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Would Spurs be making a faux pas by sacrificing star?
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Football FanCast reporter Freddie
Myers mulls over the latest rumours and rumblings
It is slowing becoming the worst kept secret in football that
Spurs are courting the services of Blackburn's David Bentley. Rumours have been
around for weeks that the winger is well within the radar of manager Juande
Ramos, as he looks to continue his revolution at Spurs which has already
included the acquisitions of Luka Modric and Giovani Dos Santos.
There is no question that if the rumours proved correct then David Bentley will be an excellent signing. I know opinion has been mixed among supporters as to his worth, whether he is overrated or not, but I see a player who has high energy, skilful and an extremely gifted distributor of a football. He is dare I say a stereotypical Tottenham player; although I'm sure he won't possess the laziness that has gripped many before him.
One bone of contention among supporters in the pro/con Bentley debate was whether he was worth the £10-15m that has been quoted for him, or if he was any better than Aaron Lennon. I was interested to see the Daily Mirror this morning who suggested that the new Blackburn Rovers boss Paul Ince was keen to include the Spurs winger in a part/cash exchange deal for David Bentley - a package that weighs extremely heavy in Blackburn's favour in my opinion.
I like Aaron Lennon and whilst he has not had the best of seasons is still more than capable. You don't become a poor player overnight and especially when you are 20 yrs old and I feel it would be a huge faux pas, if he was to be sacrificed in such a deal.
One of the things that has always been evident at Tottenham over the years, is the lack of impact substitutes at the club who can make a difference or change the game in a moment of brilliance. Lennon certainly possesses that ability and should Bentley arrive at the club, then what better than having someone like Lennon as an understudy - in fact I think a route of the problem of the players decline is that he got complacent due to lack of competition at the club.
So how do Spurs fans feel about the proposed exchange and more importantly, should Aaron Lennon's services be retained?
Agree we should keep both at
Agree we should keep both at the club, good shout about Lennons complacency.
Vastly overrated is bentley
Vastly overrated is bentley and is certainly not better than Aaron Lennon. It will prove a bad deal if it goes through.
Lennon has desereved another
Lennon has desereved another season at the club and has been written off too soon. If we want to challenge then we need a top squad not just a good first X1 so I would retain him.
More consistant than
More consistant than Lennon,a better end product than Lennon and closer to the finished article than Lennon...How long are you people prepared to wait for the so called potential to be fullfilled.
with bentley he can pick a
with bentley he can pick a pass & cross a ball and this with either foot which lenny cant do? also another option is free-kicks which lenny cant do? do you see where im going with this? if it's speed we want we might as well send our scouts to the olympics!! i hear there's some pretty face blokes in the 100m!!!! for me bentley every time
For those of you saying that
For those of you saying that Lennon is better than bently just look at the stats. Lennon this year in the Prem got a goal/assist of 2/5 while Bently got 6/11. the season before it was, 3/8 and bently 4/11. Bently over the last 2 seasons has been out perfoming Lennon in a worse team, (no disrespect to Rovers fans). Also watch last season Lennon has vbeen found out by Premier league defences. Bently has been continuesly getting better but Lennon has shown no signs of improvement and even signs of stagnation. Would be a luxery to have on the bench but i cant see us keeping him. Also as for the swap deal stuff that has been written about, a week and a bit earlier when the Bently thing first came up on the net there was rumour banding about with it that this deal was already concidered but Lennon didnt want to go. Now that this has only just been broken as a "story" it would suppot the fact that it is a no go unless Lennon can be persuaded to have a change of heart.
james u obviously have a
james u obviously have a short memory the last 2 seasons b4 last lennon was surperb. people tend 2 forget lennon was injured 4 a large part last season and instead of encouraging him people like u keep knocking him back. i personally think lennon is better than bentley but i would welcome him 4 cover.
sorry let's get this sorted?
sorry let's get this sorted? i mean some pretty fast blokes at the 100m!!! i aint no dial square parrot killer gurner
YID
[*@!$] where did u get them stats they dont seem to add up in my eyes.
We really should put the
We really should put the cash in so we can keep Lennon. Bentley and Lennon will give us options on the right and as has been said, Lennon can learn from Bentley and will have a need to improve to retain his place.
lol SirBillyNick, ..'pretty face blokes at the olympics'...!
