Gerard Houllier eyes a top-six place
Monday 29th November 2010, 12:01PM GMT.
Manager Gerard Houllier has insisted injury-hit Villa can still finish in the top six with the aid of two new signings in the January sales.
Saturday’s 4-2 defeat at home to Arsenal meant Villa, currently without nine players, have won just two of their last eight games and sit 15th in the table.
Houllier remains calm but admits he needs to strengthen when the transfer window reopens and, with Stiliyan Petrov, Steve Sidwell and Fabian Delph out for the foreseeable future, he has reiterated midfield is his priority.
He said: “I don’t think I will make many moves because a lot of players will come back. I don’t want to buy players that are the same as what we already have.
“With the current injuries, it is definitely midfield that we need players. I believe we can still finish in the top six but we need to have a good run.
“When we have got everybody back and if we manage to get two players in then maybe we can do well.”
UK Sport
Latest Blog — A week is a long time in football
This time last week we were staring down the barrel, third from bottom with a worse record than at the same stage last year, writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.
Saddlers Blog
Business Awards
Book a Business Awards table
Join our celebrations of the region's best in business on Thursday March 22 - book your table now
Lifestyle
Interactive Dining Out map
Hundreds of reviews by the Express & Star and Shropshire Star's teams to help you decide where to eat.
entertainment
All the film reviews
Before you plan a trip to the pictures, get our critics' verdicts on all the latest movie releases
OUR NEW APP
Get the new E&S app
Download the Express & Star’s new app to your iPad or iPhone to get one week of access to our digital newspapers absolutely FREE.
expressandstar.com
Popular sections
Useful links
