[Archived] David Bentley

[RibbleValleyRover]

Both the Official Spurs Website and the Spurs Twitter account confirm that David Bentley has joined Rovers on loan until the end of the season.

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/rovers-loan-bentley-150213.page?

Also the Rovers site have now confirmed:

http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/bentley-is-back-659018.aspx

Thought it would be a good idea to create a topic to have all the Bentley return talk in one thread so the transfer deadline thread doesn't get clogged up. Mods feel free to merge with an existing topic if necessary.

Welcome back Bentley!

[Roverall]

Great memories of him but on all recent (and not so recent) evidence he is a spent force.

Here's hoping he proves he still has it.

[Tom]

Fantastic news

Really Pleased with that, at worst he's an alternative to bring off the bench at best he gets somewhere near his old form and pings some balls into Rhodes and co!

Is he out of contract at the end of the season?

[Plastics]

This could be massive for us.

It might not be, of course, but it could be.

[T.J.Newton]

I really hope he can get match fit and stay fit for a prolonged period, if he does, then great.

[donnermeat]

Bentley is a class signing, I'm well pleased with this. One of the best crossers in the division feeding Rhodes et al has me excited.

I actually met him once and he was a stand up guy, around the time we had Valeri Domovchiyski on trial, I remember because I was asking about him like. He signed a £20 note for me as we'll (one his own). Bit flash maybe but what the hey.

[rickard]

Welcome back David! Let's hope you do well for us again! A Bentley/Rhodes partnership sounds potentially lethal!

[Tom]

He has another year at spurs it seems like so if we do want him full time I imagine they will try and screw us

Still one step at a time

[cmb211087]

My favorite player back in the day, really happy we have got him back. If he can replicate any of the form he did back then, then Rhodes will have a field day.

[RibbleValleyRover]

It's a pretty low risk gamble if you ask me, nothing lost if it doesn't work out. Let's hope that we have a future deal/fee in place if he can recapture some of that form that made him one of the very best players during the Hughes era.

I've wanted him back at the club for years.

[AJW]

i don't think he'll ever again get to the level he was when he left us , but that doesn't matter , what matters is , he comes , he plays games and he makes a worthwhile contribution

[jim mk2]

Good player for us years ago when he was in the England squad and earmarked to replace Beckham and will probably admit he should never have left us.

But but but but.... he has become injury prone, has not played regularly at first team level for years and has been shunted from club to club by people who do not want him.

Fans must accept that he is not the player he was for us all those years ago.

[Lathund]

i don't think he'll ever again get to the level he was when he left us , but that doesn't matter , what matters is , he comes , he plays games and he makes a worthwhile contribution

We aren't at the level we were when he left us so, like you said, he doesn't need to get back to that level to contribute.

[Mike Graham]

A good move by Rovers.

Bentley will be taken aback at how Kean we now are, and at the destruction of our management structure and muppets/puppets now in place.

[Rover_Shaun]

Fans must accept that he is not the player he was for us all those years ago.

Yep. Lets hope that Bentley is given some leeway and the last 5 years in which he will have lost some pace and sharpness as well as a class aerial team mate who's can take advantage of his crosses (santa cruz) will not be used as a stick to beat him with.

Could be a very good loan signing

[Plastics]

Possibly a good move for Bentley too.

[Ricky]

Nothing to lose. We need a right winger who can deliver to Rhodes, surely he can supply the ammo!!

[philipl]

Skill is permanent as they say.

Brilliant to have Bentley back and Rhodes can finally look forwards to the service he has been needing all season.

Will Bentley make the starting line-up at Arsenal or is the signing too late?

[mode_m]

This is a solid signing, welcome back.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Skill is permanent as they say.

Brilliant to have Bentley back and Rhodes can finally look forwards to the service he has been needing all season.

Will Bentley make the starting line-up at Arsenal or is the signing too late?

He signed in time for the Arsenal game, however I would be surprised if he starts.

[DE.]

All evidence points to him being a fairly poor player these days but he's another option at least.

[Kelbo]

All evidence points to him being a fairly poor player these days but he's another option at least.

Evidence points to him failing at Spurs and then gathering injuries, I dont think it points to him being poor.

Players do play off confidence and belief, its how a manager manages each particular player, they are all different and need a different approach to an individuals needs, if Appleton can get him to focus on one job, set pieces and crosses and see where that takes us.

I dont think Bentley was handled too well at Spurs and he probably didnt handle himself too well either, lets see if he has learned something over the years!

[Mercer]

Bentley could add some real class and creativity, however, my hopes and expectations are modest.

I think he is a long, long way from the player that left Ewood some 4 years ago.

Hope it doesn't prove to be as anticlimatic as RSC's second Rovers' spell.

[The Rover of Finland]

Nice to have you back.

[Stuart]

Pleased to have Bentley back.

Needs to get up to speed with his fitness and match sharpness but if he can get close to his previous form in terms of crossing I think Rhodes could show another side to his game.

According to this site...

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/david-bentley/profil/spieler_3205.html

...he's worth £2.6m and is contracted to Spurs until June next year. Wonder if we've got an option to buy?

Here's the not very flattering photo of a Rostov-kitted Bentley that SSN are using to cover the story!