Barry sets standard to follow.Byline: By Nick Davis Nick Davis may refer to:
MARTIN O'Neill For the politician, see . Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, (born March 1 1952 in Kilrea, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland national football team captain who has previously managed Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City and Celtic and is currently believes Gareth Barry's international breakthrough can act as an incentive to Villa's growing band of England hopefuls. But the Villa boss has warned the likes of Nigel Reo-Coker Nigel Shola Andre Reo-Coker is an English footballer. He is a midfielder, currently playing for Aston Villa. He is known for being a powerful midfielder with excellent tackling and passing qualities. , Ashley Young Ashley Simon Young (born 9 July, 1985 in Stevenage, England) is an English professional footballer of Jamaican origin who currently plays as both a midfielder and a striker for Aston Villa. , Zat Knight Zatyiah "Zat" Knight (born May 2 1980 in Solihull, West Midlands) is an English footballer currently playing for Aston Villa. He is a very imposing figure, standing at 6 feet 6 inches. and others: "You have to consistently produce the goods on the Premiership stage." Overlooked by a succession of England managers, Barry proved his worth with outstanding performances in the victories against Israel and Russia. And O'Neill believes more of his young stars could follow their captain into Steve McClaren's plans. He said: "Gareth is leading the way with the seniors, while Ashley is in the squad and Scott Carson Scott Paul Carson (born September 3, 1985 in Whitehaven, Cumbria) is an English football goalkeeper, currently playing for Aston Villa of the English Premier League on loan from Liverpool. . "But it's really good news for all those players. And I'm sure players such as Curtis Davies Curtis Eugene Davies (born March 15, 1985 in Leytonstone, London) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central defender. He currently plays for Aston Villa, on loan from West Bromwich Albion, which after the 2007-08 season, will result in a £9,000,000 permanent and Gary Cahill can see that and that's the sort of incentive you want. "Zat Knight is 27 and has been involved with England before, and at 26, Gareth has proved that you can come back after a time away. "So there's always a possibility. But we're getting ahead of ourselves - the boys have still got to do it at club level and they have to do it for the length of time Gareth has been doing it. "I think with Ashley Young being involved in the seniors and with Luke Moore, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Craig Gardner being with the under-21s squad, the English boys have all the incentive they need." He continued: "Gareth went into these games with the confidence of knowing he could compete with these players. "Before, he'd only been a bit-part player - he'd played bits of matches in non-competitive games. There were lots of question marks put against Gareth before. "And remember you have to do it over a sustained period. But the great thing about it is that he's played well enough to be uppermost in the manager's thoughts and that's all you can do." |
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