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England cricketer Ian Bell picks his Aston Villa #One2Eleven

Image: Ian Bell: picked his ultimate Aston Villa XI on The Fantasy Football Club

England are in action Down Under looking to retain the Ashes against Australia.

Forwards: Gary Shaw and Christian Benteke My two strikers are going to get me a lot of goals; Shaw - a natural goalscorer, Birmingham lad. Someone a little bit before my time but you hear a lot of amazing stuff about him and it's a shame his career got cut short but someone when you listen to people talk about how good he was, they reckon he was outstanding. Then obviously I'd have to go with Benteke as well. At the minute he really drives this Villa team. Watching him play from his first game, he has everything to become a great footballer in the Premier League and worldwide and what a great effort it was from Paul Lambert to keep hold of him. It felt almost like a big, new signing when we did get him contracted but others are always going to be interested in quality players like that. Manager: Ron Atkinson It's a difficult decision to chose my manager but I think I have to go with Big Ron. I enjoyed watching the team under Taylor but Atkinson would have to be mine. I loved the sunglasses and just the way he went it about it, plus I've got some big characters in that team and I'd need someone to control them and I think he'd be the man to do that.

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