Kinnear Pleased To Have Competition For Places!

Last updated : 03 November 2008 By Footy Mad - Editor

Joe Kinnear: "Prior to West Brom I looked at the two home games, last Tuesday when we won 2-1 and Monday against Villa, and thought they were two good games for us that we could get three points each from.

"Winning against West Brom was a massive boost for everyone here.

"I am now optimistic that we have a good chance of beating Aston Villa.

"But they will be confident too.

"They are the team that is bang in form at the moment.

"They have stuck with a number of British players and they have a number of very good players who are looking at that top-four position.

"It's nice to see we are getting players back.

"We now have competition and that raises the standards. People are looking over their shoulder again.

"We have never had a consistent or settled team out. The same team has never played together for three games in a row.

"And you need back-to-back consistency."