Rev Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 3 goals from a combined distance of 5 yards, that's a proper fox in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 He's old and past it, boooooooo!.. Is this it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodleyRam Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Is this it? I believe I also said his poo was smelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireRam Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Still, I'm standing by my appraisal that Chris Martin is a fat waste of space from a couple of years ago, what's he done lately? Bang average... ...because 15 goals in the league, the 2nd highest overall is exactly the stats you expect to see in a ''bang average'' player. I can almost guarantee he'll force you to eat those words as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Bent is just too strong to push off the ball, combine this with natural poaching ability and a quick brain and you have a player who may appear to do very little except for scoring a bag of goals. This will do for me. Zamora with a vengeance. May be possible for the Rams to be totally outplayed and still win by a couple of Bent goals. Would have been 0-1 or 0-0 without Bent a couple of months ago. Bent knows that he will get lots of chances and he knows that he will put agood number away. Fozzy attacking and Shotton holding the fort is like Fozzy and Wisdom. This will do for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodleyRam Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 ...because 15 goals in the league, the 2nd highest overall is exactly the stats you expect to see in a ''bang average'' player. I can almost guarantee he'll force you to eat those words as well! Jokes, YorkshireRam, just jokes me old fruitcake. I loved Martin from the start. Where in Yorkshire btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Delighted that Darren is proving his ability at Derby, he won us a very important game tonight. Had certain doubts about him, glad to admit i was wrong. The shirt looks good on him, i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireRam Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Jokes, YorkshireRam, just jokes me old fruitcake. I loved Martin from the start. Where in Yorkshire btw? Phew, I've seen so many people slate Martin on here, the line between jokes and reality are blurring into one. And fairly near Wakefield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The difference last night, and I said this to the old man after 60 mins, was that we were nowhere near the ball, first or secone, in ans around their box. Even our quick passing moves appeared to catch our players off guard at times. The first time one of our players reacted quickest and got a foot on a loose ball in their box - 68 mins, Darren Bent, Goal! Loved the second too, his turn of pace and acceleration to react after Martin's save was brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 My Villa mates are hating this. Wasters.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 i think Bent is going to be best used as an impact sub , as he was last night , must put the fear of god up the opposition . Even if he doesn't score , he will open up the game for others to stick it in the old onion bag .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Phew, I've seen so many people slate Martin on here, the line between jokes and reality are blurring into one. And fairly near Wakefield. HMP Wakefield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Darren Bent scored two goals in one game for the first time in three years apparently. Darren has such a wealth of experience at chiselling goals out of nothing that he is probably worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Is it true that Bent is now Villa's top scorer in their squad? LOLZ to Lambert if that's so I watched his first goal several times and I do not think that any of our other players would have scored it Totally agree - and the second, playing one up front, there is rarely anyone there in the box to latch onto spilled shots. Bryson did a bit of that, but he didn't have the instinct for it that Bent has (and he's not playing!) I still think we'll go with the same game plan though - switch to Operation Bent at 60 minutes if it's 0-0 Can't see us playing that line-up from the start of a game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stedcfc Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Early days but I'm pretty sure Martin & Bent will be the best strike partnership we've had in over 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftesbury Street Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 He's got to start but accommodating him without fooking up the current system will always be difficult. The only formation that would work would be the diamond (4-1-2-1-2) but slightly modified to have Martin deeper and Bent playing up top. We used it last night when Hendrick got pushed out to the right when the subs came. The funny thing is, everyone is calling for Dawkins to play a more central role, using him a CM in a diamond is actually perfect for him, the same for Bryson as well. Something like this. http://sharemytactics.com/35646/ [url=http://sharemytactics.com/35646/]"http://sharemytactics.com/35646/Derby-formation-tactics" alt="Derby-formation-tactics"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Bent/Martin could be the next Goddard/Saunders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireRam Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 HMP Wakefield? Yep, Cell Block 112E if you fancy visiting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Can't be arsed to see if anyone else has mentioned it ,on SSN this morning the presenter said "good news for goal starved Villa fans one of their strikers scored two goals last night ,shame it was Darren Bent on loan to Derby County ". Made me smile that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I wouldn't start Bent if everyone is fit. But now that we have injuries, and wingers out of form, we could always play a flexible 4-4-2 which would be more like 4-1-3-1-1: A normal back 5: DM: Mascarell CM/RM: Hendrick CM: Hughes LW: Ward AM/ST: Martin ST: Bent Obviously Hendrick would go out to the right, but he wouldn't exactly be a 'right winger' and I assume attacks would be more focused on going down the left. If not, Bent could pull out wide right on occasions to keep shape with the normal 4-3-3. It would just be a case of trying to get Bent as central as possible and still use Martin as a pivot to play off. I don't particularly like it as such, but it's designed to get the best out of one of the most natural goal scorers in the league when faced with a winger shortage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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