The real hero of this list is Darren Bent. Indeed, if Chelsea had analyzed goals using our methodology, rather than a simple count of who had scored the most, perhaps they would have realized that the way to turn around their desperate league form in January 2011 was not by splashing £50 million on Torres, but by paying half that for Bent, the most consistent marginal points producer each of the two seasons. And if Roman Abramovich had taken time to notice what proportion of his team’s points were directly down to Bent’s goals, his mind would have been made up. Here, too, Bent’s star is in the
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