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Wolves swoop to sign Marcus Bent
Tuesday 31st August 2010, 10:30AM BST.
Wolves today sealed the low-key loan signing of Birmingham striker Marcus Bent to plug their gap for a fourth striker.
The 32-year-old has signed an initial 17-week deal for Wolves to become his 14th club, in what is expected to be their last business before today’s 6pm transfer window deadline.
Bent becomes Wolves’ seventh summer signing, of which three are on loan, joining Geoffrey Mujangi Bia and Michael Mancienne.
Boss Mick McCarthy has swooped for Bent after considering moves for free agent Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Hull’s injured forward Caleb Folan following the departure of Andy Keogh to Cardiff on a season-long loan.
Much-travelled Bent, who joined Blues for £1m from Charlton two years ago, has not played for the St Andrew’s club since April 2009.
Trumped by Cameron Jerome, Christian Benitez, Garry O’Connor and Kevin Phillips last season, his only first-team football came on loan in the Championship at Middlesbrough and QPR, where he played seven and three games respectively without scoring.
But his highlight was playing every game bar one for Everton in 2004-05, often as a lone frontman, when the Toffees finished fourth to qualify for the Champions League.
But he will have his work cut out competing with Kevin Doyle, Steven Fletcher and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake.
“Marcus is an experienced striker who has played plenty of Premier League football and scored goals,” said chief executive Jez Moxey.
“People still talk about whether we’ve got enough Premier League experience, and Marcus will add to that. He’s also a different type of striker to what we have in that he’s a physical presence.
“We needed someone after the departure of Andy Keogh.”
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oh no!
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oh dear !!!!!
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This is a bit of a joke to be honest. I’d rather have Andy Keogh, and that’s saying something.
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OK – well I thought Jason Roberts was keeping it realistic, but we seem to have signed a poor man’s Jason Roberts. I dread to think how many times ‘lack of ambition’ will be used on these reply pages today, but he’s ours now and 4th choice (definitely 4th choice!!) so good luck to him.
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… please tell me this is a wind up …
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Only a back up who will struggle to get games lets hope our strikers stay injury free !
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Before people come on here complaining, please remember that Marcus Bent is 4th in the striking pecking order.
In his favour, he has always been hard working and maintained high fitness levels.
I would obviously not want Wolves to sign him permanently but as a cheap player to use as a last resort if we were to collect three injuries, this is a good move.
Be aware though that Mick would probably switch to a lone striker before using Bent, that is why I see him only as an emergency player. Particularly is Sylvan keeps picking up goals!
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Bad news. May as well have just kept Keogh, Vokes or Maierhoffer! Brum will find this hilarious im sure!
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my five year old son could score more times than him!!!!!!!!!!!!!WTF
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Really? I think I’d rather – deep breath – have kept the Hoff if we wanted a physical presence.
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at least we haven’t paid anything for him. Good luck to him!
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Not the greatest signing but let’s be realistic, not many players will move clubs to become 4th choice, at least the lad has premiership experience.
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Look Jez i know youre a whizz on the finances mate but when Mick said ” go and get Bent” he meant Darren not Marcus.
I do hope the Premier Leagues fax breaks.
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i guess he’s better than heskey!!!
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Anagram of Marcus Bent – ‘Neat Crumbs’.
Anagram of Andrew Keogh -’hard geek now’.
Good luck Mr Bent, bye bye Mr Keogh………
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Marcus is an experienced striker who has played plenty of Premier League football and scored goals,” said chief executive Jez Moxey.
Yes Jez 21 goals in 200 appearances In the last 7 years.Once again the complete lack of ambition you have always showed.Fourth choice or not injuries and suspensions could force micks hand and this type of signing may turn out to be a grave error of judgement.
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It is a loan signing to provide back up for SEB, Doyle and Fletcher.
He has experience and is a handfull for defences when he is in gear, give him a chance eh before we judge…… Even if he is a bluenose!!!
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This to me is an absolute Joke. What is going on here? Vokes is a much hungrier talented player than this numb skull and Keogh would run his socks off. Bent is a lazy player
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Who was Wolves fans realistically expecting to get?
Will he score more than Keogh? I’d say so. Proven at this level? He could get a handful. We’ve got three top quality strikers and he is physical player to lead the line, something different.
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Nothing wrong with having a bit of experience in the squad. Marcus could well be a good influence in training, and probably won’t start any games while he’s with us, so cut the guy some slack. We need to be behind ALL of our players. Good luck to him.
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Hope he proves me and us wrong but this signing screams panic and desperation
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4th striker or not i’d rather give one of the youth lads a go at least letting on of the youth team get in and around the 1st team would give them the experience of match day etc maybe get an odd 5 or 10 minutes if we end up cruising to victory at some point?
Ha this has to be a wind up!
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Why let Keogh, Vokes and Hoff out on loan and sell Iwelumo if this is who we replace them with?
We’d be better putting Ward back up front.
Ince would never have signed Bent.
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Oops, mistaken identity surely? The Premiership striker is Darren Bent. This bloke struggles to find the net in the Championship. Sounds like an episode from the new series of Mike Bassett, manager. Agent “I can get u Bent…”
Come back Hoff all is forgiven.
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18 Golden Balls – Vokes is injured for at least two months you cretin!
