Aston Villa winger Ashley Young and full-back Luke Young are battling to be fit for Sunday's home clash with relegation-threatened Newcastle.
Ashley Young is striving to overcome a calf strain which forced him to be substituted during second half of the the 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium.
The former Watford player has had an outstanding season and was recently crowned the PFA Young Player Of The Year. Luke Young is still troubled by the foot injury which has dogged him in recent weeks and for which he has needed painkillers to play.
The one-time England defender has enjoyed a successful first season at Villa and filled in effectively at left-back when Nicky Shorey was out of favour.
Villa manager Martin O'Neill said: "Luke is probably doubtful still but we will give him every possible minute to see how he is.
"Ashley is still sore but we are still a few days from Sunday. He is feeling a lot better, which is good."
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am a villa fan, typical villa will let newcastle win, villa just cant handle the big matches!! o neill come on buy 4 good players, get rid ur mate has been heskey and you will finish top for, u need a new goal keeper, brad freidel, is past it, he doesnt organise or talk to his defence, players like shorey, reo coker, wouldn t even get in a championship team, then you got lazy albanghor(wateva), he s good but very lazy at times, gone way too big headed, he's thinks he is good as ronaldo(man u) and he aint yet, can be, villa only has one decent striker carew, a team can not last on one striker,
o neill cant handle the big names, this is where he has always failed.
too many villa players play with no pride, i only see barry and milner who play with heart and pride.
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