Your worst ever Villa player

[dave shelley]

Tommy Craig pissed me off by signing for Sheffield Wednesday when The Doc was trying to sign him from Aberdeen.  His reasons for joining them over us?  Geographical FFS!

[wittonwarrior]

Poorest player in a great Aston villa team David geddis.

[Damo70]

Poorest player in a great Aston villa team David geddis.

An effective stand in for Peter Withe with a good goal ratio in the few games he played, a number of them (if not all) were vital in a close title race.

[PeterWithesShin]

Scored in a 2-1 win over Wolves, twice with an assist in the 3-0 win over sha and in a 2-1 win over Saints. 4 goals in 9 games and all vital. 

[Flamingo Lane]

I think Geddis also made a significant contribution in the season before we won the league, when we were very much a team in transition.

[Pete]

Scored in a 2-1 win over Wolves, twice with an assist in the 3-0 win over sha and in a 2-1 win over Saints. 4 goals in 9 games and all vital. 

The goals against Wolves and Southampton were the winning goals too. Without those four points we finish runners up to Ipswich.

[Damo70]

I seem to recall David Geddis' goals being the main reason Ron Saunders' Small Heath bounced straight back up in 1985.  I think he got a hatrick in a top of the table clash at Portsmouth in the run in. He also had a good goals record at Barnsley in between playing for us and them.

Just Wiki'd him. 12 in 47 for Villa, 24 in 45 for Barnsley and 18 in 46 for Small Heath. Surprisingly just 5 in 43 for Ipswich but I think he was often sub or played wide.

[Pat McMahon]

I seem to recall David Geddis' goals being the main reason Ron Saunders' Small Heath bounced straight back up in 1985.  I think he got a hatrick in a top of the table clash at Portsmouth in the run in. He also had a good goals record at Barnsley in between playing for us and them.

Just Wiki'd him. 12 in 47 for Villa, 24 in 45 for Barnsley and 18 in 46 for Small Heath. Surprisingly just 5 in 43 for Ipswich but I think he was often sub or played wide.

Those stats - as well as the importance of his goals in 1980-81 - are reason why his name should not even be mentioned on this thread.

His main problem was that he wasn't Andy Gray and fans were hoping for a like for like replacement.

[Virgil Caine]

I liked Geddis and best memory was the local derby against the filth when playing against him was a lad known to me, Phil Hawker. Geddis tore him a new one that afternoon and as Phil was ( and probably still is) a very decent human being I had the unique feeling of actually feeling sorry for a bluenose player. Hasten to add that particular emotion has never been repeated over the last 32 years or so.

[Damo70]

I liked Geddis and best memory was the local derby against the filth when playing against him was a lad known to me, Phil Hawker. Geddis tore him a new one that afternoon and as Phil was ( and probably still is) a very decent human being I had the unique feeling of actually feeling sorry for a bluenose player. Hasten to add that particular emotion has never been repeated over the last 32 years or so.

I might be wrong but I think Hawker may have only been 18 at the time. I also think he might have been played out of position at left back as he was a centre half. I also think it may have been his debut. But to be fair I might be wrong on all three counts!

[dcdavecollett]

Wasn't Hawker put forward as a new Beckenbauer when he first came through?

Didn't quite work out, did it?

[LeeB]

Wasn't Hawker put forward as a new Beckenbauer when he first came through?

Didn't quite work out, did it?

Tait was supposed to be the new Francis, and neither did that.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I seem to recall David Geddis' goals being the main reason Ron Saunders' Small Heath bounced straight back up in 1985.  I think he got a hatrick in a top of the table clash at Portsmouth in the run in. He also had a good goals record at Barnsley in between playing for us and them.

Just Wiki'd him. 12 in 47 for Villa, 24 in 45 for Barnsley and 18 in 46 for Small Heath. Surprisingly just 5 in 43 for Ipswich but I think he was often sub or played wide.

Those stats - as well as the importance of his goals in 1980-81 - are reason why his name should not even be mentioned on this thread.

His main problem was that he wasn't Andy Gray and fans were hoping for a like for like replacement.

And that the team was later set up to play around Peter Withe as a pivot, something Geddis was never going to be.

[Chris Jameson]

I remember going to see Bradford City play a couple of times with a mate when I lived in Leeds and being quite impressed with how useless their centre forward was.

I still remember the glee on my mate's face when he came in to let me know Villa had signed Ormondroyd, I thought he was making it up so phoned Teamtalk to have the news confirmed. He was nowhere near the worst though.

I'm going for Micah Richards.

[Ron Manager]

Poorest player in a great Aston villa team David geddis.

That is utter rubbish. Dave Geddis had a good goalscoring record for the games he played much like Geoff Vowden did earlier.