Why Did Bent Really Move?

Bitter bitter bitter just moving to a bigger club thats all - whats so hard to understand?

I can understand the disappointment, Sunderland and becoming a good club and this is a right kick in the teeth, Yes villa are 17th but it's all pretty false with the new manager etc. I think your a good club, your top six now but for how long? Bolton were doing well and just look at them slipping back. Villa have been top six for the last three seasons and its only because of a lack of a good goal scorer we have not progressed. One of the reasons you are top six is because of Bent, imagine where you would be if you had one of Villa's strikers that have yet to score a Premiership goal this season instead of Bent. I don't buy that Sunderland rescued Bent and did he some great favour (it was the other way round) as he was still a good player at spurs and would have been a good players where ever he went. You paid 16.5m in total for him so a nice 7.5m profit if all his add-on come off for you but there is no doubt in my mind that Bent is worth ever bit of 24m. I've wanted him for years and if he had gone to top three club he would be classed as one of the best strikers in the world. Who else can you buy that will get you those sorts of goals? Most players in this class will cost 30m plus and my suggestion is Sunderland will be better off blowing most of that fee on another striker that can give you 25 goals a season. Yes you could buy two or three strikers for that but that's the mistake Villa have made for years, those type of strikers will have one good season or may get you 15 goals. Its only a few that can get 20+ most seasons and that's worth the extra money. Good luck to you for the rest of the season.

The six points we took from you were nowt to do with Bent so how do you explain that? We will see come the end of the season who is the bigger club.

Well cant really say it was for money, we aren't exactly man city are we! Probably on a higher wage but bent has said himself our position is false and by doing this deal it's showing we are in it for the long run.

Sunderland did save Bents career 4th choice at Spurs so poorly thought of even his manager publically humiliated him. Sunderland pay £10 million which was ott at the time I remember Bent winning the catergory of 'Bonkers Buy' if we hadn't stumped up so much god knows where he'd be. What gets me is the whole moving to a big club thing, I had ample amounts of respect for Bent the man single handedly saved us from relegation and for that were thankful but to turn round and state Villa the team Sunderland have beaten twice this season (even away and we have such a ***** poor away record) a team that is struggling at the bottom is bigger than a team in 6th? Yes on the last couple of seasons placings would show Villa to be bigger but if we go on the past all the time Liverpool would still be the best team in the league and Leeds would be challenging champions league but were not! Some people need to live in the present Sunderland are a team capable of beating the best results against City, Arsenal Chelsea, Liverpool and Man U would show we can handle the best in the league and thats the reason were in such a good position at this point and for some team struggling at the bottom with a glass bottom view of the lower leagues to claim they are better when the league clearly show that now at this time and in this season they are not are just delusional. I ve had Villa fans comment and tell us to stop whinging as they are going to jump us as we slide down the table and they go for europe since when did Villa fans become so looped? Be happy that you spent big but also question how can you build on it buying one player no matter how good doesn't make a team Bent wouldn't be a somebody without the midfielders who constantly set him up with clever through balls and don't forget we had him fit all the way to December one injury and your back to square one. Theres no ambition in moving to a club lower than yourself and as stated thats not the Bent who played for us at the press conference I hope for Villas sake it works out because relegation could end up bankrupting the club and you could be the next Pompey.

Bankruptcy tucky? Do you even know what you are on about? Randy lerner knows exactly what he is doing, he is a billionaire and wouldnt folk out this money if we couldn't afford it, we sold with for this price so it is just the money we made of that. He was bagged tons of goals for you and when he jumps to a bigger ship he is all of a sudden crap? Grow up.

"We will see come the end of the season who is the bigger club" I assume here that you are suggesting that if Sunderland finish higher than Aston Villa they are by rights 'the bigger club'?? Possibly the most naive, dumbfounded comment ever!

I believe this was a great business for Sunderland, i know Bent is a good player but there is no way his worth £24m and soon Villa fans will figure this out. I can't believe some clubs are willing to drop stupid money on British players that have one great year, remember Wright-Phillips, Milner and Lescott? all had one amazing year and believed they where bigger then their club and now all are sitting on the bench. If one is willing to look around there is great buys around Europe (Sure its a big risk but so are the British talent) O and one more thing, Now Villa fans can't complain that the so called top 4 clubs are destroying football cause their club has now gotten its hands in the dirt with everyone else.

As a neutral here (Chelsea fan), I can understd why you lads are upset abt Bent...not doing his best and all. Thats fair enough. But I've been following this bizarre transfer saga and I feel that you got the best deal for him, not Villa. You can now use that money as a war chest to finance maybe 30mil now and come up with a few good players and to lock up some of your better players to decent contracts. Sure, you have a right to be upset abt Bent and his recent antics. But when the dust settles and you calm down, you've got the money and they've gotten an enigmatic, up and down player who has a bit of an attitude. In the end, I wager that you've got the better deal here...

you do realise your club is spinning you a line right?they were so dissapointed at the prospect of losing bent they made no effort whatsoever to keep him.As for him coming for the money,we all know it doesn`t matter in the end,all that matters is whos shirt he is scoring in.

YES

Wow...really? I truly thought Sunderland fans were more intelligent than that. 3 league titles huh? Which league would that be???!

Sorry, I should answer that more sensibly. "What exactly have you done in the last 20 years?" With regards to winning things pretty much naff all except we did with the Intertoto cup. Tell me again what Sunderland have won in the last 20 years? Promotion... "We have won 3 league titles in the 20th century, you 2 so where are you a bigger club?" Four FA cups to your 2. 5 league cups to your zero. One European Cup, one European Super Cup and one intertoto cup, to your ...er...again it's zero. Yeah yeah we're the delusional ones aren't we!

oh dear i fear you sunderland fans are in for a nasty shock!! Sky sports have shown you still owed spurs £16 million for him he wasnt bought for the £10mill previousley thought thats why Brucie baby has spat his dummy out and said he cant go out and spend the 18/20mill cos youve paid spurs off what you owed them as you never paid the money in the 1st place to sign him, this happands its football guys oh and good luck replacing a 20 goal plus striker cos you'll need it!

Henderson to leave next!!!

Of course, because the results of one season can prove that can't they!?