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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: pooligan on July 03, 2011, 10:13:02 AM
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Best left back for me was Colin Gibson, just in front of Steve Staunton. The likes of Charlie Aitken,Tony Dorigo and Gary Williams were also pretty good
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Left back's a difficult one. At right back, John Gidman would go straight into my all-time team of players I've actually seen. Left back.... not sure. We haven't had a truly outstanding player there in my time. I think I'd probably go for Charlie Aitken for his consistency, longevity and reasonable skill.
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Steve Staunton from my generation.
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Warnock.
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staunton for me
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Staunton
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Staunton for me.
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once saw Charlie Aitken head a ball off the goal line but then collided with the goalpost and knock himself out ..
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John Robson -
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Steve Staunton from my generation.
Me too.
And the worst....
Bernie Gallagher
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Charlie Aitken....but I liked Alan Wright and Steve Staunton in that role too, but agree with previous post(s) that it's a position that, during my years of supporting the Villa (just under 40 years) there is no real outstanding candidates like there is for all other positions.
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I can only go back as for as 20 years, so Steve Staunton. Alan Wright not too far off. He wasn't spectacular but he was 7/10 every week. Staunton had real quality in his left peg though, and he can twat the ball like few could.
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It was strange how when we won the league in '81 and famously only used 14 players, that 3 of those were left-backs.
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Staunton. Liked Bouma also.
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Charlie Aitken...he was playing there when I first went to VP, was always reliable and he held that position for years and years
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Then again, I can remember Gary Williams once venturing down the left...
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I go as far back as Charlie Aitken but the best all round left back we've had in my time is Steve Staunton.
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Charlie Aitken for me. He was tough as old boots.
I would like to give an honourable mention for Alan Wright Wright Wright.
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Staunton and Bouma for me.
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Aitken > Staunton > Wright
They were better than Stock Aitken Waterman.
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Aitken for consistency, Gibson & Staunton not far behind
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Gibson for me - for a short period he was the best left back in the UK.
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1/Charlie Aitken by a country mile as far as I'm concerned.
2/Alan Wright was very underated, at a time when Villa were going great guns how he never got a England call up mystifies me even today, as they kept playing someone out of position. I feel it was a case of "He's not big enough"
3/Colin Gibson, winger turned left back. He would have flourished in todays game.
4/Steve Staunton, loses it for me on the loyalty card I'm afraid, still a great fullback though. Picky, I know.
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It has to be Aitken.
He was a good defender, very quick recovery, all left foot, and good in the air...highlighted by scoring plenty of goals towards the end of his career particularly in the Third Division, oh, and he got to play against and with Pele !
Staunton was an excellent footballer, has to be second place, and I'd go with everybody else with little Alan Wright for third.
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Gibson.