Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Mortimer4England on February 03, 2014, 12:00:24 AM
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I was rather bored this evening and came up with the following team of ex Villa players currently active in the Premier League
1. Friedel
2. Walker
3. Ridgewell
4. Cahill
5. Cuellar
6. Barry
7. Milner
8. Crouch
9. Bent
10. Downing
11. Young
12. Sorenson
13. Ireland
14. Bannan
15. Gardner
16. Routledge
17. Collins
18. Cole
I know this is rather pointless, but I actually think it would be a decent team. By the way I know that Bent is technically still our player...
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That's not a bad side!
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How many of the current Villa team would you take over that starting XI?
Brad Jr over Brad Sr
Vlaar over Cuellar
Bertrand over Ridgewell
Benteke over Crouch
Gabby over Bent
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I would fancy us down their left hand side against the power of Downing and the class of Ridgwell.
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Whittingham and Sidwell on the bench before Ireland and Bannan.
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Pushing it a bit to include loan players I'd have thought.
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Whittingham and Sidwell on the bench before Ireland and Bannan.
I forgot about those two, I would have to agree
I forgot about Knight at Hull City too, and he would be useful on the Bench as well
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Pushing it a bit to include loan players I'd have thought.
I know, but Bent isn't going to play for us again is he?
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How many of the current Villa team would you take over that starting XI?
Brad Jr over Brad Sr
Vlaar over Cuellar
Bertrand over Ridgewell
Benteke over Crouch
Gabby over Bent
Agreed.
I think eight of my Ex-Villa XI are recent England internationals I think
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Kevin Poole was in the paper today, still playing at 50 for Burton Albion.
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Curtis Davies could do a job here too.
Even the MOTD experts said Barry was subbed on Saturday for giving the ball away too often - would fit back in with us well.
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Curtis Davies could do a job here too.
Even the MOTD experts said Barry was subbed on Saturday for giving the ball away too often - would fit back in with us well.
Barry would slip into our ball oosing midfield perfectly as you say.
Davies too, could well make the cut.
All this does rather serve to show what we have lost in recent times, but I suspect we all knew that!
However as somebody else alluded too there some great players left here too
Guzan
Bertrand (early days and only on loan, but looks the real deal)
Vlaar (at his best)
Delph
Weimann
Benteke
Agbonlahor
But we remain several sandwiches short of a picnic...
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A decent team, yes. Easily good enough to secure a mid table spot. What about the wages?
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Pushing it a bit to include loan players I'd have thought.
I know, but Bent isn't going to play for us again is he?
I was thinking more of Walker and Cole.
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More impressive than that i feel is the fact of how many of our youth team set up have gone on to become established, regular Premiership players
At Villa still and first team squad
Gabby
A.Weinmann
K.Clark
N.Baker
M.Albrighton
At Villa in and out of squad
G.Gardener
C.Herd
Other clubs and regulars
G.Barry - (he was a kid when he came to us so always treated him as a youth player)
S.Davis
G.Cahill
L.Moore (not sure if still at Swansea)
P.Whittingham
B.Bannan
L.Ridgewell
Half decent squad there - although one would have to play rush goalie ;D
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More impressive than that i feel is the fact of how many of our youth team set up have gone on to become established, regular Premiership players
At Villa still and first team squad
Gabby
A.Weinmann
K.Clark
N.Baker
M.Albrighton
At Villa in and out of squad
G.Gardener
C.Herd
Other clubs and regulars
G.Barry - (he was a kid when he came to us so always treated him as a youth player)
S.Davis
G.Cahill
L.Moore (not sure if still at Swansea)
P.Whittingham
B.Bannan
L.Ridgewell
Half decent squad there - although one would have to play rush goalie ;D
Didn't Boaz Myhill come through the youth system? He could be your keeper.
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Pushing it a bit to include loan players I'd have thought.
I know, but Bent isn't going to play for us again is he?
I was thinking more of Walker and Cole.
Ahh, see where you are coming from, but both put in a better stint at Villa then some 'proper' players....Tommy Craig, Ivo Stass, Balaban the list is endless...
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More impressive than that i feel is the fact of how many of our youth team set up have gone on to become established, regular Premiership players
At Villa still and first team squad
Gabby
A.Weinmann
K.Clark
N.Baker
M.Albrighton
At Villa in and out of squad
G.Gardener
C.Herd
Other clubs and regulars
G.Barry - (he was a kid when he came to us so always treated him as a youth player)
S.Davis
G.Cahill
L.Moore (not sure if still at Swansea)
P.Whittingham
B.Bannan
L.Ridgewell
Half decent squad there - although one would have to play rush goalie ;D
Didn't Boaz Myhill come through the youth system? He could be your keeper.
He could indeed!
Any thoughts of a Football league, ex-Villa team?
We could get them to play the Premier boys in my fantasy world!
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You forgot Daniel Sturridge.
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Not really as he never made the first team squad at any point
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If we are counting loaned players and Myhill, then Sturridge has to be included I reckon.
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Be thankful Scottish Prem doesn't count.
McDjemba (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26068069)
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Be thankful Scottish Prem doesn't count.
McDjemba (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26068069)
Oh God I had forgotten about him, makes El Hamadi look like Pele and Maradona's love child