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Online kippaxvilla2

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Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« on: September 11, 2018, 04:03:47 PM »
Mine are;

David Platt - goals from midfield and leadership qualities.
Ian Taylor - not the most skilful but just an all round ace bloke that could crop up with vital goals.
Dennis Mortimer - need I say anymore.

Controversial as I missed out Sid, but, I just loved IT more as he was from more my era.

Offline Darlo Dave

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2018, 04:07:29 PM »
I'm just a bit too young to remember seeing Mortimer play, so if I was gonna pick the best 3, I'd go Sid, Platt, and Milner.

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2018, 04:20:41 PM »
Sid
Cropley
Platt

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2018, 04:33:13 PM »
From my lifetime Mortimer, Cowans and Platt. Norm Crandles would include Danny Blanchflower and Jack Watts would say Gibson, Talbot and Tate.

Offline Exeter 77

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2018, 05:03:26 PM »
From my lifetime Mortimer, Cowans and Platt.
Hard to argue with that. From more recent years there might be an argument for Townsend and Milner but probably not in the same league as those three.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2018, 06:37:54 PM »
1 Sid, who till my dying day I will argue was an all round better player than Hoddle.

2 Platt for his goals on top of his general play (even in the disaterous Dr Jo season) and he did it at international level too, although arguably he should have done it for longer. He didn't seem to have the hunger by the time he was a multi millionaire at Arsenal.

3 If Dennis Mortimer had been at his peak ten years later he would have had dozens of caps. Apparently in 1982 in the forty man provisional squad, despite being the captain of the Champions Of Europe (imagine an English captain of a Champions League winning side not getting a cap now) he was considered to be not as good as Brooking, Coppell, Keegan, Hoddle, Robson, McDermott, Wilkins or even Graham Rix and David Armstrong.

Actually, I think I want to swap and put Mortimer second and Platt third but I can't be bothered editing my post.

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2018, 09:38:00 PM »
Sid
Mortimer
Rioch

Offline Kimaster1976

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2018, 07:19:18 AM »
No love for Gareth Barry or Petrov?

Offline Neil Hawkes

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2018, 07:32:35 AM »
From my lifetime Mortimer, Cowans and Platt.
Hard to argue with that. From more recent years there might be an argument for Townsend and Milner but probably not in the same league as those three.
Another vote for these three.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2018, 08:29:53 AM »
At one point under BFR we had Cowans, Townsend, Richardson, Houghton, Parker, Daley, Froggatt, Cox,   Fenton, Blake, Beinlich and Breitkreutz all on the books at the same time to pick from.

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2018, 08:41:15 AM »
From my lifetime Mortimer, Cowans and Platt.

Agreed. With Cropley as sub.

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2018, 09:39:55 AM »
From my lifetime Mortimer, Cowans and Platt.

Agreed. With Cropley as sub.

Agree with that as well. 

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2018, 10:05:02 AM »
From my time of going (1988), I'd say Platt, Barry and Milner.

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2018, 11:01:40 AM »
Platt, Taylor and Kevin Richardson. Loved Garry Parker too.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Three All Time Best Midfielders for Villa.
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2018, 05:23:38 PM »
Platt, Taylor and Kevin Richardson. Loved Garry Parker too.


Kevin Richardson was massively underrated. No frills but kept things ticking over in midfield excellently and we really missed him on the rare occasions he was out injured. He was the 'water carrier', and I mean that as a compliment because every good team needs a player good at that role. It is no coincidence that he won major trophies with Everton, Arsenal and Villa. I think he may also have been one of SGT's last signings for Watford.

 


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