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25 minutes ago, Eastendtales said:

Where does he stay? Not sure he'd fit the bill for what we need though.

Stays in Greenock and was linked with Morton which I think is his ‘dream’ move. Needless to say Dick wasn’t keen on him going to a rival.

A good player but I think we are ok in central midfield especially with Byrne to come in…..

 

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1 hour ago, livipar2 said:

Stays in Greenock and was linked with Morton which I think is his ‘dream’ move. Needless to say Dick wasn’t keen on him going to a rival.

A good player but I think we are ok in central midfield especially with Byrne to come in…..

 

Who says Byrne is coming?

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It can be done, but unlikely:-

Rimmer, Swain, Deacy, Williams, McNaught, Mortimer, Bremner, Shaw, Withe, Cowans, Morley, Gibson, Evans and Geddis were the 14 players used by Ron Saunders as his Aston Villa side marched to the title in 1980-81.

"For Villa, seven players were ever-present," writes Tony Davis. "Jimmy Rimmer in goal, Kenny Swain and Ken McNaught in defence, the whole of the midfield in Des Bremner, Dennis Mortimer and the incomparable Gordon Cowans and also Tony Morley on the left wing. Gary Shaw only missed two games all season and Alan Evans only missed three. Peter Withe might have played a few more than the 36 games he managed but for his penchant for talking his way into the referee's book."

Villa's effort equalled the record set by Liverpool in 1965-66, with Gerry Byrne, Tommy Lawrence, Ian Callaghan, Tommy Smith, Ron Yeats, Willie Stevenson, Ian St John, Chris Lawler, Peter Thompson, Roger Hunt, Gordon Milne, Geoff Strong, Alf Arrowsmith and Bobby Graham the only players used by Bill Shankly.

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