With Aston Villa’s head coach Dean Smith turning our fortunes around in the Championship campaign of 2018/19, everyone is optimistic about the year ahead and our return to the Premier League after Wembley based Play-Off Final success over Frank Lampard’s Derby County.
With optimism effectively rife given our new owners and the professionalism they’ve shown since coming through the doors and with us seemingly having proper plans in place when it comes to both on and off the pitch matters at B6, at this time of year naturally most eyes are on the transfer market as we look to strengthen to kick on further.
With everyone having their own thoughts about the plethora of targets we are seeing on the rumour mill, most fans are hankering for those signings that will become future legends and follow in a long line of able stalwarts from our history.
Jack Grealish and John McGinn are firmly on their way but if a player could be reborn from our past, here’s who these fans would love to see back in their Villa playing prime.
Which one would be your pick and why?
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McGrath would be the obvious answer but we don’t actually need him if we sign McGrath Mk II (Mings). In the big league you need a big striker who will get you lots of goals, so I’m gonna plump for Rambo, big Alan McInally! Yorkie and Deano were options but not sure how they’d fair in the modern game with 1 up front. Think McInally would be ideal in that formation.
DeanoVilla
Probably Andy Gray for his all action style and total lack of fear. Oh and the Goals.
Old Trinity Villan
Gareth Barry, all round Mr Consistent for years. We missed him when he left and it signalled the beginning of the downfall of the coming years.
david-avfc
Paul McGrath. He’s God isn’t he?
Stephen Jay Hawkings
wow. I Would have to pick a goal scorer at present because we are presently light there and would certainly assist, so I’d say Peter Withe.
Mark A South
There’s a few that I could choose from but with Tammy likely staying back at Chelsea it would have to be Benteke in his prime, absolute goal machine in a bang-average team.
Bristol Villan
Gareth Barry, no question. Centre-half, left-back, centre-mid, versatility, ability and desire. Dean Smith would love him in his team.
JuanPabloAngel
Difficult to cut down to one player who I’d like to see again among so many who could help the team in different ways. Gerry Hitchens, Peter McParland, God, Leighton Phillips, Nigel Spink, Tony Daley, Sir Brian, Olof Mellberg, Martin Laursen, David Platt and Sir Dennis of Mortimer, to name a small sample. The why seems to be self explanatory.
1958Villan
I got to be good friends with Keith Leonard when I worked behind the bar at Moor Green FC. His best mate played for them. He was trying to get over the cruciate ligament injury but never made it back. He was on the fringes of the England team and I’ve always wondered how far he could have gone in the game.
Cheshire Villan
Brian Little, one word, gifted.
OVB
Paul McGrath. Simply put, he would replace anyone we currently have and improve the team. Jack Charlton used to play him in the “number 6” role for Ireland occasionally and he was the best player on the pitch. He could slot straight in to the play-off winning team in that position and we’d have won 6-0.
gmvillan
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