Who's in your Opening Day starting 11?

[ExclDawg]

Seeing as how it's been quite a tumultuous summer and signings are coming in just as fast as people are going,  I was wondering who everyone had pegged for their starting eleven?  We've got Gueye, Richards and a pair of Jordans (not the sneakers) coming in, as well as rumors of guys like Adebayor making his way here.  Do we throw in all the new guys at once, or start with something a little more familiar.   Feel free to pick your own formations as well, cause your guess will be far better than mine.

[Tugby Villain]

                         Guzan

Crespo    Richards    Clark    Amavi

               Gueye    Sanchez
                          Gil

Grealish        Ayew        Sinclair

[eamonn]

How does that compare to the team we fielded on the opening day twenty years ago?

[ExclDawg]

GK: Mark Bosnich
RB: Gary Charles
CB: Gareth Southgate
CB: Paul McGrath
CB: Ugo Ehiogu
LB: Alan Wright
MF: Andy Townsend
MF: Ian Taylor
MF: Mark Draper
S: Dwight Yorke
S: Savo Milosevic

So if we want to recreate that ...
GK: Guzan, because he's from off-continent as well.
RB: Crespo, which (little known fact) is Spanish for Charles
CB: Clark, who likes to enter through the South gate of Villa Park.
CB: Okore, he miraculous returns from injury and thus becomes known as "African God"
CB: Richards, fills in easily for Ogo here in the "Center Backs who have not had a hurricane named after them"
LB: Amavi, Another little known fact ... Alan Wright owned a pair of Air Jordan's
MF: Gueye, Townsend was a connoisseurof Marvin Gaye music.  Connoisseur is also a French word.
MF: Gil, Checks the box for MF with a three-letter name.
MF: Grealish,  slides in with the first-name ending in "k" requirement met.
S: Ayew,  I believe there is a yew tree in Yorktown ... so that works.
S: Adebayor, A name that spelling bee champs couldn't spell on the first try.

There you go, carbon copy.

[tomd2103]

                         Guzan

Crespo    Richards    Clark    Amavi

               Gueye    Sanchez
                          Gil

Grealish        Ayew        Sinclair

I still think Hutton will start at RB.  Hopefully a new striker will come in, meaning Ayew will move to where Grealish is in the above team and Grealish might replace Gil.  I think Gueye will definitely start, but a new arrival might replace Sanchez or Westwood.

[Clark W Griswold]

                         Guzan

Crespo    Richards    Clark    Amavi

               Gueye    Sanchez
                          Gil

Grealish        Ayew        Sinclair

I still think Hutton will start at RB.  Hopefully a new striker will come in, meaning Ayew will move to where Grealish is in the above team and Grealish might replace Gil.  I think Gueye will definitely start, but a new arrival might replace Sanchez or Westwood.

Based on players actually at the club at this moment, i would agree with the team picked with Hutton at right back as Crespo hasnt joined yet. The only slight difference for me might be Westwood for Gueye, Gueye moving to where you have Gill and Gill where you have Sinclair.

[Des Little]

This line up is changing by the hour. I'll go with a 4-4-2 of:

                               Jordan
Jordan          Jordan         Jordan       Jordan

Jordan          Jordan          Jordan      Jordan

                    Jordan          Jordan

[TaxDodger]

 
                       Guzan

Hutton       Richards      Clark        Amavi

                 Gueye        Westwood

Sinclair              Grealish             Gil

                         Agbonlahor

Bunn, Baker, Crespo, Bacuna, Sanchez, Ayew, Kozak.

[oldtimernow]

Hope our Jordans don't turn out to be a pair of Katie Prices  (tits)

[john e]

                                            Guzan

                          some former French based players
     
                                Grealish         French players

                                   Someone from France
                             

[Legion]

Guzan

Hutton
Richards
Clark
Amavi

Gueye
Westwood
Sanchez

Sinclair
Grealish
Ayew

Bunn, Baker, Bacuna, Agbonlahor, Kozak, Gil, Okore

[Hookeysmith]

Guzan

Hutton
Richards
Clark
Amavi

Gueye
Sanchez
Westwood
Sinclair

Gil

Ayew

[walsall villain]

                                            Guzan

                          some former French based players
     
                                Grealish         French players

                                   Someone from France
                             

Or Guzan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Gueye

[footyskillz]

Bear in mind some will be lacking  fitness due to injury in pre season and returning later than others plus match following Friday .

Guzan
Hutton or crespo
Richards
Clark
Amvai

Westwood
Gueye
Veremot
Ayew


Agbonlahor
Kozak

[The Laughing Policeman]

Guzan some French blokes Kozak.
On a serious note what are the chances of us having a starting X1 of non English players some time this season?