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Offline JJ-AV

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #15 on: October 30, 2011, 05:13:13 PM »
He is such a little bitch.

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2011, 05:20:37 PM »
He is such a little bitch.

I hope you're ready to back that up in court. ;)

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2011, 05:21:43 PM »
Waah waah waah, someone said something nasty about me so i'll scweam and scweam until i'm sthick. Twunt.

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #18 on: October 30, 2011, 05:44:04 PM »
Thank God his 2 successors have been so great for us.


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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #19 on: October 30, 2011, 05:55:41 PM »
Anyone think he is a little concerned that no club with a vacancy over the past 12 months has gone anywhere near him? Aside from the Porn Barons, that is.   Doesn't quite tally with the image he (and a few of his sycophants) like to hold onto,  the maverick manager, this quirky genius who virtually guarantees success everywhere he goes. 

Maybe this is desperation on his part - 'I'm not that bad, honest!'
Or maybe he's just got a taste for it now.

A shame.   As I said at the time- and even with some pretty major shortcomings-  he'll probably be remembered as one of our better post war managers (though nowhere near the elite level of say, a Saunders or Atkinson).  Maybe that owes as much to the timing of his arrival as much as anything else, the hope of that period.

Opportunity wasted - by him and by us.  I wonder whether he regrets it now.

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2011, 05:56:42 PM »
Under our current financial constraints, given the choice of MON (with Robertson and Walford), GH (with Gary Mac and Sid) or AM (with Grant, Kevin MacDonald and Sid), MON would be last on my list. His greatest achievement at Villa was to fool so many for so long that he actually knew what he was doing.

Offline Fin Feds Dad

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2011, 05:57:30 PM »
I would like to apologise too - don't know what for but he is bound to find something . Football genius x

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2011, 05:59:30 PM »
I think he's holding out to see what happens after Capello moves on next year - maybe he still thinks he's good enough for the England job, or to take over at Spurs when 'Arry gets it. On both counts I think he'll be disappointed.

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2011, 06:04:08 PM »
I'd like to thank mon for the many wins we got in march every year, the glorious flowing football we played and for the many trophies. Oh and that fantastic night out in moscow

I'd like to thank him for letting me walk out of Old Trafford with a smile on my face for the first time after beating them 1-0, seeing us put 5 past Small Heath and the last minute goals at their place. I enjoyed the three top 6 finishes, seeing Ashley Young, Downing and Milner in the side. Even a cup final and semi final in the same season were enjoyable. 

The other side of the coin and all that.....

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2011, 06:05:04 PM »
What a prick top man.

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #25 on: October 30, 2011, 06:05:38 PM »
Ironic that it was his signings that probably avoided a vacancy at his beloved Sunderland yesterday.

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #26 on: October 30, 2011, 06:07:45 PM »
I'd like to thank mon for the many wins we got in march every year, the glorious flowing football we played and for the many trophies. Oh and that fantastic night out in moscow

I'd like to thank him for letting me walk out of Old Trafford with a smile on my face for the first time after beating them 1-0, seeing us put 5 past Small Heath and the last minute goals at their place. I enjoyed the three top 6 finishes, seeing Ashley Young, Downing and Milner in the side. Even a cup final and semi final in the same season were enjoyable. 

The other side of the coin and all that.....



Seconded.  Every manager has limitations and MON's was getting Aston Villa to 6th in the modern-day premier league.

Offline Fin Feds Dad

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #27 on: October 30, 2011, 06:30:55 PM »
And buying a barrel load of shite like Curtis Davies

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #28 on: October 30, 2011, 06:33:12 PM »
Don't forget Marlon 'F' Harewood.

Offline BC54 VFC

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Re: Guardian apologises to ex-manager
« Reply #29 on: October 30, 2011, 06:45:23 PM »
I imagine the fact that the Guardian published the offending article on MON's 59th birthday caused him considerable upset.

 


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