Time to give Bentley a chance.

[The Fat el Hombre]

Is it fuck time to give him a chance. I could handle signing RSC and co cos I could see the argument for getting an initial base of decent players but from here on in we should be sprinkling them with players of a higher quality, or at least youngsters with the potential to be top quality.

Bentley has done fuck all at spurs. How the fuck are we gonna break into the top 4 if we're signing players who can't get into teams that can't get into the top 6!?

Signing bentley would be a fucking joke, and using Petrov as a 'sweetener' would be beyond a joke

 

[C_T_I_D]

Hughes has some stupid obession over bentley, move on hughes he's fuckin shit!

Getting him is just a typical hughes signing, if we sign bentley hughes should should immediately be sacked, i think people will start to get used to it soon, you WON'T get big names in with hughes as manager, so it looks like were gonna be stickin with mediocre signings for the duration of the season.

I like you Freestyler because you give me the opportunity to pick your brains about two things in this post.

1) Typical Hughes signing:

Does that not been he'd be a success here? So far he's only made one bad signing in Tal Ben-Haim. Lescott deserves more time yet. He is responsible for bringing in players who people adore like Shay Given and Craig Bellamy, people whose ability as a player people doubted at first.

2) If we sign Bentley Hughes should be sacked immediately

So even if we've just finished 4th and in close season he's signed David Bentley, you want rid of Mark Hughes? It's an extreme example but it's one that is possible.


3) Hughes will never attract big names:

So what are Adebayor, Robinho, Tevez in your opinion? Regardless of how they are performing they are all high profile names.

 

[Groke]

Much rather Weiss be given his chance - starting against Hull, where SWP's defensive qualities (that everyone goes on about) shouldn't be needed

 

[BobKowalski]

...That way, when he fails or succeeds, it's down to him and he can't blame anyone else.

You want to bet on that? :)

 

[Freestyler]

Hughes has some stupid obession over bentley, move on hughes he's fuckin shit!

Getting him is just a typical hughes signing, if we sign bentley hughes should should immediately be sacked, i think people will start to get used to it soon, you WON'T get big names in with hughes as manager, so it looks like were gonna be stickin with mediocre signings for the duration of the season.

Tevez and Adebayor?

tevez? good player, not as good as what people think, people only rave on about him more because he come from the scum, he come for the money and the convenience on staying in the area and also getting away from baconface.

Adebayor - class player, love him to bits, glad he came, but he come for the money and because he felt like a new club in england, no one else was prepared to buy him.

ok one big name, but how many more will follow?

hughes knows the big players are out of his league, i.e going for bentley.

 

[C_T_I_D]

Much rather Weiss be given his chance - starting against Hull, where SWP's defensive qualities (that everyone goes on about) shouldn't be needed

I'd much rather he be eased in gently and not that amount of pressure be placed on his young shoulders as talented a player he is.

 

[Soulboy]

...That way, when he fails or succeeds, it's down to him and he can't blame anyone else.

You want to bet on that? :)

I was being ironical!

I think my views on the manager are well known.

But I still believe in the principle of "sack 'em or back 'em"

Me? Hughes wouldn't have a sniff of a chance of even enquiring about Bentley...but that's a separate argument.

 

[Dubai Blue]

Great signing if the sum of our ambitions is to replicate what Blackburn achieved.

I'd like to think we're aiming a bit higher though.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

So what are Adebayor, Robinho, Tevez in your opinion? Regardless of how they are performing they are all high profile names.

Players who desperately wanted out and were offered astronomical contracts.

But I'm not arsed about big names, I'm arsed about the right players. david the **** bentley is NOT the right player

 

[Ederson1000YardDrive]

I'm setting myself up to fight a losing battle here. I know what kind of responses I will receive, I know what peoples opinions of him are but nonetheless I am going to attempt to be positive about this potential signing.

First of all you can question his attitude, but you cannot question the ability that once made him tipped to become the long-term successor to David Beckham. A lot of people questioned both about Craig Bellamy and he shrugged his shoulders, nailed down a place and put in top class performances week in and week out to get us on side. Why can't David Bentley do the same under a manager that actually got the best out of him at Blackburn and in a stage of his career where he was perfect foil for Roque Santa Cruz?

He's only 25 years of age and he can still improve. He is a fully capped England international who is not getting played because of Aaron Lennon. £8,000,000 is the rumoured fee and that amount is nothing to us for a player who will not pass the ball to the opposition anywhere near as much as Shaun Wright-Phillips and actually try and go past a player once in a while.

I understand why people do not want him and I hold reservations too but all I would say is that if he does join the club then to give him the opportunity to prove you wrong by what he does on the field, not write him off because of your views of him off the field which may not be true and that if not Manchester City take great pride in sueing papers for anyway (see Bellamy for details!)

I place the tin hat firmly upon my head and await the backlash because of the above. Have fun!

Actually...

...I agree

I second that! You put a point across well! He is a type of winger we don't have and as we seem to be lacking a bit a creativity at the moment he could be a great signing! I would like to see him in our team!!!