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Originally Posted by Moschops II
I think Bentley's one of the most intelligent players in the Premiership (in football terms...) and he'd do very well for us. Most of the criticism of him on here seems to be made a) by people who have barely seen him play and b) by people who think any British player not already playing for Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd is automatically not good enough for us. Or both.
All this stamping of feet about "pace and power" reminds me of the kind of thinking which had Emile Heskey in our team ahead of Jari Litmanen.
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I certainly haven't seen loads of David Bentley, but I have seen enough to form an impression of his game. I agree with your assertion that he's intelligent and I also think he's got good feet. However, the stumbling block for me is his mobility. I certainly think he would be a much better option than Pennant, but I'm far from convinced that he'd become a third match-winner, which is what we should be looking for if we're going to sign forwards.
I reckon my instincts about players are reasonably good and certainly my first impressions of Bellamy, Pennant and Benayoun, who were all signed from Premiership clubs, were born out. I just don't think he's good enough to dramatically improve us in the way Torres has - because that's the level of impact new attacking players will need to have if we're ever going to challenge for the title.