I’ve always been impressed with Bent. Obviously it goes without saying that I’d rather we were signing the Marcus Bent of 6-7 years ago, but he’s functional and will do a job. We can’t sign a ‘marquee’ player without risking upsetting the promising setup we’ve already got in Doyle, SEB & Fletcher. Bent will come here knowing he’s largely going to be on the bench, but if he comes on and nicks us the odd goal here and there, then I think it’s a sensible and financially prudent loan signing.
Whether you like him or not, his goal record is FAR superior to Keogh’s 1 in 6 ratio, and that alone makes him far more of a threat (both in the air and on the deck).
As for 21 Wolves AY I – why on Earth would anybody at Wolves be panicking or desperate after the fine start we’ve made to the season? Wind your neck in!
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As Pete (17) says, he’s only a back-up striker on loan and it’s only for 4 months anyway!
All the ‘oh no’, ‘it’s a wind up’ and ‘tell me it’s a joke’ comments are over-reactions to a situation where McCarthy is NOT going to pay a 7 figure sum for a bench warming striker!
The fact that Keogh has gone does little to weaken our strike force as he was not exactly prolific in front of goal now was he?
Bent therefore, cannot do any worse!
IF come January we need someone to bolster our strike force, I am sure Mick will have identified a player who fits the bill AND be available at the right price but we shall see.
Personally I do not think another striker will be necessary at all as the strike force we have already will cause teams enough problems.
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Need I remind people about the underwhelming reaction of most fans to the signing of Fletcher in the summer? Nobody’s whingeing about that anymore after his debut against Stoke.
At least let him prove himself to be rubbish in a Wolves shirt before you criticise!
I watched Iwelumo up front for Brighton against Bristol City in a play off final a few years back (my Dad’s a Brighton fan) and Big Chris was absolutely hopeless. I feared the worst when we signed him, but he was first class and I was proved wrong.
You would think that, after what they’ve collectively done for Wolves, McCarthy & co had earned the trust of Wolves fans.
Apparently not.
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Come back maierhofer all is forgiven!
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HAS IT OCCURRED to any of you doom merchants that Wolves are NOT the most inspiring of Prem outfits to join at this particular point in time? Young prem players will only come on loan to a club like Wolves if they´re guaranteed first teem football, not sitting in fourth place. Likewise what proven striker would want to come to do that either? The guy is only here as back up until January when the window opens again. Better pull yer heads out from where the sun don´t shine and stop being so damn negative. Give the guy a break and the management at the club one as well, please. We´re not fashionable enough yet to attract big names. Get real please and get behind the team, whoever happens to be in it. That´s often worth another player, in case you hadn´t noticed. UTW!
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23 Bob Wolf – Ince would never have got us promoted, behave yourself.
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Anagram of Jay Dudley Wolf…..Jaded Fully Yow!!!!
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Hold on all you moaners! MM was looking for a 4th striker, a player who would step in if two of our three strikers were to be injured at the same time. Bent’s not going to moan about keeping the bench warm, not costing us any money, yet he has premiership experience and over a 100 goals to his name. As a front line striker how many goals did Andy Keogh get? I agree that Vokes or Maierhoffer could have been kept, but their ‘year out’ should bring them back next year better and, in Maierhoffer’s case, much wiser. Give Bent a chance before rubbishing him. Our squad looks good now and I’ve no doubts that we’ll be more than holding our own this season. Onwards and upwards!!
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DEAR LORD PLEASE LET DOYLE, FLETCH AND SEB STAY INJURY FREE!!!
PLEASE RESORT MARCUS TO KEEPING THE BENCH WARM
THIS IS A SHOCK HE IS A LAZY PLAYER IF WE WANTED A BIG TARGET MAN TO KEEP THE BENCH WARM WHY DID HOFF GO?!
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To be honest, i dont think this one matters either way. It helps make up the numbers and maybe he can add something for the players around him.
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I would prefer us to use academy players as it creates a good atmosphere everyone behind them when they are subbed on. This chap will have to score early to win us over.
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So realistically who did we want to see at the Wolves?
Keane.. forget it, will cost to much even if he wanted to come which I don’t think he wants to. How does he fit into the 3 strikers we have now.. someone will be bench warming, Mick and Wolves have paid the cash for Fletcher and is more than happy with SEB and Doyle! Our main striker options are sorted.
The Hoff.. shot his mouth off when he shouldn’t! His days were numbered.
Keogh.. does not want to be 4th choice.. needs to play which he may well achieve at Cardiff.
Vokes.. needs to play, still young. Loan deal will be good for him. Obviously he’s injured and out at the mo.
Caleb Folan.. not interested in coming and injured I believe.
Jason Roberts.. not sure if we were at all bothered about him.. and him us!
Marcus Bent.. From 4th choice will do a job for us.. fit, ready to go, in need of a new challenge and environment. For a 4 month loan move lets give him a chance.
Personally if he was available, and fit I’d have gone for Kevin Phillips.. at least we wouldnt have to witness him score against us again!
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why let keogh,vokes.maierhoffer go out on loan and then sign bent. it dont make sense to sign a so called striker who couldnt hit a cows backside with a banjo. the signings mccarthy as made so far are quality but sorry this one aint. and yeah i know he,s 4th choice striker but this sounds like a desperate signing to me.oh well. UTW.
