Bendtner

Alexinho: Good post, though I disagree when you call Bendtner a "viable striking option."

Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2009

It will be interesting to see whether this episode is the wake‑up call Bendtner needs.

Why Nicklas Bendtner is just an ordinary guy in the Premier League | Amy Lawrence 2011

"Defensively we were giving too much space to Kieran Richardson and Nicklas Bendtner and they were getting in little holes to really hurt us," Wigan's manager said.

Steve Bruce on brink as Sunderland fans' vitriol reaches fever pitch 2011

Sammon had one half chance to equalise but Sunderland pulled away again before long, Bendtner taking advantage of wide open spaces on the Wigan left where Maynor Figueroa had been caught out of position for Sessègnon to slip the ball past Habsi.

Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland | Premier League match report 2012

Then there is the puzzle of how Bruce can accommodate Nicklas Bendtner, Connor Wickham and Stephane Sessègnon in the same side while retaining sufficient central-midfield strength to protect a sometimes vulnerable defence.

Steve Bruce and Alex McLeish draw little comfort from stalemate 2011

"I chose to move to 52 because it's a special number to me personally," said Bendtner, "and I hope that it brings me good luck."

The Knowledge | Which clubs have refunded fans due to player transfers? | Rob Smyth 2011

Roberto Martínez's side managed to hold both Chelsea and Liverpool on this ground here last month, yet they were ripped to pieces by, among others, Nicklas Bendtner, David Vaughan and James McClean, a young Irishman playing only his second full Premier League game.

Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland | Premier League match report 2012

Habsi would like to say he was unsighted when Gardner drove a free-kick straight past him from 25 yards after Bendtner was adjudged to have been fouled, though it seemed more likely the Sunderland player took advantage of the wind rather than the rain.

Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland | Premier League match report 2012

Ashley Cole's unpunished push on Nicklas Bendtner in the Chelsea match, for instance, was "stonewall" according to Alan Shearer.

Roy Hodgson's scream for help was a Match of the Day masterpiece | Martin Kelner 2012

Bendtner should have scored from McClean's inviting cross from the left after Kieran Richardson caught Wigan on the counter, yet despite arriving at the near post before Ali al-Habsi the striker could not get a touch on the ball.

Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland | Premier League match report 2012