If the weather is not too bad tomorrow then we will have a very interesting game. Against Arsenal, there was a problem with our creativity and a couple of players looked like needing a rest, Downing in particular but with Young out they may prove to be difficult.

Martin O’Neil has to prove he can rotate the team and still get results because a defeat tomorrow will prove to be the catalyst for a lot of fans to fear a repeat of last season’s fade out. With Young definitely out then we presume Milner will revert to the right but neither NRC or Sidwell can provide the creativity we will miss from him, so is it an impossibility that Albrighton could start ?

Liverpool will come to Villa Park, knowing a win is vital for them to retain serious hopes of a top 4 position but it is unlikely that both Torres and Aquilani will both play and their reserves are clearly not good enough for a ‘proper’ Liverpool team. Therefore a win is more than possible, a win in fact is what we should expect but our record is so poor at home to them, there is understandable anxiety over the game.

A win tomorrow will ease the fears and once again raise the hopes of what is at times a fickle ad negative crowd if one game goes badly.

As a Villa fan I am well used to that !