North_Stand_Ram Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 From our pal Nicko in today's sun. Obviously keen to get him. He wont get an offer that good from a Prem side. Risky, but he could be the difference next season if he joins..
Day Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Probably 3 with an option of the 4th, can't see us offering 4 flat out at his age.
Ambitious Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Wow. I'm glad it's not my money, but he is a player that should age well. Kevin Phillips-esc.Huge gamble - if he's the difference between promotion and not then it will be well worth it.Bent would be an idiot not to sign it, too.
South Ram Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 He's a fan favourite, don't see why he wouldn't sign unless someone in the prem offers him a contract
North_Stand_Ram Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 Wow. I'm glad it's not my money, but he is a player that should age well. Kevin Phillips-esc.Huge gamble - if he's the difference between promotion and not then it will be well worth it.Bent would be an idiot not to sign it, too.Considering it's a free transfer, it does even out, and you can see why. Although the wages will be healthy, the transfer fee will soften the financial burden. Plus it's obviously spread out
Uptherams Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Wow. I'm glad it's not my money, but he is a player that should age well. Kevin Phillips-esc.Huge gamble - if he's the difference between promotion and not then it will be well worth it.Bent would be an idiot not to sign it, too.His positioning and playing off the shoulder of the last defender is as good as it gets. Along with his composure when finishing. He has done superb for us. Easily could have had another half a dozen goals. He will continue to score goals. He isn't about to lose that edge. His USP. No one else will be offering him such a deal. Expect a healthy bump in his wage too when we get promoted. He would be silly not to sign a 3 year deal with an option for a further year. No one in the PL is going to offer him that. Wages matter less when you can sign a 20 goal a season striker for free.
Kernow Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Four years does seem a little excessive but he could be worth it. I presume we're using the length of the contract to make up for lower wages than he would get from a PL side.For example if we're offering a 4 year deal at 20k a week and Villa offer him a 2 year extension for 40k a week, he'd have quite a tough decision
inter politics Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 I like Bent but I'd offer two plus an option at most.
Stive Pesley Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Thinking about this, it's a pretty good calculated risk by the board4 years seems crazy long for a 32 year old, but when you consider the most likely scenarios, it's a sensible dealClearly we hope to get promoted in the next couple of seasons, with a proven goal scorer like Bent (who has shown that he can score for fun in this division) that but is a no-brainerThen if we get promoted and it turns out he can't cut it in the Prem any more, then we can still get a fee for him if we decide to sell him to an alternate Championship team (of which there will be plenty of parachute clubs willing to snap our hands off)If we don't get promoted, then we've probably got bigger issues to worry about and if his wages are genuinely a problem then we can always look to sell him as above
MuespachRam Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Am i the only one who doesnt want us to sign him?Obviously a good goal scorer/finisher (excpet for that awful penalty miss that cost us the play offs) but he cant play with Martin at all, and i would have Marint in there everytime instead of Bent.....and neither of them will be happy sitting on the bench...Unless o course, Martin is going?
DEL Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Thinking about this, it's a pretty good calculated risk by the board4 years seems crazy long for a 32 year old, but when you consider the most likely scenarios, it's a sensible dealClearly we hope to get promoted in the next couple of seasons, with a proven goal scorer like Bent (who has shown that he can score for fun in this division) that but is a no-brainerThen if we get promoted and it turns out he can't cut it in the Prem any more, then we can still get a fee for him if we decide to sell him to an alternate Championship team (of which there will be plenty of parachute clubs willing to snap our hands off)If we don't get promoted, then we've probably got bigger issues to worry about and if his wages are genuinely a problem then we can always look to sell him as aboveDarren Bent is 31 not 32.
Stive Pesley Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Darren Bent is 31 not 32. Yeah yeah - my bad. But he'll turn 32 during the 1st year of any contract - which is obviously what I meant. Honest!
CheltenhamRam Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Hopefully we can adapt our overall style to accommodate his strengths. He scored a fair few, but didn't do too much else...
Philmycock Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 I really don't want us to sign Bent, he offers nothing but the odd tap in, I just can't see him fitting into our fully fit team/system. Hopefully if we do sign him he'll prove me wrong.
TheDeadlySaul Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 I really don't want us to sign Bent, he offers nothing but the odd tap in, I just can't see him fitting into our fully fit team/system. Hopefully if we do sign him he'll prove me wrong.Offers nothing apart from 12 goals
Philmycock Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Offers nothing apart from 12 goals None Martin wouldn't have scored :-p
MuespachRam Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Offers nothing apart from 12 goals That anyone on here would have scored...He changes the style of play too much, he cant play with Martin, Martin is better and neither will be a sub.
DEL Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 I really don't want us to sign Bent, he offers nothing but the odd tap in, I just can't see him fitting into our fully fit team/system. Hopefully if we do sign him he'll prove me wrong.He will prove you wrong anyway.
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