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What is all this fourth striker rubbish I read about? you make a signing to improve your team surely! keeping four strikers happy is the managers job! this is an absolute nonsense signing!
Why didn’t we show more ambition and look to bring somebody in who is better than what we’ve got! take the advantage, send a message to our rivals!
I know we’re not money bags but there were far, far better options than this! This is clearly a signing just in case we get an injury, I’d prefer us to play one up front until we run out of strikers before this man gets a wolves shirt on his back.
Can Matt Murray play up front he’s a big lad and I’m sure would be more of a threat than Bent!
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Sorry I withdraw my comments I’ve underestimated our ambition its Darren Bent we’ve signed.
Silly me I new it couldn’t be Marcus Bent
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Hells teeth
Give the lad a chance he probably wont get much action anyway if the other 3 strikers keep fit
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Marcus Bent.
He wont get on the bench,never mind get off it
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He was class the season everton finished 4th but that was ages ago, but he is 4th choice and has cost us nowt !!!
why let keogh,vokes.maierhoffer go, cause there not premier league standard .
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I said last night that MM was only after a ‘target’ man, has our other 3 strikers are smaller/lightweight. I also said he wouldn’t go for a ‘Big Name’ player as he’s only here as 4th choice warming the bench picking up easy cash, has MM doesn’t want another ‘high profile stiker’ on the bench ‘bending his ear’ behind him moaning why am i not playing. In Bent he wont have that trouble cause he’s used to sitting on his arse picking up easy wages. No 14. No he’s not bet than Heskey, id sooner have Heskey than this ‘DONKEY’ I would have still liked to see Jolean Lescott in instead of MB, at least we would be getting value for money, and a player who would ‘score more goals’ than MB. UTW
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The first thing to say is that McCarthy and the team exceed expectation through a brilliant work ethic on and off the pitch. BUT I still do not buy the Morgan Moxey talk they are trying to acheive Premiership status on the cheap and luckily for them McCarthy is delivering but this is not sustainable. If they are serious they have to show more commitment than Marcus Bent any idea of Robbie Keane coming back is ridiculous but there are loads of players below this level that would strengthen our squad and they need to show ambition.
Keep it up Mick and the boys Moxey think about the fans and not your bonus!!!!
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Should have kept Big Chris!
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14 clubs in 15 years that says it all “”inspired”"
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Just reading that Blues are signing Hleb and Stoke are signing Gudjonsson. We sign Marcus Bent. Just shows you where the ambition lies.
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To be honest I dont think this is a bad signing. Bent is sure to know that he is well down the pecking order and be happy to play in Carling Cup matches and the Reserves. May be a good foil to our main Strikers if any of the three get injured. I hope the lad does well!!
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Its official, wolves are now my second team. I cannot believe another club is actually picking up the wages of the worst ever player I`ve seen at the Blues.
I haven`t stopped laughing since I heard, thought it was a wind up at 1st. You want to pray that your other strikers don`t join Fletcher on the treatment table cos this guy ain`t going to do anything for you.
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this will definately be 1 of many flops which wolves have signed. will be as bad as tomas frankowski, rob taylor, hassan kachloul, cedric roussell and many many more. wolves could definately sign a lot better!
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he’s only back up!!!
CALM DOWN!!
we can’t keep vokes and keogh on the bench because they both need 1st team experience and in the championship they’ll get it.
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So, seventeen weeks and counting – Happy Christmas, Marcus – in case I forget.
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I accept this is just cover – and i am not impressed either.
And a player who is resigned to a place on the bench at best (wherever he is).
Vokes – had to go on loan to get some games – for his future.
Iwelumo – there was money on the table and he wanted games.
Hoff – Wolves want to get what they can for him, maybe he was an unsettling influence.
Keogh – not good enough for the Premier, so get him to a club who would make a good offer for him in the future.
IMHO we would have been better keeping Hoff as 4th in the pecking order, but are the new dugouts big enough FOR HIS EGO.
I am guessing Hoffs wages are being paid by his new club and Bents wages are being paid by City.
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25 SteveCWD – In response to you telling me to wind my neck in. A panic or a desperate buy has nothing to do with our start which I know is excellent. A panic buy is getting someone in for the sake of it because we are short. He isn’t any better than the players we have sold or loaned out.
Personally I would have liked to see us compete with Stoke for Eidur Gudjohnsen, or maybe someone like Kyle Lafferty and David Nugget. Also I doubt he was our first target for loan deal, it seems a case of get someone in quickly before deadline passes.
On a positive note, it is only till Jan. Does this mean we will be signing a striker in Jan window?
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My GOD is that it????
We need a very srong midfield general as well as a descent left back.
Dread ti think what wages he is on, knowing Blues about £50k per week!!
Mind yopu looking at Sunday’s match, Bent can’t be any worse than that DONKEY JEROME!!!
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Awful signing!
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27. Everyone who I’d spoke to when we signed Fletch were as happy to sign him as with Doyle last year.
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WTF! more pointless than a chocolate fireguard!
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worst signing we have ever had!
i no we was going for a fourth choice but i would of rather kept keogh or just had 3 strikers i hope bent dont even get on the bench never mind first team would prefer to see sam winnal rather than this mug awful this has to be a joke!!!! cant believe this is the only business were doing today terrible what a pile of crap
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A pathetic decision. No bettr no what we have and no better than Keogh for that matter. Sorry board/Micj but you have wasted an opportunity here
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Knew it wouldn’t be long before all the idiots came crawling out the woodwork.
