(playing devils advocate) not really his team mates are they?

Just a bunch of guys he plays with a few times a year.
At least by not going he gave someone else the chance to get some more experience and exposure that he himself didn't need.
Someone in that squad benefited from him not being there.

Posted By: megson on January 4th 2008 at 12:12:54

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I'm glad Smith has gone (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 4, 11:23:46
- a few said that about bentley (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:30:26
  - you could see he was quality though (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 4, 11:32:52
    - exactly (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 4, 11:41:31
      - Probably just happy to collect his wages (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 4, 11:43:52
    - i could yup (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:34:31
      - he was a bit pony at fulham (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 4, 11:37:40
        
        all players have bad games (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:41:55
        
        people do though (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 4, 11:43:38
        
        How many good games did Bentley have for us? (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 4, 11:43:16
        
        lol, when he's turned the x box on (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 12:06:38
        
        Afew games spring to mind... (NCFC) - Alan, Jan 4, 11:51:06
        
        I thought Bentley played much better in front of Helveg (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 4, 11:55:06
        
        Everyone seems to forget (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jan 4, 12:01:33
        
        About 8 (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 4, 11:45:19
        
        9 (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jan 4, 11:44:26
        
        He had a bad injury for quite a while (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 4, 11:44:18
        
        loads (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:44:08
        
        man utd at home, set 2 up after coming off the bench (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 4, 11:52:48
        
        Ashton set up the 2nd (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 4, 11:53:13
        
        And the first was hardly a tap in (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 12:07:47
        
        What's the snow like in York? (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 4, 12:08:12
        
        none existant (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 12:09:39
        
        Anymore expected? (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 4, 12:09:55
        
        not sure. Feels pretty warm today (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 12:10:51
        
        Which ones? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 4, 11:45:22
        
        Newcastle away (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 4, 11:45:58
        
        and home (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 4, 11:46:28
        
        spurs away, saints away (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 4, 11:47:49
        
        palace away ffs (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 4, 11:48:57
        
        If Bentley kept his mouth shut I'd probably really like him. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 4, 11:51:11
        
        Yeah, he is a cunt (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 4, 11:52:40
        
        but a thick cunt none the less (n/m) (NCFC) - Snakey, Jan 4, 12:00:21
        
        Dunno about that. Read an interview with him, good piece actually, in the Guardian the Fr (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 4, 12:03:38
        
        comes across ok on the sky punditry too (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 12:06:50
        
        Saints away he played well - as did all of our attacking players (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 4, 11:46:53
        
        So did theirs.... (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 4, 11:47:49
        
        saints away was awesome (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:47:44
        
        I still have nightmares - although probably the most exciting game I've ever been at (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 4, 11:49:03
        
        Apart from the last 5 minutes! (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 4, 11:48:41
    - Street? (n/m) (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Jan 4, 11:34:07
  - tossers (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 11:31:05
    - indeed they were (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:32:00
      - no, he's one of the best tossers in the world (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 11:34:05
        
        fool (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 4, 11:43:57
        
        he is arrogant yes (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:35:28
        
        Man City or Liverpool could use someone like him (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 4, 11:37:53
        
        if norwich stay up it's all down to me, if I don't give a fuck on the last day of the (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 11:37:20
        
        that refusal looks pretty sensible now (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:40:49
        
        egg zackerly. (NCFC) - megson, Jan 4, 11:44:50
        
        didn't he pull out of the squad very late on though (NCFC) - blindasabat, Jan 4, 11:49:42
        
        meh probably. (NCFC) - megson, Jan 4, 11:53:24
        
        TINY!!! (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 12:09:00
        
        "I'd rather give him credit for being honest and not going there half arsed" (NCFC) - blindasabat, Jan 4, 11:57:24
        
        (playing devils advocate) not really his team mates are they? (NCFC) - megson, Jan 4, 12:12:54
        
        ahhhh and look at who's at No.5 (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 4, 11:55:03
        
        yup, and robins is still in the top 10 scorers chart! (NCFC) - megson, Jan 4, 11:57:38
        
        and didn't sutton refuse to play for england B? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:47:08
        
        Yes, but what if all the U21 players took Bentley's attitude? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 4, 11:46:02
        
        Bentley's the messiah, by David Bentley (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 11:53:56
        
        THen that squad would have a problem. (NCFC) - megson, Jan 4, 11:51:19
        
        we'd have a better first team? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:48:24
        
        Wally. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 4, 11:49:15
        
        rubbish, he's 21 ffs (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 11:44:01
        
        you saying that's too old to get tired? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 4, 11:46:03
        
        shocking argument (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 11:48:37
        
        And he has a very aggressive haircut... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Jan 4, 11:34:42
- Odds of him being at Qpr in the next week? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 4, 11:26:07
  - QPR fans love him (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 4, 11:28:37
    - they were a bit indifferent on him if I remember rightly (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 4, 11:29:16
      - scored a few but had a lot of games where he failed to get involved at all. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 4, 11:34:48
        
        scored on his debut against norwich (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 4, 11:41:47
        
        Yes but at the time so could I have done (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 4, 11:43:42
    - did he play right wing at QPR? (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 4, 11:29:04
      - To be fair, he wasn't really right wing here (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 4, 11:30:43
        
        very true, it reminded me of Etuhu and Francis when given similar roles... (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 4, 11:32:19
  - 1-9 (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 4, 11:27:42
- To be fair... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Jan 4, 11:26:05
- has she? (NCFC) - blindasabat, Jan 4, 11:25:47
  - you need to look on the inside of her flappage to find that out (n/m) (NCFC) - norfolkbroadslim, Jan 4, 11:27:59
- Shame really, all that time out injured, and then not really that good when he came back. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 4, 11:25:04
  - He was about as good as Fozzie was last season (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 4, 11:29:47
- so am i (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 4, 11:24:23

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