Somehow I need to accommodate Alex Cropley for his part in 76/77 and creating the template for Gordon Cowans,
I still think our 90s teams were better than the MON teams. I also, controversially, leave Grealish on the bench because the players I have picked played full seasons for us in the top flight:a 5-3-2, classic villa formation:------------------------------Bosnich---------------------------------------------Laursen----McGrath----Ehiogu--------------------Charles-----------------------------------------Staunton----------------------Milner-----Merson-----Barry------------------------------------------- -Yorke----Benteke----------------------Subs:Friedel, Mellberg, Taylor, Townsend, A. Young, Grealish, Atkinson.This was tougher than I thought it would be! Very harsh on Petrov, Saunders and Carew and I was certain that I would have got Taylor into my first eleven. If I had gone 4-4-2 I probably would have got Petrov into the team with Milner right and Barry left.