Platt was/is an arse. But a great player for us. And incredible value, considering we signed him from Crewe for 50p and a bag of pork scratchings, and sold him for £5.5 million. Which could have bought you almost 5 Cantscorinos or two Gordon Duries back then.
Deano's goal record for us was about one in three. I don't think he ever got that close to 20?
Quote from: Matt Collins on October 01, 2017, 07:13:25 PMDeano's goal record for us was about one in three. I don't think he ever got that close to 20?I think that was his career average too. Not too shabby.
True - but Yorke was a different levelHe was head and shoulders above any other striker I've seen play for us
Quote from: KevinGage on October 01, 2017, 01:25:34 PMPlatt was/is an arse. But a great player for us. And incredible value, considering we signed him from Crewe for 50p and a bag of pork scratchings, and sold him for £5.5 million. Which could have bought you almost 5 Cantscorinos or two Gordon Duries back then.Don't get antiPlatt stuff. He was great for Villa.
I don't get the dissing of Deano, he was bloody good for us and doesn't airbrush us from his past like some of the others lauded.His signing, and his immediate impact led to the best football I've ever seen us play, and he won us a cup final.
Quote from: Louzie0 on October 01, 2017, 07:21:48 PMQuote from: KevinGage on October 01, 2017, 01:25:34 PMPlatt was/is an arse. But a great player for us. And incredible value, considering we signed him from Crewe for 50p and a bag of pork scratchings, and sold him for £5.5 million. Which could have bought you almost 5 Cantscorinos or two Gordon Duries back then.Don't get antiPlatt stuff. He was great for Villa.SGT and Villa made him for life and he seems to have totally wiped us from his memory unfortunately. I suppose that's what happens when you end up living in a castle in Italy.