Villa's best Bosman..?

[villanic]

I thought Ronny Johnsen was more than useful. Nilis, Johnsen, and Der Hammer were, or shoud have been great business.

I think Nilis would have been class for us, that goal against chelsea was top draw.

[Californian Villain]

Ronny Johnsen from that list....and Hassan Kachloul was the worst - should have gone to Ipswich.

[Jon Crofts]

Nilis and Carbone are the standouts in that list, Nilis was playing alongside Ruud van Needledick before he joined Villa and was scoring for fun, ironic that RvN got injured just before his transfer to Newton Heath whereas Nilis' came a few games into his Villa career.
That said Staunton was a great servant to Villa.

[Californian Villain]

Nilis and Carbone are the standouts in that list, Nilis was playing alongside Ruud van Needledick before he joined Villa and was scoring for fun, ironic that RvN got injured just before his transfer to Newton Heath whereas Nilis' came a few games into his Villa career.
That said Staunton was a great servant to Villa.

In his first stint, yes....but then he left for a bigger pay check at Liverpool before returning on a free because he couldn't get anywhere near their first team.

[Irish villain]

I think it's fair to say the Bosman rule hasn't been kind to villa when you look at some of the players we've lost because of it.

[ozzjim]

Ronny Johnson for me too, thought he was excellent for us. Lets hope Holman can improve things a bit!

[Pat McMahon]

Another vote for Johnsen. Not only was he a good player, he was very consistent too in a no frills kind of way. I was really surprised when Dolly did not renew his loan deal in 2004.

[JD]

Hitz and Johnsen were the stand out from that list for the decent service they gave Villa, but I would have loved Luc Nilis to have played for Villa for a long time. He looked a superb player in the short space of time he was with Villa and was a truly top class signing.   

[Damo70]

Hitzlsperger for me from that list. A couple of the others did OK for a short time and obviously Nilis was very unlucky but in general we haven't done great in that area of recruitment.

[TaxDodger]

Wasn't Carbone technically a loan?

Yes from Sheffield Wednesday he wanted too much money so we sent him back even though he got us to the final. Great little player though.

I thought we took over his contract - a few months remaining - for a nomial fee.

Yeh, I'm pretty sure this is right. And since we paid some form of fee then surely it doesn't count as a bosman? I think we paid a small fee for Salifou as well so I'm not sure that counts. Looking at that list we've only really made one good bosman signing in Hitzlsperger. Maybe Ronny Johnsen too I suppose.

[The Left Side]

Put me down as another voter for Hitz, top player in his day.

[ACVilla]

Nilis and Carbone are the standouts in that list, Nilis was playing alongside Ruud van Needledick before he joined Villa and was scoring for fun, ironic that RvN got injured just before his transfer to Newton Heath whereas Nilis' came a few games into his Villa career.
That said Staunton was a great servant to Villa.

In his first stint, yes....but then he left for a bigger pay check at Liverpool before returning on a free because he couldn't get anywhere near their first team.

Or, he joined a bigger club with far more ambiition than we had at the time and played 44 times for them in two seasons. Hardly nowhere near their first team.

Why are we so constantly down on the vast majority of players who leave us for another club.

We boo pretty much every returning player even if they left for valid reasons/were a great asset to us.

Anyway, Carbone for me for two reasons. That Leeds game and for the best debut I have ever seen down Villa Park.

[dave.woodhall]

Ronny Johnsen for me. Carbone defined the term 'fanny merchant'.

[Villan For Life]

Johnsen for me

[Lambert and Payne]

Didn't know Nillis was a free, remember that goal against Chelsea and still think what might have been. In fact thats one of the best ever goals I've seen live

Ronny Johnsen for me it is then. Him and Dublin leaving on free's didn't feel right