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Hitz! Loved him when he first came through - despite shooting far too often at times, when it did hit it was magic - I think I recall he went through a purple spell when almost every week he seemed to score a cracker and the derby one over West Brom was smashing. 

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Doing this during our awful performance against Norwich.  An advent calendar should contain something to cheer you up, but we're on window 13 - unlucky for us over the years, as a string of third-rate goalkeepers have worn the shirt.  

There are certain pornographic connotations to the shirt for us though.  Bosnich was filmed dressed as woman during an orgy, Stefan Postma was filmed being "tackled from behind" by his Mrs, and Michael Oakes reportedly had an enormous 'goal kick' on him.

Absolutely no contest today really, though...

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Honourable mentions - Stefan Postma, just because of THAT video and admitting that he was surprised to be a last-minute call up for a game against Arsenal, only finding out whilst he was tucking into his Full English breakfast.

Dishonourable mentions - Neil Cutler, Stuart Taylor and Michael Bradley.

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Here we are at Day 16 - seemingly the number of the traitor.  Alpay, Delph, Lescott - all regulars in the number 16 and all let the club down in one way or another.  Add in Mathieu Berson, Simon Grayson and Peter Crouch and it's a fair old motley crew to choose from.

One player stands out though, and even though he could easily be added to the traitor list for bailing out to Middlesbrough I still hold fond memories of his time at VP.  From a shocking debut to one of the first names on the teamsheet, Ugoooooooooo -

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Honourable mentions - Fabian Delph.

Dishonourable mentions - Alpay, Lescott, Fabian Delph.

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Window 17, and it's fallow ground here I'm afraid folks.

There's a standout candidate for the shirt, and one who should really have seen himself written into Villa folklore with far more depth than he is.  In terms of this shirt, his competition includes the likes of Neil Cox, Franz Carr and Peter Whittingham.  So, erm, yeah.

The man who might have been -

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Honourable mentions - Moustapha Salifou

Dishonourable mentions - Jean II Makoun

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Window 18, and for me it's a shirt for strikers.  Ivan Zamorano at Inter will always be in my heart when it comes to the number 18 (Google it if you need to).

At Villa, the 18 has seen a mix of the exotic and the familiar, the extraordinary and the downright ordinary.  From Italians Benito Carbone and Fabio Ferraresi, to Englishmen Steve Stone and Emile Heskey this shirt has been worn by the amazing to the has-beens to the never-weres.

Today though, for as much as his departure was downright horrible, and he played for them lot down the road, and he thinks he has a divine right to be our manager, when he wore that number 18 it was becoming apparent that we had a very, very special player on our hands.  Start spreading the news...

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Honourable mention for Benito Carbone.

Dishonourable mentions for Fabio Ferraresi, Emile Heskey, Yacouba Sylla and Kieran Richardson.  Oh, and Carlton Cole.

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