Your favourite current Villa player.

[Dazvillain]

Went for Holman, liked him the first time I saw him in a villa shirt. Plenty more to come from him also. Reminds me of a modern Cropley or Carrodus

[ASHTONVILLA]

Has to be Benteke, looks a real handful and is exciting to watch.

[MoetVillan]

Westwood. for such a young lad, very composed, and importantly, does the simple things right. (ie passing to a fellow player).  Good running with the ball, great distribution if needed, good marking, calm and assured.  Because he doesnt make many mistakes, you can almost miss him on the pitch.  Great signing

[JPartington]

Went for Bannan. To be honest, I'm pretty surprised at how much stick he gets sometimes. He is quite often the only player who is brave enough to constantly demand the ball and try and make things happen. His passing range is excellent and he works incredibly hard for the team. Despite the moans whenever a long range pass doesnt come off, he does keep it simple and on the ground the majority of the time. In any case, the attempted long balls are at least an attempt at some form of first-time incision, as opposed to an aimless clunk upfield.   

I would imagine that a number of his 'dinks' over the defence would pay off if matched by intelligent running. I don't particuarly rate Bent, and, without mixing threads, don't think he should be in the team, but his movement is something that Bannan has excelled at picking out in the past with a reversed thirty yard chipped pass. Benteke is a little bit more static. The amount of time that Robin van Persie peels off from the defence to receive a lofted pass straight through the middle is a prime example of what Bannan is trying to acheive.

I'm also pleased that Westwood is in alongside him. Measured passing and ease in possession is required to exert any controlled pressure against a team. Delph and Herd generally cause more problems than they solve. 

[QBVILLA]

Went for Bannan. To be honest, I'm pretty surprised at how much stick he gets sometimes. He is quite often the only player who is brave enough to constantly demand the ball and try and make things happen. His passing range is excellent and he works incredibly hard for the team. Despite the moans whenever a long range pass doesnt come off, he does keep it simple and on the ground the majority of the time. In any case, the attempted long balls are at least an attempt at some form of first-time incision, as opposed to an aimless clunk upfield.   

I would imagine that a number of his 'dinks' over the defence would pay off if matched by intelligent running. I don't particuarly rate Bent, and, without mixing threads, don't think he should be in the team, but his movement is something that Bannan has excelled at picking out in the past with a reversed thirty yard chipped pass. Benteke is a little bit more static. The amount of time that Robin van Persie peels off from the defence to receive a lofted pass straight through the middle is a prime example of what Bannan is trying to acheive.

I'm also pleased that Westwood is in alongside him. Measured passing and ease in possession is required to exert any controlled pressure against a team. Delph and Herd generally cause more problems than they solve. 

Great post.

[richardhubbard]

I voted west wood , I think 2m he is a bloody steel of a buy

[Keeno]

Westwood. A touch of the Scholes to him. Minus the gingerness.

[HK Villan]

What a positive thread.  Excellent. 

Holman by the way.

[JD]

Benteke, closely followed by Westwood and Vlaar.

[SamTheMouse]

I went for Vlaar, who seems to be the natural leader we've been missing for a while. Also a big fan of Lowton. Looks solid and consistent, pretty unspectacular but his defensive awareness is excellent. Reminds me vaguely of Mark Delaney.

[Legion]

Guzan, Petrov, Vlaar, Westwood and/or Benteke for me. Getting closer!

Still can't decide...

[Legion]

Would the OP mind me altering the thread title so more than one player can be chosen? If not, I'll amend the poll aswell.

[Monty]

Went for Bannan. To be honest, I'm pretty surprised at how much stick he gets sometimes. He is quite often the only player who is brave enough to constantly demand the ball and try and make things happen. His passing range is excellent and he works incredibly hard for the team. Despite the moans whenever a long range pass doesnt come off, he does keep it simple and on the ground the majority of the time. In any case, the attempted long balls are at least an attempt at some form of first-time incision, as opposed to an aimless clunk upfield.   

I would imagine that a number of his 'dinks' over the defence would pay off if matched by intelligent running. I don't particuarly rate Bent, and, without mixing threads, don't think he should be in the team, but his movement is something that Bannan has excelled at picking out in the past with a reversed thirty yard chipped pass. Benteke is a little bit more static. The amount of time that Robin van Persie peels off from the defence to receive a lofted pass straight through the middle is a prime example of what Bannan is trying to acheive.

I'm also pleased that Westwood is in alongside him. Measured passing and ease in possession is required to exert any controlled pressure against a team. Delph and Herd generally cause more problems than they solve. 

I've long been a big fan of Bannan, but I went for Westwood perhaps just for novelty value. If that guy keeps on playing like this AND gets better with experience he will play for England, no question in my mind.

However, Benteke ran him a close, I love him. He's just got all the attributes of a classic Holte hero other than being Scandinavian. Also love Holman, brilliant Aussie attitude.

[tom jennings III]

Guzan, Vlaar, Westwood, Holman and Benteke have all really impressed me this season for different reasons. I had to plump for Beneke as I think he'll bang in a few important goals this season and hopefully spearhead a charge back into Europe next!