Alan Hutton

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has said that he has a lot of doubts about the striking situation at the club over the busy Christmas fixtures. Aston Villa have been losing a number of players to injuries in recent weeks, with Emile Heskey becoming the latest player to enter into the injury table for Aston Villa. Aston Villa have been struggling a lot to score goals this season, although this is mainly because of the decision by Alex McLeish to use a lone striker upfront even for home games.

Even though Darren Bent has been a prolific scorer elsewhere, there has been a lot of doubts regarding his future at Aston Villa. The striker was pictured shopping during the defeat against Liverpool and it has put his Aston Villa future in doubt. Further, it seems that Darren Bent does not have the required physique to play as the lone striker for Alex McLeish. So far, Darren Bent and Gabriel Agbonlahor have taken the mantle of scoring the goals for Aston Villa, with five goals each. After suffering a poor run of form just ahead of Christmas, Aston Villa have dropped out of the top 10, with teams like Norwich and West Brom going ahead of the Midlands club.

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