On the basis of, 'whom would you rather have playing for the Villa?' (ignoring positions, just going by the man concerned),
And if it's between
Our Emile
and
Joey Barton; Lionel Messi; Stewart Downing; John Terry, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard
Then I'd choose our Emile every time. What a gent. Not suprised he has scored so highly.
(although there's not a chance in hell of LM coming anywhere near Villa, but still...)