Table doesn't lie - Young

8th January 2009

Luke Young insists Aston Villa's top-four placing in the Barclays Premier League is "no fluke".

The defender is adamant the league table "doesn't lie", as Martin O'Neill's side sustain their challenge for a Champions League spot.

He said: "It is exciting times. In the squad, we are not getting too carried away - because there is such a long, long way to go in the season still.

"But at the minute, the league table doesn't lie. We are fourth, having a real good go - and we are winning games.

"I knew when I came here in the summer (from Middlesbrough) that I was going to be involved in a squad of players that had a chance of having a right good go in the league.

"The fact we have stayed where we are for half-a-season proves it is not a fluke."

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