villa-revolution Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Well, seeing as everyone else appears to be celebrating 20 years of the Premier League, what about us? The famous, famous AVFC. Who in your considered opinion deserves nomination & inclusion in the highly coveted assembly of our best possible 11 players ever to grace our team during this 20 year period? You can choose whichever formation you like (please state it when posting), but because of the problem & extreme difficulty I had in choosing & accommodating central defenders I personally am plumping for 3 5 2 ( I do not see any possible way of missing out the 3 players that I have selected here for my best Villa team & unlike MON I won't be resorting to playing players out of position either, so moving " King Ollie" to right back is a definite, definite non starter! Sadly, I also reached the conclusion that none of our current playing staff came anywhere even close here in any of my thinking for their inclusion (a very, very sad indictment indeed) although I truly hope the promise & potential of our young players such as Gardner, Clark, Carruthers, Weimann et al is truly fulfilled & provides food for thought when nominations for 30 years plus of Premiership football are similarly being considered here or wherever so fit. What about our greatest player & performer in this time too? For me that really is/was a very very simple choice & I would be pretty amazed if their are too many dissenters (if any) to my nominated choice here! Next up too we have a range of managers who have served us over this particular period, arguably good, bad or indifferent dependent upon YOUR OWN point of view. Again, my choice here is simple & is purely based on 2 main factors, achievement & entertainment value. I would also like to state that MON came a very close 2nd here but as he didn't actually win anything I ruled him out. Finally, our greatest ever Premiership goal in 20 years? This really really was exceptionally difficult to decide. So, I've narrowed it down to top 3 & state them in nominated order. Finally, perhaps the mods would like to organise various polls on any or all of the following so that an independent result can be reached to everybodies democratic satisfaction: Best Team: So, playing 3 5 2 , I have gone for the following line up: David James Olof Mellberg (Paul McGrath (God) ) Martin Laursen Paul Merson Ian Taylor James Milner Andy Townsend Gareth Barry Dean Saunders John Carew* NB* a fit John Carew Best Manager: Ron Atkinson Best Player: Paul McGrath Best Goals: 1. Dalian Atkinson Wimbledon away December 1992 2. Gary Cahill Small Heath Alliance home April 2006 3. Dean Saunders Ipswich Town home Feb 1993 We all have our opinions, so, as per usual, it's over to you. Up The Villa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 GK Bosnich RB L Young LB Staunton CB McGrath CB Laursen RM Milner CM Townsend CM Barry LM A Young CF Yorke CF Saunders Undoubted best player: McGrath Undoubted best goal: Atkinson vs Wimbledon Manager: Big Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I would play 3-5-2 as well. Bosnich Mellberg McGrath Laursen Young Merson Barry Townsend Milner Yorke Saunders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I don't remember the first 2 or 3 seasons of the Prem, but here's my 4-4-2 with players crowbarred into awkward positions Bosnich Mellberg McGrath Laursen Wright Young Barry Taylor Merson Yorke Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Did we win any awards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Bosnich Laursen McGrath Southgate Barry Taylor Townsend Milner Merson Yorke Saunders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancharlie Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 team: Bosnich Barrett McGrath Laursen Staunton Young Townsend Taylor Barry Yorke Saunders Best Manager - toughie but probably Big Ron just Little Brian a close 2nd... Subs: James Merson Mellberg Wright Milner Atkinson Houghton Best Goal: Atkinson - Wimbledon (best prem goal ever still!) Saunders - Ipswich Yorke - Ipswich or Sheff Wed was a team goal about 30 passes! 92/93 Yorke - Arsenal penalty Best team performance 2-0 vs chelsea (allback kept us up) 5-1 Mbro (92/93 league leaders at that point) 1-0 Man Utd (agbonlahor) 2-2 Man utd (houllier - a team of kids should have won) 3-1 man utd (you wont win anything with kids! - great proper start by Little!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Kiraly Hutton Beye De la Cruz Agathe Djemba-Djemba Berson Salifou Heskey Sutton Balaban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Bosnich Staunton (first version) McGrath Southgate Barrett Young Townsend Milner Merson Yorke Saunders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Best Team: (3-5-2) Mark Bosnich Olof Mellberg Paul McGrath Gareth Southgate Andy Townsend Gareth Barry James Milner Ashley Young Paul Merson Dean Saunders Dwight Yorke Best Manager: Brian Little Best Player: Paul McGrath Best Goals: 1. Dalian Atkinson vs. Wimbledon 2. 3. Gary Cahill vs. Birmingham City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caw2510 Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 GK Bosnich RB Mellberg LB Wright CB McGrath CB Laursen RM Merson CM Townsend CM Taylor LM A Young CF Yorke CF Saunders Undoubted best player: DwightUndoubted best goal: Cahill vs Small Heath Manager: John Gregory with Brian Little as DOF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted May 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2012 Bosnich, Laursen, God, Staunton Milner, Townsend, Barry, Ash Merse Yorke, Saunders Player - Toss up between Yorke and McGrath Manager - Big Ron Goal - Atkinsons v Wimbledon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted May 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2012 Bosnich, Laursen, God, Staunton Milner, Townsend, Barry, Ash Merse Yorke, Saunders Player - Toss up between Yorke and McGrath Manager - Big Ron Goal - Atkinsons v Wimbledon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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