Guest av1 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Im just sat here watching the Schalke Bibao game, day dreaming about seeing some of these guys in claret and blue. Listening to Stan in commentary brought back memories of how excited i was when he signed. we all know it didn't work out, but having been crying out for a striker i genuinely thought we was going to win league (how wrong i was) Im sure there has been plenty of discussion regarding stan over the years so Im not looking to start another. Just wondered which signing made you more excited than any other, and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted March 29, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2012 Weirdly, since Randy has been at the club the signing that excited me the most was Stephen Ireland. I really expected big things from him. I thought if he got playing again and was loved by a manager he could be the missing piece to the puzzle, someone who could break teams down when we were struggling. Then Houllier was appointed and didnt like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 A new manager!! Any signings McLeish makes would make me worried not excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Weirdly, since Randy has been at the club the signing that excited me the most was Stephen Ireland. I really expected big things from him. I thought if he got playing again and was loved by a manager he could be the missing piece to the puzzle, someone who could break teams down when we were struggling. Then Houllier was appointed and didnt like him. I believe one reason Ireland didn't arrive to universal excitement was the deal involved the loss of miner. Right or wrong, many may have felt like they'd found a penny but lost a pound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazdavies79 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Ashley Young and later on James Milner. I thought they were great signings and I was positive we'd bagged players who could bring us glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 A new manager!! Any signings McLeish makes would make me worried not excited. Though i agree, i had hoped this thread might bring some light relief from all that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dappadan Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 The most excited I ever got was when we signed Luc Nilis I remember watching him play against Ireland I think it was and he was brilliant. Think he would have been a top player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Darren Bent. The goal scorer we'd missed for years. Shame McLeish had to come in and **** everything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted March 29, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2012 Darren Bent. The goal scorer we'd missed for years. Shame McLeish had to come in and **** everything up. Any excuse to have a dig eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 A new manager!! Any signings McLeish makes would make me worried not excited. Oh FFS! Can people please stop soiling their posts and save it for more relevant threads? It's like a stuck record and is seriously spoiling on-topic VillaTalk. Back on topic, Collymore's signing excited me. I saw him as fast, athletic, usefully tall but not too lanky, good on the ball, had a great shot and followed the Villa as a kid. Perfect. Little did I know his head wasn't quite right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Dean Saunders the first time i could remember us getting a player in there prime from a so called big club a definite show of intent and so it turned out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Given Walker-Cahill-Mellberg-Young Young-Milner-Barry-Downing Agbonlahor-Bent Quite the team we had in the last 5 years. Mellberg and Cahill were here a while ago so you can swap them for Dunne and Cuellar a few years ago when they were on form and we would have easily made champs league especially with MON at the helm. Oh how we have fallen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 A new manager!! Any signings McLeish makes would make me worried not excited. Oh FFS! Can people please stop soiling their posts and save it for more relevant threads? It's like a stuck record and is seriously spoiling on-topic VillaTalk. Back on topic, Collymore's signing excited me. I saw him as fast, athletic, usefully tall but not too lanky, good on the ball, had a great shot and followed the Villa as a kid. Perfect. Little did I know his head wasn't quite right. Agree on both points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 JPA and Milner a distant second off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Collymore and Curcic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Very excited about angel. Very excited by Carew and strangely before him very excited about baros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Savo milosevic, Juan pablo Angel and collymore..it's always the strikers that excite me the most for some reason. What a cracking partnership collymore and Yorke could have been if it worked out better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TezzRexx Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Moustapha Salifou. Followed closely by Darren Bent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Collymore and Bent. Went to Collymore's home debut with high hopes - think we got hammered 4-1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Is just me, but bar (arguable jpa)a lot of posts, stan, savo, sasa, nillis, baros. None worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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