When you look at that pass from Young in the England game, yes he was right to go. When did he last get service like that from Henderson or Cattermole? The lad was on the verge of a regular England place, and he was always going to do better with Villa's service than with ours. In his Roker Report interview, Asamoah said Bent didn't go for the money - he thought it was a good career move. Looking at it from that point of view, yes he was right to go.
No striker is going to do much good with our midfield. The fact that Bent scored four less than Drogba and two less than Rooney on our service tells you just how good he is. His anticipation, positioning and timing are brilliant (which is why he gets so many on his toe-end - he's always in the right place to get them).
He didn't gell straight away with Gyan, which is hardly surprising, given the different styles of Gyan and Jones. But Gyan didn't come on stream till October, and then Bent was injured for a month. So they hardly had the time to gell did they? I don't blame either of them for that.
The question now is how long Asamoah will want to stay. He's been lumbered with thel responsibility of goal-poacher, which isn't his natural game. (He's a better all round player than Bent but nowhere remotely near the poacher Bent is). If, for example, Liverpool were to make an offer for him with Carroll to take that weight off him and let him play the more expansive role he likes, would he go? I think I would if I was him.
