NurembergVillan

Ormondroyd wasn't PL era, but you can sub him out for John Fashanu and get the same result.

Here you go! Squad number era only -

So, a Crap XI for Christmas! GK - KIRALY, Gabor CB - LESCOTT, Joleon CB - SCIMECA, Riccardo CB - UNSWORTH, David CM - KINSELLA, Mark CM - DJEMBA DJEMBA, Eric CM - LEONHARDSEN, Oyvind RM - TONEV, Aleksandr LM - PIRES, Robert ST - BOWERY, Jordan ST - CONTROL, Cant There's still a 12th day of Crapness to go, so it's over to you. Your nominations please for anyone I've left out who deserves a place in this shameful shower of shite.

Cole played for us on 30 occasions, so he's arguably more of a contender than Balaban as he was given more of a chance. In fact - Day 11, and it IS Carlton Cole. He looked superb on his debut against and thereafter truly earned his nickname Cant Control. Absolute dogshite.

There was no room for Makoun, Berson or Gudjonsson in that central midfield either! Still one more striker and a substitute to go...

The 10th day of Crapness, and onto the strikers. We've had a few crap strikers over the PL era, and some of them have gone down in folklore - Bosko Balaban, although he only played 8 times for us, and Gilles de Bilde who only played 4 times on loan. One striker arrived in a hail of question marks, and never really answered them despite playing 19 times for the first team. He failed to score in any of those appearances, and only had one performance of any value - a must-win home game against Hull where he played wide left and looked like a modern day Ian Ormondroyd. It comes to something when your best moment as a Villa player comes not in a pair of football boots, but in a borrowed wheelchair. That moment was so outstanding though. So uplifting at a time of true gloom for fans of AVFC. A ray of delightfully juvenile light through Randy Lerner's clouds of disinterest. And that moment almost saw him spared from this XI. But he was truly crap. Since leaving 2 years ago, Jordan Bowery has played for Rotherham, Bradford (loan), Oxford and now Leyton Orient, scoring 13 goals in 76 appearances - this on the back of 10 goals in 83 appearances for Chesterfield before his claret and blue drought. Nonetheless, all hail this gif! Jordan Bowery - crap at football but King of VillaTalk!

Brentford have 3 at the Sty!

Sounds like a firm of solicitors.

The 9th Day of Crapness, and never has a fall from grace been so obvious. A player for the opposite flank to Tonev, and one who 10 years earlier was everything Tonev wasn't. Sadly, by the time he got to Villa Park on his inflated contract, chauffeur driven helicopter, Michelin starred personal chef, and chateau within the grounds of Bodymoor Heath, the only thing that remained was his trademark flowing locks. And even they were looking a bit threadbare. Like a corked bottle of vintage wine, an overcooked filet steak, or a classic car left to rot in a back garden, it can only be Robert Pires...

I heard that at the time. I thought he would be a good signing for us, but all he seemed to do was stroll around pointing - it was like his brain could still read the game well but his legs just couldn't do anything about it.

Day 8, and a wide player none of us had ever heard of but who all of us salivated over while watching YouTube videos of him taking corners with either foot and scoring 60 yard wonder strikes. As is often the case with YouTube footage though, it owed a lot to some selective editing. He DID score the "atomic" shots in the videos, but only because all he ever did was shoot. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Aleksandr Tonev... Absolute garbage...

Yep. Eric Djemba-Djemba. Absolutely awful footballer.

Sorry - forgot that I've got the dubious luxury of knowing who I'm selecting! Anyway - here's to a future free of shite!

The 7th Day of Crapness, and another one from the Diadora/Rover kit era...

6th Day of Crapness... Nooooooooooooo!

What I mean is, whatever his upper limit of performance is - we're not going to see it. He's shot as far as claret and blue is concerned. PS Edson told me to say Hi

Intercepting the opposition and laying it off to nearby teammates. Personally, I'd sell him as I think the last few seasons have taken their toll and he's not going to reach his potential here, and maybe anywhere else. Nonetheless, I think the current set up doesn't give him the chance to make the most of what he is capable of.

I thought he played well today. He needs to be the quiet one getting on with it in the midfield, but with our other options the onus is on him to be the superstar when it's just not his gig.

Even without the performance tonight I'd have taken £25m for him without hesitation. I don't endorse selling our best players, but sometimes it's a case of "money talks, and bullshit walks".

Seriously?! Jesus wept...

Dunno if I can watch any more of this...

Keeping him fresh because of Ayew going to the ACON.

What a stop from Green!