England must bank on Darren Bent
In the aftermath of England’s win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Wilshere-c17463. This might work in favour of Darren
Bent who also took the field for the English national team last night. Bent was the subject of a 24-million-pound transfer move to Aston Villa in the English Premier League during the winter transfer window. The British media criticized the shoes off, of the
English striker due to the outrageous amount of money that Villa dished out to capture the services of the ex-Tottenham front man.
In reality, Bent has been a top goal-scorer in the Premier League. His goal scoring ratio has been rivalling that of the 50-million-pound http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707. Nonetheless, Bent is not one of those strikers who capture the headlines
due to their dribbling skills or his charismatic personality. Simply put, Bent is best at scoring goals and that is what he does. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miroslav-Klose-c26049 played in goal for the German national team. Before the tournament began, some sections
of the German support raised questions about Klose’s ability to still play at the international level due to his dwindling domestic form for Bayern Munich.
However, the striker went onto prove critics wrong as he netted four goals during the tournament in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011. Bent has the capability to do the same thing; the only difference
is that age is on the Englishman’s side. Darren has proven time and again in club football that he is a consistent performer in terms of goals. At Sunderland, where he actually rose to prominence in the English Premier League, Bent netted 32 goals in 58 appearances.
Many thought that the burden of his 24-million-pound switch to Aston Villa would hamper Bent’s goal scoring tendencies. However, that has not been the case, as in four matches for the Birmingham club, Darren has already scored
2 goals; one of which came against Manchester United at Old Trafford in Villa’s 3-1 loss to the Premier League leaders.
On Wednesday, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darren-Bent-c10358 scored the winner for England as he latched onto Theo Walcott’s cross from the right-hand side. In doing so, the striker once again proved that he is fit for international football if Capello is willing
to consider him as a partner for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736. Earlier on in his tenure as the English national team manager, Fabio told the media that he always plays “two strikers” to cement himself as an offensive manager rather than a defensive one, in the media’s eyes.
At the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Capello became public enemy number one, but the ex-Real Madrid manager now has a fantastic chance to redeem himself. Bent is a fantastic option for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 who have faded away from international football
as a force to be reckoned with. Alongside Rooney, who thrives on dropping deep and linking up play with midfield, the Aston Villa target man can showcase his true abilities in the position of an out and out striker.
All that remains to be seen is whether Capello is willing enough to adopt a 4-3-1-2 formation with Wayne Rooney and Darren Bent as the front two and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Young-c6813 as the link up man in front of the midfield trio of Wilshere, Scott
Parker and Lampard/Gerrard. Next month’s EURO 2012 qualifiers give http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello the chance to try this new formation out; should it work, it can possibly carry England to European glory in the near future.
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