Consistancy the key for Villa

Barry said "We now have two strikers who are capable of scoring 15-20 goals a season each, rather than just having one player who can do it."

Barry went on "Phillips is a big signing for us and hopefully the two strikers can gel straightaway. We need to be more consistent as we were a bit up and down last year."

The season has got off to a good start for Phillips but Angel looked a little too like the Angel of last season. With Manchester United up next maybe it will be a couple of weeks before we see Angel and Phillips on the score sheet together.