TomC Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 21 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Mark Draper. Never though of him as a defensive midfielder. When we signed him, he was hyped as a playmaker. 14 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Gordon Cowans, a CM who could put a tackle in and could pass excellently with both feet, great player, really great. The question was for the Premier League era. He played one season in the PL era and made all of 11 appearances. One of the 5 best players in the history of the club, but not our best DCM of the PL era. I may not have fully appreciated DCMs back then, so take it with a grain of salt, but how about Kevin Richardson? He was the #6 in the 1992-93 runner up team and the 1994 League Cup winning team. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, TomC said: Never though of him as a defensive midfielder. When we signed him, he was hyped as a playmaker. The question was for the Premier League era. He played one season in the PL era and made all of 11 appearances. One of the 5 best players in the history of the club, but not our best DCM of the PL era. I may not have fully appreciated DCMs back then, so take it with a grain of salt, but how about Kevin Richardson? He was the #6 in the 1992-93 runner up team and the 1994 League Cup winning team. Fair shout, I didn't read the OP properly (my trademark). It was more of a 2 man job back then, if one takes it forward, his mate covers and vice versa. Andy Townsend too I'd say but they were more an all around CM then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Fair shout, I didn't read the OP properly (my trademark). It was more of a 2 man job back then, if one takes it forward, his mate covers and vice versa. Andy Townsend too I'd say but they were more an all around CM then. Agreed about the Richardson-Townsend pairing. Before Townsend replaced Gary Parker, I remember Parker being the more attacking of the two between him and Richardson, but maybe my memory has faded. Plus we didn't get every game over here back then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, messi11 said: Carlos "The Rock" Sanchez or Rodrigo "The Thin One" Bentancur Carlos Sanchez...the biggest mystery of a player. Could look really tidy and actually had decent passing technique, he just never timed them right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Difficult question as the DM only really came in when Makelele arrived in the Premier League, before then the midfielders were expected to do everything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Difficult question as the DM only really came in when Makelele arrived in the Premier League, before then the midfielders were expected to do everything I wouldn't necessarily say that. In many cases they were all-rounders, but in some cases, midfielders already had the reputation as ball winning specialists in the early PL era...Ince, Batty, to some extent Keane... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, TomC said: I wouldn't necessarily say that. In many cases they were all-rounders, but in some cases, midfielders already had the reputation as ball winning specialists in the early PL era...Ince, Batty, to some extent Keane... Nicky Butt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) edit: not very helpful Edited January 28, 2022 by ciggiesnbeer not very helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kiwivillan Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, supermon said: Glen Whelan He really was the closest to an out and out DCM that we've had since Gueye and did a great job. Seeing Petrov mentioned as a DCM makes me laugh. The guy was powderpuff in loads of games I loved Barry but was CM for us. Don't think he played DCM until he left City Edited January 28, 2022 by Kiwivillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PieFacE Posted January 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) Winks or Jenas Edited January 28, 2022 by PieFacE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 I am going for Tim Iroegbunam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 11 hours ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: @Steero113 Gavin McCann F**king right it was Big Gav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Barry. Easily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 11 hours ago, Condimentalist said: Not a classic DM but Barry ended up playing there, and for England, and was easily one of the best midfielders we've had in my lifetime. He was one of the main attacking outlets at villa , to think he started out as a central defender, then left back , left wing, then box to box midfielder, and became as DM at City and for England, arguably the most complete player in premier league history, there have been plenty of versatile players but none were good in all positions like Gareth Barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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