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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Deano's Mullet on February 17, 2024, 06:13:50 PM
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Apparently admitted to hospital yesterday for chest pains/suspected heart trouble. Apparently had a stent put in and he says he'll be fine in a day or two. Good luck to him. Typically the newspapers refer to him as former Man Utd and Chelsea keeper. No mention of us.
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GWS Bozzie.
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He could stop a shot that lad! All the best Bozzie
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He posted a pic of himself in hospital . Seemed in good spirits.
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Apparently admitted to hospital yesterday for chest pains/suspected heart trouble. Apparently had a stent put in and he says he'll be fine in a day or two. Good luck to him. Typically the newspapers refer to him as former Man Utd and Chelsea keeper. No mention of us.
179 appearances for us. 26 for Man U and 5 for Chelsea.
Great keeper and a big (if occasionally flawed) character. Saw him debut for us at Luton, where you almost feel you are between the sticks with the keeper.
Get well soon.
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He will be fine. Lucky man to have a chance of getting it sorted.
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Sunderland away in the League Cup is still the best goalkeeping performance I've ever seen.
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Apparently admitted to hospital yesterday for chest pains/suspected heart trouble. Apparently had a stent put in and he says he'll be fine in a day or two. Good luck to him. Typically the newspapers refer to him as former Man Utd and Chelsea keeper. No mention of us.
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its laughable
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Get well quickly Bozzie.
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Get well soon Bozzie. Should have finished his career with us and never left.
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Apparently admitted to hospital yesterday for chest pains/suspected heart trouble. Apparently had a stent put in and he says he'll be fine in a day or two. Good luck to him. Typically the newspapers refer to him as former Man Utd and Chelsea keeper. No mention of us.
At Chelsea he played about 5 games, was massively overweight and they sacked him for a failed drug test so think given Chelsea's worldwide prominence now they just put that in for clickbait.
Wish him well. Made plenty of mistakes in his life but was a top class keeper for us and had the same aura that Emi does now.
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Sunderland away in the League Cup is still the best goalkeeping performance I've ever seen.
Enjoy:
He'd be terrible in the modern game now with the playmaker skills expected of pretty much every single top level keeper but what a presence and shot stopper in his prime.
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Sunderland away in the League Cup is still the best goalkeeping performance I've ever seen.
It was ridiculous. Still not sure how they managed to put one past him that night.
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Sunderland away in the League Cup is still the best goalkeeping performance I've ever seen.
Enjoy:
He'd be terrible in the modern game now with the playmaker skills expected of pretty much every single top level keeper but what a presence and shot stopper in his prime.
Cheers SHQ! He was unlucky that the pass back rule came in during his career. Obviously all keepers since then have grown up having to be able to play the ball with their feet from day one. He had a foot like a fifty pence piece though.
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He was great for us, a brilliant shot stopper. That new rule ruined him at Man Utd. Maybe for once we let someone go at the right time? Not that I thought that at the time, especially to that lot. I was probably still sobbing over Yorke.
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He was great for us, a brilliant shot stopper. That new rule ruined him at Man Utd. Maybe for once we let someone go at the right time? Not that I thought that at the time, especially to that lot. I was probably still sobbing over Yorke.
He was leaving for a while as I recall and David James, cup final aside, was a good replacement. Bozzy was brilliant but never looked after himself properly off the pitch.
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Tranmere Rovers. One of his best.
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He was great for us, a brilliant shot stopper. That new rule ruined him at Man Utd. Maybe for once we let someone go at the right time? Not that I thought that at the time, especially to that lot. I was probably still sobbing over Yorke.
I do wonder how we'd done in 98/99 if he'd stayed fit as in previous years. I think he was out from October right up to March so missed a huge chunk of the season. Oakes had done well as deputy but he struggled being the number one for longer period. Can remember Gregory remarking in one of the podcasts he did that we started conceding a large number of goals at the Holte End when Oakes came in.
Was always something going on with Bozzie. The stupid salute at Spurs when he was mocking them over Klinsmann. Didn't he also walked out of the ground pre match one season when he found out he'd been dropped and Villa fans outside saw him getting a taxi?
I think given he'd been at Man. United previously and they'd just won the treble that was always a move he was going to make but was destined to fail.
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He was great for us, a brilliant shot stopper. That new rule ruined him at Man Utd. Maybe for once we let someone go at the right time? Not that I thought that at the time, especially to that lot. I was probably still sobbing over Yorke.
What really rankled was that he went on a free, which was still quite a rarity at the time. If we'd got £15m for him Gregory could have gone and spent it wisely on a few more English journeymen rapidly approaching their 30s.
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Success ruined him, clearly went to his head or up his nose.
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My favourite Villa keeper until Emi turned up. Get well soon Bozzie
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Get well soon Mark.
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He was great for us, a brilliant shot stopper. That new rule ruined him at Man Utd. Maybe for once we let someone go at the right time? Not that I thought that at the time, especially to that lot. I was probably still sobbing over Yorke.
