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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: dutchvilla on January 06, 2011, 03:34:57 PM
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to take my mind off the current state of doom and gloom about the club, I got to thinking about the best side made up of players of the last 20 years. This lot wouldn't lose 1-0 at home to Sunderland...
Bosnich
Mellberg Laursen God Bouma
Cowans Barry
Milner Platt Young
Yorke
subs: Friedel, Staunton, Southgate, Townsend, Angel, Agbonlahor, Merson
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to take my mind off the current state of doom and gloom about the club, I got to thinking about the best side made up of players of the last 20 years. This lot wouldn't lose 1-0 at home to Sunderland...
Bosnich
Mellberg Laursen God Bouma
Cowans Barry
Milner Platt Young
Yorke
subs: Friedel, Staunton, Southgate, Townsend, Angel, Agbonlahor, Merson
Daley instead of Young for me but yeah that's pretty good. Not sure about Gabby on the bench either, Saunders over him I'd say.
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Alan Wright instead of Bouma at left-back.
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.............................Bosnich
Barrett......McGrath.....Southgate......Staunton
...................Cowans......Taylor
.............Merson........Platt......Daley
...............................Yorke
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I'm going for a cheeky 4-3-3
Bosnich
Charles - McGrath - Southgate - Wright
Daley - Platt - Merson
Yorke - Dublin - Atkinson
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I've been watching Villa for 15, and Milner only just makes the bench in my team.
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to take my mind off the current state of doom and gloom about the club, I got to thinking about the best side made up of players of the last 20 years. This lot wouldn't lose 1-0 at home to Sunderland...
Bosnich
Mellberg Laursen God Bouma
Cowans Barry
Milner Platt Young
Yorke
subs: Friedel, Staunton, Southgate, Townsend, Angel, Agbonlahor, Merson
Thats pretty good,i'd have Delaney at Rb,its a shame his injuries harmed his career as when he was at full fitness he was a great player.
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As I struggled to narrow down the best 11 Villa performers over 20 years I've gone off on a tangent and picked my team purely on Fantasy League points (at a guess!) earned over that time.....
James
Milner McGrath Southgate Staunton
Ginola Merson Barry Pires
Yorke Dublin
Struggled to think of a right-back so adopted the Villa approach of not having a full back there rather than go for Luke Young, Aaron Hughes or Steve Watson who'd probably get in on points.
I'm sure Dunney would statistically get the nod for centre-half but I've deducted 1,000 points for every own goal.
The two left-wing frogs will have to keep switching and Friedel, Phillips, Heskey & Crouch will be banging on my door when they see the teamsheet, but I can't keep everyone happy.
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Bosnich
Delaney McGrath Laursen Staunton
Solano Cowans Milner Young
Yorke Dublin
Subs - James, Southgate, Barry, Taylor, Merson, Angel, Daley
I know, I know Solano is in there but he could take a free kick and worked well down the wing with Delaney.
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I'm struggling to beleive that Taylor is only in a handful of teams here. Either you are all too young to remember him or well I dunno lol. But Taylor will be the first name on my team sheet
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.............................Bosnich
Barrett......McGrath.....Southgate......Staunton
...................Cowans......Taylor
.............Merson........Platt......Daley
...............................Yorke
This for me, Imagine Taylor, Platt and Merson in our midfield today.
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As I struggled to narrow down the best 11 Villa performers over 20 years I've gone off on a tangent and picked my team purely on Fantasy League points (at a guess!) earned over that time.....
James
Milner McGrath Southgate Staunton
Ginola Merson Barry Pires
Yorke Dublin
Struggled to think of a right-back so adopted the Villa approach of not having a full back there rather than go for Luke Young, Aaron Hughes or Steve Watson who'd probably get in on points.
I'm sure Dunney would statistically get the nod for centre-half but I've deducted 1,000 points for every own goal.
The two left-wing frogs will have to keep switching and Friedel, Phillips, Heskey & Crouch will be banging on my door when they see the teamsheet, but I can't keep everyone happy.
If you're going on fantasy points it's got to be Schmeichal in goal, even if he was shit for us
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Gk - Oakes
Back four - Charles, Davies, Alpay, Unsworth
Midfield - Curcic, Kachloul, Kinsella, Gudjonsson
Forwards - Balaban, Milosevic
Subs - Ireland, Sidwell, Enckleman, Boulding, Whittingham
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Certainly not this one.... :(
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I'd line up with wing backs because I think it's a system that served us well down the years with GT and Brian Little.