He’s fourth choice. That’s FOURTH choice for all the morons out there who didn’t bother to read the article.
We need a big lump up front as a different tactic and this bloke is relatively cheap (i.e. we’re getting him on loan).
Time to forget about the great start to the season and the excellent signings we’ve made when we can start moaning though eh?
I despair sometimes I really do.
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Oh my giddy aunt! Marcus chuffin bent! the only consolation to that news is that barring any injuries he is most unlikly to start any prem games for us. still im sure there were other options out there? oh well in mick we trust! just dont like opening ourselves up to be the laughing stock of the midlands all the time by signing their cast offs!
up the wolves and all that!
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hes only 4th choice so im not that botherd…there aint much out there budget wise.so we wouldnt be that excited about who ever we brought in.
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I will be surprised if he actually starts a game but will possibly come on towards the end of games.
As he is only a loan signing till January, he obviously is not going to be a long term Wolves player. I wonder if Birmingham are paying a portion of his wages like we are still paying a portion of Keogh’s wages.
If, because of injuries we need another striker in January, I would expect a younger player to be signed.
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Marcus, If you read this, Welcome to Wolves, hope you do well and bag/create a few goals for us.
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All you moaners said the same tripe when we signed Big Chris.
Now you’re all saying we should have kept him! Pathetic the lot of you.
38 – Keep up, Matt Murray has rertired you clown!
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I would have prefered our young lads to be given the 4th Striker role, give them 5 or 10mins here or there to introduce them to the premier league.
But then youd complain we hadnt signed a 4th choice striker.
I guess the thing that annoys me most is Torres was desperate to come to wolves and eager to wait until 2 of our other strikers got injured so he could play. Because were that big ya know. Honestly. all the top players want to come here and warm the bench.
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vokes is twice the player marcus bent ever was ….
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Forget how good or bad he is -
Look at tyhe facts -
He is NOT YOUNG AND HINGRY!
He IS on BIG WAGES!
He WILL NOT PROVIDE COMPETITION FOR PLACES HE IS ONLY THERE JUST IN CASE!
The idea of having 4 strikers I thought, was so that those not scoring would be dropped to give the others a chance???
Will he play in the Carling Cup – I doubt that the Blues would give permission neither would our fans.
We must, however, respect the Manager’s decision and hope that if he is called upon, he can do a job.
Not much to choose between Keough and Bent except Bent will earn three time what Ak was on! Money would be better spent on topclass central midfielder who can PASS THE BALL FORWARDS!!!
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So far we have been linked with:
Dave Kitson £3m
Denni Avdic £2m
Gylfi Sigurdsson £3m
Robbie Keane (loan)
Stefano Okaka £2m
We could still get another one on that list but Bent is about the same quality as all above apart from Keane.
I’m surprised that any player is actually liked by most of you, he hasn’t even kicked a ball for us and yet your all slagging him off.
If he puts on a shirt for this club then I will support him.
Up The Wolves & Up The Wolves Players
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Hmm…I can’t understand why we let Keogh go to Cardiff while still paying £12000 of his reported £22000 a week wages, then say we need a 4th striker and go out and get Bent!!
Was Keogh not prepared to be the 4th striker? That can be the only possible reason he has gone to Cardiff, well its done now, so we can only hope that a being at a fresh club will inspire Marcus into doing better things.
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bobwolf ince signed andrews and got sacked.
as for all the wanabe premier managers.
its so easy pre judging marcus bent. fourth choice striker, i mean who did you expect? drogba,torres, rooney, keane? jokers of the highest order.
that is untill marcus gets the winner against the tescos as a late sub at the poorthornes.
utw.
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Ambitions?
All other clubs strenghten, we sign Bent. If it was Darren I would be pleased.
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In Mick we trust.
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4th choice means nothing. Mick never has a pecking order. The players on form play!
Wolves needed another striker to compete with the 3 we already have. Sadly Marcus Bent will be playing in the reserve league. He hasn’t even played for Blues since April 09! Disgrace.
We have helped Blues out a bit by taking one of their reserves out of the potential 25. Oh and to make room for Alex Hleb!
Wheres the ambition gone! Our rivals are snapping up some really talented players whilst we add a player lucky to get a place on the bench.
Why not any of these:
Jason Roberts £2m?
Kyle Lafferty £2m?
Brett Pittman £2m?
Nicky Maynard £3m?
Matty Fryatt £2m?
Eidur Gudjohnson Loan?
or even another midfielder:
Steve Sidwell £3m?
Jamie O’Hara Loan?
Michael Johnson Loan?
The Bent siging has had a real negative affect on what was a very promising start to the new campaign. What a waste of a spot in the squad!
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Spot on Molly!
We need to strengthen in centre midfield and left back. Big George is a hell of a nice guy – BUT he ain’t Prem quality or anywhere near it, yet we give him another 3 year contract!!!!
Centre midfield is the engine room and we have KH who has a great engine but, it seems he can only pass the ball back from the halfway line to goalkeeper.
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didn’t know it was april fools day!
