Walsall, Hong Kong, Colombia and Gardner withdrawn from the U-20 World Cup
The somewhat light pre-season fixture list gets underway for us tomorrow with a familiar trip to the Bescot. It's a game that Shay Given expects to play in and should provide the first clues about Alex McLeish's thinking in terms of tactics and style of play.
It's highly unlikely that we'll have recruited a new left winger by then, so perhaps we'll see how innovative McLeish is too.
Aston Villa Central @ Jul 20, 2011 2:16 PM EDT | Blog Profile
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