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Title: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: QBVILLA on June 04, 2014, 12:46:50 PM: Only rule that they played 50+ games for the club. Whatever formation you want, and who would be the manager?
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: QBVILLA on June 04, 2014, 12:51:00 PM: Bosnich

Barrett McGrath Laursen Staunton (1st spell)

Milner Townsend Barry Young

Yorke Merson

Manager: Atkinson
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Meanwood Villa on June 04, 2014, 12:56:02 PM: Bosnich

Ehiogu McGrath Southgate

Charles Townsend Draper Taylor Wright

Yorke Milosevic

Sub Johnson

Manager Little
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: ADVILLAFAN on June 04, 2014, 01:11:39 PM: Quote from: QBVILLA on June 04, 2014, 12:46:50 PM
Only rule that they played 50+ games for the club. Whatever formation you want, and who would be the manager?

Bugger, no Solano then....I'll just do players from when I've had a season ticket. Unfair to judge players I didn't watch much.

GK Guzan
CB Laursen
CB Southgate
LB Wright
RB Luke Young
CM Barry
CM Boateng
LM Ashley Young
AM Milner
CF Dublin
CF Benteke

Subs Friedel, Mellberg, Merson, Angel, Agbonlahor

Suppose the manager would have to be MON :-\
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: supertom on June 04, 2014, 01:13:22 PM: Bosnich

Staunton
McGrath
Laursen
Delaney

Merson
Townsend
Barry
Young

Yorke
Benteke

Manager- BFR.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: aj2k77 on June 04, 2014, 01:42:25 PM: Quote from: supertom on June 04, 2014, 01:13:22 PM
Bosnich

Staunton
McGrath
Laursen
Delaney

Merson
Townsend
Barry
Young

Yorke
Benteke

Manager- BFR.

Same as mine but take out Delaney and throw in Barrett. Not had a stand out RB have we.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Tokyo Sexwhale on June 04, 2014, 01:53:00 PM: Bosnich

Barrett
McGrath
Laursen
Staunton

Merson
Milner
Barry
Young

Yorke
Benteke

Manager: Ron Atkinson
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: teamvillage on June 04, 2014, 02:24:15 PM: Friedel

Mellberg
Barry
Laursen
McGrath

Milner
Townsend
Merson
Young

Yorke
Benteke
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Deano's Mullet on June 04, 2014, 02:41:41 PM: Bosnich
Staunton
McGrath
Teale
Charles
Richardson
Merson
Taylor
A Young
Yorke
Saunders

Subs
Friedel, Wright, Mellberg, Parker, Milosevic, Angel
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: ACVilla on June 04, 2014, 02:44:10 PM: Bosnich

Mellberg McGrath Laursen

Delaney Wright

Merson Milner Barry

Yorke Atkinson
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: nigel on June 04, 2014, 02:46:34 PM: Guzan

Laursen. McGrath. Southgate

Milner. Townsend. Merson. Barry. Young.

Yorke. Savo

Manager. Little
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: ACVilla on June 04, 2014, 02:47:29 PM: I've just "Wikipedia'd" Dalian Atkinson.

"Atkinson is now a self employed cobbler in the West Bromwich area."
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Holte L2 on June 04, 2014, 02:49:02 PM: Bosnich

Ehiogu McGrath Southgate
Barrett Staunton

Merson Townsend Barry

Yorke Carew
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Villan For Life on June 04, 2014, 02:52:58 PM: Bosnich
Charles
Staunton
Southgate
McGrath
Barry
Taylor
Milner
Merson
Benteke
Yorke

Manager: Sir Brian
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: cdbearsfan on June 04, 2014, 02:55:14 PM: GK Bosnich
RB Barrett
LB Staunton
CB McGrath
CB Southgate
RM Daley
CM Taylor
CM Milner
LM Young
CF Benteke
CF Yorke

SUB Guzan
SUB Laursen
SUB Mellberg
SUB Townsend
SUB Barry
SUB Dublin
SUB Saunders
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Tugby Villain on June 04, 2014, 03:38:49 PM: Bosnich

Barret Laursen McGrath Warnock (First season only)

Milner Townsend Barry Young

Yorke Benteke
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: PGW on June 04, 2014, 04:08:18 PM: Bosnich

Delaney
Laursen
McGrath
Staunton

Barry
Merson
Milner
Young

Yorke
Benteke

Subs:Carew, Bouma. Mellberg, Taylor, Angel, Dublin, Wright
Manager: BFR
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Sam Smith on June 04, 2014, 10:02:29 PM: Bozzie

