Darren Bent could certainly find himself leaving Villa Park in January with a number of clubs happy to have a player with his goal scoring record on their books, but is Paul Lambert right to be leaving him out of an Aston Villa side currently in a relegation battle?
Lambert once a winner of the European Cup in his time playing with Borussia Dortmund has come under a lot of scrutiny over the decision to drop Darren Bent, however, this decision seems to be paying off with summer signing Christian Benteke making the headlines with excellent all round performances.
In his time at Norwich Paul Lambert built a side which were difficult to break down and grinded out results with hard work and determination. I was surprised to see Lambert leave the Canaries in the summer and with Aston Villa selling a number of top class players in recent years there is a big job to do at Aston Villa and Paul Lambert is improving the side week in week out.
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December 03, 2012
