Football: Backroom staff battle to get Barry back; VILLA NEWS.VILLA'S medical staff are doing all they can to get influential skipper skipper: see butterfly. skipper Any of some 3,000 lepidopteran species (family Hesperiidae) named for their fast (up to 20 mph, or 30 kph), darting flight. Gareth Barry Gareth Barry (born February 23, 1981 in Hastings, East Sussex), is an English footballer and captain of Aston Villa. He also plays for England. Along with former team-mate Gareth Southgate, he was the only player to play in both final matches at the old Wembley Stadium, once for back in action. Barry's fitness will be assessed closer to the weekend before Martin O'Neill knows whether the midfielder
In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). will be fit to face Blackburn on Saturday. Barry missed last night's draw at Liverpool after injuring his hip in training last week. "It's hard to say how long he will be out for," said O'Neill. "When he first did it, he started to feel better and it wasn't so bad after the first day. But it's been slow since that. "We'll see how he is, and listen, he's got to be really sore to miss a game. "We're doing everything possible to try to get him fit." O'Neill admitted Barry's drive was missed at Liverpool. "He has been fantastic. Gareth was a major, massive loss to us," he said. "He's had a wonderful season and played really great, but sometimes it happens. "And for us to go there without him speaks volumes for the rest of the squad." CAPTION(S): HIP INJURY... Gareth Barry. |
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