Villa’s Three Lions
With Luke Young already out with an injured toe, the hope of 6 Villa players featuring in tonight’s England game are gone, but we still have 5 of our men in the national squad, more than any other Premier League team.
Martin O’Neill has built his Villa team around a basis of young and English players, though he’s neither young nor English himself (same goes for his chosen club captain for this season). The plan has paid off, with Villa flying high in the league and now with twice as many England squad members than any other club.
Tonight’s game against Spain
Who will actually feature in the game this evening against the champions of Europe?
Emile Heskey was very likely to start the game but has suffered a minor niggle in the preparations so he’s now uncertain to feature. The reports are that he’ll be okay, but with all the furore over friendlies these days, caution may be heeded.
James Milner is new to the squad so he’s unlikely to start, most likely being overlooked in place of a rejuvenated David Beckham.
Which leaves 3 Lions ready to represent the Villa tonight;
- Gabby Agbonlahor
- Gareth Barry
- Ashley Young
And if Stewart Downing starts in Ashley Young’s place, I’ll be livid. Does anyone out there actually agree with the thinking that Downing is more deserved of the England left flank?
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