Super Johnny on his way.?

Our midfield and every other club's since he left Charlton.

Bent has 12 goals in 15 starts for Derby, just sayin.......

I agree, he makes brilliant, darting runs, but even the best midfielder in the Championship isn't able to read them.
Not that they've had much game time together, though....

How many of those games have we won though Jorvik? If you are not contributing enough or the attacks breakdown easily then it puts your defence under pressure. Look at Rob Earnshaw at West Brom, prolific scorer but usually on the losing side. Look at other statistics, not just the goals for. Then you don't waste money on players like Adam le Fondre.

Darren Bent is quality. He is a goal scorer and he's been terribly under used at Derby.
Looks trimmer and sharper than at any time I've seen him at Derby. Aside from that - and the same can be said of a number of players from what I've seen, he seems to have responded well to NP

We will see. Bent looked massively overweight last season so maybe he wants a swan song to his career. Pearson is not as obsessive about posession as Clough, Maclaren and Clement so it may suit Bent's style more than Martins.

I can very well agree with Iwas re Bent. I think we were under so much pressure due to Clement being fired that
Vassal never had time to find his best team. Hopefully Pearson, with a new eye, will find his own way.

>>>Note the anti Bent crew appear to have disappeared temporarily.

Hello.

I've never been against Bent, I know his style, it's the way I used to play. If we aren't looking for the thorough ball then he doesn't fit in so shouldn't play.

One thing I can't understand is that if you are a senior player warming the bench then when do you get match fit. Bent never played U21.

Lets see how ALL the players react to Pearson's leadership before we start slashing our wrists & venting our spleens.