THE England squad to face Ukraine and Belarus was announced last week and without the premierships 2nd top scorer. Yes Darren Bent will not be taking part in England's last two qualifiers this week.
Instead Mr Capello has opted for Gabby Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Carlton Cole, Peter Crouch and Wayne Rooney as his striking options. I couldn’t help thinking with Defoe injured Bents our only other player who is a natural goal scorer and would be a certainty for a call up.
I fail to understand how a player who has scored more goals than any other player of the same nationality and has started every league game this year can fail to be picked over a player such as Emile Heskey who has only started 3 games and failed to score. I’m not saying he should start For England or even that he’s proved he’s international quality, but as goals and form go he’s on fire at the moment. Surely any English striker who has scored all most a goal every game in the premiership should be picked for the national team, whoever they are.
I agree with this, Darren Bent should atleast be called up to the squad, Crouch is always starting on the bench for spurs and i believe he has only scored 3goals for Spurs this season, in which came in the carling cup game? Heskey, what the hell does he even do for England? It's almost like he's there for support play and to be honest England need a striker who can support and score, i'm sure he's not as quick as the other strikers other and Rooney will need someone as quick as him in support all the time and assisting him or for him to assist.
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