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Robbie Copeland

Roy Keane floats Aston Villa stay of execution for Steven Gerrard one key condition

Roy Keane hopes Steven Gerrard is given until January to turn things around at Aston Villa. But he reckons his players aren't helping him out, with a lack of "bottle" beginning to show.

It's already beginning to seem like Villa will face a fight to stay in the Premier League and they had to scrap for a point against Nottingham Forest on Monday night. Ashley Young's equaliser bailed them out and may have bought the former Rangers boss more time but they sit 16th in the table with just two wins in nine.

He's under serious pressure and Keane, a former rival of Gerrard's while playing for Manchester United, thinks he might be on borrowed time. But he hopes the Villa board will show patience and give him until after the World Cup to get things back on track. "They've got no bottle, that Villa team. For all their so-called attacking players, they didn't do enough to get a result today and they'll be kicking themselves.

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