Source: Team_Talk
O'Neill hopeful over duo's fitness
Heskey hurt his back and Collins suffered a groin injury in the defeat at West Ham earlier this month, and the duo subsequently missed the 5-1 win over Bolton Wanderers.[LNB]The injuries also prevented the Villa pair from representing their countries at the weekend, with Heskey missing England's defeat by Brazil and Collins sitting out Wales' win over Scotland.[LNB]However, O'Neill is optimistic that Heskey and Collins will be fit for the weekend's trip to Turf Moor after making progress in their recovery.[LNB]"The medical staff are quite happy with the progress they are making," said O'Neill in the Birmingham Mail. [LNB]"They still have quite a number of days before we are back in action."[LNB]O'Neill will also have Habib Beye and Stiliyan Petrov back from suspension for the game against Burnley, but he has yet to decide whether to make changes to a winning team.[LNB]He added: "We will see how the lads come through training.[LNB]"I'm not looking too far ahead, especially as we have Richard Dunne involved for the Republic of Ireland before we have him back."[LNB][LNB]