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What’s all this come back keogh? Last season gainst Arsenal at the emirates running into added time whilst the scores remained 0-0 and we were a man light, Keogh decided to lob a pathetic attempt over almunia from the halfway line, which wouldn’t have been so bad had almunia been further from his line than 4 yards, needless to say we all know what happened next. Cannot forgive him after that, he was hopeless against bohemians and just cannot hold the ball up, vokes is injured, Hoff couldn’t keep his gob shut, iwelumo’s only contribution last season was to give away numerous fouls, I don’t welcome bent with open arms but he’s here now, up to Blake, fletcher, doyle to keep him out.
Oh and 7th summer signing?
1) Steven fletcher
2) Stephen hunt
3) Steven mouyokolo
4) Adlene Guedioura
5) Jelle Van Damme
6) Geoffrey Mujangi Bia
7) Jake Cassidy
8) Matt Doherty
9) Marcus Bent
Good maths e&s
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unless blues are paying all his wages what is the point of that?? we needed a 4th striker who will rarely get chance to play so why not keep keogh, iwelumo, the hoff vokes(who wont be out for ever injured), at least it would be giving vokes a bit more prem experience, or even use one of the young lads who played against sounthend up front,
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And when we are 1-0 up away from home and its the usual last 10 minutes alimo backs to the wall situation, who better to hold the ball up and take the pressure off…
Marcus Bent, he is one of the best in the business at holding the ball up, just ask any Everton fan when they got into Europe employing Bent as a lone striker.
Really, yow lot baffle me, its always the same lot as well.
Some of you were saying last week Ebanks Blake is surplus to our requirements!!
If you can keep your head when all around you………!
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I was on here last week sayin that people mentioning names such as Keane, Santa Cruz and Kezman were spouting drivel.
Caleb Folan was the name i’d pinpointed as i thought it was realistic (although i’ve read he’s injured) – he’d be happy with some sub apperances, 20 mins here and there, and could do a job if we somehow managed to lose all three of our strikers.
…but never in a million years did i think we’d include someone like M Bent in our squad of 25. This could backfire BIG TIME.
What’s the point in having someone to warm the bench if we don’t want him to come off it? Joke signing. I think i’d have preferred Keogh!!!
Let’s hope S Ward + Winnall and the rest of the kids are ahead of this deadwood…
I really can’t believe that MM has signed for a player this lazy.
I can’t actually believe we’ve signed MARCUS Bent. I seriously doubt he’ll play more than 20 minutes for us.
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Even if he scores one goal and gets us three points or even salvages a point i would be happy! good luck mate!
The hoff and keogh have both gone out on loan so come the end of the season they would be worth more having had a good season rather than bench warming and not getting a game. Might be the difference between 1 million quid for both or 4 million? I am a massive fan of vokes but think he needs a bit more experience!
why do people think we can spend loads of money on a striker when we wouldnt spend more than 3 mill on mancienne! save the money and spend more in january our squad is strong now let alone when all injured players come back.
i cant believe how many whingers there are on here! we are so far unbeaten this season and extremely unlucky not to have 7 or 9 points! if we stay up we have done the job again and there would be nothing to moan about.
Wanderer 4 life
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Being the 4th striker, let’s hope he doesn’t play much because that would mean we’d be in trouble.
BUT, dammit let’s give the guy a chance he hasn’t kicked a ball for us yet. Don’t become a bunch of Bob Wolf and Wolvesmod (the 2 worst supporters in the world, always negative.
Man, i’m starting to hate Paul Ince because of the psycho Bob Wolf !
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Ince would have done this or Ince wouldn’t have done that. Ince has blown three very good management opportunities, Firstly in using Pete Winkleman’s trust and generosity at MK Dons, secondly making a right ‘Pigs Ear’ of the Blackburn job and thirdly by returning to MK and wrecking their promotion chances. Worst still he has also dragged some very good coaches down the tubes with him, Useless!
As for Bent, Unbelievable and Crass Stupidity. Mox, are you sure you could arrange that P— Up down at Banks’s, I’ve got my doubts you could pull that one off mate !
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To Everyone,
My God you’re a miserable bunch!
Remember a certain Karl Henry signing for us? Couldn’t get a kick at Stoke and everyone slated his signing, look at him now!
Diego Forlan, couldn’t hit a barn door at Utd and now he can’t stop scoring, star at the world cup etc etc…
The list of players that have dissappointed and then moved on and excelled is endless.
Marcus Bent is never going to star at a world cup and will maybe never be a fans player of the year but what he will provide is decent cover for our enviable strike force.
Andy Keogh is light weight, Sam Vokes is inexperianced and low on confidence and as for Stefan ‘Hoff’ he has never been a footballer.
Bent will provide decent support to our strikers. He’s strong, experienced and has an excellent attitude to the game. His fitness levels are excellent and for the sake of 4 months will fill a void left by an injured and confidence bitten Sam Vokes.
The intention was always to loan out Vokes until January and get some goals and experience under his belt and then he would be no.4. However, with his injury this hasn’t worked out.
Bent can win headers and physical battles and will free up space for SEB, Fletcher or Doyle when called upon.
He will only play the odd 25 mins and I believe can have an impact in messy games that we are struggling in.
For the next 4 months this guy is a Wolves player so lets get behind him and stop judging players on what they have or haven’t done yet!
If he scores against the Albion he’ll be a hero so please, please all stop being so fickle.
