Darren Bent
WIGAN, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 25: Robbie Keane of Aston Villa pats team-mate Darren Bent as he is carried off during the Barclays Premier League match between Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa at DW Stadium on February 25, 2012 in Wigan, England.
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We have amazing support from the fans wherever we play and it always spurs us on.
Times have changed immensely. If you look at the quality of the players they’ve got playing now, they’re all so young, names that Villa fans wouldn’t have expected at the start of the season. When you’re playing a lot of very inexperienced players you can’t expect to be at the top end of the table. That, coupled with the loss of Darren Bent, has been massive.
Sunderland had the same, they had Darren Bent there who scored 24 goals and made the difference. He went and then you have a little problem.More quotes »
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Villa striker Bent leans to strong faith to recover from Euros absence
Aston Villa striker Darren Bent says his strong faith has helped him get through missing out on the Euros. Bent failed to recover in time from an ankle ligament injury to be chosen by new England head coach Roy Hodgson. Bent said: "My grandma has got me from Tribalfootball.com Read more »
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Aston Villa FC: Aston Villa star Darren Bent helped by faith after England blow
Darren Bent has revealed his religious faith has helped him cope with missing out on England's Euro 2012 squad through injury. The Aston Villa striker failed to recover in time from an ankle ligament injury to be chosen by new England head coach Roy Hodg from Birmingham Post Read more »
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GERRARD BACKING FOR CARROLL
New England captain Steven Gerrard believes revitalised striker Andy Carroll can terrorise opposing defences during Euro 2012 if he repeats the end-of-season-form shown at Liverpool. Carroll has been thrust to the forefront of England's attacking options from Sporting Life Read more »
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Sunderland’s transfer conundrum
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