[TheViper]

I'm a bit late on the Pires talk, but he is exactly the type of player we need. He wasn't as good as he was just by playing with henry and cole - his movement and awareness were superb, and his first touch better than anyone i have have seen with the exception of Zidane. Scored so many big goals to - exactly what our wingers and others (bar gerrard and torres) don't. Of course playing with good full backs and henry helps, but he would still have been mint otherwise. And he was fucking quick for the record, remember him rinsing gerrard on numerous occassions. Bentley is a good player as he is skillful, a good passer and is intelligent - but I he isn't quick enough to play on the right in our current system (if i'm talking from where we really want to be), even with a fast right back. However, this is not a perfect world and he is much better than pennant or dirk (as expected given dirk is a striker not a damn winger). So while he would improve the team, Blackburn would want too much cash for him so I don't think it would be sensible to buy him. Will be interesting to see how he does tonight against the french.