A change is as good as a rest.
Good luck Marcus.
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Impressed – no
disappointed – no
ultimately we’ve done some great business this year. We have cover. Loads of players could play as a second striker anyway.
As long as Andy Keogh is not expected to come and score goals I’m happy. He makes Heskey look prolific.
UTW
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HEADLINE….WOLVES SWOOP TO SIGN DARREN BENT !
( More like ‘ WOLVES STOOP…WITH ANOTHER DISASTER SIGNING !!
Of the utter rubbish, misfits & non starters you have brought it McCarthy…Castello,Hoff, and so on, this baby is the ‘pancake on the plate.’
I will bet right now Birmingham are crying ‘buckets’ over losing him for much of the season.
Come on ‘ be serious’ there is still a couple of hours left.
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38 lyechris – Really? If thats the case lets bring in Rooney, Torres, Drogba, and tevez. Lets see how long the harmony would last. Of course its not just about buying better than what you have, Every club needs squad players you muppet. On paper those four strikers would strike fear into any team, but in reality, theres a good chance that there would be disilusioned players in the team, resulting in a negative mood, and potentially all four of them not playing as well as they should.
Bents not going to be first choice, and some people would say, why not keep the players we had? Well Vokes needed experience if he was ever going to break into our team, Mairhoffer opened his mouth, and didnt stand a chance of getting back into the team, and Keogh obviously wanted more footbal, which he new fourth choice wasnt going to bring him.
As well as that, Keogh is basically a poor mans Doyle, offering us nothing new, where as at least Bent would potentially offer us something different.
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I feel the same as 86 – richlewis1968. We shouldn’t be getting so mad over signing a cover striker with premier league experience. If we had paid for him i would be annoyed, but this is just a loan which will cost the club little and may be a benefit in the long term if we have an injury crisis.
Has Keogh ever scored a hatrick in the PL? I think not. Yet the mighty Marcus Bent has, yet all of a sudden he is a waste of space and Keogh is suddenly a saint again.
I think everybody should just stop MOANING so much.
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angry wolf – what about the other players Mick has brought in? only the negative from a negative “fan”, as for bob ?olf, no ince would not have brought him – BECAUSE WE WOULDNT BE IN THE PREM UNDER INCE! MOST LIKELY WE WOULD BE PLAYING IN LGE2.
I for one am not happy at this signing -BUT- he will have my “FULL” support while he wears a Wolves shirt, Mick has done wonders so far, and anybody who thinks differently THE SECOND WORD IS……OFF!
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no44 jon,Spot on.We have made some decent signings this summer,but most of them are injured.As others have said Saturday clearly demonstrated our need for a quality midfielder to control the game.Easier said than done.Also what happens if Jarvis gets injured?I believe we will from now on be drained of funds to strengthen the team due to the building plans.I seem to be the only Wolves fan who is concerned about this,but in my view if the go ahead is given in Jan we will have to get used to more signings like Bent.I have heard it all before at Wolves and many other clubs that investment in the ground will not affect team building,it usually does not work out that way.The club say they have the funding for the North Bank,in my opinion this money should have been spent on a quality midfielder and another winger.Footballers not bricks.
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CROCKET48-Look at Mr Moxeys record so far? without him you might not have a club to moan about.
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There is so much negativity over a cover signing, Mick has already stated the 3 he has in fletch, doyle and SEB are as good as anything outside the european places in his opinion. For god’s sake stop moaning, some of you saying that it’s lack of ambition, well if spending nearly £40 million in 2 years is lack of ambition for a lower end premierleague club then alot of you need to take a look at the some of the rubbish you are spouting.
It’s not a marquee signing but why go and spend a large amount on another striker and upset the 3 we have got now, alot of the time this season we will play 1 upfront so alot of the time 2 of the main 3 may not play.
Get real and get behind the team, we do not need your negativity around the club and just remember we want to stay in this league and the club and any player we sign they need our support.
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OH GAWD MACCA 75 DON´T YOU READ THE PAPERS? WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF SIGNING O´HARA, THE GUYS DUE AN OPERATION ON HIS BACK. IF WE HAD SIGNED HIM, YOU´D BE AMONGST THE FIRST TO RUBBISH IT!
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Marcus Bent is not a great loan signing but who is going to come here as a fourth choice striker? With the games we have coming up, it is unlikely that he would even be on the bench, as we are likely to play 4-5-1.
Wolves have started off well and certainly look good enough to stay up. In our squad of 25, Halford, the reserve keepers, Stearman and Bent look like being our fringe players and are unlikely to get any or many minutes – League Cup apart!
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Lots of stupid comments on here today but we have a clear winner folks from johnwolf (number 92)
“Look at Mr Moxeys record so far? without him you might not have a club to moan about”
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Do you know on Top Gear when they do their challenges there’s the awful car (usually a VW Bug) in the background? I think Bent was signed for that reason. He is that car. Keep scoring Sylvan / get better Fletch / get match fit Doylers or else…… you have to play with …… Marcus Chuffin’ Bent. Therefore, it’s a stroke of motivational genius by MM.
UTW!
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It’ll give the reserves some competition for a place up front.
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Can’t believe what i am reading.Some posters just cant wait to get a scapegoat.