I do wonder how we'd done in 98/99 if he'd stayed fit as in previous years. I think he was out from October right up to March so missed a huge chunk of the season. Oakes had done well as deputy but he struggled being the number one for longer period. Can remember Gregory remarking in one of the podcasts he did that we started conceding a large number of goals at the Holte End when Oakes came in.
Was always something going on with Bozzie. The stupid salute at Spurs when he was mocking them over Klinsmann. Didn't he also walked out of the ground pre match one season when he found out he'd been dropped and Villa fans outside saw him getting a taxi?
I think given he'd been at Man. United previously and they'd just won the treble that was always a move he was going to make but was destined to fail.
Think Fergie said afterwards he was one of the worst pros he ever worked with. Showed up way overweight a bit like Ross McCormack did with us. That long term injury with us the previous season seemed a bit convenient.
At his best for us he was outstanding. His shot stopping was unbelievable but he was also very brave coming off his line going for crosses, missing the odd one but never phased him. Like Martinez he loved the rough and tumble in those collisions. Others, Friedel and Given come to mind, a hurricane wouldn't have moved them off their line.
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He was great for us, a brilliant shot stopper. That new rule ruined him at Man Utd. Maybe for once we let someone go at the right time? Not that I thought that at the time, especially to that lot. I was probably still sobbing over Yorke.
He was leaving for a while as I recall and David James, cup final aside, was a good replacement. Bozzy was brilliant but never looked after himself properly off the pitch.
What new rule was that? I can't remember it.
In a recent podcast Gregory got the timeline wrong, kept saying Bosnich joined United and tried to get Yorke to go there- but Yorke went the year before Bosnich.
If that injury was indeed 'convenient' in 98-99 it was very unprofessional seeing as we were in the title mix for about 2/3s of that season
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I'm guessing it is the back pass rule being talked about, even though that was in place even about the same time he signed for us. However they used to play out from the back with Schmeichal and couldn't do it with Bozzie so that might be what is meant.
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He was great for us, a brilliant shot stopper. That new rule ruined him at Man Utd. Maybe for once we let someone go at the right time? Not that I thought that at the time, especially to that lot. I was probably still sobbing over Yorke.
He was leaving for a while as I recall and David James, cup final aside, was a good replacement. Bozzy was brilliant but never looked after himself properly off the pitch.
What new rule was that? I can't remember it.
In a recent podcast Gregory got the timeline wrong, kept saying Bosnich joined United and tried to get Yorke to go there- but Yorke went the year before Bosnich.
If that injury was indeed 'convenient' in 98-99 it was very unprofessional seeing as we were in the title mix for about 2/3s of that season
He played about 3-4 times in the MarchApril of that season so I do think the injury was genuine as he'd have loved to have been in a proper title race with us.
We then left him out for the last three games so that's when I imagine he told the club he wouldn't be signing a new deal.
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Sunderland away in the League Cup is still the best goalkeeping performance I've ever seen.
And that save against Coventry in 98
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Tranmere Rovers. One of his best.
That game at VP was probably my favourite of all time.
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Tranmere Rovers. One of his best.
That game at VP was probably my favourite of all time.
Me too.
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For pure excitement it's hard to think of any better. Our cat was on my lap and when Dalian got that last minute goal the cat hit the ceiling! Didn't come near me for days.
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Sunderland away in the League Cup is still the best goalkeeping performance I've ever seen.
And that save against Coventry in 98
When I think of Bosnich I think of that save. Not many saves get a standing ovation like that one did, truly outstanding.
Get well soon Bozzie.
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Tranmere Rovers. One of his best.
That game at VP was probably my favourite of all time.
Me too.
The place went crazy when Dalian put that header away in front of the Holte.
Bozzies penalty saves were amazing
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Whenever the media (Sky & Talkshite predominantly) talke of him he is referred to as "Former Chelsea and Reddfuckingfilth goalkeeper" when in fact he had 2 spells at Redfuckingfilth at a total of 3 years (one of which as a junior) and 2 years at Chelsea.
Whereas he had 7 years at us contributing heavily to winning the league cup on 2 occasions.
I bet if he had murdered someone then it would be "Former Aston Villa GK...."
Good wishes and speedy recovery Mr Bosnich and thanks for the memories.
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Tranmere Rovers. One of his best.
That game at VP was probably my favourite of all time.
Me too.
Me three.
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I was on the Holte and as the penalties started left and sat on the wall outside, another guy had done the same. Just the two of us judging what was happening by the sound. When they went up a load of people started leaving and then rush back in with the saves. We and the guy embraced and that was that. I wonder if he's on this forum?
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I started standing towards the very back of The Holte (left side naturally), and finished about half way down without my feet touching the floor when Dalian scored the third.
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If memory serves, the first time he was at ManU they had to let him go as he didn't qualify for a work permit.
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I can't remember the exact game, but there one save from Mark Bosnich against Liverpool that almost defied belief. I think it was a rocket from Stan Collymore (for Liverpool) that was heading for the top corner before Bosnich flew across the goal and tipped it over. I've not managed to find it since, but I'd love to see it again, as back then I thought it was the best save I'd ever seen.