Spurs About To Get Bent

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1. ChicagoSpur
   on June 28th, 2007 9:06 pm

   Yes! Spurs are going to employ the 3-3-4 as made famous by Danny Blanchflower! Oh wait, this isn’t 1961. In that case, 16m for a third choice striker is just absurd.

2. Brown yid
   on June 28th, 2007 9:25 pm

   I have faith in the people who’ve been in charge at the lane for the past few years. If they have spent this much money on a striker, then they must know something that the rest of us are missing.

3. spur forever
   on June 28th, 2007 9:38 pm

   We all know something about Bent if we take our heads out of our arses, he scores at the rate of 1 goal every 2 games on average and will vastly improve our squad and be able to play with either Keane or Berbatov or replace either of them in case of injury or suspension or just squad rotation.

4. james cutmore
   on June 28th, 2007 10:04 pm

   I think now we deffinately have the best strike force in the league. Who has better than Berbatov, Bent, Keane and Defoe? No one. I do think though that we will sell Defoe for probably 13 mil or so. I cant see any other way that we could finance this deal, knowing also of our need for investment in left midfield and centre half. At this rate, we will prob spend 40m, Bent 15m, Bale 6m, Kaboul 8m, and left wing [SWP?]11m. Now we can all see who’s going, Mido 4m, ziegler 1.5, Gardner 2m, Murphy 1.5, Ekkoto 2m and please Ghally 4m. I still cant see us being 25 m in the red, hence Defoe will go. Its now or never for 4th or higher, come on you SPURS!!

5. yid
   on June 28th, 2007 10:09 pm

   3rd striker? 4th striker? Christ this is getting tedious hearing people say that. He is just A striker, hopefully one of 4, and will be an excellent servant to the club for years. I really think he will surprise alot of our fans and will score goals. If Kaboul does join aswell then we have improved the squad greatly. Who cares how much people cost if they do the business. If we bought Bent for 10m EVERYBODY would be happy, but if he does what he is being bought for and is successful then what does the fee matter then? Transfer fee’s become insignificant when a player does well and it really doesn’t matter as long as it doesn’t hinder us from buying the left winger and/or defensive midfielder we need. Let’s be pleased the club is ambitios, prepared to invest and has a real plan. Welcome Dazza!!!

6. spurs fan!
   on June 28th, 2007 10:09 pm

   I heard we have made a bid for johan,cruyff,maradona,jarzino,rivelino,socrates, zico,beckenbauer and gordon banks as cover for the first team.

7. yid
   on June 28th, 2007 10:15 pm

   James - I dont think Defoe will go. The only possible reason I could think that is if I paid attention to wild speculation from shit newspapers and websites who just make wild guesses to make a story. I’m also not sure signing Bent makes it exactly clear who will be leaving, especially Assou-Ekotto or even Gardner. Not sure about Ghaly either, think Jol can turn things round with him. Also really hope our left winger isn’t SWP. I’d really like a real LW and not a clone of Lennon stuck out there. SWP doesn’t impress me on the right and have never seen him on the left, but of course we ahve been linked today so it must be true!? Sorry for the sarcasm but it’s bollocks.

8. Daniel Levi
   on June 28th, 2007 10:18 pm

   After spending on Bale, Kaboul, Bent, Taraabt and a few youngstera, Spurs still have another 75 millions to spend this season. My Uncle Joe Lewis will give more if necessary. Beware all of you!….The new Champion is born again!

   Chelsea who? Man U who?

   Arsenal???? you must be joking!…please don’t make me laugh. It is not funny.

   signed: Daniel Levi.

9. Henry 14
   on June 28th, 2007 10:19 pm

   LOL. Whatever. Henry cost less. 1 Henry on the bench is worth at least 8 Darren Bents. I’m so glad you just wasted your transfer budget on this useless unproven layabout.

10. DB
    on June 28th, 2007 10:21 pm

    [quote comment=”48294″]I have faith in the people who’ve been in charge at the lane for the past few years. If they have spent this much money on a striker, then they must know something that the rest of us are missing.[/quote]

    Haha - yeah because they pulled quite a coup with Danny Murphy and Mido…

    Blind faith is pretty naive, if you ask me. (But you’re probably not…)

11. Martin Jol
    on June 28th, 2007 10:26 pm

    From Feb to March, last season, Spurs scored 3 goals or more in each match.

    you’ll see score lines like 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 more regularly in spurs matches next seaon when I’ll start with 4 strikers, and another 2 on he bench in every league match.

