Showing posts with label Paul McGrath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul McGrath. Show all posts

Friday, 19 April 2013

God third in all-time PFA Poll

Paul McGrath has finished third in the poll to find the most popular ever winner of the PFA Player of the Year award, with Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard topping the poll in the end.

McGrath, winner of the PFA Player of the Year award in 1993, finished in third place in the poll behind double PFA winner Thierry Henry and Steven Gerrard, who plays for Liverpool and runs about the pitch disappointingly for England.

Sky Sports' PFA 40 Years poll - final eight:

1. Steven Gerrard (2006 winner)

2. Terry Henry (2003 and 2004)

3. Paul McGrath (1993)

4. Norman Hunter (1974)

5. Dennis Bergkamp (1998)

6. Kenny Dalglish (1983)

7. Gary Lineker (1986)

8. Kevin Keegan (1982)

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Fantasy Villa Team No. 7: Players with their own songs

We may be courting controversy here.

How can we possibly pick a fantasy team based on players with their own songs and not include Spinksy, Birchy and Alan McInally?

How can we pick ANY Villa team with Barry Bannan in it?

Well, it's our team, so we can. Nah, nah-nah-nah, nah! Pick your own if you don't like it.

In goal, we just had to plump for "The Aussie Bozzie". Who doesn't miss singing that?

We've cheated at full back by having two right backs. Including "he's got no hair but we don't care" Chrissy Chrissy Price was a must, while we consider "He's hard, he's game, we can't pronounce his name, Dariusz, Dariusz" to be a little known classic.

God is not even up for debate, while the much loved Cuellar had two songs that would have qualified, though some of the Holte Enders we've seen singing "I'd let you shag my wife" looked as if they'd never even had a girlfriend. Ho-hum.

It's a pity we can only sing "Who needs Barry when we've got Barry Bannan" ironically these days, because it's a cracker, Ashley Young "is fuckin' dynamite" is up there with the very best and for sheer simplicity, "Sid, Sid, Sid, Sid" earns it's place in our line up.

"Deano scores and he wants some more" was a must as was "he's bigger than me and you" but pride of place goes to "Six Foot Two, Eyes of Blue, Sammy Morgan's after you, la la la, la la la, la laaaaaaaa!!!!!!"



Saturday, 19 January 2013

Fantasy Villa Team No.1: The PFA Team of the Year criteria

In the first of an occasional series, we pick fantasy Villa teams using players from times gone by.

This first one virtually picks itself as our criteria was that players had to have featured in a PFA Team of the Year. We were genuinely struggling to get a full team here, hence the five at the back, but as both John Gidman and Alan Wright were quite happy bombing forward it might sort of work.

Hard done by here is right back Kenny Swain who doesn't make our team despite that the fact he appeared in PFA Teams twice. He was trumped by John Gidman who appeared an impressive three times.

The team also boasts two Andy Grays.



 
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