Kieran Richardson looks a much better player than he showed at Man Utd (I’d take him back for Nani in a flash!) and Bent is showing that – despite the lack of credit he gets for scoring lots of goals for every club he has played for – he really is a genuine goal machine.
What has he got to do to get a look in with the England squad?
Well if the rumours are to be believed, he can’t do much about that.
Pro football is not a career in which those who are known to embrace a Lavender lifestyle are made to feel welcome – after all, Justin Fashanu was hounded out of the game and eventually hung himself.

I also note that the eponymous Bent is growing a rather all-enveloping beard… is he becoming a “bear”?