Gary McAllister believes the international break will help galvanise Aston Villa

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Aston Villa assistant manager Gary McAllister believes the international break could be a blessing in disguise for manager Gerard Houllier and the rest of the squad.

The Frenchman has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks amid claims of player unrest following James Collins and Richard Dunne being punished for an internal issue at the club.

The fans have been chanting for the removal of Houllier as the team’s manager in their last few games but McAllister believes that the Frenchman is still the right man for the job.

“He is a very experienced manager and has been in all the football situations you can imagine,” he told reporters.

“He will be refreshed and ready to go. We want to get the results early to alleviate pressure towards the end.

The Scot believes that it will only take a couple of victories to get on a run that could see them stay safe in this tight Premier League.

“In an ideal world, if we could get a run of three victories, we’d take that. We’ve been on a decent run and then we’ve slipped again but if we can just have a little stretch of runs undefeated again, it would certainly help.”