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you say he's a better striker.. but they both "roughly" scored 0.4 goals per game started this season....
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I love Pascal Cygan.
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patrick42uk said:
Congratulations for demonstrating your ignorance.
Given that you clearly know **** all about him, why comment?
Let me guess, his character on Pro Evo isn't that good or you once bought him on FM and he didn't turn out as you expected.
:roll:
kamikaze80
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pascal cygan, patrick didnt say bent was crap; he just said he's not a striker for the top four, which is hardly a diss, and furthermore, true. for me, bent's in the same class as defoe - some useful attributes, but is too limited and inconsistent to be a match winner for a title contending side.
for me, he's someone that Sp**s would sign.
for me, he's someone that Sp**s would sign.
I love Pascal Cygan.
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I'd like to add that it's a shame there's no room at Arsenal for Bent.
We've just handed long term contracts to Ade + Bendy plus in Henry and RvP, we've got as good a front two as any team in the world.
31 goals in 68 Premiership games for Charlton. He'll be a great signing for whoever buys him.
We've just handed long term contracts to Ade + Bendy plus in Henry and RvP, we've got as good a front two as any team in the world.
31 goals in 68 Premiership games for Charlton. He'll be a great signing for whoever buys him.
patrick42uk
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Viper said:
lampard is a 'better player' than gattuso but would milan play him next to pirlo in his place? bent cannot replicate adebayor's purpose.
patrick42uk
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to make angles for passes from midfield and offer penetration whilst also giving the option for the longer ball.
dos1986
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With Vela in the frame, I will go as far as saying we definitely won't be signing any more strikers.
_scorpion_
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^^^ I would go as far as saying that is what Arsène is planning.
But I totally disagree.
We should be in for players like Bent, Martins or MacCarthney.
Players with proven goal scoring abilities.
I don't subscribe to this rubbish that Vela & Bentdner are the answers but that is me.
But I totally disagree.
We should be in for players like Bent, Martins or MacCarthney.
Players with proven goal scoring abilities.
I don't subscribe to this rubbish that Vela & Bentdner are the answers but that is me.
RC8
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_scorpion_ said:
I agree, I'd like an extra addition after we lost Aliadiere and Baptista. However, we do have Walcott, who has proved he can be a good striker, and will not have the niggling injury in his shoulder.
Pepe LeFrits
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I don't think many people think that. I think what a lot of people, including me, think is that Henry and van Persie are the answers, and that Bendtner, Walcott and Vela are there to be called upon and do a job if we lose two of them to injury again._scorpion_ said:
Improving the wide midfield areas should be our priority as far as I'm concerned.
Glovegun
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We might be snobby about Bent and say he isnt a top 4 player, but players have to come from somewhere, and as we are at the top of the tree domestically they have to come from below. Stick him in an Arsenal, Chelsea or Man United team and he would notch a fair few goals. People probably scoffed at McCarthy last season and look how well he's done. Bent has a very good goal record so in Premiership terms he is a proven striker, which Adebayor as of yet isnt and Theo and Bendtner are still a way off.
EMIR8_SOLDIER
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exactly....too many people think our standards are too high for certain players and i hate it...sounds arrogant like we are the best..we havent won anything for two years boys lets face it
sabret00the
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lampard is by no stretch of the imagination ever going to be better than gattuso. ever.patrick42uk said:
sabret00the
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I don't think i've agreed with one of your posts since you started posting in Arsenal Talk_scorpion_ said:
but this is spot on. A top four team requires a player who is good at scoring goals off the bench even if that's all he's good at and i'm sorry to say but Adebayor is not that player.
asajoseph
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At the end of the day, we lack goalscorers.
We have two strikers who can be relied upon to score with something approaching regularity, and both have spend significant time out in the last two seasons. Beyond that we've got Adebayor who's brilliant one moment and diabolical the next and... well... Gilberto taking penalties. That's it. This team needs goalscorers. We're a team with a lot of good players, but nowhere near enough who know how to score - somewhere, a good player is going to have to make way to improve the balance of the side, and the most suitable candidates in my eyes are Hleb and Adebayor.
Goalscoring forwards are easier to find than goalscoring midfielders (which is a lot of people's first choice), and Bent is a player with pace and power who can score goals. There are potentially a fair few strikers with good scoring records on the market - the number of wingers available who can do that I can count on one hand. Bent's a good option - if we can loan with an option to buy, I say go for it, don't ask twice. Seems like an unlikely arrangement for Charlton to make though...
We have two strikers who can be relied upon to score with something approaching regularity, and both have spend significant time out in the last two seasons. Beyond that we've got Adebayor who's brilliant one moment and diabolical the next and... well... Gilberto taking penalties. That's it. This team needs goalscorers. We're a team with a lot of good players, but nowhere near enough who know how to score - somewhere, a good player is going to have to make way to improve the balance of the side, and the most suitable candidates in my eyes are Hleb and Adebayor.
Goalscoring forwards are easier to find than goalscoring midfielders (which is a lot of people's first choice), and Bent is a player with pace and power who can score goals. There are potentially a fair few strikers with good scoring records on the market - the number of wingers available who can do that I can count on one hand. Bent's a good option - if we can loan with an option to buy, I say go for it, don't ask twice. Seems like an unlikely arrangement for Charlton to make though...
Canuck
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If Song can make the difference then let's work the deal out. I would enjoy seeing what Bent can do with a top team. He's got a lot to prove. Would rather see him come on loan than listen to any rumours about us courting Michael Owen all summer.
Grampus_Eight
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I still can't see why Charlton would possibly loan Bent out to us. Objectively, it make almost no sense.
Perhaps we could agree a permanent transfer if we sent Song the other way for good and lent them a couple of youngsters.
Otherwise, I just can't see this happening.
Perhaps we could agree a permanent transfer if we sent Song the other way for good and lent them a couple of youngsters.
Otherwise, I just can't see this happening.
Glovegun
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I think we have a mental stumbling block over the fact that we have 4 strikers lined up for next season - Henry, van Persie, Adebayor and Bendtner. 2 of them are proven now in Premiership terms but the others are not, whereas Bent is. I love Ade and I think he could be a very good player for us, and im sure we're all curious to see how Bendtner develops but if there is a better option out there then go for it. We shouldnt be picking players purely because they are youth products or whatever. The 3 teams that finished above us in the table, despite all of them having better seasons than us all look destined to strengthen. Look at Liverpool - Gonzalez hasnt performed - hes out. Bang. I know Wenger isnt the type to do that but missing out on a striker who will almost certainly get 15-20 goals a season for us given the game time (Bent) because we have one who is more likely to get 5-10 seems a little peculiar.
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