Return of O'Neill - divided opinion

[arnie66]

As i sat in my seat in the Trinity on Monday waiting for the game to start I overheard two fellow fans sitting a couple of rows behind me getting in to a very heated debate about the forthcoming return of O'Neil........the dispute caught my attention firstly because raised voices in our particular libraryesque section of the Trinity is almost unheard of and secondly because the two fans had completely polarised views of O'Neil.  One likening him to the devil and the other speaking of him as the messiah

It got me thinking that few things seem to have divided our club more than O'Neil's impact even now it seems

So my question is.......what sort of reception will he get when he returns later this month

I know we have had this type of debate before but i'm genuinely intrigued as to how difficult or easy his walk to the dug out is going to be on the 21st April

[DBTW]

The walk to the dugout will be harder for us than for him, he honestly wont care.

[Legion]

Poison dwarf. Judas. Pube-head.

It's O'Neill, by the way.

[cheltenhamlion]

I think he should play up to it by waving wads of notes.

[midnite]

The walk to the dugout will be harder for us than for him, he honestly wont care.

Agreed.

Hate what he did to the club, but he'll point to the mess we're in as a result to him not being here rather than it being the result of him being here.

I hve some wonderful memories of his time at the club but the way he left was unforgivable.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Judging from a lot of Villa fans I speak to, he'll get a heroes reception.
A lot still worship him.

[Walmley_Villa]

The walk to the dugout will be harder for us than for him, he honestly wont care.

Spot on

[Rip Van We Go Again]

As gregnash said previously, if The Holte sing abuse at him, he'll write down all the seat numbers for a mass sue.

[German James]

45 pages

[Walmley_Villa]

I gather his main objective this season was to finish above us. He detests us with a passion.
Personally, I was there in the NS carpark when he arrived and I was overjoyed. However, the way he walked out on us to do the maximum damage was unforgivable. It's a boo from me Simon.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

There will be a lot of divided loyalties on the 21st.

[villasjf]

When talking to non Villain football fans about him they are amazed a lot of us dislike/hate him they read what the reporters say and they all love him. Its like marmite you love it or hate it there is no in between. I think the best way tro treat him is with silence the same as we treat the present manager.

[eastie]

He did a decent job here - not great but decent enough and i feel took us as far as he could- it was time for him to go when he did, but it now seems clear randy was cutting back and instead of moving on and getting a top manager we have slid backwards at speed.

O neill had ambitions for the club but randy tightening the purse meant o neill had little choice but to walk or take us backwards against clubs with greater resources.

A good villa manager but with many flaws- not in the saunders or taylor ,atkinson bracket but better than most .

Good luck to him although he will never get a better crack at the top 4 than he had at villa!

[richard moore]

As good an example of a cheque book manager as you will ever see - and even then we could only just about hit sixth in a very mediocre league

[JJ-AV]

The people I go with still like him and intend to applaud him when he returns. I loved him while he was here, but the way he left and with the benefit of hindsight I think he was an above average manager, who squandered our best chance at achieving something special in years, who's reputation was enhanced by favourable media coverage.

I'll probably give him no reaction, but if I could be arsed I'd probably boo him.