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Offline Fasth56

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2015, 09:54:04 PM »
It's all about opinions and for Weiman who I thought would have been ok if he been played in his right position I give you CNZ. I then add Isaiah Osbourne and raise you Ivor Linton and Mark Blake.

Offline Reuben

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2015, 09:56:52 PM »
Nigel Callaghan is the one I thought of before reading the thread,

David Hunt I don't recall being much use.

Offline Pat McMahon

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2015, 10:19:09 PM »
Bosky Balaban. I feared the worst when he came on as a sub in the home game v Man U in 2001 and was through v the keeper one on one and just looked bemused. I don't think he even got a shot away. A couple of weeks later away at Southampton he was similarly inept and I knew he was awful.

Offline KevinGage

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2015, 10:21:31 PM »
That prat of a goalkeeper with the tracksuit bottoms.

Even as an emergency loan, we could have surely done better.

Dean Spink and Dave Farrell were both comfortably out of their depth anywhere near first team selection too.

Offline Fin Feds Dad

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2015, 10:23:11 PM »
Tonev

Offline frankmosswasmyuncle

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2015, 10:31:20 PM »
The fu**ers who never bothered turning up on May 30th at Wembley.

Offline kiddylion

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #21 on: July 19, 2015, 10:41:42 PM »
That prat of a goalkeeper with the tracksuit bottoms.

Even as an emergency loan, we could have surely done better.

Dean Spink and Dave Farrell were both comfortably out of their depth anywhere near first team selection too.


I can always remember when Kiraly was in goal & Scholes scored that screamer at VP & the bloke next to me stood up blaming him as it went in the middle of the goal - poor chap

Offline itbrvilla

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #22 on: July 19, 2015, 11:24:31 PM »
Gary Penrice,Carl Tiler more recently I'd say Sylla & Grant Holt
Always thought Weimann did ok & scored a few decent goals
I remember Tiler making his debut against Man U I think at OT.  Always remember him playing well.  Don't remember much else about him.

Offline IBEECH

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BEST EVER CENTRE HALF WHICH WE NEED
« Reply #23 on: July 19, 2015, 11:42:10 PM »
    SEEN MANY GOOD CENTRAL DEFENDERS OVER THE YEARS.MELLBERG,ETC.BEST BY FAR PAUL MC.GRATH KNACKERED KNEES.BUT COULD HE READ A GAME.ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.HOPE WE CAN FIND ANOTHER ONE DEFINETELY WEAK POSITION.

Offline Axl Rose

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #24 on: July 20, 2015, 03:07:09 AM »
    SEEN MANY GOOD CENTRAL DEFENDERS OVER THE YEARS.MELLBERG,ETC.BEST BY FAR PAUL MC.GRATH KNACKERED KNEES.BUT COULD HE READ A GAME.ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.HOPE WE CAN FIND ANOTHER ONE DEFINETELY WEAK POSITION.

    How do you even manage to write in that style? Amazing.

    As for players-Heskey and Kinsella for me.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2015, 04:36:06 AM by Axl Rose »

Offline Axl Rose

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #25 on: July 20, 2015, 04:42:38 AM »
    SEEN MANY GOOD CENTRAL DEFENDERS OVER THE YEARS.MELLBERG,ETC.BEST BY FAR PAUL MC.GRATH KNACKERED KNEES.BUT COULD HE READ A GAME.ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.HOPE WE CAN FIND ANOTHER ONE DEFINETELY WEAK POSITION.

    How do you even manage to write in that style? Amazing.

    As for players-Heskey and Kinsella for me.


Don't really know what's happening with my writing either...

I also thought,barring his debut against Southampton,and a match against Blues where Sorensen first started being crap, Carlton Cole was pretty rubbish.

Other crap players include Schmeichal, Bakke, NZogbia  and Luna

Offline Rotterdam

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #26 on: July 20, 2015, 08:17:49 AM »
    SEEN MANY GOOD CENTRAL DEFENDERS OVER THE YEARS.MELLBERG,ETC.BEST BY FAR PAUL MC.GRATH KNACKERED KNEES.BUT COULD HE READ A GAME.ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.HOPE WE CAN FIND ANOTHER ONE DEFINETELY WEAK POSITION.
Welcome IBEECH, try not to use capital letters as it will upset people; also, your words of wisdom don't really answer the question.

I'll go for Bosko or DJDJ.[/list]

Offline brian green

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #27 on: July 20, 2015, 08:47:03 AM »
For me Andreas is nowhere near the bottom 50 worst players.  Buster Craddock wins the Palme de Merde by a nose from the microscopic Herbie Smith.  Hard on their tails are Billy Goffin, Nigel Callaghan, Simon Stainrod, Warren Aspinall, Useless Ulises DLC, Didier Agathe, Gary Penrice, David Norton, Bosko Balaban, Dean Spink, the Djemba twins, Steve Sims, Tony Moon, Tonev - to name just a few.

I would like to add an honourable mention for Neil Rioch who might have been nowhere near as talented as his brother but who has worked tirelessly for the club since his playing days and who is a thoroughly good bloke.

PS Stobart (first name forgotton) was very very poor also.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2015, 08:52:56 AM by brian green »

Offline SteveN

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #28 on: July 20, 2015, 09:09:09 AM »


PS Stobart (first name forgotton) was very very poor also.

Barry Stobart would be on my list along with Bobby Park of about the same era.  Although whole hearted but I always thought Dave Poutney was a dreadful footballer.  Of a later generation, Kinsella, Tonev are the first that come to mind.

Offline Deano's Mullet

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Re: Your worst ever Villa player
« Reply #29 on: July 20, 2015, 09:29:38 AM »
Carl Tiler was ok... just average. Injured on his debut and out for a year, he did ok when he came in though he was in a defence alongside Staunton, Ehiogu and Southgate. He wasn't as bad as some of the names mentioned. Good goal vs Forest.

 


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