Darren Bent(Joe Kinnear)

[Danitar]

Why are we going for bent lets go for osvaldo

[JackyFulham90]

He says the same clubs are in for Remy , Bent & Gomis maybe Remy & Bent will go to Newcastle & we can get Gomis

[kiwiwaka]

Great news. Was really hoping he didn't come. Much better strikers out there, just need to make sure we get one by the end of September (or better by the start of the season!)

Who for that sort of money, home grown and with that sort of record?

He's inconsistent, is a complete confidence, ie wants to be the main man, player, doesn't do anything outside of the box and I'm sorry for that sort of money you think it's a good deal?! Add wages on to that £6m deal plus the fact that he will have little to no resale value it's a very expensive option for us. Look abroad, sad fact of English football is that players are way, way overvalued because of the "homegrown" situation.

We need the home grown players regardless. He's not that inconsistent, maybe last season but that was due to not being selected. His record before that was still around 1 in every 2.5 games. We don't need someone for outside the box, we have Ruiz/Berbatov for that. We need someone to rely on to be inside the box, score the goals that we don't usually. Feed off scraps. He fits that bill. £6m for a player like that is good value - compared to what else you can see go for that, Charlie Austin to QPR wasn't too much cheaper. We could luck out and get someone overseas that is a higher calibre, but he could take months/a season to adapt and allsorts of other difficulties. Bent could possibly slot straight in.