for that. And maybe he should have gone to that tournament but looking at the bigger picture and how he felt physically he decided not to go, hasn't hindered his career one bit though. maybe coz he used to play for Woolwich is why people have such a problem with the possibility of him playing for us because he definately has the ability

 

[fortworthspur]

Bentley was certainly the best right winger on the pitch Saturday. And Ive been a big Lennon fan.