Who will be the best player?

[Arsey]

marc

[gervilla]

I think wee Barry Brainer is gonna be spraying balls around Villa park for many years to come.... or Eastlands.

[timeoutbigbar]

Hopefully by the time he has fully established himself the Mansours will have long gone..

[gervilla]

Hopefully by the time he has fully established himself the Oil barrens will have long gone..

Hopefully, as I would be really pissed off if those fuckers raid our midfield for anymore of our gems....Super Marc included.

[VillaZogmariner]

When Peter Whittingham burst onto the scene I bet my friend £250 that he would be in the Euro 2004 squad.

Never again will I comment on which player I think will make it!

[villaross]

When Fabian Delph returns to the side, if he can get back to his best performances that he was showing at Leeds and started to show at Villa Park, then he will be a great player for the club.

Hopefully this knee injury won't be too much of a set-back for the lad and he can impress Gerard Houllier when he returns to fitness.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I think wee Barry Brainer is gonna be spraying balls around Villa park for many years to come.... or Eastlands.

His weighted ball in the first half to Downing the weekend against manure was first class

[timeoutbigbar]

When Fabian Delph returns to the side, if he can get back to his best performances that he was showing at Leeds and started to show at Villa Park, then he will be a great player for the club.

Hopefully this knee injury won't be too much of a set-back for the lad and he can impress Gerard Houllier when he returns to fitness.

Any word on when this return to fitness might be? Thought i remembered hearing something about christmas but may have imagined it.

[Matt C]

Extended piece from Neil Moxley in the Daily Hate today on the 'kids', includes a mention for Johnson who I thought was a striker but he has him as a midfielder. Alos  includes an interesting graphic showing the ground Bannan covered on Saturday - there's not much green left!

But please don't in any way take this as a reason to buy the paper.

[Dante Lavelli]

...more from David Pleat at the Guardian (on Albrighton in particular):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/nov/15/marc-albrighton-villa-david-beckham

[pablopicasso_10]

interestingly, that mirrors what i mentioned in the match thread about his movement towards goal when not on the ball...

i also mentioned to my devon red mate on saturday during the game how similar his crossing is to david beckhams...

[Villa'Zawg]

Nathan has somewhat surprisingly been nominated for the prestigious Tuttosport Golden Boy award. Past winners include Rooney, Messi and Fabregas.

Tuttosport - Golden Boy

I also spotted this Italian article entitled "The boy wonder of Tyseley", which according to google translate concludes with...

"The future, in short, seems to really be in his hands and if they can care for a few time to talk about Nathan not end up as a possible star of the future but as one of the best players in the world on the square."

Stars of the future - Nathan Delfouneso

[Concrete John]

...more from David Pleat at the Guardian (on Albrighton in particular):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/nov/15/marc-albrighton-villa-david-beckham

Nice to see them getting some recognition.  If Marc had done what he has done for us this season at a London club he'd be in the England squad now.

[g_man_r]

I'd be surprised if Marc, Bannan and Clark are not all regular features in their international teams by Euro 2012. Jury is still open on the Fonz, a few more pitch minutes will do him no harm.

[Colhint]

see Barry has his own thread on RAWK

  RAWK