My Villa team to beat the world

[jwarry]

Yep my Dad would have picked most of them, but he did like our occasional great players like sir Brian, Sid, Andy Gray et al.  But compare then to our current team and I think most of them are beginning to stand up to our greats

[Breezeblock]

My dad worked with George Cummings at Hardy Spicer. Told me he could beat any of the youngsters with ease when he was in his sixties.

[Rotterdam]

I've been following Villa for 52 years and have only seen two of that line up!

Snap. 

Ditto after 43 years.

[Percy McCarthy]

My dad worked with George Cummings at Hardy Spicer. Told me he could beat any of the youngsters with ease when he was in his sixties.

Might be apocryphal, but they say Stanley Matthews used to cry off with a bad back when he had to face George at The Villa.

Cloughie reckoned it was between George and someone else for the GOAT in that position. Good enough for me.

[SaddVillan]

In all my time following Villa - and that goes back to the fifties , I don't recall us having such a strong squad.

Across the pitch, from back to front, we've got an embarrassment of riches.

And it's only going to get better - as Ned, Bogarde, Philogene, Chaos  Maatsen, Rogers , JJ and Onana mature, gain experience and learn through more tutoring from El Prof.

Then we've got a crop of kids coming through from the Academy and U21 sides.

Not forgetting that we've also got  Monchi and Co. searching high and low across the globe to find top players/hidden gems who we can sign  in coming windows to further improve the strength and depth of the squad.

Could we be approaching period to  match that of the McGregor/Ramsey era?

[Mister E]

I've been a fan of Villa for 55 years, so understandably I'd have John Gidman, Sid, Brian and Andy Gray in the mix. But some of those names are legendary, to be sure.