Richard Dunne is close to returning from a knee problem and will be competing for a place in the Villa team for the trip to White Hart Lane. Houllier, therefore, has decisions to make, but he welcomes the problem, telling the Birmingham Mail: "That headache I can take. A bad headache is when you've not got enough players. "Carlos Cuellar looked strong and solid. He reminded me of Jamie Carragher. He goes for everything in the air - brave, that's the word." Centre-back Cuellar could again be shifted to the right-back position that he occupied at times under former boss Martin O'Neill. "I haven't seen him play at right-back, but if one day he has to play right-back he'll play right-back," said Houllier. "The team reaches the level and wins things when a player understands that sometimes he has to play different positions. Sometimes he has to sacrifice himself for the rest of the team."