Its still early days. Its not like he will be the first in the pecking order. Give him time and he is hardworking and willing to run at defenders. Its high time we put our chins up because we are on song. Dont dampen the spirit. Keogh will do good too.
Keep the faith!!!!!UTW
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I’m a baggies fan and what ever my thoughts are on your transfer policy I’ll keep to myself or air them on a WBA site.
Out of 97 posts on YOUR site there is not one from any WBA fans,which is how it should be.It must be very nice to read opinions from your own fans,be good or bad and not moronic comments from opposing fans in the vein of “my dad is bigger than your dad”.So please reserve your comments for Wolves sites in future.
I apologise to those fans who post sensible comments but you are far out numbered by the morons.
May the best team win,good luck for the season.Adeu
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Oh Dear,
Fourth choice or not, what a waste of resources. The Blouse’s must be laughing their B*****k’s off at this top bit of business at the Mol.
Whilst they are looking to stregthen, we are helping them out by taking their fourth or fifth choice striker off their wage bill.
It’s a joke, we have had a good start and should be using this to try and attract a bit of quality.
What’s happened to the young and hungry line of players.
well thats one of the 25 places wasted.
Well done mick and moxey.
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What are we thinking of, Mick has sent Keogh on loan to Cardiff paying £12k a week to sub his wages of £22k with cardiff paying the other £10k this is not good business I just hope that Birmingham are paying his wages and subing us to the tune of £12k. No way do we need this man he is a forgotten footballer and I thought we had good business sence!!!
What have we done. HAVE WE FORGOTTEN OUR YOUTH THERE ARE SOME GOOD LADS COMING THROUGH THE RANKS
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Wait Wait.. Lets not get too carried away here. His not that bad. One his our 4th choice striker. His only going to be used to punt the ball too when were nearing the end of a game. and thats if someone is injured. Tbf i would father have hoff. However Macus has a vast amount of prem experiance that he could share too some of our younger players.
Nothing has been lost.
Just another step forward
JW
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Good luck Marcus Bent!
The gaffa wanted someone big & strong with premier experience who ain’t going to cost a lot, to do a covering job for our main strikers, that’s exactly what he’s got.
I’m sure Marcus realises (maybe he’s already been told) that his chances of starting a game are virtually nil, but if we need to hold on to a slender lead and/or protect one of our first line strikers when there’s only 10-15 minutes to go, he’s the man to bring on.
It’s been said in previous comments that Marcus is good at holding up play and shielding the ball, I agree, even at 32yrs old, he’s still a BIG bloke to get around/through. I don’t expect him to score goals, if he gets one, fantastic, but that’s not what he’s here for.
Good luck Marcus Bent and good on yer for coming here to help us out.
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That’s it I have finished. A Marlon Harewood all over again. Goodbye Wolves see ya.
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all of u are so negative he hasnt even touch the ball n ur slagging him off and anyway look at all our other signings mick has done a good job so far so just believe in mick UTW
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oh well, here we go YET again, shoot the signing before he’s even put his boots on…
facts first, Ince wouldnt have got us to the promised land, Vokes is injured, The Hoff just wasnt suited & they all worked big Chris out early in his top flight career….
more facts, Bents no higher than number 4 & not just an out n out striker…winner of the ball, big but not clumbersome, wins balls, holds well & can deliver some crucial killer balls…now thats what you call amunition for the latter part of any game in front of midfield/behind the front man………….
I do wonder sometimes just how many understand the game of “football”, seems to me most that comment think its about just 1 or 2 players in a squad…look at the bigger picture for crying out loud…..
for those that truely love the club we hold so dear, keep the faith, the Magician hasn’t let us down up to yet….keep it goin Mick..in you we trust
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cmon my fellow WOLVES fans its not the end of the world it could turn out to be a master stroke/after all it could be worse we could be signing players of the dreg quality as them down the road,we sign 1 player that might not be top quality and the tesco’s sign a boat load of em,,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,
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I was expecting Mick to bring a striker in, and I was expecting it to be someone along the lines of Marcus Bent. So far over a 100 comments on this signing… Why?
We have 3 very good strikers at the club fighting for 2 places.. In a prem squad you need 4 proven strikers.. Who else could we have got? He’s here until January, so if we need to strengthen then in some other area, we can. If a better stiker becomes available in January We can sign them! If he’s done the business for us, we can sign him!
A good, solid bit of business, that leaves us with plenty of room to manoeuvre come January.
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105. WHO R…
If that’s a genuine post, and we really do have a ‘fan’ who is so enraged by the arrival of a 4th choice striker on a 4-month loan that he’s going to desert the club…
And that after we spend 2 consecutive seasons in the top division for the first time in 30 years, thanks to our Management team…
Great ! Goodbye. Don’t let the door hit your backside on the way out. And please don’t come back. We don’t need fickle.
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Who’re,
Now come on, stop sulking and get behind Marcus Bent. Micks brought him in to do a job.
Maybe it’s to give us BAGGIES and the Blue-noses a laugh, but now is the time for you to support your team in one of their darkest hours. Hope Fletcher gets well soon as you will need him. Snap out of it and start posting again. You see I’m worrid in case you’re thinking of supporting us BAGGIES. JtH.
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Love it! Good start to the season and then…. Marcus Bent!!! Hope you stay up with us, but this is a pointless signing. Give youngsters a chance.
