Summer transfer madness thread

[Damo70]

Staunton was a cracking player for us. Best left back I've seen in a Villa shirt.

By far.

Charlie Aitken for me, by a country mile

I liked Dorigo and Wright and Warnock started well then ended up poor. But Staunton was the best for me.

[Exeter 77]

I remember Staunton scoring direct from a corner when we beat Palace 3-1 on the day Big Ron took to the pitch with a microphone to tell us Doug was opening his wallet and going to be buying someone (Deano) but don't remember him scoring direct against Norwich.

I thought the BFR on the pitch with microphone game was one where Staunton scored a 30 yrd screamer

I struggle to remember last week so I could be wrong

You are right. Just before Staunton's goal he had tried a shot from a similar distance and struggled to get it between the corner flags so when he lined up to shoot again I was screaming at him not to.

[aj2k77]

Just cheated and looked it up.

Palace was 3-0. Yorke, Staunton (30 ish yards) and Frogatt.

That is not how my memory has it at all! I can see the Staunton corner, whipped fast and hard beating the keeper at the far post. Must have been a dream...

[cheltenhamlion]

Did he score from a corner on the season opening 4-1 against QPR as well?

[Tayls_7]

Staunton was a cracking player for us. Best left back I've seen in a Villa shirt.

By far.

Charlie Aitken for me, by a country mile

I liked Dorigo and Wright and Warnock started well then ended up poor. But Staunton was the best for me.

I admired Alan Wright's technical ability. You could ping a ball to him at a variety of pace and angles and he'd bring it under immediate control. Excellent footballer.

[tomd2103]

Did he score from a corner on the season opening 4-1 against QPR as well?

Doubting my memory now, but pretty sure he scored a screamer in that game. 

[preston28]

Did he score from a corner on the season opening 4-1 against QPR as well?

Doubting my memory now, but pretty sure he scored a screamer in that game. 

He scored a great goal at Old Trafford too - the first in 1-1 draw in the first season of the premier league. I was in the Stratford end & jumped up. Got a load of grief from a steward but non from united fans!

[Ads]

We drew 1-1 at home to Palace or was it 2-2, either way we didn't win.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Did he score from a corner on the season opening 4-1 against QPR as well?

Doubting my memory now, but pretty sure he scored a screamer in that game.

Top corner job

[cheltenhamlion]

Did he score from a corner on the season opening 4-1 against QPR as well?

Doubting my memory now, but pretty sure he scored a screamer in that game.

Top corner job

For some reason I have in off the post and directly from a corner in my head.

[aj2k77]

He scored a belter against Sheff Wed that hit the top corner post and went in, from about 30+ yards.

[Meanwood Villa]

Staunton was a cracking player for us. Best left back I've seen in a Villa shirt.

By far.

Charlie Aitken for me, by a country mile

I liked Dorigo and Wright and Warnock started well then ended up poor. But Staunton was the best for me.

I admired Alan Wright's technical ability. You could ping a ball to him at a variety of pace and angles and he'd bring it under immediate control. Excellent footballer.

He tailed off a bit later in his Villa career but as a wing back in Little''s first couple of seasons he was awesome.

[four fornicholl]

Staunton was a cracking player for us. Best left back I've seen in a Villa shirt.

By far.

Charlie Aitken for me, by a country mile

I liked Dorigo and Wright and Warnock started well then ended up poor. But Staunton was the best for me.

I admired Alan Wright's technical ability. You could ping a ball to him at a variety of pace and angles and he'd bring it under immediate control. Excellent footballer.

He tailed off a bit later in his Villa career but as a wing back in Little''s first couple of seasons he was awesome.

Agree, but he was useless in that ferrari.That injury caused the tail off?

[IFWaters]

Might have missed it but didnt Bunn's contract run out ? or was it extended ?

[LeeB]

Correct on 95/96, and we still managed a 2 in 8 run. And only a few times since then has the bad run not been 1 in 8 or worse.

It seems part of our DNA now. And it's contributed largely to a few nearly not quite seasons. O Neill in particular and his March meltdowns. Gregory a couple times, like when we were top for a month or two in 98-99.
In fact we probably had similar runs under Big Ron, and SGT1 (And obviously the Doc).

As much as BFR's first season was a massive improvement on the previous Dr Jo season, I remember us going a couple of months in the New Year when we couldn't score, let alone win. I think it was February and March. We finished seventh as I recall.

It was around the time we got the green sand for the pitch.