O'Neill fearful of virus



... and no, he's not talking about Nigel Reo-Coker.
MARTIN O’Neill fears a virus could be spreading through his Villa camp ahead of this weekend’s trip to Stoke.

Striker Gabby Agbonlahor was laid low with the bug for last Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final thriller at Reading and a member of O’Neill’s backroom staff has since been taken ill.

Now, as Villa prepare to recommence their push for a place in the Premier League’s top four at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday, the Villa boss is keeping his fingers cross that the illness doesn’t claim further victims. “One of our physiotherapists, Stuart Walker, has gone down with something similar (to Agbonlahor) so I’m hoping this won’t be spreading around the team for the weekend,” revealed O’Neill. “But we’ll see how it goes...

“Gabby missed training earlier this week and I’m hoping it’s one of those 48 to 72-hour viruses or something like that.”
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7 comments:

  1. Owen_Williams12:52 PM

    "His[Fabregas] chances of playing are 0.5 per cent - that means unless a miracle happens, he will not play. At the moment, he is out of Saturday's game," the Frenchman[Wegner] told the club website.

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  2. Chris O1:08 PM

    But he's now BACK in training and is likely to play, right???

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  3. Anonymous3:39 PM

    Thinking about just going with one gamers...agaisnt my usual game plan.

    Alumnie
    Verm Bale Carragher
    Johnson Gerrard Arteta Jummy
    Rooney Torres Bendtner

    Think I may have to stay with this line up the rest of the way.

    Troy

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  4. Gavin3:49 PM

    Torn between hanging on to Jack Wilshere or picking Adam Johnson back up. Leaning towards Johnson since Wilshere's price didn't skyrocket, but he's one game away from that magical 7 game mark where his price will jump. Same dilemma I'm facing with Danny Fox/Rio Ferdinand. Fox gets a lot of phantom points, but not many clean sheets, whereas Rio is the other way around. Fox's price should jump after next game, too, though.

    Any thoughts?

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  5. Anonymous6:56 PM

    Why don't you drop Fox and Wilshere and barndoor them as soon as the games start ?

    SL

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  6. Ido5:57 AM

    Which option is better?

    Option 1:
    Jensen
    Figueroa, Bale, Warnock, Cuellar
    Downing, Milner, N'Zogbia
    Heskey, Rodallega, Carew
    @99.77

    Option 2:
    Kirkland
    Figueroa, Caldwell, Bramble, Dunne
    Young, Petrov, Milner
    Carew, Rodallega, Scotland
    @99.83

    Many thanks in advance for your comments!!!

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  7. Gavin10:24 AM

    @6:56 - Because I have both of them at discounts already and if I'm going to pick them back up, I might as well just hang onto them. I am set with Fox over Ferdinand, but still wavering on Wilshere vs. AJ. We'll see. Thanks.

    Friedel
    Bale, Fox, Hutton
    Arteta, Milner, Downing, ___ (Wilshere/AJ)
    Bendtner/Carew/Drogba

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