    And I am not talking about wimbeldon tennis here!

    Paul Robinson will increase his goal tally too. Anyway he still has a higher goal tally in the league than the 12-million ’super kid’ from that sinking club.

12. exgoon
    on June 28th, 2007 10:28 pm

    [quote comment=”48306″]LOL. Whatever. Henry cost less. 1 Henry on the bench is worth at least 8 Darren Bents. I’m so glad you just wasted your transfer budget on this useless unproven layabout.[/quote]

    Yeah!…went the ship start to sink, the captain is the first to jump overboard….what a coward!!!!!

13. james cutmore
    on June 28th, 2007 10:29 pm

    Yes, i Henry on the bench is probably worth more than 8 Darren Bents or whatever bullshit it was that you wrote. Such a shame he wont be sitting on Arsenals bench anymore though eh! I hear you may be signing Martins for 13m. Well id rather have 1 Bent over 8 of that piece of shit. I am so looking forward to next season.

14. wenger
    on June 28th, 2007 10:34 pm

    sorry guy, i have a bad news. although he is from africa, martin could not speak french…and he is not willing to play for 8,000 pounds per week, so he is not qualified to play for arsenal.

    signe: Wenger the Whinger

15. Fat Man Jol
    on June 29th, 2007 2:17 am

    As I am stuffing myself with pies, I want to tell you that although we’re being shafted 16 and a half million times over that Bent. Defoe and Mideo will go and we will have no 4th striker. Frank pass me the apple pie… robbo didn’t you have enough. Go run a little bit with Timmy the Hut lose a few ounces.

16. Loren Dunlop
    on June 29th, 2007 8:31 am

    [quote comment=”48306″]LOL. Whatever. Henry cost less. 1 Henry on the bench is worth at least 8 Darren Bents. I’m so glad you just wasted your transfer budget on this useless unproven layabout.[/quote]

    he’s a great prospect, and second only to TH the season before on prem goals. a great signing for most clubs - but you’d have to question dropping what must surely be the bulk of your transfer budget on a striker when you had a great first three, one his isn;t gonna want to hang around now (defoe) and completely lacking a decent left sided player. ah well, we’ll see.

    the best news was ole liverpool spunking 20+ mil on torres and giving away a creative midfielder out of one of the least creative midfields in the prem. now that was ridiculous. not even in the top 5 goal scorers in spain this lad. and he’ll struggle ta fuk in his first season too so thats liverpool screwed this year. sickens.

    darren bent - quality signing.

17. lee
    on June 29th, 2007 8:35 am

    Not to sure about bent, but he has shown a few glimpses of talent, only 23 but alot of money to spend! I would have rather seen it spent elsewhere!

18. John Dickens
    on June 29th, 2007 8:37 am

    Gareth Peters is also being linked with Spurs, West Brom and Leyton Orient.

    Peters has been predominant in non-league football playing the striker role for Frickley Athletic.

    Peters dubbed “pop eye peters” due to extreme running technique and brute strength is likely to be available for a fee of around £20,000 which is viewed as a snip by many clubs for the current B & Q employee.

19. John Dickens
    on June 29th, 2007 8:47 am

    Forget these rumours the main ones are below:

    Ryan Tolley dubbed the “terminator” and is a former Frickley Reserve is being courted by Stenhousemuir & reportedly St Johnstone who are reported to be willing to offer him a two year deal.
    The 17 year old goalkeeper might be playing with Jason Scotland next season.

    Blessed Kawenya the Zimbabwian prodigy and under 18’s national team captain who plays in the South African league is reportedly being tracked by a host of top clubs and Birmingham, Southend and Luton.
    He is dubbed the new “Yakubu” due to his pace and strength and last season registered 17 goals in 20 games for the Kaiser Chiefs.

    James Rushton cousin of former Leeds star Alan Smith and current Man utd star is being courted by various clubs. Among these are Rushden & Diamonds, Torquay and Farsley Celtic.

    Rushton dubbed “Cousin it” due to uncontrollable hairstyles is said to be excited by the prospect as this season he has been watched while playing for Hensall under 18’s.

    Reportedly, Lincoln City have been alerted and are willing to offer this rare gem a one year contract with the oprospect of an extension.

    Bleached blonde whizz-kid James Wallis has recently come under the watchful eye of various top flight clubs such as Wigan and Aston Villa. Newly promoted Sunderland have also shown a keen interest with Roy Keane hoping to tame this rare talent. Conference side Whitby Town also offered Wallis a contract, to which he declined stating, “not by the hairs of my chinny chin chin.” James who has been dubbed as “the playboy” attracted this attention by his immense performances at left back for the minor league strugglers, Castleford FC.

