Best Villa Keeper?

I think it could be an age thing, depending on the age of the pollers many of whom may not even remember the likes of Spink (who got my vote). Any nominations for worst keeper? Mine would go to John Phillips, what a clown!!

Bosnich was the best. Without doubt. His handling was second to none. I remember seeing him against Sunderland at Roker park 93/94 season in the league cup. We won 4-1 but they absolutely battered us and Bozzie made some unbelievable saves. He also saved ten penalties that season. He was a terrible kicker but he had everything else. World class.

I'm with Jonah, think it is an age think. It was a shame the blues fans from one site decided to come over and vote on our last polls, because it shows their obsession and to me it seemed a bit embarrassing for them. I'd hate that to develop as it seems so playground to me.

eventhough i wasn't even born when rimmer played for villa, he was my choice, after seeing recordings of him during our championship winning side, and his 6 seasons with the villa it convinced me. Spink still a close 2nd for me tho. Whereas bosnich just had personality, good or bad you decide, but they were all better than tommy.

tommy's done well this season and is convincing me he is a quality keeper, i went for bossie, and i'm 31 so i remember rimmer, and grew up with spinksy. i think it'd be the same if you ran a 'who's the best bond', moore would get alot of votes cause alot of us grew up with him. i would have liked to have seen les sealey in there though, he had a very good season with us and was one of the most animated and enthusiastic keepers ever. god bless him.

What about KIRALY?? Seriously has to be Rimmer. Used to love it when he used to mark out his extended area in the six yard box, it ruined the pitches everywhere. Bozzy was good but fell into the wrong crowd, we weren't willing to pay him more than tuppence a week

Christo: that would be YES

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Rimmer for me Ron Saunders always prefered a keeper who came for crosses and for that reason Ron said he thought Jimmy was better than Shilton. Ron didnt get it right all the time i remember him saying to John Burridge who stayed on his line " You could be my first mistake" It wasnt long before Rimmer arived

With results like this I just wonder whether the majority of Villa fans know anything about Villa's greats. Without doubt Jimmy Rimmer should have scored 99%. No keeper since, excluding Schmeichal (in his prime) could have touched him for all-round ability and attitude.

Jonah, that was John Burridge - Phillips played alongside Chris Nichols in defence. Budgie was a good value goal keeper who was under rated. Sure he made mistakes but I would bt he made a lot less than Sorrensen.

Villacross, Rimmer had a nick name - the cat - because of his superb reflexs - I honestly believe that Rimmer and Shilton were the worlds best goal keepers. Unfortunately they played at the same time. One of the last goal keepers to play without gloves!

I do not think the poll has been sabotaged but it is a reflection of the era that the voting fans have grown up with. I think that Sorenson has done extremely well to recover from his howlers against the dildo salesmen a couple of years ago. However Rimmer was good, as was Spinksy but they both had 'peg' tendencies and were afraid to come off their line. Bosnich was world class, the game at Sunderland mentioned earlier was a prime example. I also remember him saving two penalties in one game at Spuds in that same season. I am also surprised that David James was not on the list. He was tremendous. Great agility, commanded his box and a great distributor of the ball. His weakness though was a lack of concentration which led to the odd mistake. He did though make saves that no other keeper would get near and I still think he is the best English keeper available. I also liked Jimmy Cumbes but I remember our first game back in the top flight back in 1972. It was home to Dirty Leeds and he let a back pass through his legs and we lost by that goal. So Bosnich gets my vote. Worst had to be Les Sealy.

Spink got my vote as I don't really remember Rimmer. Obviously Spink was the hero when he came on for the injured Rimmer that fateful night. I did love Bossie too. I'll never forget the League Cup Semi 2nd leg against Tranmere. 3-1 down from the away leg. 4-4 after 90 + ET. Bossie saving penalties all afternoon like his life depended on it. Brilliant. Very surprised TS won. Not that I don't rate him. We clearly missed him this season when he was out. Although you had to feel sorry for the PJ wearing Kiraly when he apologised to us after the ManUre game.

Myleftfoot: John Phillips was a keeper signed from Chelsea by Tommy Docherty and he was crap..you're thinking of leighton Phillips

Jimmy Rimmer - the consumate professional. Noted mostly for playing 10 minutes before being substituted in "that" match. What he should be noted for is that he, along with a few others in the Division 1 winning side, played every match in the 1980-81 season (and all that without a pair of gloves in sight.) How many players can lay claim to that in any one season these days?

And what about John Burridge? Now there's a guy with a fantastic career in football, not just for us but for about 92 of the English clubs and a fair few in Scotland. Budgie was a true professional. I used to like Les Sealy too. Not so much for his goalkeeping ability at times, more for his banter and overall entertainment value.

I still dont think that Sorensen is too far down the list though. Maybe not the best keeper we've seen at Villa Park, but far, far, far from the worst.