John Carew backed for quick return for Aston Villa

Dec 3 2008 by Bill Howell, Birmingham Mail

be contemplating at the moment.”

With Carew unavailable against Zilina tomorrow night the door is open for Marlon Harewood to shine.

Harewood has not started since the tie with Litex Lovech two months ago when he scored a cracker.

As well as Harewood, Moustapha Salifou, Nicky Shorey and Brad Guzan are all definite starters tomorrow night.

Zat Knight and Craig Gardner must also be considered probabilities while Nathan Delfouneso will also come into contention at some stage.

“It would be fair to say there will be changes, but as is always the case there has to be a balance,’’ O’Neill said.

“It is a very important game but by the same token we have the Everton game to also consider, which is also really important.”