Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: KKAVFC on May 21, 2014, 07:38:37 PM
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Spotted this article on the the AVFC official site & it says everything about this guy. Another Paul McGrath, John Carew etc. who have nothing but good things to say about our club and each of who played the best football of their careers in the Claret & Blue :-
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/BlogsEntry/0,,10265~3847836,00.html
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Brilliant read, thanks
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I know all the arguments for best people for the job etc, but I would love it if Lambert got him in as assistant manager.
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This 'legend' malarkey is a bit overused and very cockney. He was a very good player
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I'd have him in as manager just from reading that article. But I'm a stupid emotional moron. I love him. There I've said it.
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This 'legend' malarkey is a bit overused and very cockney. He was a very good player
Agreed. Good player for Villa but he just didn't play enough for me and is never a club "legend".
If we keep classing decent Villa players as legends eventually the word will lose it's impact.
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Great man and player. A proper centre half
Remember the winning goal in the last minute against Spurs around xmas time and running off to celebrate with MON.
Wish we had hm and Olaf in our defence now
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Fantastic. You could say we have not recovered from losing Martin. Those of you who are quick to write off overseas players please note his comment:
"It was a tough start, as everyone knows. I had a hard two or three seasons and then everything clicked."
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This 'legend' malarkey is a bit overused and very cockney. He was a very good player
Agreed. Good player for Villa but he just didn't play enough for me and is never a club "legend".
If we keep classing decent Villa players as legends eventually the word will lose it's impact.
I agree.
The only reason it is trotted out for the likes of Laursen is because we have had so few talismanic figures that would get close to that bracket in recent years, so younger fans don't have their own living legends that they have seen really. Laursen, Yorke, Barry, Mellberg, Taylor etc are as close as it gets for a generation of fans.
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This 'legend' malarkey is a bit overused and very cockney. He was a very good player
Agreed. Good player for Villa but he just didn't play enough for me and is never a club "legend".
If we keep classing decent Villa players as legends eventually the word will lose it's impact.
Totally agree
Great player for us for a short while, scored quite a few goals for us, seems like a cracking bloke, but he's not a legend.
The more the word "legend" gets bandied about, the less it means.
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This 'legend' malarkey is a bit overused and very cockney. He was a very good player
Agreed. Good player for Villa but he just didn't play enough for me and is never a club "legend".
If we keep classing decent Villa players as legends eventually the word will lose it's impact.
Ron Vlaar - legend.
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To be honest i think it can be used for Martin laursen - the term legend - but only because the word can be used differently be different people. In the antipodes, for example, legend when applied to people can just be that someone may have done something good, funny, or remarkable. Same as their use of the word freak. Words have different meanings over the years - look at celibate. Originally it just meant not getting married but the idea of abstinence linked into that and so the meaning has altered. It happens in English, and all languages to be fair.
Is he an Aston Villa footballing legend? No.
Is he a legend for running down the the Goodison pitch with Ash to celebrate with rabidly wild Villa fans in the 93rd minute? Oh yes.
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This 'legend' malarkey is a bit overused and very cockney. He was a very good player
Agreed. Good player for Villa but he just didn't play enough for me and is never a club "legend".
If we keep classing decent Villa players as legends eventually the word will lose it's impact.
I agree.
The only reason it is trotted out for the likes of Laursen is because we have had so few talismanic figures that would get close to that bracket in recent years, so younger fans don't have their own living legends that they have seen really. Laursen, Yorke, Barry, Mellberg, Taylor etc are as close as it gets for a generation of fans.
Laursen is the best defender we have had since McGrath,
So if your young enough not to have seen McGrath then Laursen could easily be a legend
In fact I'm in my 50's and he's a Villa legend in my eyes,
second best defender I've ever seen down the Villa, that's good enough for me
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Laursen was good but Legend ? Not in the same league as McGrath . I'd put Teale over him aswell and probably Southgate and Ehiougo
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I was called a legend earlier for making a brew for my colleagues. I am a bit legendary though.
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Maybe not a legend but the nearest thing to a legend for a long time. He had a great affinity for the club, still has, something that Ugo and Southgate to a lesser extent don't show.
