to take my mind off the current state of doom and gloom about the club, I got to thinking about the best side made up of players of the last 20 years. This lot wouldn't lose 1-0 at home to Sunderland...BosnichMellberg Laursen God BoumaCowans BarryMilner Platt YoungYorkesubs: Friedel, Staunton, Southgate, Townsend, Angel, Agbonlahor, Merson
.............................BosnichBarrett......McGrath.....Southgate......Staunton...................Cowans......Taylor.............Merson........Platt......Daley...............................Yorke
As I struggled to narrow down the best 11 Villa performers over 20 years I've gone off on a tangent and picked my team purely on Fantasy League points (at a guess!) earned over that time..... JamesMilner McGrath Southgate Staunton Ginola Merson Barry Pires Yorke DublinStruggled to think of a right-back so adopted the Villa approach of not having a full back there rather than go for Luke Young, Aaron Hughes or Steve Watson who'd probably get in on points. I'm sure Dunney would statistically get the nod for centre-half but I've deducted 1,000 points for every own goal. The two left-wing frogs will have to keep switching and Friedel, Phillips, Heskey & Crouch will be banging on my door when they see the teamsheet, but I can't keep everyone happy.