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It's taken almost three months in coming, but Steve Bruce has finally admitted what most of us have been able to see is blindingly obvious. Sunderland are missing Darren Bent. And how.When the forward left in acrimonious circumstances for Aston Villa at the end of January, he was Sunderland's top scorer with 11 goals. Some 10 games have passed since then and he still gazes down on his former colleagues in the club's increasingly modest-looking goal charts.
A 2-1 Victory at Blackpool in the immediate aftermath of the Londoner's £24 million departure had Bruce crowing that the money-chasing England international might not be overly missed afterall. He was clutching at straws.
At the time, it was seen as a bold statement which might come back to bite the manager, and that's just what it's done, with interest.
Subsequent results of the Championship-bound Blackpool have put that rare Sunderland road trip win somewhat into perspective, and since then they have lost eight of nine games to slide from sixth with an outside sniff of Europe to 15th and the stench of a relegation battle as they sit a precarious five points above the drop zone.
Phil Bardsley is the only Black Cats player to find the net in the last nine hours' football, with Asamoah Gyan, the £13 million record signing tasked with filling the considerable void, not having found the target since the defeat to Tottenham on February 12.
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