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Best villa keeper

Burridge
0 (0%)
Rimmer
19 (51.4%)
Day
0 (0%)
Spink
4 (10.8%)
Bosnich
14 (37.8%)
Sealey
0 (0%)
James
0 (0%)
Sorenson
0 (0%)
Enklemen
0 (0%)
Other
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 37

Voting closed: October 09, 2006, 06:27:07 PM

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Offline richardhubbard

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« on: October 09, 2006, 06:27:07 PM »
Who villa best number 1 since mid 70's
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Offline damon loves JT

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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2006, 07:27:05 PM »
Plenty of good shot-stoppers on that list. Bosnich could have been the best but ultimately never fulfilled.

Rimmer. I don't know what effect he had on the opposition, but by God he terrified me
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Offline Breezeblock

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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2006, 07:55:28 PM »
I'd give it to Spinky over JR. very tight call tho'
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Offline Exeter 77

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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2006, 07:56:25 PM »
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Bosnich could have been the best but ultimately never fulfilled.


A waste! Rimmer for me if only for the double save from the penalty in Berlin 1981[/quote]
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Offline damon loves JT

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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2006, 08:06:21 PM »
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Rimmer for me if only for the double save from the penalty in Berlin 1981


I can still picture my dad's face. I was nine, I'd gone to bed, he was so excited he woke me up to tell me...

I love the Villa.
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Offline D.boy

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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2006, 08:43:16 PM »
Rimmer for me as he was the keeper when I started going to VP regularly and he didn't seem to have any weakness.
Spink was a close second.
Bossie was excellent shot stopper but wasn't quite full package (or ticket).
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Offline JD

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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2006, 09:15:42 PM »
Jimmy Rimmer. He was a brilliant keeper.  =D>
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Offline Dave Cooper please

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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2006, 10:00:37 AM »
Rimmer for me, Bozzie might have pushed him close but his kicking was absolute shite!
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Offline Oscar Arce

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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2006, 10:09:19 AM »
Has to be Jimmy Rimmer.
Bosnich could have been a great if only his head was right.
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Offline Bosco81

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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2006, 11:33:02 AM »
Bosnich was the best I have seen, that save from Mark Hughes in the 94 cup final at 2-1 won us the cup.

If he could kick a ball he would have been the best keeper in the world.
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Offline seanthevillan

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« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2006, 12:01:37 PM »
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A waste! Rimmer for me if only for the double save from the penalty in Berlin 1981


I thought it hit the post and then he saved the follow up?

I caught the very end of Spink and then Bosnich, so for me it wuold be Bossie.

Loved the 'Bossie, give us a wave...' chant as well.
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Offline tonyh

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« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2006, 12:29:28 PM »
Jimmy Rimmer. Simply the best.
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Offline Fergal

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« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2006, 12:35:32 PM »
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Jimmy Rimmer. Simply the best.

Have to agree.. Though Budgie was a character and a good keeper too.
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Offline peter w

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« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2006, 12:29:37 PM »
Rimmer for me. Although a vague memory I dan remmeber being chuffed to bits when we signed him from Arsenal. I think it was for £125-150,000. Which was a fair whack then. 1977 wasn't it?
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Offline Big Dick Edwards

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« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2006, 07:14:33 PM »
Rimmer was a great keeper in an era when there were half a dozen great English goalkeepers around. That's why he didn't get the caps he deserved.
No other Villa keeper comes close to his consistency.
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