Laursen McGrath Southgate

Petrov

Milner Barry
Merson

Benteke Yorke
Milosovic
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: tomd2103 on July 17, 2014, 12:51:09 AM: Bosnich

Barrett McGrath Laursen Staunton (Wright unlucky to miss out)

Merson Taylor Townsend Young

Yorke Saunders

Manager: Ron Atkinson
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Damo70 on July 17, 2014, 09:26:36 AM: Bosnich
Delaney,McGrath,Laursen,Staunton
Milner,Sid,Richardson,Young
Yorke,Benteke

Subs - Friedel,Mellberg,Barrett,Townsend,Merson,Saunders,Atkinson
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: *shellac* on July 23, 2014, 06:15:36 AM: Kiraly
De La Cruz
Johnsen
Baker
Samuel
Leonhardsen
McCann
Reo Coker
Ginola
Allback
Heskey

They have more than 50 games in total.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: ADVILLAFAN on July 23, 2014, 08:44:28 AM: Quote from: *shellac* on July 23, 2014, 06:15:36 AM
Kiraly
De La Cruz
Johnsen
Baker
Samuel
Leonhardsen
McCann
Reo Coker
Ginola
Allback
Heskey

They have more than 50 games in total.

If you're doing worst ones with over 50 games, Kinsella should be in ahead of McCann.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: SoccerHQ on July 24, 2014, 11:14:59 PM: Quote from: ADVILLAFAN on July 23, 2014, 08:44:28 AM
Quote from: *shellac* on July 23, 2014, 06:15:36 AM
Kiraly
De La Cruz
Johnsen
Baker
Samuel
Leonhardsen
McCann
Reo Coker
Ginola
Allback
Heskey

They have more than 50 games in total.

If you're doing worst ones with over 50 games, Kinsella should be in ahead of McCann.

Kinsella didn't play 50 games for us.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: ADVILLAFAN on July 25, 2014, 01:10:34 PM: Quote from: SoccerHQ on July 24, 2014, 11:14:59 PM
Quote from: ADVILLAFAN on July 23, 2014, 08:44:28 AM
Quote from: *shellac* on July 23, 2014, 06:15:36 AM
Kiraly
De La Cruz
Johnsen
Baker
Samuel
Leonhardsen
McCann
Reo Coker
Ginola
Allback
Heskey

They have more than 50 games in total.

If you're doing worst ones with over 50 games, Kinsella should be in ahead of McCann.

Kinsella didn't play 50 games for us.

Really? In my mind he seemed to play about 300 games. I could never figure out why he was in the team, he was crap.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: SoccerHQ on July 25, 2014, 08:15:03 PM: I thought he was an o.k signing at the time as he was decent at Charlton. We nearly signed Matt Holland around that period aswell.

He was only with us between 2002-04 and he barely played in 03-04 so no chance the fingerpointer played anywhere close to 50 games.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: villan from luton on July 25, 2014, 09:16:31 PM: Bosnich
Delaney McGrath Mellberg Wright
Milner Townsend Barry Young
Yorke Saunders
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: peter w on July 26, 2014, 02:27:45 AM: Bosnich

Mellberg
McGrath
Laursen
Staunton

Milner
Taylor
Barry
Young

Nilis
Yorke
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: villan from luton on July 26, 2014, 02:50:14 AM: PeterW, Nillis could have been, was Mellberg good at right back? Still stick to mine
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: peter w on July 26, 2014, 02:52:13 AM: Played there for Sweden a good few times. And I haven't particularly rated too many of our right-backs over the past 25 or so years.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: peter w on July 26, 2014, 02:54:00 AM: As for Nillis I was using the criteria of the best players who have played for us not those that have played the best for us. Didn't read the opening post to see whether my criteria fits.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: lovejoy on July 26, 2014, 01:32:37 PM: I think jLloyd Samuel will be a bit miffed at this thread (!)
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Holte L2 on July 27, 2014, 01:34:41 PM: Quote from: peter w on July 26, 2014, 02:54:00 AM
As for Nillis I was using the criteria of the best players who have played for us not those that have played the best for us. Didn't read the opening post to see whether my criteria fits.

If you're going by that Criteria, where's Ginola and Schmeichel?
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: villan from luton on August 02, 2014, 12:05:53 AM: Quote from: lovejoy on July 26, 2014, 01:32:37 PM
I think jLloyd Samuel will be a bit miffed at this thread (!)

