You be Martin O’Neill

By: Martini Extra Dry | August 12th, 2008

With all the ins and outs, lets see who you would pick as your starting line-up for the all new Villa.

Lets hear from all of you reading this blog then, who is your best XI at the Villa nowadays? What formation would you play if you were Martin O’Neill? Click comment and lets see what we can come up with.

Here’s a quick refresher of the boys you have to choose from:

Goalies:
Brad Friedel
Brad Guzan
Stuart Taylor
Elliot Parish

Defenders:
Luke Young
Nicky Shorey
Wilfred Bouma
Martin Laursen
Curtis Davies
Carlos Cuéllar
Zat Knight
Stephen O’Halloran
Nathan Baker
Chris Herd

Defenders / Midfielders:
Craig Gardner
Gareth Barry

Midfielders:
Steve Sidwell
Stiliyan Petrov
Nigel Reo-Coker
Isaiah Osbourne

Attacking Midfielders:
Ashley Young
Shaun Maloney
Moustapha Salifou
Wayne Routledge
Zoltan Stieber

Strikers:
Marlon Harewood
Gabriel Agbonlahor
John Carew
Nathan Delfouneso

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• Matt |  August 12th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

  
  
  

  Em, forget football, how about Agbonlahor, Ashley Young, Wayne Routledge and Shaun Maloney in a 4 x 100 relay.

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• peachy |  August 12th, 2008 at 1:46 pm

  
  
  

  Well, let’s have a shot…

  GK - I think Friedel will be the usual starter, with Guzan coming out for the lighter weight opponents, and Taylor the backup.

  Defence - At the moment Shorey and LYoung have to be just about automatic, I’d think (well, LYoung after the Icelandic matches.) In the centre, my impression is that Knight is the weakest, so I’d expect Laursen and Cuellar to the majority of the time, with Davies (when fit) their usual replacement.

  Midfield - Assuming Barry stays, and no hot young starlet is imported, probably like last year with Sidwell replacing Petrov as the third starter. If those assumptions don’t hold, I dunno - it will depend on who’s available.

  Forwards - The late-season system seemed to work very well, with AYoung roaming free behind Carew and Agbonlahor. I’d give Harewood some more starts, however - Carew in particular is always one moment away from injury, and like Friedel he should be preserved for stiffer opposition.

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• James I |  August 12th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

  
  
  

  The Sun recently ran an interesting story pointing out that Villa are the only team that could realistically field an All-English starting XI. It’s good to see that appreciated by the mainstream media, and I’m already noticing my bandwagon-jumping friends hop on Villa express (should I be pissed off at this? - for some reason it annoys me).

  My lineup would be -
  Friedel
  L Young, Cuellar, Laursen, Bouma
  Routledge, Reo Coker, Barry, A Young
  Agbonglahor, Harewood

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• richard |  August 12th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

  
  
  

  too easy…my 11 is (4-4-2):

  salifou–salifou, salifou, salifou, salifou,–salifou, salifou, salifou, salifou,–salifou, salifou.

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• mark |  August 21st, 2008 at 7:42 pm

  
  
  

  Agbonlahor Carew
  A.Young Routledge
  Petrov Barry
  Shorey Cuellar Laursen L.Young
  Friedel
  Captaincy to either Laursen, Petrov or Barry(even through this stupid transfer saga i think he’ll stay)
  I think Maloney and Harewood will come off the bench to strenghen the attack. I think Reo-Coker,Sidwell,Davies and Knight would fill in when needed. Bouma will compete for his place when he returns from injury. The youth will be given runs in parts of the season but won’t compete for spots just yet.

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• Martini Extra Dry |  August 21st, 2008 at 11:19 pm

  
  
  

  I like the sound of that line-up Mark, very attacking. I wouldn’t like to see it against Chelsea but it’d be good to trial against Stoke this weekend

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