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wolves going back 5 seasons dead wood waste of money and charge fans £40 a game your haveing a laff
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SteveCWD: You call me a cretin for having an opinion that I can not understand letting Vokes and Keogh go and then bring in Bent. You call me a Cretin? Haha
I know Vokes is injured you prat! but why let him go out on loan in the first place if you end up bringing a shocking replacement in Bent. His goal scoring record was ok but check it out for the last 5 seasons nerd.
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Its amazing how many posts we get when there is a chance to moan and whinge. Has anybody considered that Mick might get something out of him? Its widely accepted that the bloke has talent but is lazy, and as he’s out of contract at Blues soon, he might want to try and repair his reputation in order to get an offer from somewhere else. Certain Wolves fans like a scapegoat and love to have something to moan about but I doubt that many of the posters on here ever go to games, because genuine fans will always give someone a chance particularly if they are prepared to bust a gut for the club, and Mick wouldnt have taken him if he didn’t think he could get some use out of him.
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47. Yes ambition, 18 million pounds of it this season pal, is that not ambition? idiot..
100. Kev, listen, we all have our share of idiots granted, but your lot have by far the worst in sir terry, an absolute idiot…
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all you so called wolves supporters just get behind him if he has to come on but arent some of you thinking that he is just here to keep blake fletcher and doyler on their feet
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This sums up what I think was a bad day for Wolves.
I fear Stoke and Blues have now strengthened out of our scope and will definately finish well ahead us us.More worrying is that Bolton,Blackburn and Wigan strengthened too.Why not go for DJ Campbell as the 4th option,far better player than Bent?
Yes we bought early but from where – Blues and Stoke are buying from the top table we’ve bought from Hull?,Burnley,Belgian League?.
I am seriously worried that we have splashed out too much too soon and missed a few genuine bargains late in the sales!
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Same type of signing as marlon harewood was. no intention of keeping him come january. at least give the guy a chance and see what he can do given any role in a match. what if he scores the winner against the albion, will you still moan about him…..i doubt it!
Good luck marcus you wear the gold shirt and i will give you my support.
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116 billythefish.
Yes, I agree we both have idiots but 0 out of 97 proves to me you have more that are preoccupied with us rather than yourselves.
All I’m trying to do is get rid of opposing idiots from both sites,I think I’m p—–g in the wind,but I’m trying.
I also totally agree about sir terry,I’ve often thought what you lot must think of him,he has his fans but for me he’s total embarrassment.
Adeu Amigo
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Some people are saying he’s the same type of player as Marlon Harewood ! is this the same Marlon who’s scored in the prem already this season ? if so than give him a chance, Bent might bring something to us you never know.
As for Vokes, he’s injured, micks sent him down a division to play matches and find form.
Lumes, let him go while could still demand decent money for him, good bit of buisines to me.
Keogh, is a confidence player, could you see him hitting the back of the net when it counts this season when he got his chance ?
Granted, im suprised we’ve bought him in but Mick has a habbit of suprising us with how his football mind thinks, but he aint let us down yet has he !????
When he does get his chance, support the shirt he wears which is gold….. Up the Wolves !
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120 Kev, you have gone way over the line mate! How can you run one of your own down on the oppositions blog. Discusting Pal.
Long Live Sir Terry
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122 Broseley Baggie.
The truth is the truth wherever you are!
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120/124 kev: You’ve definitely hit the nail – and some of your fellow baggies supporters – on the head! Cheers
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125 ulv.
OK! I tried to get a point across in what I thought was a reasonable,rational way but it’s obvious that that’s not possible.
After my first ever post on your sites I answered a reply from billy the fish,a lot of good that did,he immediately posted on our site,then we have your reply that seems to give the impression that you have the high ground,well your sadly mistaken.
0 out 97 was my way of putting it nicely,obviously you both didn’t finish your schooling so I’ll say it in simple English,you have far more idiots than we have,they have been known to be 1st on our sites before we had chance to pass an opinion,it must envy.
So here ends my short campaign,told you I was p—–g in the wind.
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Marcus Bent will do alright for us, I dnt know who some of you were expecting? Torres, Drogba?
Bent is only gonna be 4th choice but if he gets a chance im sure he’ll take it.
He is now a Wolves player until Jan 4th so we need to all get behind him.
I will with all my support.
WE ARE WOLVES!!
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Completely agree with Chrissie…..the real downside about the signing is that it is a message to the youngsters, some of whom, Winnal, Hemmings, Gorman look great prospects, that they are not going to get a look in this season…..this is the one area where I believe Mick is too cautious….I know things have moved on but I remember the day when Stan had two 18/19 y.o. wingers, Hinton and Wharton ripping defences to shreds….surely the game hasn’t changed completely!
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Is it not obvious?
Keogh/Maierhoffer/Vokes out on loan they’ll gain experience and confidence from scoring goals, which they wouldnt do at wolves this season behind behind doyle/seb/fletch. and then they’ll come back next season in better condition than they would bench warming at wolves.
bent would be on sidelines at birmingham OR wolves so he wont really be bothered about who hes playing for aslong as he thinks hes got an opportunity to proove himself. he wont stay past january, that much is obvious.
he’ll offer experience to our younger players that they don’t have yet, that’s always a plus.
He’ll probably never start. So what’s the problem?
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