Aston Villa

Jlloyd Samuel has hailed the team spirit and the input of David O'Leary as the key to the dramatic revival in the team's fortunes this season.

England international Samuel admits that he has been as taken aback as everyone else by the way that Villa's fortunes have been turned around under the control of O'Leary.
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He said: "We have got it together. We have all needed each other and we have all worked for each other.

"There are no individuals are big headed players here. We are all together as a team.

"There is great team spirit and confidence here and that is what the manager has brought in.

"He has come here and done a great job. Everyone is happy and things are looking good. The boys are really confident and now we just want to take things to the next level."

Samuel believes that Villa can build on this season's progress and show just how good they really are next term.

He added: "It has been a whole new look to the team even though we really have the same players.

"It feels like we have new players. Everyone was really disappointed last season but hopefully we have now turned the corner and next season we will see how good we really are."