Aston Villa struggled for large parts against Millwall yesterday and were fortunate that the Lions poor finishing meant the game ended goalless.

There were few positives for Steve Bruce, although one had to be the performance of Jack Grealish.

The talented youngster came on for the final half hour and even though he couldn’t help Villa make the breakthrough, he certainly gave them a different dimension in the final third.

Grealish missed a significant part of the season after suffering a freak injury in pre-season, however he made his return in early November.

Since then, the 22-year old has been restricted to four more substitute appearances but has looked impressive in his recent cameos.

So much so, that many fans were calling for Grealish to start against Derby County next week in what is a massive game…