Comments on: Poll: Can David Bentley Resurrect His Career At Tottenham?

By: dc samuel

dc samuel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:20:31 +0000

Davspurs,
Ok, you’re right: Bentley does annoy me too much. Deep breath.

I don’t say he has no talent – it’s just that he is all about himself and not the team. You can see it in all the little things he does.

I love flicks when Modric does it – in the opposition box – to beat a man. It’s about the time and place. Bentley does it to try and look good when it’s easier to play the ball on the floor.

I’ll happily eat my words if he puts in the performances – but nothing I’ve seen so far suggests he’s any more than a right wally.

By: DAVSPUSRS

DAVSPUSRS — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:05:18 +0000

Bloody hell Dc Samuel has he bean with your partner or run over your dog don’t you believe in giving credit when its due you must be hard work at home .I love flicks tricks have you not noticed all the players are doing it Moderic done it okay there is a time for it and you are right to criticizes but in a fair way.If he has no Talent then you must have bean a great sportsman and no matter what he does he wont match your idea of a winger and Lennon would shift most players .So Just enjoy some excellent crosses and Hope it lasts and we demolish Villa.COYS

By: dc samuel

dc samuel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:36:27 +0000

I’m sorry, this is a complete crock. Bentley has ‘turned around his attitude’? Rubbish.

He is – and will always be – a complete twat. He thinks he’s better than he is: he has all of the bad qualities of Beckham without any of the good ones. He’s petulant, he’s lazy, he’s a show-off, he makes ridiculous tackles, he moans at referees, and he can’t even put a dead-ball in the same place twice in a row. But the worst thing is that he just doesn’t understand it’s a team game.

Against Fulham, we were 1-0 up, just about – and he starts doing back-flicks on the halfway line!! He gave the ball away and got rescued by Wilson Palacios who regained possession. Then he did exactly the same again!! I couldn’t believe it. Imagine if we conceded a goal from those?

He’s not really a winger as he has no pace at all. He started as a no.10 – second striker – at Arsenal, but they sold him as he didn’t have enough to his game and clearly has a bad attitude. He always drifts inside instead of stretching the play. When Corluka has the ball at right-back, Bentley never shows for it out wide, he doesn’t anticipate other people’s movement – and if he gives the ball away he is really slow getting back to defend.

He makes awful choices – shooting from range when there are better positioned players ahead of him, he can’t run with the ball – he slows down the play when we’re on a counter-attack.

Admittedly he can put in a good cross if he’s not under any pressure and there are people in the box – but that is all he can contribute.

On top of that he’s just such an infuriating show-boater – way worse than Jenas (of the 1-0 up back-heels) – and is petulant in the way Beckham can be – except Bentley has never achieved anything in his career at all – NOTHING – except drunk-driving.

Twat. End of story. When Lennon gets back, Bentley will go back to sulking on the bench.

By: DAVSPUSRS

DAVSPUSRS — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:04:34 +0000

This year i have wrote a few blogs standing up for Lennon Hudds Bale Bentley and Gio before the summer window closed because they where all being savage by our fans for underachieving Lennon has no end product Hudds has the turning speed of an oil Tanker Bentley wont run in case is hair is out of place Bale cant tackle still 21 Lennon was 21 Huddlestone was 16 stone when he was always on the bench the more he is losing the more mobile he is becoming twice a week will be better for him could yet gatecrash the south African World Cup Lennon a cert if fit . Bale looking more like the reason he had a ten mill price tag we got him cheep 5 mill David is more complicated he was a shoe in for Beckhams replacement Till Lennon and Milner gazumped him and losing is England place snd is Tottenham place spiralling in to depression and bad form and he also had problems at home

By: Old 'un

Old 'un — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:07:58 +0000

Everyone seems to think it’s either David Bentley or Aaron Lennon and forget he (DB) can play across the mid-field. He’s not frightened to get stuck in and put himself about – he did, after all stop Birmingham’s attacks down our right until taken off. He could probably take the place of JJ – now there’s a bit more of an attacking option to consider plus he’s quite prepared to track back and help out.

By: Lillywhite London

Lillywhite London — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:56:38 +0000

Everyone seems to be saying ‘he’s not the arrogant fool people think he is’ only after acting like a spoiled child for the best part of a year!! Let’s not get carried away, it was a good performance and he’s not being doing to bad in the couple of Prem games he’s had recently too. However, he was playing against a full-back two divisions below and apparantly a midfielder pressed into that position cos of injuries… I hope he has sorted his attitude out and he ends up being a great player for Spurs but as soon as Lennon gets fit, we’ll really see how he copes with some competition again. I frankly think the bloke has got a hell of a lot to prove us Spurs fans after driving drunk and wrapping his luxury motor round a tree, taking the mickey in a friendly game he wasn’t interested it and putting in shockingly bad, lazy displays when he has had a chance in the 1st team. Yes well done for man of the match against Leeds, just keep it up every week now and don’t slip back into spoiled child mode, then he’ll properly deserve some praise. Until then the jury’s still out for me, no matter how much ‘talent’ he’s supposed to have…

By: AYID

AYID — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:45:58 +0000

Iv actually spoke to David Bentley the day of the Greys match, he seemed low but stated that he wanted to stay with us and as a spurs fan succeed. I really hope he can maintain his current form, if anything his love of spurs may have made him want to impress to much when he first signed. I think he now realises what he needs to do to become a success and he is grabbing his chance to shine while he can, and once his confidance is high i see no reason why he cannot really push Azza for the right hand birth.

By: Ant C

Ant C — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:35:33 +0000

His ability has never been called into question, just his attitude and desire.

It seems that he has now sorted these issues out, and he can possibly be the player we thought we had bought for £15m from Blackburn!

I for one, hope he is!

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:19:56 +0000

I liked Bentley in the post-match interview on ITV yesterday. He sounded humble and from what I hear he works hard in training and isn’t always the arrogant fool most fans seem to think. I hope he continues playing well while Lennon’s out, doesn’t try all those flicks which don’t come off, and puts in a few more of those peaches of crosses for Crouch and Defoe. We should give him another chance, he’s clearly a confidence player.

By: Dan Fitch

Dan Fitch — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:11:55 +0000

Yes. I’m the idiot in this scenario.

Where did I say that I thought it was David Bentley the footballer? It just mentioned that this story appeared on the Tottenham Newsnow feed, because they have the same name and made a small joke of the fact.