So CCMB poster The Other Bob Wilson reminded Bob Bank Hero of a fantastic loan signing which had somehow slipped our minds- Gary O'Neill. He would certainly have knocked Eddie ou of the top five anyway.
We'll most probably run a best-of-the-rest in the future and include him.
But here's BBH's number one hands down best loan signing.
1 Jason Koumas
What can you say about the Messiah? I remember sitting at my little workdesk and nearly choking on my hot chocolate when I found out Jase has signed.
Just days before the season had started, and with the squad looking a little threadbare, in came the news that we had had signed one of the most talented footballers to have pulled on the Welsh shirt.
I was never a big fan of Koumas before he joined City – but that was just borne out of jealousy and the fact that every time he played against Cardiff he seemed to have a blinder.
He got off to a cracking start by coming off the bench against our old friends Leeds United and smashing in a beautiful 25-yard winner at Ninian Park. He followed that up consistently during 2005-06, banging in 13 goals in 44 games.
My personal favourite was against Ipswich on a cold Tuesday night. It was 1-1 going into injury-time when he picks up the ball out wide and start running with it. Then he beats a few men, slips over, gets back up and slams it into the net.
Happy days! Some of the moaners had a pop because apparently he didn’t pull his weight defensively side but frankly I couldn’t give a damn. He gave me more entertainment that season than the rest of the team put together.
Sadly we couldn’t keep hold of him, and despite one of the longest transfer battles of the close summer he ended up going back to the Baggies before moving on to Wigan. He will always be a legend in my eyes.
Loan Rating 10/10
