The Martin O'Neill thread (with added sacking #2188)

[pauliewalnuts]

The revelation that, after a Sunday match, we'd not get together until Thursday I find shocking.

[Mister E]

Good post, Paulie.
Now, how do we go viral with it?! - people need to see / hear that.

[hilts_coolerking]

Blimey, vindication!  Inflexible tactically, unimaginative transfer-wise, spends a lot to little effect, plays dull football and will only take you so far.  The naysayers were 3 years ahead of their time.

[Mister E]

The revelation that, after a Sunday match, we'd not get together until Thursday I find shocking.

Yes, not something that RL would have been used to seeing at the Browns I suspect.
Smacks of complacency and arrogance by MON, and it probably partly explains why we would run out of steam by March.

[eastie]

Very good clip and a lot of truth spoken .

[PeterWithesShin]

Was this an episode of Myth Busters? And I wonder if he's called his lawyers yet.

[Legion]

Like it. Off to post it elsewhere. Thank you, paulie.

[andyaston]

A lot of nails hit on the head by those learned media guys.

The amount of times I have to explain to non Villa fans (or even Villa fans you are not as emotionally involved with the club) that O'Neil left us in the crap, he overspent and he was behind times, are numerous.

[TopDeck113]

Scales
Falling
From
Eyes

[brian green]

On our way back from Swindon on the train last night my son related the story to a young very dedicated Villa fan of the relationship O'Neill has built up over the years with media commentators and journalists.   It even got me thinking and I have heard the story many times.

[Ger Regan]

Waiting for the first "I'd take regular 6th place finishes right now" type post.....

[garyshawsknee]

John Cross is on talkshite quite a bit,and talks a lot of sense for someone who's on T.S.

[ROBBO]

In retrospect he was an unmittigated disaster for which we will still be suffering for a long time yet, still think that Randy has to carry blame for not having football people on the board to keep him in check.We would have been dismayed if we had got Pardew but he would have done a better job.

[dave.woodhall]

On our way back from Swindon on the train last night my son related the story to a young very dedicated Villa fan of the relationship O'Neill has built up over the years with media commentators and journalists.   It even got me thinking and I have heard the story many times.

I've said all along that a large part of the O'Neill myth came when he was at Leicester and turning down bigger jobs, implying that he was waiting for  one more worthy of his talent.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Martin Ridley from the Mail On Sunday nails Mon in the first few seconds of that clip......."Martin has always carefully guarded his image......"
And he's right,, it's always about Martin, as in Martin O'Neils whichever club he rocks up at. You rarely see Man U described as Fergies Man U, or David Moyes Everton.
A lot of the other stuff in that clip I think began to dawn on a good few us towards the end of year two.