Aston Villa News 24/7Writer: Mike Field 
Date:Tuesday August 11 2009
Time: 5:45PM
UK time is: 18:41:39
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Dodgy Gerrard Groin Gives Ash A Chance
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has withdrawn from the England squad ahead of our pointless friendly against Holland after suffering a 'slight' groin strain in training.
On the back of this Fabio Capello has decided to place his faith in Ash for the wide left berth.
Speaking to the press, the England boss said:
'It will be a good test for him, he has only played twice for me but the last time he did very well.'
May even watch this friendly then!
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
Is this something we need to learn - "slight" injuries just around the time of meaningless internationals? Liverpool and ManU are so obvious about it, but nothing ever gets done.
heathfieldroad1874
Is this something we need to learn - "slight" injuries just around the time of meaningless internationals? Liverpool and ManU are so obvious about it, but nothing ever gets done.
heathfieldroad1874
Should also say good luck to Ashley. Let's hope he can make an impression this time. Just do what you're told and you should be fine. And no injuries - please!!!!!
heathfieldroad1874
Should also say good luck to Ashley. Let's hope he can make an impression this time. Just do what you're told and you should be fine. And no injuries - please!!!!!
heathfieldroad1874
Grrrrrrrrrrrr.......
olofthegreat
Grrrrrrrrrrrr.......
olofthegreat
This can only be good news for us, any player hoping to break the england squad sees that a villa player is making it can only mean that they think they can make that step as well.
About "slight" injuries, again, it shouldnt matter, Ash is getting his chance, if he makes himself undroppable in the way Barry did when he got his recall, his laughing. One thing that is sure under capello, no one is a dead cert to be in the team, you're only as good as your form shows, and if there are better, capello has no hesitation in making changes.
capitalvilla
This can only be good news for us, any player hoping to break the england squad sees that a villa player is making it can only mean that they think they can make that step as well.
About "slight" injuries, again, it shouldnt matter, Ash is getting his chance, if he makes himself undroppable in the way Barry did when he got his recall, his laughing. One thing that is sure under capello, no one is a dead cert to be in the team, you're only as good as your form shows, and if there are better, capello has no hesitation in making changes.
capitalvilla
I like how he picks his players, not just the same few each time...
footy_fans
I like how he picks his players, not just the same few each time...
footy_fans
lets hope he dont get injured
100% prepared
lets hope he dont get injured
100% prepared
gives me a reason to watch it then, wasn't going to bother before... hate friendly games!
The Fear
gives me a reason to watch it then, wasn't going to bother before... hate friendly games!
The Fear
i totally agree with you Capitalvilla
Villa 4 Ever
i totally agree with you Capitalvilla
Villa 4 Ever
Pathetic how they pull out with nothing more than a wobbly groin! Get Alex Curran to massage it you wimp!
merlin
Pathetic how they pull out with nothing more than a wobbly groin! Get Alex Curran to massage it you wimp!
merlin
Thus far Young has always looked out of his depth at international level however Milners cameo was very impressive. Obviously you can't read too much into a one off sub appearances but he's probably earnt a call up to next squad, maybe even at the expense of Ashley...
Phartman87
Thus far Young has always looked out of his depth at international level however Milners cameo was very impressive. Obviously you can't read too much into a one off sub appearances but he's probably earnt a call up to next squad, maybe even at the expense of Ashley...
Phartman87
Milner complete outshone Young when he came on. Nice to have a good Villa presence in the England squad though.
DeanoVilla
Milner complete outshone Young when he came on. Nice to have a good Villa presence in the England squad though.
DeanoVilla
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
Petrov Delighted With Assistant Coach Role (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Broadcasting Revenue For AVFC For 2012/13 Season (Wednesday May 22 2013)
N'Zogbia Exit And £5m Given To Keeper? (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Villa's Pre Season Schedule (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Vlaar Pleased With First Good Touch Of The Game (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Villa Season Ticket Help Sessions (Tuesday May 21 2013)
They Think It's All Over - Not Yet - Soccer Sevens (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Vital Villa Man Of The Match v Wigan (Tuesday May 21 2013)
The Aston Villa Summer Transfer Thread Pt 1 (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Brentford Midfielder Linked (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | Pride of Lions | 964 |
| 2. | The Fear | 749 |
| 3. | BodyButter | 487 |
| 4. | kefkat | 390 |
| 5. | CDX_EIRE | 318 |
| 6. | ClivetheVillan | 261 |
| 7. | Villan57 | 243 |
| 8. | thefacehead | 241 |
| 9. | DeanoVilla | 216 |
| 10. | mike_field | 192 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Wigan | 2 | - | 2 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 1 | - | 2 | Chelsea |
| Norwich | 1 | - | 2 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 6 | - | 1 | Sunderland |
| Man Utd | 3 | - | 0 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 1 | - | 1 | Fulham |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 12. Fulham | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 43 |
| 13. Stoke | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | -11 | 42 |
| 14. Southampton | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -11 | 41 |
| 15. Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | -22 | 41 |
| 16. Newcastle | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -23 | 41 |
| 17. Sunderland | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 39 |
| 18. Wigan | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -26 | 36 |
Breaking League News
| Coates thanks friend Pulis
» Stoke : 22/05/2013 18:30:00
|
| Petrov Delighted With Assistant Coach Role
» Aston Villa : 22/05/2013 16:52:00
|
| Boateng Signs Two Year Deal
» Fulham : 22/05/2013 16:50:00
|
| Sullivan Warns Of Complacency!
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:49:00
|
| Lukaku Desire
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:48:00
|
| Carroll Withdrawal
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:47:00
|
| Carroll Fee Agreed
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:46:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
1 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.