    A host of clubs such as liverpool and Arsenal have also shown a keen interest in pacy winger, Craig Bettney. Bettney, who has history with clubs such as Altofts JFC, where his performances pre-dominantly gained this interest, has caused Liverpool to desperately seek Bettneys signature to their current offered contract, Rafa Benitez has claimed, “Craig would compliment our dearest Dirk by feeding him his….balls”
    Bettney is more commonly known to his collegues as “Buttney” and is renowned for his size in the changing rooms.

20. Brick
    on June 29th, 2007 8:48 am

    What is going on…. [quote comment=”48337″][quote comment=”48306″]darren bent - quality signing.[/quote]

    i actually agree with you!!!

    as for most of the transfer budget, how do you know? we are minted….

    couple more in next week i reckon.

21. Anonymous
    on June 29th, 2007 9:43 am

    Spurs trying to buy the league again. Its the we’re minted thing, then bashing on about how much money Chelsea have that i find funny. Double standards from Spuds yet again. “Arsenal buy french youngsters”, well i have seen two you want to sign and been linked with 2 more. Get some class spurs.

22. lee
    on June 29th, 2007 10:02 am

    2 is nowhere the dozen that arsenal have, if we got the 2 in question we would have a similar number of french players as arsenal do english ones!

23. Loren Dunlop
    on June 29th, 2007 10:07 am

    [quote comment=”48350″]2 is nowhere the dozen that arsenal have, if we got the 2 in question we would have a similar number of french players as arsenal do english ones![/quote]

    nationality of the players means nothing with the silverware wenger has brought, sure i’d like more english players in the side but who’s good enough? i’d have taken hargreaves as a replacement for gilberto but we have diaby/denilson looking to fill that role and at 5 million for the pair compared to hargreaves 18!! no brainer - especially when silva has a few years in him yet.

    again i’d have been happy with bent too but no where near that price. martins for 13 mil? far better choice for the cash. martins and babel for just two mil more than bent.

    is it any wonder wenger aviods the english players?

24. lee
    on June 29th, 2007 11:27 am

    just responding to the anon arsenal fan that posted before me loren! i didnt start the row!

25. lee
    on June 29th, 2007 11:30 am

    Arsenal havent signed martins or babel, Babel is staying where he is for another year at least (when your present manager may not be the to buy him any more?) and martins is contracted to newcastle that wont need to sell after there takeover!
    Im not happy with the price of bent either, not like its an area we need to strengthen but hey im not in charge!

26. Loren Dunlop
    on June 29th, 2007 11:56 am

    [quote comment=”48359″]Arsenal havent signed martins or babel, Babel is staying where he is for another year at least (when your present manager may not be the to buy him any more?) and martins is contracted to newcastle that wont need to sell after there takeover!
    Im not happy with the price of bent either, not like its an area we need to strengthen but hey im not in charge![/quote]

    i know i know.

    but martins can go if he wants if arsenal pay the buy out clause, and me thinks he’ll want too. babel is staying put becasue he says no one from arsenal has made contact.

    so we’ll see. tevez and malouda anyway - we’ll out bid chelsea

27. mmmmmbop
    on June 29th, 2007 12:13 pm

    [quote comment=”48306″]1 Henry on the bench is worth at least 8 Darren Bents. .[/quote]

    Im glad you feel that because thats where he spent most of this year.

    and now theres no Henry on the bench HAHAHAHAH

28. mmmmmbop
    on June 29th, 2007 12:15 pm

    youd pick martins for 13 mil over bent for 13 mil Loren? Furry muff, but could I Ask what you see in Martins that Bent doesnt have?

29. JimmyMcClellan'sSoiledUnderpants
    on June 29th, 2007 12:24 pm

    [quote comment=”48307″][quote comment=”48294″]I have faith in the people who’ve been in charge at the lane for the past few years. If they have spent this much money on a striker, then they must know something that the rest of us are missing.[/quote]

    Haha - yeah because they pulled quite a coup with Danny Murphy and Mido…

    Blind faith is pretty naive, if you ask me. (But you’re probably not…)[/quote]

    Blind Faith had that ginger girl with tiny tits on the cover of their album - she is Darren Bent’s grandmother

30. Loren Dunlop
    on June 29th, 2007 1:25 pm

    [quote comment=”48376″]youd pick martins for 13 mil over bent for 13 mil Loren? Furry muff, but could I Ask what you see in Martins that Bent doesnt have?[/quote]

    they both have different styles of play - i’d pick martins cause we need a stocky fast out and out striker, and the difference in price is the decider. but thats all, i’d have been happy enough for us to go in for bent.

