Bentley: I'm the new Theo Walcott.

Arsenal reject and occasional England midfielder David Bentley said after England's 4-1 win last night that "I'm the new Theo Walcott."

Walcott, 19, is breaking into the Arsenal side and has just become England's youngest-ever hat-trick scorer - at the same age, David Bentley was perhaps the fifth or sixth best player in Norwich City's ill-fated Premiership campaign of 2004-2005.

But Bentley - who started one League game for Arsenal - has ceased comparing himself to Dennis Bergkamp, Paul Gascoigne and David Beckham, and now compares himself to the younger, better, less t**tty Walcott.

"Theo and I are very similar," says Bentley, who was booed on his England debut, and continues to be booed at all Premiership grounds. "He likes to run at players, take them on, beat them with his pace and score spectacular goals. But also I don't really do any of those things with regularity, I do take a good free-kick, and I'm really good at comparing myself to much better players."

Bentley also added a cryptic message to England manager Fabio Capello, and the England supporting public.

"Pay attention to me! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!"

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on September 11th 2008 at 11:40:52

Message Thread

Bye Mr Beckham. Thank you for everything you've done. (n/m) (NCFC) - songwriter81, Sep 11, 11:23:43
- Can I add, I REALLY want Becks to stay in squad. (n/m) (NCFC) - songwriter81, Sep 11, 11:50:15
  - agree (NCFC) - pants, Sep 11, 12:02:27
  - Oh and Heskey was awesome. (n/m) (NCFC) - songwriter81, Sep 11, 11:50:53
- Still think he has a part to play in the squad (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 11, 11:28:21
  - What a player to bring off the bench. Keep him involved, and I still think that (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 11, 11:30:37
    - ha ha. Capello was exactly right to leave Owen out (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 11, 11:38:10
      - I'd agree if you talk about the team itself, but I'm talking about the squad. However, (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 11, 11:40:25
        
        If he's not fit enough for the team, he's not fit enough for the squad, either (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 11, 11:42:09
        
        Especially Heskey, so much work for so little reward, would have loved for him to score (n/m) (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 11, 11:43:02
        
        Yes. But would guess that Capello saw enough to keep him in the team (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 11, 11:44:23
        
        No def not, Steve Mcmanaman summed it up last night (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 11, 11:48:35
    - Agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 11, 11:31:14
      - Agree As Well... (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Sep 11, 11:35:51
  - ANother fantastic thing about last night.......... (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 11, 11:29:13
    - Bentley: I'm the new Theo Walcott. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 11, 11:40:52
      - The poor mans Stuart Barlow (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Sep 11, 12:01:17
      - excellent work young Otto (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 11, 11:44:40
        
        Yes, you should totally do a Bentley blog. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Sep 11, 11:48:25
        
        agreed. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 11, 11:45:07
    - hahaha (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Sep 11, 11:35:25
    - Thing About Bentley... (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Sep 11, 11:33:30
      - He spent most of his Blackburn career on the right (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 11, 11:35:00
        
        Blackburn Played Quite A Narrow Midfield Though (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Sep 11, 11:38:14
    - His hair looked nice though, and that's the important thing (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 11, 11:30:59
      - What is wrong with Micah Richards though ? I can't ever understand why you would play (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 11, 11:31:52
        
        Also though, you might want to play people in the positions they (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 11, 11:36:23
        
        I thought they both swap around at bit at their respective Manc clubs ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 11, 11:37:04
        
        Richards does. WB has been playing at RB every game for over (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 11, 11:38:52
        
        always on the cusp of footballing matters (NCFC) - pants, Sep 11, 11:35:58
        
        Next time I spend 2 weeks in the desert in a time zone 9 hrs behind, I will make more (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 11, 11:38:16
        
        Think he is injured, got KO'd the other week. (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 11, 11:34:00
        
        and was consistently for ManU last season (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 11, 11:39:53
        
        He's about to return for Man City from injury isnt he? (n/m) (NCFC) - capecodcarman, Sep 11, 11:33:46

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.