O'Neill Wants Gareth Barry To Stay

I think you are being over critical of the villa squad tylervilla. We have squad made up of current and former internationals and a group of promising youngsters. From the back; Sørensen - current international, Hughes - current international, Melberg - current international, Laursen - injured (current) international, Ridgewell - promising younster, Bouma - former international (potential for recall), Cahill - promising youngster, Delaney - current international, Samuel - jury is still out, Taylor - jury is still out, Barry - former international and touted by many (not just Villa fans) as the answer to England's weakness on the left, Davis - current international, DJ*2 - current international, McCann - former international, Hendry - former international, Berson - jury is still out, Agbonlahor - promissing youngster, Moore - Promissing youngster, Phillips- former international, Angel - current international, Baros - current international. I know I've missed a few out and I know that not all of these players are what you would call world beaters but just look at that list, there is no way a team with so many current and former internationals should have performed the way we did over the last 2 seasons but the lack of quality did not come from the playing staff, it came from the leadership, in particular DOL but not forgetting HDE. The players we have are good, we need strengthening in some areas and, no they are not a team of Chelsea's quality, but then who is? We won't win the league without significant improvement in the players we have but don't sell the players we have short, they are capable of competing as they showed in DOL's first season, they just need propper leadership and developement.

I can't see how we can afford to 'get rid' of any player at the mo. If Carrick is worth 18 mil I would say Barry would be worth at least half that. All the team needs is creativity in the middle. The rest will come.