31. Loren Dunlop
    on June 29th, 2007 1:27 pm

    [quote comment=”48383″]youd pick martins for 13 mil over bent for 13 mil Loren? [/quote]

    sorry and bent was 17 was he not? so thats the diff - the decider, an extra 4 mil in the bank…

32. mmmmmbop
    on June 29th, 2007 1:52 pm

    Transfer fee was 13 with addons up to 16.5 on the wire.

    Henry was 16 up front but the addons undisclosed.

33. SPURS THE MUGS!
    on June 29th, 2007 2:20 pm

    SPURS WILL STILL BE SHIT NEXT SEASON! WONT BE LONG BEFORE BERBATOV REALISES HE JOINED THE WRONG TEAM OF NORTH LONDON! THEN YOUR STUCK WITH A MOANING PADDY AND TWO SHIT ENGLISHEMEN, AND NOT FORGETTIN THE YID MIDO!! HAHA

34. MaxPower
    on June 29th, 2007 3:25 pm

    I wish teams weren’t such bandwagoners to fall into this trap of paying 16 million for an unproven striker.

    It’s more like 13, but even then that’s overpriced. Should be closer to 10. What if spurs, west ham or liverpool laughed at that 16m fee and ended their interest….what message would that send to charlton?

    Stop overpricing your players, specially when you’re in the second division. (refuse to call it championship)

35. The B-Man
    on June 29th, 2007 4:02 pm

    [quote comment=”48387″]SPURS WILL STILL BE SHIT NEXT SEASON! WONT BE LONG BEFORE BERBATOV REALISES HE JOINED THE WRONG TEAM OF NORTH LONDON! THEN YOUR STUCK WITH A MOANING PADDY AND TWO SHIT ENGLISHEMEN, AND NOT FORGETTIN THE YID MIDO!! HAHA[/quote]

    I do love a good football debate…

    I think Bent is a cracking player and more than capable of securing a starting place (Alongside Berbatov).
    I was pleased when we (West Ham) put a bid in for him.
    Its also nice to see a player not only thinking about money, even if it is to our detriment.

    Yes it’s a lot of money, but if you want to progress you have to pay the asking price.
    Well done to Charlton for holding out though.

    However, you do tend to think that Spurs might go the way of Keegan’s Newcastle – scoring for fun and conceding in the same vein.
    I could be wrong… I usually am when it comes to football but I for one would love that to happen.

    My prediction for West Ham Vs Spurs this season.

    West Ham 7 Spurs 5!!

    Come on you IRONS!!!

36. Loren Dunlop
    on June 29th, 2007 4:12 pm

    [quote comment=”48386″]Transfer fee was 13 with addons up to 16.5 on the wire.

    Henry was 16 up front but the addons undisclosed.[/quote]

    700k for winning la liga.

    yeah well once you get into that kind of money its rarely a straight cash deal is it?

    still pricey - given your subsequent strength in that area and your need to fill gaps elsewhere. it’d would made more sence arsenal paying for him, but wenger won’t ever spend over the odds for a player.

    if the goals keep coming as they did last year this’ll all be a distant memory anyway. and what if he bangs in the winner on the final day of the season to overhaul liverpool and claim fourth? well he’ll have just paid for himself and then some.

    still pricey for now tho….

37. Arsenal's ex-captain
    on June 29th, 2007 5:09 pm

    went the ship start to sink, the captain is the first to jump overboard….what a coward!!!!!

38. Board of Football
    on June 29th, 2007 11:22 pm

    [quote comment=”48407″]went the ship start to sink, the captain is the first to jump overboard….what a coward!!!!![/quote]

    Who knows, this time next week Wenger could have signed that contract, Fabrigas could be committed long term to Arsenal and there could be a few signings.

    I can’t say anything but things are not as bad as they seem. At least you’re not called Spurs, which from my education seems to be a footwear addition - yep not even a shoe, but a add on. Sort of sums up their role in the premiership really.

39. LI Matt
    on June 30th, 2007 7:53 pm

    [quote]I wish teams weren’t such bandwagoners to fall into this trap of paying 16 million for an unproven striker.[/quote]

    “Unproven”?

    68 PL games, 32 goals.

    That’s enough proof for me.

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