Aston Villa News 24/7Writer: J P Fear 
Date:Wednesday December 5 2007
Time: 4:00PM
UK time is: 05:29:15
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Magnificent Martin O'Neill
Martin Laursen’s solid performances for Aston Villa have resulted in him being named in the Actim Index team of the week, the official player ratings system of the Barclays Premier League.
The defender’s 31 points, which came from the two matches against Blackburn and Arsenal, increased his season’s tally to 253 points and puts him as the highest ranked defender in the index and the 7th highest ranked player overall.
Helped by playing one game more than anyone else, 4 other Villains (Scott Carson, Zat Knight, Ashley Young and John Carew) were also included in the Team of the Week.
Gabriel Agbonlahor still remains as Villa’s top ranked player in the index in 3rd place overall with 271 points.
Analysis of all Premier League games is taking place throughout the season and the players in the Actim Index Team of the Week are:
Scott Carson, Aston Villa, Overall 38th
Sami Hypia, Liverpool, Overall 79th
Martin Laursen, Aston Villa, Overall 7th
Zat Knight, Aston Villa, Overall 20th
Paul McShane, Sunderland, Overall 111th
David Bentley, Blackburn Rovers, Overall 12th
Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, Overall 11th
Steven Gerrard, Liverpool, Overall 5th
Sebastian Larsson, Birmingham City, Overall 95th
Ashley Young, Aston Villa, Overall 10th
John Carew, Aston Villa, Overall 202nd
The Actim Index is calculated using a unique mathematical formula that rates each player’s contribution be it goals, shots, passes, dribbles, tackles, crosses, saves, clearances, blocks, interceptions, assists, clean sheets, time on the pitch or number of points gained by the team with marks deducted for red and yellow cards.
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Spain
Click here to join in the debate on the club forum.
Join the Vital Fantasy Football League - its Free!
Your Comments
No one deserves the plaudits more than Laursen for coming back as he has and doing so well so consistently.
Imagine how he would be rated at Villa had he not had his injuries.
Gabby is better than many fans rate, his consistency always underated as he performs even when stuck out on the wing, but does what he does naturally score goals, when played in the right position.
Knights rating epitomises his improvement since the Utd game, shows how his character has come to the fore, he's increased his level of concentration a notch and made the defence far more secure, here's to him keeping it up.
Well done to all oif them long may it continue
avfc48
He has been immense this season no other word for it. I had my doubts he'd be able to play every week but he's proving me and a lot of others wrong.
DeanoVilla
hes been fantastic long may he continue at villa park
claretandblue
Sign him up quickly!!
Jon.H
I'm positive he will sign plus it would be a bit of a disonour to the club after sticking by him for so long. Can't fault his workrate ths season I'd like to see him stick out his career here.
villabikes29
Don't know if Mr Fear often looks on here but the rivals network may be about to outsrip Vital! What do we do?
Matt_Us
The only team with 3 players in the top 10. When was the last time everyone else looked to us to lead the way? And 2 of them are young English talent as well. I say great work from the Manager, Coaches and Players. Just keep it up till the end of the season.
CLVilla
Carew 202nd!!! after that battering display against the Arse he should be atleast in the top 100! so does this mean Carew is the premier leagues 202nd best player? *********!
*Holte*End*Star*
not with you Matt_Us. OUtsrip us?!
The Fear
Not really holte*end*star, remember he has been injured a fair bit this season and has only just started scoring, so his stats would be low when you look at the whole season.
The Fear
Good to see our lads are getting a mention now in all quarters. Definitely a sign of the times. The clubs profile has moved up a couple of notches since the season kicked off, and people outside of the club are starting to realise that we have some true quality within our ranks.
glensider
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
We Deserve To Finish Higher (Saturday May 18 2013)
Pre Season Takes Shape (Friday May 17 2013)
Something For The Weekend (424) (Friday May 17 2013)
Lambert Sticking To His Policy - No Big Signings (Friday May 17 2013)
Shaun Maloney Speaks To Vital Wigan About Stan (Friday May 17 2013)
Mystic Mug Sits On Fence To Beat Lawro! (Friday May 17 2013)
Clark Ruled Out Of Wigan Match (Thursday May 16 2013)
An Interview With A Wigan Fan (Thursday May 16 2013)
Lambert Tips Gabby For England Recall (Thursday May 16 2013)
I'm Sure It's A Healthier Place Now (Thursday May 16 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | Pride of Lions | 825 |
| 2. | The Fear | 639 |
| 3. | BodyButter | 400 |
| 4. | kefkat | 330 |
| 5. | CDX_EIRE | 263 |
| 6. | ClivetheVillan | 235 |
| 7. | thefacehead | 230 |
| 8. | Villan57 | 226 |
| 9. | DeanoVilla | 194 |
| 10. | mike_field | 163 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Aston Villa | 1 | - | 2 | Chelsea |
| Norwich | 1 | - | 2 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 6 | - | 1 | Sunderland |
| Man Utd | 3 | - | 0 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 1 | - | 1 | Fulham |
| Stoke | 1 | - | 3 | Aston Villa |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 13. Newcastle | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | -22 | 41 |
| 14. Southampton | 37 | 9 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 40 |
| 15. Fulham | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | -13 | 40 |
| 16. Aston Villa | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | -22 | 40 |
| 17. Sunderland | 37 | 9 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 39 |
| 18. Wigan | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 35 |
| 19. Reading | 37 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -28 | 28 |
Breaking League News
| Liverpool v QPR - Match Preview
» Q.P.R. : 19/05/2013 02:09:00
|
| Shaun Maloney Man Of The Match v Arsenal
» Wigan : 19/05/2013 01:34:00
|
| Wigan Athletic - The 12th Man - 19/05/13
» Wigan : 19/05/2013 01:25:00
|
| Jay Relishing Stoke Challenge
» Southampton : 18/05/2013 17:00:00
|
| Barmpot Decision - I'm Not Frustrated - Honest
» Wigan : 18/05/2013 16:49:00
|
| Issues Resolved - Time To March On
» Southampton : 18/05/2013 15:22:00
|
| Shaun Maloney - Vital Latics POTS - The Video
» Wigan : 18/05/2013 14:46:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
1 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.