LancsVillan Posted July 31, 2005 Moderator Share Posted July 31, 2005 could be close this one, depending on the objectivity of the voters methinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Deano, first Villa hero I've had and I'll always look back on him as an absolute legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Deano, by a gnats hair. Agree with Paddy, my first Villa hero. Although I do rate Yorke as the better player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Dwight Yorke for me - for the money (and tracksuits alledgedly) spent to aquire his services and the ammount we sold him for was an absolute bargain. His tricks and creativity on the pitch were dazzling and that penalty against the Arse where he chipped it so it casually bounced over the line was sublime He had his best years at the Villa (both on and off the pitch) and IMO is a Villa legend (shame he went to the b-lose though :cry: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christaffy Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Deano - absolute legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steell Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 For overall pace, ability and finishing (as well as being one of the greatest headers of the ball I've ever seen) I think it'll be a while before we see anyone as good as Yorke in a Villa shirt. That was until he started to appear in Bozzie's porn films....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablopicasso Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 saunders.. simply becuase he wasnt a money grabbing clearing in the woods who turned on the fans who idolised him... used to baffle me how saunders never bit his toungue off when playing... it spent more time out of his mouth than in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis_B Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Objectively...... Yorke by a mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_W Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Deanoooooooo Yorke ruined it when he signed for the filth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Course it is Yorke by a distance, quality player and the only forward we have had in my lifetime of watching Villa who was good enough to play for the very best teams. Dean Saunders had one great spell for about 30 games and that was it, plenty of running, plenty of hitting bars but not quite good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Yorke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccerHQ Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Dwight Yorke easily. And he was right to go sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Course he was only the very dumb can not begrudge a player for leaving us to go to Man Ure and three tophies and 30 goals in a season proved this. what I was angry about when he left was it was the time I realised the club had given up on their little ambition for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishmangiant Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Deano for me... Was a direct player like Van Nistelrooy, and aggressive like .... someone who is aggressive. I enjoyed when Dwight Yorke was at the club, he was a flair player, but I could never take losing him to Manchester Ushited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanvillatalk Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Sorry to comment on this so late but what I loved about the Deano signing was that Big Ron was on the pitch talking to the fans before we signed him and he said - 'we're doing everything we can to bring Dean Saunders to this club' - then he had that debut against Liverpool - happy days....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 10, 2005 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2005 Definitely Dwight Yorke. Best forward this club has had for a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villahero Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I'd say Yorkie but i will always love deano for saying on sky we were the best club he'd ever played for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Hm, tough call beteween Atkinson, mostly 'cause he scored probably the best goal ever on VP, Deano, well, he was Deano and was a pure finishing talent. Maybe our best finisher since Platt, and always a happy face, and, oh, that tongue of his and Yorke of course. And I'd go for Yorke in the end. But for Deano, he didn't make his debut against Liverpool. He made his home-debut against Pool but his real debut was against Leeds scoring a goal that was disallowed 'cause of offside, an arguable offside. Wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanvillatalk Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Ah yes I remeber now - Steve Hodge scored the equaliser as I recall. I think Gary Parker got our goal..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Saunders was the one for me and as a midfield player Platt scored as many as most of our strikers in this period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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