[Archived] Bentley Called Up

[dillo_dillo]

Bentley quality inspires England

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[LeChuck]

He was playing left-midfield as well i beleive.

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Up-front with Nugent.

[herbergeehh]

After an impressive performance, Taylor backed Bentley to provide the solution to England's problem position on the left side of midfield. Asked whether Bentley could play for the senior team, Taylor said: "He is definitely capable of it. He can use both feet, he has pace, tremendous stamina and very good ability. When he scored his two goals, he was playing on the left of a four-man midfield and making some excellent runs.

Guardian

[Jolly Giraffe]

Bentley played the first half on the left and was switched up front in the second half.

With a performance like that he should find himself above Pongo in the pecking order.

Bring on the Spuds!

[Ozz]

We should cash in on him now, maybe £4M?

[Eddie]

He's 21 and has shown great potential in my opinion, why cash in on him? I think he's got a lot of ability and in a couple of years time he could be a very good premiership player.

[joey_big_nose]

He's 21 and has shown great potential in my opinion, why cash in on him? I think he's got a lot of ability and in a couple of years time he could be a very good premiership player.

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Whoooooooooooooosh!

[Eddie]

Ah that was sarcasm? I did miss it then.

[LeChuck]

Guardian

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Ah, fair enough. I'm sure he started up-front with Milner on the left though...I did leave before the second half, so...it probably changed.

[RoyRover]

When I turned the England game on, Bentley had scored his goals, but it was great to hear that he had scored two. He obviously has a lot of talent and Hughes is starting to get the best out of him. His hat-trick against United showed what I good player he could be for us over the years and that it could be another bit of great business from Hughes. But he isn't able to get into the first team and I think that says quite a bit about how strong our team must be at the moment.

[herbergeehh]

Whoooooooooooooosh!

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Bentley has been more efficient and stabile after signing on permanently, he's really impressed me. When coming on against Arsenal, he did well every time he was involved, with a great pass to Bellamy (when Lehmann came out) and also holding up the ball very well by the cornerflag. Could turn out to be a brilliant signing by Hughes, he has all the attributes needed imo - he just needs to use them in the right way.

By the way, does anyone have a link for highlights?

Edited March 1, 2006 by herbergeehh

[blue phil]

TRY THIS Herbergeehh

[AussieinUk]

TRY THIS    Herbergeehh

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Edited March 1, 2006 by AussieinUk

[pick32]

i rate bentleys chances for euro 2008

[tcj_jones]

I'm really glad that we bought him before his hattrick against UTD and his two goals for England. Otherwise his value could have doubled.

[philipl]

Just seen that the ref last night for the England u-21 game was Mr Attard of Malta.

[herbergeehh]

TRY THIS   Herbergeehh

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Thank you Mr. Phil, just what I was looking for

[philipl]

Bentley profiled in the Daily Telegraph

Verbatem the same story is in the Independent.

Some journo is in the soup!

Edited March 2, 2006 by philipl

[Ozz]

Probably some add ons if he plays for England, IE more cash to Highbury ?

[philipl]

It was an undisclosed deal but there was no press speculation at the time that it was anything other than a stright transfer deal.

[Guest Kamy100]

Edit just seen Phillips post about the telegraph article.

Edited March 2, 2006 by Kamy100

[philipl]

Alan Smith writing an excellent profile of Bentley in the Dialy Telegraph.

Interesting to read of him feeling isolated as an Englishman at Arsenal in the youth set-up.

A good thing about Bentley, having just bought him from a Champs League club, press clamour for him to be transferred away from Ewood will be a long time in coming.

I still think the Joe Cole analogy for this lad could hold good. In which case, thank you very much Mr Wenger.

[herbergeehh]

Agree on the Joe Cole comparison, a difference is that Cole played regularly for West Ham though.

[Florida Rover]

Apologies if i have missed the discussion,but, why did Bentley not get called up to the U21 squad that won today over in Germany?Is he injured or did he have a falling out with Taylor or what?Seems he had aquitted himself well in previous U21 matches and no one can deny he's been on a hot streak of sorts.

[colin]

Florida,

He was born 27th August 1984 which makes him 22 years old ( I had to take my socks off to count that!)

Now too old for the under 21's

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