BG_Villa_Fan

How ironic, words escape me.

Yea, thought so. Is it safe to conclude that you've never had anything good to say about any Villa squad and manager you've watched?

What a load of bollocks 'Stevo.' We would be in the same predicament as Liverpool, in the top four, but no chance of winning the league, as our present squad is just as bad as Liverpool's. There's is maybe slightly better as they have Benayoun, Mascherano, Johnson, Carragher and Kuyt. We have, well, imm, Young and thats it. The rest of our players come under the headline, Distinctly Average! So, you only rate Young,yet in the thread about selling Young you said : 'I would sell him for less than 24m. He is too limited in his play and too easy to stop!' Surely a contradiction. Do you actually have anything good to say about anyone at the Villa?

IMO this was because we didn't use him properly and Citeh aren't either. Again, IMO, I would love to see Barry in a Plop type set up with a DCM (Mascherano/Essien type) plus an attacking CM (Gerrard or Lampard type) with GB as the playmaker (Alonso or Pirlo type). I think that this would be the optimal formation for Gareth. This is not the optimal, this is the only position he thrives in. He's nowhere near the level of Gerrard, Torres, Alonoso, etc.

agreed Voted for Southers. Laursen would be my 2nd pick Totally agree and said much the same earlier in the thread. Southgate comes second only to McGrath in the list of defenders I've seen in our colours, superb player. yep. I think the fact that it looks like he isn't going to make it into the first 11 in our team is a sad indictment on us fans. Before condemning all Villa fans take a look at what the poll is about. I doubt you would have liked Southgate's contributions to Villa in this decade. Mellberg represents the 00's for Villa,and not just the defensive line. If not for him we would have been in the fizzy pop league. Excellent and underrated player due to the cack he was surrounded with. True legend.

Milner works very hard and I think he's wonderful, but Ash is a match winner and he's shining in our team because we're severely lacking the type of players who make things happen out of nowhere. I'd compare Milner to Barry - both excellent players, who work hard and help a team, but then you need players like Ash to work their magic. Bottomline, there are way more players who work hard than players who are match winners.

I'd never even consider changing the colours, we're the original claret and blue, however, the new badge is terrible.

Agree with most of this bar the extreme hatred towards Crouch. Crouch should of been bought and just used in the reserves until he was ready for Premiership football at a big club IMO. But the team should of been built around Juan Pablo, the best thing DOL did was notice this and get him back to somehwere near his best. The man was class and could of been playing in the champions league, we **** his career up and he never complained - and was just a gentleman about it. The same goes for Mellberg, he had 2-3 seasons where he could of been playing in the champions league when we looked like doing absolutely **** all, but thats another topic. I wish Juan was still here, even if it was just as cover - but I guess after his loyal service he couldnt be denied the chance for one last pay day and to be a hero and score regular goals again. I agree wholeheartedly! Mellberg and Angel were the two bright spots on a very bad team in a very dark period.They both could have left but sticked to Villa because they loved the club and I will forever be grateful to them. Both heroes, without them we would have been playing championship football. Also you could argue anything about Angel's ability, but you can't question his desire and his love for the club. That's good enough for me as a fan.