supergeorgegraham wrote:He has had what 3 good games. Bendtner must never come back ever ever ever. Did I say ever
He's had well more than 3 good games. For example, he was class away at Newcastle, held the ball up well, scored an ice cool penalty- he ran himself into the ground and had to come off as he was just back from injury and as soon as Campbell replaced him we couldnt maintain possession and they equalised.
Then he was class against Liverpool, leading the line well, giving them all sorts of trouble and being much quicker to react than their centre backs to win us the game
Then there was Man City away- great touch, awareness, vision, a class header and assist with a pass that it would have been easy to get wrong.
Theres 3 very good games and they were all just in March- plus he had a very good game away to Everton last month as well. Over the course of the season hes had loads of good games- he's not scored all that many (getting a few now like) but he's either lined up or been heavily involved in most of our good play throughout the season. He's had his off days of course (who doesnt?) and he isnt as good as Sessegnon (who is?), but the vast majority of the time he has played an important role in linking our play together and maintaining possession, we just need a proper "number 9" style centre forward to play in front of him and he will flourish.
Gunnerz4life wrote:Will O' Neil be willing to sign him on a permanent deal at the end of the season?
Sending him out on loan again next season doesnt suit us, either he gets sold and accepts a pay cut or let him be back up for RVP and/or Pod.
We certainly wont be loaning him again I wouldnt have thought- with Gyan probably off we need 2 strikers to come in and it makes no sense to have another temporary solution. I've heard £5m being banded around for Bendtner and that is an utter steal tbh, his wages may be an issue, and he might want to play abroad to get in the CL (although his son is settled in England and he is meant to be keen to stay near him) but I am pretty certain that O'Neill would love to add him to the squad for next season. There are clubs much higher in the league with much worse strikers (as mentioned, he's better than Park and Chamakh for starters, and for me he's better than Welbeck and Macheda etc). A club like us would be mental not to sign someone of his calibre and tbh you'd be daft letting him go for anything like £5m unless you need the money to bring in another 2 top class strikers- no point letting him go and playing Chamakh thats for certain
PS god, a sober post about Bendtner!!!
