By Alan Duffy
One wonders how much good new boss Alex McLeish will do for his Villa players' international
prospects, but according to muscular hitman Gabriel Agbonlahor, former manager Gerard Houllier
"killed" his England hopes.
The striker said: "Gerard was not much of a talker, it was more McAllister, but he was not very
good to be honest.
This was a good game between two well matched sides, and although Aston Villa took the lead after
only 13 minutes through a nice goal from Agbonlahor, Newcastle came storming back, and
eventually equalized through that man Leon Best again after 57 minutes. After the equalizer, the
game was end to end, but then Cabaye twice in the last five minutes almost scored to bring
Newcastle [.
Another game, another draw. That's four draws and a win now in the Premier League. Gabby
Agbonlahor gave cause for optimism when he opened the scoring somewhat against the run of play
during the first half, but Leon Best cancelled that out during a second half the visitors largely
controlled.
With five league games gone, I'm afraid it's time for the return of This Season vs Last Season
lucky number 13. The series was born during the 2009/10 season as dissenting voices towards Martin
O'Neill's stewardship grew louder and louder. Lots of comparisons were made to how many points we
had at the same stage of the previous season, but comparing the fixtures on a like-for-like, or
apples-to-apples, basis revealed that we were often doing better than the previous season
despite how it seemed chronologically.
