Savo

[Damo70]

Am I right in thinking he played for three different national teams? Wikipedia says he won 102 caps (37 goals) for Serbia. But I think he played for Yugoslavia, then Serbia & Montenegro and then Serbia.

[SoccerHQ]

Am I right in thinking he played for three different national teams? Wikipedia says he won 102 caps (37 goals) for Serbia. But I think he played for Yugoslavia, then Serbia & Montenegro and then Serbia.

He played for Yugoslavia at Euro 2000 and was joint top scorer. Then it was Serbia and Montenegro for 2006 WC.

[itmustbe_it is!]

I liked him a lot.
Was at Blackburn and was outraged but looking back we were giving the team all sorts of shit as they were losing 5-0. I'll cut him some slack.
Just loved him as an icon, quirky, someone with a cult following.
Boom boom boom....

[Toronto Villa]

That goal by Savo and the rest in a wonderful victory

https://twitter.com/avfchistory/status/1109829517152043015?s=12

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd take Savo over Angel, but they were similar while with us, record signings, bags of talent, at times unplayable, other times they looked like they'd never score again.

[PeterWithesShin]

[Allan C]

That goal by Savo and the rest in a wonderful victory

https://twitter.com/avfchistory/status/1109829517152043015?s=12

Brilliant. Just brilliant  I thought we were gonna conquer the world during that period.

[The Edge]

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Boom boom

Let me hear you say

Savo Savo

You missed a boom.

[Exeter 77]

Savo's entire career was summed up in microcosm by his his international farewell game. He scored twice, missed two penalties and was substituted after half an hour in a 6-1 win for Serbia.

[VinnieChase84]

I was a young lad at this game and i refused to wear anything other than the full villa kit (no coat). To this day its one of the coldest moments of my life

[Nev]

I liked Savo but preferred Vesna.

[kippaxvilla2]

No, the bandanna thing came before us as he’d suffered a head injury from memory and he scored a few while wearing it. It was just a marketing gimmick. Doug bullshitting to shift a few cheap head scarfs hey....who’d a thunk it.

I think he ran out wearing it for the first game and chucked it in the crowd? Certainly can't remember him playing in it.

Pretty sure the FA stopped him from wearing it....ludicrously.

[Clark W Griswold]

I liked him a lot.
Was at Blackburn and was outraged but looking back we were giving the team all sorts of shit as they were losing 5-0. I'll cut him some slack.
Just loved him as an icon, quirky, someone with a cult following.
Boom boom boom....

Same here, I remember the team getting loads of shit that day which was understandable to a degree. I think Savo was literally spitting mad at the way the game was going and the subsequent response from the away support. He shouldn't have done it but you could see he'd lost the plot. I look back on him fondly and I always laugh when I think of the cretinous Olbiyun fans sneering about him when he was clearly on a different planet to their heroes Don Goodman and Bob Taylor. He won a league cup, scoring the opener in the final and was first choice in a team that finished 4th and then 5th in the PL. They could only dream of that then and still now.

I think I'd sit on the fence over him vs JPA, different sorts of player but both very good, I'd have them level pegging. I liked JPA a lot. I think they'd have made a good pair up front actually if supported by plenty of pace out wide and a good midfielder supporting.

[Risso]

I'd take Savo over Angel, but they were similar while with us, record signings, bags of talent, at times unplayable, other times they looked like they'd never score again.

Same I think.  Savo was the better all round player.  What didn't get noticed with him was the amount of good work he did around the area for the other players.  Angel was the better out-and-out striker, at his best.

[adrenachrome]

I'd take Savo over Angel, but they were similar while with us, record signings, bags of talent, at times unplayable, other times they looked like they'd never score again.

Same I think.  Savo was the better all round player.  What didn't get noticed with him was the amount of good work he did around the area for the other players.  Angel was the better out-and-out striker, at his best.

I agree with this. I remember quoting a lengthy article many moons ago extolling Savo's hold-up play. He was one of those players who became more determined the more he was kicked. He liked a battle.

JPA was an exceptional player, but he did not relish the physical side of the game and would often balk at rushing in where angels fear to tread. In Ronglish (an allusion to a caricature of Ron Atkinson, for the information of younger posters) he would sometimes take up a cheating position, if you will.