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In my opinion he is the second best centre half I have seen in a Villa shirt. Never seen such an effective centre half at set pieces, both ends of the pitch. Had he not suffered the injuries, he'd most likely never have played for us as he had the attributes to play for the likes of Barcelona.
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I remember Laursen going off injured away at Fulham and I turned to my mate and said that's him done....unlikely he will be any good for the Villa with all these injuries....
He went on and played a substantial amount of games, became Captain and a superb defender for us, so what do I know.....
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In an era where our former favourites don't seem to give a shit about us I can see why he'd be considered a Legend.
Platt, Richardson, Southgate, Angel, Savo; why oh why don't our former players love this club?
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In an era where our former favourites don't seem to give a shit about us I can see why he'd be considered a Legend.
Platt, Richardson, Southgate, Angel, Savo; why oh why don't our former players love this club?
Angel does love us. He's always tweeting about us.
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Laursen IS a legend and you can take that to the bank
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Lee Hendrie - Legend...... ;)
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Unfortunately, football has changed in the modern era and players spending their whole career in one place are few and far between. So all the old farts who remember the 70s and 80s and are saying he wasnt here long enough might want to cut him a bit of slack!
I think of the best centrebacks we have had in the modern era....Mellberg, Southgate, Ehiogu...all brilliant players. but in 40years time when im telling the grandkids about the oldern days, when it was called Villa Park and before we came the Aston Red Bulls Stars, the two defenders I would tell them about would be McGrath and Laursen.
Ergo Legend :)
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"St George (who did for the dragon) - legend". Some people would argue even at this.
Laursen is a legend - I can think of no more inspiring player in my time watching villa. McGrath was a classier, more composed centre back, definitely over the time he was here made a bigger contribution, but there's just something about Laursen that made me proud.
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Jores Okore - Legend (in the making)
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His defending was right up there with McGrath in my view
The difference with McGrath is he could also play in midfield, and not just fill in, he would still be man of the match in that position,
he was a perfect centre half as well as a gifted midfielder, he was simply the best, better than all the rest
No one else comes any where close because he was the ultimate footballer, whearas Laursen was the ultimate central defender
I've seen games where McGrath and Laursen never made a single mistake, never put a foot wrong, I can't say that about Southgate Mellberg etc, as good as they were they were fallible, McGrath and Laursen were Gods on the pitch
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Just a real pity he only played 80 odd games for us.
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The term legend is banded about too much these days.
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Just a real pity he only played 80 odd games for us.
The season when he played in all 38 games, (subbed at half time v Liverpool in the first game if I remember correctly) he was absolutely immense. Played 91 games in total I believe. Wish it could have been more but to get a player of his ability to Villa there had to a catch. Also I think it is worth mentioning that he only picked up around 7 bookings in that time, most of them in his early games. For a centre half in the modern era that is some going.
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To be fair DOL built a very good defence - Bouma Laursen Olof
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Heskey, now he was a legend.
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Heskey, now he was a legend.
Very under-rated player. Great at holding the ball up and linking the play. We miss him
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Olof was signed by Gregory, if that is what you meant.
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Heskey, now he was a legend.
He was our Keyser Soze.
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While I agree that it is a grossly overused term, Laursen is an Aston Villa legend in my opinion. In a way he had begun to personify a lot of what I love about Villa. Our dignity, pride and respect. His very evident love for Villa is what lifts him above other players who were 'merely' good or even exceptional. As a footballer he was superb and I loved when he played for us. That goal against Ajax..!
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he is unquestionably a legend in my eyes. When he walked around the pitch when we relegated newcastle, I cried. I really did love him because he felt as much as me for the villa, if not more. The goal against Ajax into the holte will live forever in my memory and the unbelievable defending against chelsea when we beat them at home. True legend and only second to Mcgrath as a defender, Southgate is third, all the rest can be argued. The feel good factor would be unimaginable if he became manager.
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That was a good read, totally forgotten than his was an DOL signing.
A very good leader, and a pretty all round great defending, who always showed passion, and scored a few goals too. In the recent era one of our finest, and a top bloke too.
I could see him going on to be a good manager, he carries himself in the right way and seems to have good knowledge.
I remember when we won 3-2 at Everton in that dramatic game, and he insisted that "we were not lucky" top man :)