maqroll Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (In the Premier League era).... For me, it has to be Eric Cantona. He'd have been an all time legend for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted February 11, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Without getting carried away with the likes of Cantona who we could never have signed, I reckon Robbie Keane first time round. He would have been a legend and made a massive difference at the time. John Gregory not signing him was a massive **** up! Edited February 11, 2014 by MikeMcKenna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I often wonder what would have happened had Frank Lampard picked us instead of Chelsea in 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonMartin82 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Without getting carried away with the likes of Cantona who we could never have signed, I reckon Robbie Keane first time round. He would have been a legend and made a massive difference at the time. John Gregory not signing him was a massive **** up! Doug Ellis pulled the plug on that through sheer stubborness. I remember Gregory coming out afterwards and said we offered Coventry eleven twelfths of what they wanted but Ellis wasn't willing to go the whole hog. Such a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Wouldn't have minded Ronaldo, he's alright, could improve us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Although we did eventually sign him, imagine if we'd signed Bent instead of Heskey in '09, I reckon we'd have definitely gotten top 4 as a goalscorer was all we were missing under MON. As for the actual question, definitely Ronaldo. Edited February 11, 2014 by MessiWillSignForVilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular_john Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Probably Ronaldo. Yup...Ronaldo. Either him or Ali Dia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Juninho when he was at Atl. Madrid. I'm pretty sure we were top of the league around December, but, iirc, Ellis wouldn't pay the transfer fee and we ended up falling away. Edited February 11, 2014 by Morley_crosses_to_Withe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Inb4 Kiyotake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I often wonder what would have happened had Frank Lampard picked us instead of Chelsea in 2001. He would've **** off to a bigger club two years into his contract. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Ivo Stas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I will answer this question in two ways. In terms of a player we realistically could/should have got.......Robbie Keane or Frank Lampard Overall I would say Thierry Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted February 12, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2014 Luc Nilis (well... more than he did) Tim Cahill (we were linked, at the time) Dennis Bergkamp (pure fantasy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Wes Hoolahan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart-L7 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Gazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr600rr Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 last year..huddlestone..better than what we have keane.. both robbie & roy, thought god & andy towsend would have twisted roys arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Falcao when we signed Heskey. Imagine that side when we still had Barry, Milner, an in form Young and Carew, and add a lethal goalscorer. In terms of pure fantasy, Henry or Ronaldo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 David Unsworth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adbo9 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Without getting carried away with the likes of Cantona who we could never have signed, I reckon Robbie Keane first time round. He would have been a legend and made a massive difference at the time. John Gregory not signing him was a massive **** up! Doug Ellis pulled the plug on that through sheer stubborness. I remember Gregory coming out afterwards and said we offered Coventry eleven twelfths of what they wanted but Ellis wasn't willing to go the whole hog. Such a shame. Read John Gregory's book........ it was the opposite.......... We put the money in, Cov wanted the extra £500K, Ellis said to get it done, but JG said NO, said we were being held to ransom......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adbo9 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Juninho when he was at Atl. Madrid. I'm pretty sure we were top of the league around December, but, iirc, Ellis wouldn't pay the transfer fee and we ended up falling away. Once again, we did the deal with Madrid, but at the last minute the £2M pay off from Madrid he was owed they said Villa had to pay, and we told em to **** off........ Rightly So........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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