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-------------Laursen----McGrath-----Southgate
---Milner-----------------------------------------Staunton
-------------Merson-----Taylor (captain)-----Barry
----------------------Yorke-----Dublin
Subs: Friedal, Mellberg, Delaney, Petrov, Townsend, Saunders, Ashley Young,
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GK Bosnich
CB McGrath
CB Laursen
LB Staunton
RB L. Young
CM Barry
CM Taylor
LM A. Young
RM Solano
CF Yorke
CF Dublin
Picked Laursen ahead of Southgate as he was more of a threat from set-pieces (except against Leeds) and Taylor as he's my favourite ever player and weighed in with his fair share of goals.
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Purely based on how good I thought they were
Bosnich
Delaney McGrath Southgate Staunton
Milner Taylor Barry Young
Agbonlahor Yorke
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Bosnich
Delaney McGrath Mellberg Staunton
Merson Barry Milner A Young
Yorke Platt
Not included Cowans as not sure he played that well after 1991, then again my memory is shit.
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I suppose we ought to exclude Platt and Cowans - all-time greats but active only for a small part of the period in question
from looking through all the suggestions, McGrath and Yorke seem to be the only ever-presents, with most going for Bosnich and Staunton. Honorable mentions to Southgate, Laursen, Barry, Taylor, Merson, Milner and A Young - only the last one being from the current team...
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I was nearly going to put Angel in my bench but he missed out because he was at the club during the worst (sustained) of the period. He would have done a lot better if he was here a few years earlier or later. He was at his peak when we were quite bad but still scored a fair few goals and had a touch of class. That's why Saunders got on my bench.
JPA, unlucky son.
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I'm struggling to beleive that Taylor is only in a handful of teams here. Either you are all too young to remember him or well I dunno lol. But Taylor will be the first name on my team sheet
If it was a team based on heart he'd be in my team but he wasn't that talented.
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I'm going for a cheeky 4-3-3
Bosnich
Charles - McGrath - Southgate - Wright
Daley - Platt - Merson
Yorke - Dublin - Atkinson
Like it. My sort of team. I would possibly put in Delaney for Charles, and Laursen in for Southgate. I would also keep Saunders around as back for when Atkinson was having an off day. He would therefore got a lot of games in. There would be no Cowans because I assume only the 90's Cowans, and not the 80's Cowans, can be included.
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There's one player in my team I'm amazed that everyone else has missed.
Bosnich
Delaney
Staunton
McGrath
Southgate
Young
Townsend
Merson
Barry
Yorke
Milosevic
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How could we forget Savo? ;)
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I didn't forget him, he just wouldn't have made the 25 man squad.
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Bosnich,
Staunton
Mcgrath
Laursen
Melberg
A Young
Milner
Barry
Merson
Yorke
Angel
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Bosnich
Delaney,Laursen,McGrath,Staunton
Platt,Townsend,Cowans,Merson
Yorke,Dublin
Subs-Friedel,Teale,Southgate,Young,Taylor,Saunders,Atkinson
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I didn't forget him, he just wouldn't have made the 25 man squad.
It wasn't him I was thinking about.
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I didn't forget him, he just wouldn't have made the 25 man squad.
It wasn't him I was thinking about.
Townsend? He made most squads here in fairness. Townsend was my favourite player from the mid 90s era but I selected Taylor ahead of him in my first team due to the latter's support for villa.
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Bosnich
Charles
Southgate
McGrath
Staunton
Daley
Platt
Sid
Barry
Yorke
Saunders
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I didn't forget him, he just wouldn't have made the 25 man squad.
He wouldn't have made my 50 man squad.
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Bosnich
Milner
God
Laursen
Staunton
Daley
Taylor
Townsend
Merson/Cowans
Platt
Yorke
Subs - Friedel, Melberg, Barry, Wright, A Young, JPA, Barrett
A couple of cheeky selections perhaps - 80's Sid gets the nod instead of Merse, but Merse over 90's Sid; and Milner at right back
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This is what my team would be:
Bosnich
Barrett McGrath Laursen Staunton
Merson Taylor Townsend Young
Yorke Saunders
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Bosnich
Ehiogu McGrath Southgate
Barrett Staunton
Taylor Townsend
A.Young
Yorke Saunders
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Bosnich; Delaney, McGrath, Laursen, Staunton; Merson, Platt, Barry, A Young; Yorke, Dublin.
Subs: Friedel, Mellberg, Southgate, Taylor, Townsend, Milner, Saunders,