Comments on: Darren Bent Should Start Against Germany

By: Daryl

Daryl — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:03:19 +0000

dave p, Yeah, I agree with that. He’s definitely not a proper target man and I wouldn’t expect him to hold the ball up or anything. But he’s at least a more physically imposing player than an Owen or a Crouch and at least having him on the shoulder of the last defender pins them back a bit and hopefully gives Rooney some space to play in.

That said, the truth is that we do need a proper target man for the future. I just don’t know who it could be. Any ideas?

By: dave p

dave p — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:35:04 +0000

Daryl, Bent is noty a target man. He is an on the shoulder, speed mercahnt who likes to get played into behind the defenders. Its a square peg into a round hole to play him in the manner of a HEskey. I love Darren Bent b/c he plays like me -but at a 50x higher level-so I’m not bashing him, but he must be played to his strengths or else it will be a poor move.

By: diana

diana — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:40:08 +0000

Agreed. Daryl, I almost chuckled when I saw that you crossed out ‘grudge match’.

Anyhow, the latest FIFA rankings are out. England is now, 10th. Up four places. What a difference a Fabio Capello can make. And in regards to Germany (since we are going to play them next week)…up one place to, second.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:50:50 +0000

I’ve not thought of Bent as quite England quality before now – but you’re right he’s been on fire the last couple of weeks (i.e Post-Ramos), so he deserves a shout for sure.