Aston Villa's Wasted Millions.

[AVFCRob]

For me, McCormack is our worst ever signing.

It's odd though. In the summer a friend who goes to see Fulham with his kids as it's the club that is closest to where he lives was telling me that we'd bought 'the best player in the Championship' and how gutted they were that he was leaving. He was hard-working, skillful, creative, goal scoring.......it's a recurrent theme on here but what happens when these guys come to us!

[kippaxvilla2]

They come to Villa, thinking it is one giant party and a massive payday and simply stop caring or trying. 

[KKAVFC]

Alpay
Garib (might not be spelt correctly but a Gregory signing all the same)

Re. Cascarino how the hell did we miss Sheringham ?

[Toronto Villa]

Darren Bent should never be on that list. He repaid his transfer and then some by keeping us up.

And of that list the highest fee paid is McCormack. I would hate to see what Chelsea/Arsenal/Liverpool/Man U/Man City's equivalent list would look like

[Mister E]

For me, McCormack is our worst ever signing.

Worse than N'Zogbia?  Worse than Balaban?  Worse than even Ireland?

When we put it like that there have been some perversely fabulous candidates.

McCormack may come back next season and do the business ... far too early to write him off yet.
Now Charles and Ireland ..... they really were a waste of funds.
As was Emile the falling-over man.

[kippaxvilla2]

TV I loved Bent and still do.  It's Lambert I blame for the lost money there as he bombed him out so unnecessarily.

[villabear]

Mathieu Berson
Didier Agathe
Tony Moon
Simon Dawkins
Aleksandar Tonev
Jermaine Jenas
Najwan Ghrayib
Phil Bardsley

[Ivo Stas]

Ivo Stas

Worth every penny..!!!

[kippaxvilla2]

Ivo Stas

Worth every penny..!!!

Yes now that you are finally contributing as a prolific H&V poster.

[Rigadon]

What a depressing thread. 

[dave.woodhall]

What a depressing thread. 

Because no other club  has ever bought a bad player.

[MarkM]

Emile Heskey

(If that bloke can play for England, then you know what? I can as well)

[Ger Regan]

Mathieu Berson
Didier Agathe
Tony Moon
Simon Dawkins
Aleksandar Tonev
Jermaine Jenas
Najwan Ghrayib
Phil Bardsley

Unless I'm missing some subtle humour in your posts, but the majority of the suggestions you've posted on this thread have either been short term free transfers (ie Agathe) or loan deals, so not really in the same class as a heskey or n'zogbia.

[villabear]

Mathieu Berson
Didier Agathe
Tony Moon
Simon Dawkins
Aleksandar Tonev
Jermaine Jenas
Najwan Ghrayib
Phil Bardsley

Unless I'm missing some subtle humour in your posts, but the majority of the suggestions you've posted on this thread have either been short term free transfers (ie Agathe) or loan deals, so not really in the same class as a heskey or n'zogbia.

Regardless of them not being in the same class as N'Zogbia surely they weren't very good and cost us money.

[usav]

It is wasted, but that's life.  I haven't seen any stats to say we are any worse than anyone else for that type of thing.  In any case, for every three crap players the low fees we paid for the likes of Platt, McGrath, Yorke, Benteke etc should balance out in the end.