McGrath thinks we can paste the Baggies and there’s positive vibes on the injury scene
It’s not just the Villa fans buzzing with the hope for the claret and blue future, there’s also ex-players bigging us up these days. When I refer to an ‘ex-player’, I don’t just mean some shit player who played once for us under David O’Leary, had a crap game and scored an own goal, no I am talking about the man many Villa fans refer to as God; Paul McGrath.
McGrath, a legend to Villans, reckons we will smash 4 past Scott Carson, our goalie of last season. He feels the challenge of our pace and skill will be too much for the Baggies to cope with on Saturday morning, a sentiment I have to agree with. Our strengths are exactly the kind that West Brom struggle with and if Ashley Young is on form, he will do a lot of penetrating into the ‘Bramich’ box.
Also on the optimistic side, MON has announced that Laursen, Cuellar and Barry are all possibilities to feature against West Brom. MON told AVTV:
“Martin and Carlos have done a bit of training and they are feeling optimistic now. I don’t know if Saturday will come too quickly but they will certainly be available in the not too distant future.”
And of Bazza he said:
“Gareth irritated a groin strain against Hull and was feeling the worse for wear after that game. We have had some tests done and it hasn’t come out as really bad but if it continues to be a problem, it might be something we will look at. But he will still be putting himself forward for the game on Saturday, which is good news. We will just keep monitoring it.”
So whilst they may still all miss the Baggies clash, they seem to be much closer to a return than was feared. If I had to pick one game of the season to be without 3 of our best players, it would be a home game against bottom of the league, so it looks like Lady Luck is still wearing claret and blue.
Finally, our Marlon’s agent has spoken out and said that Villa have made him available for sale (Harewood, not the agent!), but are not interested in loaning him or selling him short of his value. If no ‘realistic’ offers come our way he’ll stay and become available again in the summer window. Sounds like a first come first served jobbie, so with the amount of teams that are supposedly interested, I imagine he’ll depart before the month is over.
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