If bent wanted away in the summer?

[fredthefan]

Originally Posted by Tom

It was a very wise move to go out and get Gyan.

This. Surely with hindsight Gyan was signed as a potential replacement for Bent rather than as a partner if Bruce thought Bent would leave

[eye flys]

Gyan is a class above Bent and Jones. He is a far superior footballer and led the line superbly against Blackpool.

Bent is a finisher and nothing more, Jones is far too inconsistent - he's hardly set the world alight at Stoke, has he?

I'd much rather Bruce signs a stop gap stgriker to tide us over until summer, then get another big name in (Pavlyuchenko's got a few letters).

Doesn't necessarily need to be a big target man IMHO, just a different type of footballer that Gyan can play off and work with.

[thecozmo]

bent leaving would not of made jones less lazy

[KGC83]

Getting shot of Jones is one of Bruceys best pieces of business imo