John McGinn

[Tuscans]

@jmcginn7

What a night at Villa Park to secure champions league football again 😍 An unbelievable effort from the boys this season with some very tough competition. 10 goals in the one season has been an ambition of mine my whole career and I’m proud to finally have done it! Now we refocus for one last job. Enjoy the week stay safe, see you in Istanbul and UP THE VILLA ✈️ 🇹🇷


📲 Morgan Rogers on Instagram:

“Retire the 7.”

[Eckybloke]

Someone mentioned singing Sunshine on Leith when he leaves. I think it should be sung if he lifts the EL on Wednesday. Don’t want to leave it for the day our hearts get broken 🤣

[eamonn]

Our most important player in decades.

Just when you think you can't love him any more..

Monty or McGinn? They both play key roles in Villa's present.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Our most important player in decades.

Just when you think you can't love him any more..

Monty or McGinn? They both play key roles in Villa's present.

There are certain questions on here you shouldn't ask.

[Monty]

It's just an honour to be nominated.

[Drummond]

Firstly, that goal on Friday was like time stood still for a moment as he just paused and waited before picking his spot.

Martinez, Torres, Kamara, McGinn, Watkins.

That's a great spine of a team and at times, various of them have been declared our most important player. If any of them are missing, we're significantly weaker. But there's something about McGinn that elevates him, he's a proper leader on, and off, the pitch. Much like Gerrard for Liverpool, Fernandes for ManUtd, Rice for West Ham then Arsenal and all the other examples out there, he's the player that can lift everyone else. His sheer will to perform sets an example for everyone to follow. He performs consistently well and gets better all the time.

I loved the interaction he had with my son and other supporters after a game last season. It was late, he was the last one out, and yet he had time to talk to everyone and be personal with it. He understands what it means to be a captain and role model and frankly he's just immense.

As has been mentioned, that work he did last year in Arizona sounds exceptional, and it was his motivation and drive that got him to do it. Love the player, love the man.

[Dogtanian]

Interview with our captain:

https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/02a5-20a75def2976-b4be97bc529b-1000--john-mcginn-interview-aston-villa-s-captain-on-his-europ/

"It would mean everything to me, personally. There’s no one in that dressing room that wants it more than me. I’ve been through a lot here, so to get my hands on that trophy would mean absolutely everything." 

[Hillbilly]

Greedy sod. He’s already got winner’s medals in the Scottish League Cup and FA Cup. What more could a man need?

[Smirker]

Someone mentioned singing Sunshine on Leith when he leaves. I think it should be sung if he lifts the EL on Wednesday. Don’t want to leave it for the day our hearts get broken 🤣

Why? He's a Celtic fan.

[Walmley_Villa]

Someone mentioned singing Sunshine on Leith when he leaves. I think it should be sung if he lifts the EL on Wednesday. Don’t want to leave it for the day our hearts get broken 🤣

Why? He's a Celtic fan.

Have to agree as he isn't a Leith native....Flower of Scotland?

[ADVILLAFAN]

He's a big fan of 'If you want to go to heaven when you die. You must wear a Shawfield bonnet and a tie' I heard.

[Dogtanian]

Surely, he'll get a right tear in his eye with a heartfelt rendition of something more traditional:

[Hillbilly]

Surely there's only one song fits the bill - altogether now...

I like big butts and I cannot lie...

[Mister E]

Wonderful. Best player for Villa since Yorke.

For sheer commitment, it would be 'since Gazza Bazza' for me.
Re SJM, he is a throwback to a time when players really did play for the club with emotional commitment and 'love'. I think he has been - along with Konsa and Watkins (and perhaps Big Emi) - stalwarts and a product of both Deano and Emery's development of proper dedication to the cause. Maybe it's been SJM's attitude which has made that emotional bond so strong for others.
As Drummond said above, he is an icon for the club in the same way as other talismen have been for other clubs.