A Few % Villa- David James MBE.

[The Laughing Policeman]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18469329
Congratulations big man.
Met him once while he was at the Villa and he came across as really nice guy.

[Percy McCarthy]

Best keeper we've had since Bozzie.

[cdbearsfan]

Seems like a nice bloke, well done Dave.

Slight %Villa, Paul Elliott got a CBE too.

[PeterWithesShin]

He does seem a decent chap, but i'll always have a dislike for him thanks to THAT match which never actually happened.

Congrats butter fingers.

[Holte L2]

Best keeper we've had since Bozzie.

Completely agree. Don't know why we moved him on.We could have had ten years of David James.

[Californian Villain]

Best keeper we've had since Bozzie.

Completely agree. Don't know why we moved him on.We could have had ten years of David James.

He left to get away from JG

[richard moore]

Seems like a nice bloke, well done Dave.

Slight %Villa, Paul Elliott got a CBE too.

Very slight as he never ever mentions us, is never introduced as ex Villa and couldn't wait to get away from us. Apart from that, seems a nice bloke

[darren woolley]

Congratulations David.

[Lambert and Payne]

Congratulations David James and Paul Elliot

[supertom]

He was very good. Actually had arguably some of his best form for us. Seemed to be very consistent and near error through all through the season...until THAT game.

However, I'd say Friedel was better. Marginally.

[Percy McCarthy]

Possibly, but I do like keepers who come for crosses. Dropped a few granted, but I doubt we'd concede 20-odd a season from set-pieces with him in goal.

[Legion]

Congratulations, Mr. James.

[Lizz]

Along with a few other Villa players, and I'm pleased to say I don't know the exact plot line, he appeared in an episode of the last Crossroads series.

[olofmilosevic]

Best keeper we've had since Bozzie.

calamity james? he's never better than Given!

[Percy McCarthy]

He used to drop the odd bollock that was easy for crap journos to report on, and for idiots who were pleased that they understood something that they'd read about and could pretend to be funny by repeating his 'amusing' nick-name. Close to 100% of the time (for us) he was very good.

Seriously, we let in something like 27 goals from set-pieces last season. I reckon having James at his peak in goal would have at least halved that. Against that, maybe Given made 3 or 4 great saves that James might not have. You do the maths.