Olof Mellberg out.

[LeeB]

Despite the team being up and down throughout his seven years, he was a beacon of consistency, commitment, and character.

A warrior and a gentleman, King Olaf.

[nigel]

I don't think anyone is saying that. I obviously never saw Pongo or Devey  but know they are right at the top of Villa legends.

The point is, someone younger will class a player like Ollie as a legend, when he probably isn't. He qualifies as a very good player for us and a cult hero, imo. The problem is the terms legend and world class etc are thrown around so much these days it kind of dilutes what it means. Plus we all have different opinions of what makes a legend. Plenty think Deano, Merson, Dublin are Villa legends for example while I don't. And some folks will love a player and that makes them a legend in their opinion. I've always loved Tony Daley as an example, but he is a cult hero of mine rather than a Villa legend.

I'm assuming here that, like myself, you're around the 50+ mark, PWS?
We forget that youngsters use the word differently to us, too.
If a chap drinks a pint in under 10 seconds, he's regarded as a legend.
My lads show me these home made YouTube clips they're found. "Look at this, Dad. What a legend"

As supertom says, Legend or Cult Hero, it doesn't matter. In some ways they are the same.

50+? Sod off!

Ooops 

[Clampy]

I don't think anyone is saying that. I obviously never saw Pongo or Devey  but know they are right at the top of Villa legends.

The point is, someone younger will class a player like Ollie as a legend, when he probably isn't. He qualifies as a very good player for us and a cult hero, imo. The problem is the terms legend and world class etc are thrown around so much these days it kind of dilutes what it means. Plus we all have different opinions of what makes a legend. Plenty think Deano, Merson, Dublin are Villa legends for example while I don't. And some folks will love a player and that makes them a legend in their opinion. I've always loved Tony Daley as an example, but he is a cult hero of mine rather than a Villa legend.

I'm assuming here that, like myself, you're around the 50+ mark, PWS?
We forget that youngsters use the word differently to us, too.
If a chap drinks a pint in under 10 seconds, he's regarded as a legend.
My lads show me these home made YouTube clips they're found. "Look at this, Dad. What a legend"

As supertom says, Legend or Cult Hero, it doesn't matter. In some ways they are the same.

50+? Sod off!

49?

[PeterWithesShin]

[Percy McCarthy]

I don't think anyone is saying that. I obviously never saw Pongo or Devey  but know they are right at the top of Villa legends.

The point is, someone younger will class a player like Ollie as a legend, when he probably isn't. He qualifies as a very good player for us and a cult hero, imo. The problem is the terms legend and world class etc are thrown around so much these days it kind of dilutes what it means. Plus we all have different opinions of what makes a legend. Plenty think Deano, Merson, Dublin are Villa legends for example while I don't. And some folks will love a player and that makes them a legend in their opinion. I've always loved Tony Daley as an example, but he is a cult hero of mine rather than a Villa legend.

I'm assuming here that, like myself, you're around the 50+ mark, PWS?
We forget that youngsters use the word differently to us, too.
If a chap drinks a pint in under 10 seconds, he's regarded as a legend.
My lads show me these home made YouTube clips they're found. "Look at this, Dad. What a legend"

As supertom says, Legend or Cult Hero, it doesn't matter. In some ways they are the same.

50+? Sod off!

49?

Born in '49.

[cdbearsfan]

Which century?

[Ivo Stas]

I tend to have a favourite player (legend) per era (which I categorise by manager). So Olof is my David O'Leary era legend\cult-hero.

With no great consideration, my other eras might look like this:

Joe Venglos - Chris Price
Ron Atkinson - Dean Saunders
Brian Little - Dwight Yorke
John Gregory - Ian Taylor
Graham Taylor - Peter Schmeichel (until he got rid of him for Enkleman). To be honest, struggling to think of anyone from this era...
David O'Leary - Olof Mellberg
Martin O'Neill - Martin Laursen
Gerard Houllier - Marc Albrighton
Alex McLeish - Gabby Agbonlahor
Paul Lambert - Christian Benteke

[Toronto Villa]

Houllier - Bent
McLeish -Keane

MON has a few: Ash, Carew, Milner, Barry, Gabby could all be considered key in that short era

[SoccerHQ]

Overall fantastic for us between 01-04 before he had a dip for a few years partnering Ridgewell- sound familiar?

Had a decent year playing RB aswell under MON.