O'Neill talks about Villa

[Risso]

I don't think it's to get the media on his side, it's a kind of veiled threat to the Villa. `Look how much coverage I can get. Imagine I was saying nasty things about you after an acrimonious tribunal hearing. How would you like that?'

Any chance of getting in at the tribunal Damon, that's one match thread I'd like to read.

[damon loves JT]

It's not a proper Industrial Tribunal, is it? Just some spoof version organised by the LMA. I doubt there will be any public access.

[Shrek]

He is including Milner as one of his sales. You left before Martin, you self indulged little man.

[WarszaVillan]

I miss him. I know blessed  Martin, etc, etc. But I do

[Chris Smith]

Pavlov needn't have bothered with his dogs he could have just mentioned Martin O'Neill to Internet Villa fans and observed the same sort of conditioned reaction . Come to think it would work just as well for David O'Leary or the current bloke. Am I detecting a pattern here?

I am neither defending him nor attacking anyone on here, just observing.

[hawkeye]

DOL awful
MON nearly man
GH catastrophic

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Vacuous maybe.

Is 'vacuous' another name for 'drama queen'? (winky)

[paulcomben]

He must be feeling very smug and laughing heartily to himself, as would any of us if we left a job and saw the replacement making such a balls of everything.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Pavlov needn't have bothered with his dogs he could have just mentioned Martin O'Neill to Internet Villa fans and observed the same sort of conditioned reaction . Come to think it would work just as well for David O'Leary or the current bloke. Am I detecting a pattern here?

You certainly are detecting a pattern with O'Leary and O'Neill, Chris.
They are both ******.

Houllier isn't the sort of bloke you can hate, he's just incompetent.

[Brend'Watkins]

DOL awful
MON nearly man
GH catastrophic

MON = Good*
GH = Bad
DO'L = Ugly

*MON's good later turned bad now it's getting ugly.

[pablopicasso_10]

£70 million net on crap (£95 million if he is including milner in the figures), and nearly 90% of the 20th best turnover in europe on wages before running away before the going got tough...

fuckwit...

[Steve R]

I'm surprised it's not even a bone fide industrial tribunal. What exactly is he 'suing' us for? Why hasn't the club just told him to go fuck himself? Would Heskey be regarded as a witness or as evidence?

[Clampy]

Despite his failings (and he had a few), i wish he was on the touchline for us up at Goodison next Saturday instead of the cardboard cut-out that will be there.

[Rigadon]

Agreed.  The timing is shocking.

Talk about kicking us when we're down!

As mentioned above, I'm guessing the courts decide the date of the actual hearing as opposed to either party.

I'll admit I haven't seen the clip so I'm jumping the gun.  Will refrain until I have seen it.

However, unless a reporter has been waiting outside his house or on the gold course or wherever an unemployed uber wealthy manager goes, it is optional for him to comment on things like our transfer spend.   

[Rigadon]

Despite his failings (and he had a few), i wish he was on the touchline for us up at Goodison next Saturday instead of the cardboard cut-out that will be there.

So do I but that says more about the cardboard cut out than anything else.