Ross Barkley

[Footy-Vill]

Signing Ross McCormack £12million the best forward in the league, a proven championship scorer and expected to score the goals for our promotion back to Prem.
3 years at Villa.

[JD]

That performance reminded me of another person who didn't put in a big effort Steve Ho*ge.

[Villan82]

My memory is playing me up but I honestly cannot remember another player who arrived with such a fanfair and has disappointed me so much.  Alan Thompson, Nigel Reo Coker and Micah Richards are others but Ross Barkley takes the prize.

To add to the list
Curcic
Collymore
Nzogbia

Collymore always wins this award for me. Surprised to see Alan Thompson in this discussion, thought he didn't do too bad. Not great not terrible.

[brian green]

Sasa Curcic did well in Las Vegas.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

My memory is playing me up but I honestly cannot remember another player who arrived with such a fanfair and has disappointed me so much.  Alan Thompson, Nigel Reo Coker and Micah Richards are others but Ross Barkley takes the prize.

To add to the list
Curcic
Collymore
Nzogbia

Collymore always wins this award for me. Surprised to see Alan Thompson in this discussion, thought he didn't do too bad. Not great not terrible.

Tommy Craig.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Stephen Ireland

Bear in mind the Ireland deal also enabled us to offload Milner.

[richtheholtender]

Stephen Ireland

Bear in mind the Ireland deal also enabled us to offload Milner.

Exactly

[edgysatsuma89]

I hope he goes to West Ham but I assume it is just lazy journalism as Moyes is manager. I can see him at Newcastle if they stay up. Big fish and all that.

[eamonn]

Baros.

Nah, we knew he was shit at the time ...

Would have been more at home in Bros.

Having said that, aren't we one of the few clubs to have had two Euro Golden Boot winners play for us (albeit not at the time - Savo for Former Yugoslavia in 2000 and Baros for Czech Rep in 2004)?

[N'ZMAV]

Baros.

Nah, we knew he was shit at the time ...

Would have been more at home in Bros.

Having said that, aren't we one of the few clubs to have had two Euro Golden Boot winners play for us (albeit not at the time - Savo for Former Yugoslavia in 2000 and Baros for Czech Rep in 2004)?

does it count that Baros was a Liverpool player at the time?

[SaddVillan]

Quote from Dean Smith:

"I think he's looking to find the form he was in before his [hamstring] injury."

If that's the case then Barkley''s obviously not looking very hard or in the right places.

It's over for him at Villa. Pat him on theback, wish him well and send him back Chelsea.

Our season's pretty well done. We're safe from relegation and aren't going to make Europe.

Let's not worry about a few League positions here or there, it's time to look to and build for the future. 

Give some minutes to the kids and try different formations?

It would be great to see some of them put in an appearance when Villa Park reopens for the last match of the season.

[eamonn]

Baros.

Nah, we knew he was shit at the time ...

Would have been more at home in Bros.

Having said that, aren't we one of the few clubs to have had two Euro Golden Boot winners play for us (albeit not at the time - Savo for Former Yugoslavia in 2000 and Baros for Czech Rep in 2004)?

does it count that Baros was a Liverpool player at the time?

I know, I tried to qualify my statement. Savo was also still at the club we sold him to (Zaragoza) in summer 2000 but got a big-money move to Parma on the back of his tournament performance.

[brian green]

We have had three golden boot winners/sharers if you include Peter McParland's five for Northern Ireland in Sweden in 1958.  Not that it was being called the Golden Boot then.  They were far less bullshit times.

[LeeB]

We have had three golden boot winners/sharers if you include Peter McParland's five for Northern Ireland in Sweden in 1958.  Not that it was being called the Golden Boot then.  They were far less bullshit times.

As fine an achievement as it was I think Just Fontaine may take issue with that claim

[brian green]

Perhaps I am wrong, I always thought there were three with five goals in that tournament.