Was he that bad a player until his confdence was shot?
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Matt Collins on September 07, 2014, 08:01:00 PM: Hang on hang on hang on

Anyone not picking yorke, or benteke, or southgate seriously needs putting in the loony bin

Bosnich - Delaney McGrath Barrett Staunton - Merson Milner Barry young - yorke - benteke

God I'd love to see yorke and benteke upfront together. They'd be incredible.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Dave Cooper please on September 07, 2014, 09:53:41 PM: Quote from: Matt Collins on September 07, 2014, 08:01:00 PM
Hang on hang on hang on

Anyone not picking yorke, or benteke, or southgate seriously needs putting in the loony bin

Bosnich - Delaney McGrath Barrett Staunton - Merson Milner Barry young - yorke - benteke

Am I missing a very subtle joke here?
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Matt Collins on September 07, 2014, 09:56:33 PM: No, definitely not

Centre back for what - four consecutive years or more? During which time we always had one of the best defences in the league

I loved Martin Laursen for example but we never actually had that great a defence with him. Lionheart. But positionally not great.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Des Little on September 07, 2014, 10:10:35 PM: Not read the previous efforts so apologies if it's been duplicated but here goes.

Bosnich, Staunton, Mellberg, McGrath, Delaney, Barry, Merson, Taylor, Young, Benteke, Yorke.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: peter w on September 07, 2014, 10:17:43 PM: Quote from: Matt Collins on September 07, 2014, 09:56:33 PM
No, definitely not

Centre back for what - four consecutive years or more? During which time we always had one of the best defences in the league

I loved Martin Laursen for example but we never actually had that great a defence with him. Lionheart. But positionally not great.

So why didn't you pick him?
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Dave Cooper please on September 07, 2014, 11:35:44 PM: Quote from: peter w on September 07, 2014, 10:17:43 PM
Quote from: Matt Collins on September 07, 2014, 09:56:33 PM
No, definitely not

Centre back for what - four consecutive years or more? During which time we always had one of the best defences in the league

I loved Martin Laursen for example but we never actually had that great a defence with him. Lionheart. But positionally not great.

So why didn't you pick him?

Yay! Glad it wasn't just me.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Holte L2 on September 08, 2014, 12:33:52 PM: Quote from: Matt Collins on September 07, 2014, 08:01:00 PM
Hang on hang on hang on

Anyone not picking yorke, or benteke, or southgate seriously needs putting in the loony bin

Bosnich - Delaney McGrath Barrett Staunton - Merson Milner Barry young - yorke - benteke

God I'd love to see yorke and benteke upfront together. They'd be incredible.

Benteke's still got a way to go until he gets into my team. Carew would be first choice, with Saunders on the bench.
Another 20 goals in a season for Benteke then I'd have a problem on my hands.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Chico Hamilton III on September 08, 2014, 01:05:39 PM: Only one mention of Sid in 3 pages
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: QBVILLA on September 08, 2014, 01:29:20 PM: Quote from: Chico Hamilton III on September 08, 2014, 01:05:39 PM
Only one mention of Sid in 3 pages

It is the best of the Prem era. Sid only played in 11 league games. I'd guess that he'd make it into most people's all time 11.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Darlo Dave on September 09, 2014, 03:00:08 PM: ---------------Bosnich--------------------

Delaney--McGrath--Laursen--Staunton

------------Milner---Barry------------

----------------Merson--------------

----Yorke----Benteke-----Young--
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Matt Collins on September 09, 2014, 10:08:44 PM: Quote from: Holte L2 on September 08, 2014, 12:33:52 PM
Quote from: Matt Collins on September 07, 2014, 08:01:00 PM
Hang on hang on hang on

Anyone not picking yorke, or benteke, or southgate seriously needs putting in the loony bin

Bosnich - Delaney McGrath Barrett Staunton - Merson Milner Barry young - yorke - benteke

God I'd love to see yorke and benteke upfront together. They'd be incredible.

Benteke's still got a way to go until he gets into my team. Carew would be first choice, with Saunders on the bench.
Another 20 goals in a season for Benteke then I'd have a problem on my hands.

Hmm good point. I meant to! I definitely didn't mean to pick Barrett at CB.
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: rob_bridge on September 11, 2014, 10:56:07 AM: Bosnich
Delaney (no great choice)
Mellberg
McGrath
Staunton
Milner
Barry
Taylor
Young
Yorke
Merson

Manager Atkinson just ahead of Little
Title: Re: Your best Villa 11 of the premiership era?
Post by: Matt Collins on October 12, 2014, 04:49:39 PM: I do sometimes just imagine what Yorke and Benteke could do as a partnership. Would be fantastic.