Quote from: LeeB on January 13, 2019, 09:11:43 AMQuote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 13, 2019, 08:40:25 AMSaw him make his debut at Luton, we lost 2-0. We nearly always lose there. Sat in the nasty ramshackle stand behind the goal in that rundown broken up ground that looks like dismantled lego pieces singing "Aussies Number One!"I was there that day too.I was there that day too. It was the only time I have seen us play at Luton. Unless you count 1986-1987 when I paid to watch us play them on a big screen at the Villa leisure centre with half time and full time summary by the injured Andy Blair with microphone.
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 13, 2019, 08:40:25 AMSaw him make his debut at Luton, we lost 2-0. We nearly always lose there. Sat in the nasty ramshackle stand behind the goal in that rundown broken up ground that looks like dismantled lego pieces singing "Aussies Number One!"I was there that day too.
Saw him make his debut at Luton, we lost 2-0. We nearly always lose there. Sat in the nasty ramshackle stand behind the goal in that rundown broken up ground that looks like dismantled lego pieces singing "Aussies Number One!"
Quote from: Damo70 on January 13, 2019, 11:55:59 AMQuote from: LeeB on January 13, 2019, 09:11:43 AMQuote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 13, 2019, 08:40:25 AMSaw him make his debut at Luton, we lost 2-0. We nearly always lose there. Sat in the nasty ramshackle stand behind the goal in that rundown broken up ground that looks like dismantled lego pieces singing "Aussies Number One!"I was there that day too.I was there that day too. It was the only time I have seen us play at Luton. Unless you count 1986-1987 when I paid to watch us play them on a big screen at the Villa leisure centre with half time and full time summary by the injured Andy Blair with microphone.I was there too in the stand on the side of the pitch (not sure why). Anyway, we left right before the end and were home before we would have been had we been at Villa Park. My mate's mom was not impressed when she did the maths to realise I had averaged 95+ all the way home.
The game I always remember was the 4-1 victory at Sunderland on route to winning the cup in '94. They absolutely battered us from start to finish at the the old Roker Park.Bosnich was simply out of this world save after save after save. At one point the Sunderland forwards were just stood there looking at him in bewilderment going wtf how is he doing this.Big Ron stated Bosnich could very well be the worlds best after the Deportivo Uefa Cup game that same season. Had he kept any kind of sane head on his shoulders he certainly would have gone close to being so.
He was a brilliant shot-stopper, but his command of the area was mediocre at best and his distribution was often appalling. The back pass law was relatively new when he became the number one and I often remarked that he needed to spend far more time at training learning how to control and clear the ball with his feet. When he went to Man Utd I always suspected that this would be his achilles heel with their fans and Ferguson wouldn't accept it, especially since Peter Schmeichel's accurate distribution had launched many an attack. Having said all that, Bozzie was at times brilliant for us and his performances one of the reasons I always felt heading down to Wembley in '94 that our name was on the cup.