Went down to check on the few that would be out. 5 in the end being Stevie/Garrido/Silvinho/Vinnie and Johnno. Stevie apparently shouldnt strictly have been there considering he did 40 minutes last night but was very keen to train apparently.No surprise there.
Nothing strenuous done but plenty of passing , movement and good touch being worked on with a finish at the end. Driving rain a good part of the time too. The word on Toure is his heel which is the same as he has had already this year but they won't know the extent of it for a while. Nigel got a bad knock on his ankle I think but it is not believed to be a major problem and apart from that it was bruises all round from what was a very physical match.
Reflections seem to be it was a very demanding tough game and we have to be ok with a point. For one or 2 players especially hard as they are perhaps not 100% match ready. Yet again we have come back from being a goal down which augurs well and considering the stature of Villa and their aspirations we were the dominant side in possession.
Personally I thought we had a few key attacking players not playing that well last night and as that improves and the passing gets slicker and better we will turn some teams over away from home.
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