Luton Town – They Played For Both Revisited – Aston Villa

This Saturday, the Hatters, in a second consecutive away fixture, travel to Birmingham to take on Aston Villa.

It is, to put it mildly, a tricky game with Villa in fine form, especially at Villa Park.

Back in January 2022, I featured Aston Villa in one of our ‘They Played For Both’ series an article that can be seen by clicking on the link – played-for-both-aston-villa

After much deliberation I came up with the following starting XI:

Goalkeeper – Jake Findlay

Defender – Steve Foster
Defender – Chris Nicholl
Defender – Paul Elliott
Defender – Curtis Davies

Midfielder – Henri Lansbury
Midfielder – Garry Parker
Midfielder – Bruce Rioch

Forward – Jimmy Adam
Forward – George Stephenson
Forward – David Geddis

As is the norm I asked the readership to provide the details of any players who also fitted the criteria with only:

• James Bree

being provided.

However, since being published, the names of two other players can now be added to the equation:

• Ross Barkley
• Marvelous Nakamba

Ahead of the clash, on Saturday, I’ve revisited my original starting XI and have come up with the following XI (plus substitute):

Goalkeeper – Jake Findlay

Defender – Steve Foster
Defender – Chris Nicholl
Defender – Paul Elliott
Defender – Curtis Davies

Midfielder – Marvelous Nakamba
Midfielder – Garry Parker
Midfielder – Bruce Rioch
Midfielder – Ross Barkley

Forward – George Stephenson
Forward – David Geddis

Substitute – Henri Lansbury

Have I got the XI right, or would you beg to differ?

Please feel free to have your say in the comment facility beneath this article.

COYH

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