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Alex McLeish wants Alan Hutton to return to the form he once showed at Rangers and will presumably play him every week to give him the chance to do so. At 5.0m Hutton is the joint-cheapest member of a so-so Villa back line and if we assured he will play, his attacking upside might push him ahead of Warnock in the player pool . I'm still a bit concerned by the depth the team have at right back but Hutton is getting closer to registering on the radar. Kevin Davies admitted he deserved to be dropped by Owen Coyle (debatable, but it's the right thing to say) and he says he is re-focused to win his spot back. Long term, Davies will start. Granted he hasn't been in great form but he is so important to what Bolton do, and to be honest, is one of the few true Premier League quality players in this side. That said, until he regains his place and his form, he doesn't even register in the player pool (you can't imagine how hard that is to say for me). The Liverpool Ech...

Looking back at last season By far the worst team in clean sheets, managing just 2 all season, including zero on the road. Those two came in GW2 and GW37 with a 34 game drought in between. Road defense (2.16 GPG ) was 19th, better than only Blackburn. At home (1.58 GPG ) they ranked 17th. Their goal scoring power was one of the pleasant surprises of the year, adding 1.58 GPG at home (10th) and 1.37 GPG away (4th). It's that consistency which makes some of their outfield players good value for the season. Closed the season with the longest streak of games without being shutout (12) and were only shutout twice at home all year (bettered only by Man Utd and Blackpool). The numbers for the 'keepers last year were not pretty. They ranked 20th in total points, P90 and P$ , averaging just 2.3  PPG . Foster is an upgrade but he seems massively overpriced at 5.0m. It's a similar story for the defensive unit, managing just 1.8 PPG on their way to last price ranking in ...