Villa's Fab 50 Top Players

[VillaZogmariner]

Seems the OS are running a list of the top 50 players to ever wear our beloved shirt.

Number 50 - John Carew

I liked Big John, but I am sure there are people more worthy of a top 50 spot than he is.

[cdbearsfan]

That Times list by the bloke who sells H&V by the Holte End was a pretty good top fifty.

Linkymonkey

[supertom]

Strange one. If they're thinking more recently in their decisions, then I can see it, kind of. Though I'd find it difficult to pick between Carew and Angel, if you were including a forward from the last decade. I think they'll put McGrath or Cowens at number 1 spot.

[VillaZogmariner]

Number 49 - Juan Pablo Angel

[Irish villain]

I'd rate JPA higher than Carew. People seem to forget Angel played in quite a poor villa side but was very prolific in two seasons. Imagine if we had Downing/Milner and Young feeding him crosses in his prime?

[cdbearsfan]

I guess it must be top 50 Premier League players?

[*shellac*]

Definitely.  Football only starts in 1992.

[cdbearsfan]

Number 48... Bosko Balaban.

[Meanwood Villa]

Carew rates above Angel in my eyes. Whether either are worthy of being in the top 50 is another matter entirely. With a history as rich as ours you could probably name 50 pre-war more worthy than either Big John or JPA.

[cdbearsfan]

Number 47 Mark Kinsella.

[VillaZogmariner]

According to the Official AVFC Twitter - Danny Blanchflower, Dalian Atkinson, Earl Barrett, Paul Birch, Mark Delaney, Ugo Ehiogu. Stuart Gray, Brad Friedel and Stewart Downing were all close but didn't make the top 50.

Birch, Delaney, Ugo and possibly Atkinson all deserve to be above Carew in my opinion.

[dave.woodhall]

Earl Barrett and Stuart Gray???

[cdbearsfan]

"Danny Blanchflower, Dalian Atkinson, Earl Barrett, Paul Birch, Mark Delaney, Ugo Ehiogu. Stuart Gray, Brad Friedel and Stewart Downing"

None of them should be in the top fifty, in my opinion.

[pedro25]

Carew scored as many goals as Saunders did for us and far more than Atkinson, Angel scored a fair few more than Carew too, although he played more games.  In terms of our Prem strikers, Yorke was the stand out, but I wouldn't say there was much to choose between Carew, Dublin, Gabby and Angel, with Dalian, Vassell and Joachim in the next bracket.  Nilis would have been right up there I'm sure if he stayed fit too.

[pedro25]

Meant to put Deano in that top bracket too.