Originally Posted by Paul
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.
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what do you want paul a match winger or someone to provide better service?
I've already gone at lengths to show if its a match winer you are after bentley is currently outscoring the glamour wide players and the wide players that ARE outscoring bentley would cost an absolute fortune.
if the dic come then we can talk about robinho until that happens...