Best player youve seen playing against the villa at V P

[Big Dick Edwards]

I was at the Barca game in 78 and Cruyff was indeed outstanding. Juve too in 1983 were an amazing team. I'd still say Thierry Henry was the best player I've seen at Villa Park though, followed by Ryan Giggs.

The best European team I saw at Villa Park wasn't Barca or Juve though. It was Moscow Spartak in around 1983. They passed us off the park and deservedly scored in the last minute to take the tie.

The best English side I've seen at VP was Arsenal about six years ago. They were 3-0 up at half time and it was the closest I've been to leaving the ground with half the game still to play. We were completely outclassed and humiliated in that 45 minutes. It was like dying from a thousand cuts.

[Archie]

I saw him on TV in 1982-1983 EC game: Michel Platini.
I hate Juventus, that beat us home and away but Platini was a true legend.

http://wn.com/aston_villa_juventus_1_2_1982_83

[JJ-AV]

Not an obvious one, but the one that always sticks in my mind is Paul Merson for Arsenal around the 95/96 season. Villa 2-0 up, and Merson just took the game by the scruff of the neck, and inspired the Arse to get an draw, with them equalising in stoppage time.

I've a vague recollection of this, did Ian Wright score the equaliser ridiculously late on?

I think this was near the start of my Villa going.

[Willie Anderson]

Beelzebub for QPR.

I think we've done this thread before... or am I getting deja-vu?

That's the one that sticks in my mind/craw, also I think Laurie Cunningham for Sheffield Wednesday.

Or was it Mark Chamberlain? I remember a young black lad coming on as sub & running rings arounds us.

[The Left Side]

Le Tissier always seemed to enjoy playing at Villa Park, and a few years after him I remember watching Beckham taking free kicks in the warm up that could defy physics!

[anton hillman]

George Best or maybe Rodney Marsh

[thick_mike]

Another vote for Gullit, he looked like a dad playing with kids...in exactly the same way McGrath used to. It was a brilliant dominating performance.

[class-of-82]

Cruyff for me to simply brilliant and have to agree with big dick Edwards again Moscow Spartak passed us off the park best team definetely

[Ron Manager]

This is post 5000.Because of my age I have seen many great players at Villa Park but nobody not even Pele and Cruyff come close to Jimmy Greaves.The greatest footballer I have ever seen.

[Damo70]

George Best or maybe Rodney Marsh

Even an older overweight George Best showed some flashes of skill at Villa Park. And that was in a Villa shirt in a friendly against the Albion for the Bradford fire disaster fund in 1985.

[Broughty-Villian]

Cruyff or Platini, two of the best performances I have seen, but they both had pretty decent teams to help them.

Begrudgingly always thought Souness played well against us even though I hated him.

[Deano's Mullet]

Pretty sure I've said it before in this thread but David White scored all five one dreadful night in 1991.  He looked like Pele that night.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Pretty sure I've said it before in this thread but David White scored all five one dreadful night in 1991.  He looked like Pele that night.

He scored 4 and set the fifth up. 

[castlefields_villan]

I was at the Barca game in 78 and Cruyff was indeed outstanding. Juve too in 1983 were an amazing team. I'd still say Thierry Henry was the best player I've seen at Villa Park though, followed by Ryan Giggs.

The best European team I saw at Villa Park wasn't Barca or Juve though. It was Moscow Spartak in around 1983. They passed us off the park and deservedly scored in the last minute to take the tie.

The best English side I've seen at VP was Arsenal about six years ago. They were 3-0 up at half time and it was the closest I've been to leaving the ground with half the game still to play. We were completely outclassed and humiliated in that 45 minutes. It was like dying from a thousand cuts.

I remember this tie well, George Gavin was ranting on brmb about a couple of things in the away leg (a 2-2 draw), first of all "the best goal I have ever seen" (his words and I've still got the cassette somewhere) and a dubious last minute penalty for them to make it 2-2.

Still we thought a 2-2 away draw was a decent result. If I remember correctly, we went 1-0 up early in the home leg and we thought that would be it, however, as has been mentioned by a couple of people, once they made it 3-3 on aggregate we were up against it and they deservedly got that last minute winner.

[Deano's Mullet]

Pretty sure I've said it before in this thread but David White scored all five one dreadful night in 1991.  He looked like Pele that night.

He scored 4 and set the fifth up. 

I always thought he got all 5. Funny how memory plays tricks on you.