Last season a learning curve - Heskey

Mon, 06 Jul 10:23:11 2009

Emile Heskey is confident Aston Villa youngsters such as Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor will be better equipped to deal with the pressure of battling for a Champions League spot next season.

Villa looked set to break into the top four of the Barclays Premier League last season after moving five points clear of Arsenal at the beginning of March. But a dramatic fade-out in the final third of the campaign meant they only emulated their achievement of 12 months previously in finishing sixth.

The England striker said: "We have some young lads in the squad - the likes of Gabby (Gabriel Agbonlahor), Ashley (Young) and James (Milner) - and they will have gained a lot of experience from last season."

He added: "We pushed the big clubs and, even though the chance of coming fourth didn't materialise in the end, it will mean they have that experience in the locker for the coming seasons.

"If we get in the same position again, they will have the know-how and the experience that is so, so important, in dealing with it.

"You have to respect they are still young and they are still learning the game - they certainly have time on their sides."

 

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  1. is MON a indian jew, cos they dont spend any money­ either

    From rahul s, on Fri 10 Jul 10:48PM

  2. I foresee a traumatic season ahead for this club.

    From cameron w, on Thu 9 Jul 10:24PM

  3. What a bunch of dreamers man you guys will be luck to­ finish 6 or even 7 man

    From lubov, on Thu 9 Jul 6:14PM

  4. heskey your past it and rubbish, MON only bought you­ cos he is ur mate of old, and harewood is even worse,­ they call him harewood the donkey, where are the world­ class signings???

    From rahul s, on Tue 7 Jul 6:57PM

  5. should not of bought darren bent. marlon harewood­ inpressed me but this @#$% talk of the players were­ interested in like crouch you takin the pss or what, we­ should have tried to sign owen and i keep repeating­ myself but unless we drop freidel in goal for brad­ guzan we will have another poor season scrapping for­ 8th place emiley heskey maybe if he tries can have a­ good season dosnt take much to be a better finisher­ than gabriel agbonlahor

    From Richard, on Tue 7 Jul 6:27PM

  6. sorry emile got to agree with AUDREY G on this one.­ should of bought darren bent.

    From Kerno Villan, on Mon 6 Jul 5:32PM

  7. dream on heskey champions league spot, your about ready­ for retirement cant see you playing a large part this­ season

    From AUDREY G, on Mon 6 Jul 11:07AM
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