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Marcus Bent

ct_addick
ct_addick Posts: 4,333
edited December 2007 in General Charlton
Marcus Bent has scored twice for Wigan...can we get him back now big Chris is injured as well....
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  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,563
    Now scored more goals for Wigan than Charlton
  • Screamer
    Screamer Posts: 728
    Hat trick!
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    [cite]Posted By: Kap10[/cite]Now scored more goals for Wigan than Charlton

    ....in one match (or so it seems)

    Dare I say it, could have done with his physical presence up front for us today.
  • tricky
    tricky Posts: 1,291
    I think even with our striking problems we'll be better off without him.

    Coming back to us he'll put even less effort in as he'll see us as a step down because he's scored a few goals in the Premiership, and as Wigan will no doubt want to make his move permanent at the end of the season, he won't care about us.

    Instead he'll strut around on the pitch thinking he's above it all, and wait for the end of the season...
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    I'm pleased...

    Currently he's still a Charlton player and will be next year, that should persuade Wigan either to take him on-loan again next season, or pony up some money for a transfer fee, whereas a couple of months ago most of us would be pleased to see him leave on a free.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,485
    keep him away! hope he carries on banging them in for Wigan cos he'll never do it for us so it'll hopefully lead to a permanent move. Am surprised he's scored so many goals for them though, last season who'd have thought that out of our 2 Bents, Marcus would've scored more Prem goals by Xmas.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    That's because Marcus is playing every week.
    And Baby Bent is lucky to make the bench.

    You get more chances to score if you actually play!

    Crazy. But I agree - who would have thought it.
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    not sure what is funnier though , the fact that Agahowa came on as sub and was taken off or the attendance which was less than 16,000 for a derby
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,328
    why couldn't we get the best out of Marcus,he used to cause us no end of problems when he played against us yet we couldn't motivate him shame.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    as poor as his attitude is i'd rather have him out there than mcLeod cos he is a better player and the team would benefit imo but i doubt he'll come back
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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    edited December 2007
    He could score ten in the next game for Wigan for all i care.

    Never want him back.
  • Maglor
    Maglor Posts: 702
    Marcus Bent is on a season long loan without the option for Wigan to return him. He will then either be bought by Wigan or released on a free.

    He won't be comming back!
  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,181
    Marcus isn't the best stiker around but he's certainly better than he ever showed for us. People slag off Curbs for buying him but the initial problem when he came was a recurrent injury which mean't we didn't get anything like the best out of him in that first half season.

    He was clearly more interested in his abilities to score in a different sort of box last season and when we needed him, he was surly, preoccupied, and incredibly lazy. For his lack of dedication, I wouldn't want to see him back in a Charlton shirt ever again. I just hope we get some reasonable dosh for him in compensation for letting us down so badly.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    I didn't want MB to leave on loan, I thought he looked good at the start of the season for us and I still think he is better than any forwards we have at the moment, but understand why we wanted to get him off the wage bill. Even last season under Pards I though he put in a string of good performances that never quite translated into goals.

    Interesting comments from Steve Bruce:
    “I have tried to sign Marcus three times and he has turned me down. So he owes me that hat-trick. “It didn’t quite work out because I could not afford him. But, thankfully, I have got him now — at least for a few more weeks, anyway.”

    Anyone know what the deal is? Sounds like we might have some recall option in January, although presumably Wigan would first have the option to buy for a fixed price eg. £1M.
  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 8,997
    Think Marcus Bent had his Lisbie v Liverpool-esque moment on Saturday, all down hill from now!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    He's got 18 months on his contract with us.
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    I doubt they'll want him to leave with Heskey sick note there, mind you perhaps we want him for cover to big chris.. I do hope not.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    I am sorry, but with the attitude Marcus Bent has had since the start of this season he is a far superior player to big Chris.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,563
    edited December 2007
    [quote][cite]Posted By: Salad[/cite]I am sorry, but with the attitude Marcus Bent has had since the start of this season he is a far superior player to big Chris.[/quote]

    Technically MB is better than BC. The problem is that MB only does it when he can be arsed and he never could be for us. he has even said somewhere that last season he could not really be bothered. I cannot see MB brining his attitude from Wigan back to us if he were to return, more likely a sulk to the end of the contract. £2 million was always too high for him even Moyes thought it was a steal, probably Curbs's worst bit of business.

    If I recall correctly he had already lost his place in the starting line up before he went out on loan.
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    how much would you expect to pay for an established 29 year old premiership striker?
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  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,563
    [quote][cite]Posted By: ThreadKiller[/cite]how much would you expect to pay for an established 29 year old premiership striker?[/quote]

    Difficult to say really, what is an established Premiership striker - 20 goals a season? minimum £10+ mill. Would not class MB as an established Prem striker but one who has only played in the pre with a poor goals and assists record, therefore £1-2 mill.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,242
    There is some serious rose-tinted goggles being worn to view this worm.

    I don't care if he gets another 4 hat-tricks before New Year, I don't want him back at our club as he does not give a monkeys and we cannot afford to carry plebs like that.

    We get £1.5 - £2 mill for him and I'm happy. Money eases a few headaches and may even give Pards something to waste spend in January ;-)
  • PassItToLeaburn
    PassItToLeaburn Posts: 1,457
    Spot on Carter.

    I don't care if he plays like Pele from now until the end of the season, I don't want to see the arrogant lazy prick ever pull on a Charlton shirt again.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Agreed PITL, and for anyone thinking how much we missed him, i'll offer you one stat.

    Marcus Bent never scored a single league goal for us at the Valley. Not once.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    He could've done better for us but I can't help thinking that much of this extreme vitriol aimed at him stems from the tabloid tales. Once he got a run in the team earlier this year I felt he played well and worked hard but maybe never got the goal confidence he needed which was hard when playing in a struggling team.

    He would do better for us than any of the other strikers at the club.

    FACT!
  • leftbehind
    leftbehind Posts: 8,581
    If we got him back would he do a job for us or just be his normal lazy self?
  • Vinnie V.
    Vinnie V. Posts: 1,509
    edited December 2007
    He could've done better for us but I can't help thinking that much of this extreme vitriol aimed at him stems from the tabloid tales. Once he got a run in the team earlier this year I felt he played well and worked hard but maybe never got the goal confidence he needed which was hard when playing in a struggling team.

    He would do better for us than any of the other strikers at the club.

    Agreed. He even said himself at the begining of the season that he would concentrate on football this season as he realised he was not held in high regard by the fans.
    FACT!
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Don't ever want him anywhere near the team, the squad or the Club ever again. He epitomised everything that went wrong last season. I just find it all the more galling that he is doing the business for a small, relegation-threatened club this year in the Prem. (And here speaks one of his former shirt sponsors...)
  • PassItToLeaburn
    PassItToLeaburn Posts: 1,457
    [cite]Posted By: millaphile[/cite]
    Agreed. He even said himself at the begining of the season that he would concentrate on football this season as he realised he was not held in high regard by the fans.
    FACT!

    Wow, that was good of him! So last season when we were in the shit he wasn't concentrating on football but this year, now he's playing for a transfer, he is going to. What a guy!

    He can stick Saturday's matchball where the sun don't shine as far as I'm concerned!
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    to say marcus bent is better than big chris is simply not the case in my view. He's ten times as good in the air and with the ball at his feet. Bent is the wrong size for the style he plays, and should be far better in the air than he is for his size.

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