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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Stu on October 14, 2011, 10:22:07 AM

Title: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Stu on October 14, 2011, 10:22:07 AM
Here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/oct/13/darren-bent-wayne-rooney-england).

Nice couple of paragraphs at the end with Bent saying how much he gets on with RL as well.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: The Laughing Policeman on October 14, 2011, 10:33:12 AM
And if Gabby keeps going the way he's started this season, I should think there's every chance of us seeing him paired with Bent for England.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Phil from the upper holte on October 14, 2011, 10:38:09 AM
Agbonlahor is a good shout if he keeps up current form
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: N'ZMAV on October 14, 2011, 10:41:36 AM
Gabby usually starts the season well.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: PaulTheVillan on October 14, 2011, 10:41:46 AM
Rooney and Bent are chalk & cheese.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Phil from the upper holte on October 14, 2011, 10:42:36 AM
Bent looks a bit chubby in that pic
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Pete3206 on October 14, 2011, 11:06:43 AM
I like how Gabby has been completely ignored as a replacement for Rooney, with players like Zamora and Sturridge being mentioned. Long may it continue.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: JUAN PABLO on October 14, 2011, 12:06:30 PM
I like how Gabby has been completely ignored as a replacement for Rooney, with players like Zamora and Sturridge being mentioned. Long may it continue.

Didnt he  have an injury last game thou .. 
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Concrete John on October 14, 2011, 02:14:19 PM
Bent is probably best placed right now to capitalise from Rooney being gone and is there any other English striker in better form than Gabby?

But you watch - if he bangs in a couple the press campaign for Carroll will begin and I'm not convinced Capello is a strong enough manager not to cave in to it!
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: avwebby on October 14, 2011, 02:47:43 PM
Can we stop bigging up our players please otherwise we'll lose them

Nice to see about Randy and DB obviously a lot goes on unnoticed or reported that we don't know about
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Meanwood Villa on October 14, 2011, 02:49:35 PM
Bent's already in the team with Rooney, as others have said Gabby should be targetting Shrek's place.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Concrete John on October 14, 2011, 02:55:32 PM
Bent's already in the team with Rooney

He was, but that was with Gerrard out of the picture.  As he comes back, I expected to see him play in that advanced midfield role with Rooney then playing firther forward, so Bent would likely be the man to miss out.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: darren woolley on October 14, 2011, 03:48:52 PM
I think Bent will start at the Euros next summer I just hope we can keep hold of him when he returns.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: olaftab on October 14, 2011, 03:58:59 PM
Yes of course  Bent can replace Rooney in the same way as Heskey can play in our midfield.
FFS..........
Different players both need to play together  to make it a potent strike force.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: eamonn on October 14, 2011, 04:06:42 PM
Darren will hurt Randy's feelings when he eventually asks to leave.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: midnite on October 14, 2011, 04:16:33 PM
I haven't missed gerrard in midfield at all while he has been injured. I think we should continue to build the team on the younger set up. Maybe use Gerrard as more of a holding midfielder. I'm worried if we bring him back into the fold with lampard we will stifle the midfield again. They should work together but they don't.

I don't think we should use Gerrard in the Rooney position, he should now play a bit further back and let the younger players do all the running. Gabby is a great shout in his current form
Players like Carroll are the target men and wouldn't do the job Rooney does sitting behind the striker. The trouble is, no one is as good at that role as Rooney is.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: TheSandman on October 14, 2011, 04:46:30 PM
Gabby's the man to replace Rooney if his form continues.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Concrete John on October 14, 2011, 04:51:04 PM
Gabby's the man to replace Rooney if his form continues.

Not positionally he isn't.

I still think it'll be Gerrard, but Capello might try Young in the central role he played for us last season.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Rigadon on October 14, 2011, 04:53:49 PM
God help us if Bent and Gabby get called upon and are successful as we'll be relying on Delfoneso and Wiemann as our front 2.

Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Shrek on October 14, 2011, 08:28:03 PM
I think Bent is first choice striker for England at the moment.

Rooney has been playing just behind Bent and I think the only person capable of filling that role is Steven Gerrard.


Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Pete3206 on October 15, 2011, 01:55:25 AM
I like how Gabby has been completely ignored as a replacement for Rooney, with players like Zamora and Sturridge being mentioned. Long may it continue.

Didnt he  have an injury last game thou .. 

Sorry, I meant by the media.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Vanilla on October 15, 2011, 09:00:41 PM
. . . at Old Trafford.
Title: Re: McLeish backs Bent to replace Rooney
Post by: Monty on October 16, 2011, 11:56:04 AM
Left-field shout, but Joe Cole might be the man to replace Rooney. He's looking revitalised at Lille, and that interview in the Grauniad the other day showed a real maturity which has perhaps been lacking before.
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