Aston Villa: Stephen Warnock delighted by attacking options at Villa
“I certainly won’t try and run past because I won’t catch either of them!”
Fellow new-boy James Collins echoes Warnock’s views about Villa’s forward options and was full of praise for the way Gabriel Agbonlahor took his winner on Sunday.
“We had a few short free-kicks which we tried to play short which didn’t really come off,” said Collins.
“Then big John Carew came on and he did fantastically well to win that header in the box.
“But there’s still a lot of work for Gabby to do. It was far from simple.
“It was a great header because he had to put all his own pace on the ball. It was a super finish and thankfully, we managed to hold on at the end.”
Meanwhile, Richard Dunne feels the new-look Villa defence can get even stronger following Sunday’s clean sheet.
“James is a very good player so it helps and Stephen Warnock as well who is another very good player,” said Dunne.
“Throughout the game myself, Carlos and James seemed to get a lot of headers in our box and every second ball the midfield won.
“It’s the first game but it seems to have worked reasonably well.
“The more we can get training on it, the more the partnerships will build up.”
