The legacy of Martin O'Neill

[Chico Hamilton III]

Boro were booed off yesterday. Again.

[LeeB]

Boro were booed off yesterday. Again.

It's all Southgate's fault.

[sfx412]

Well it can't be Strachan's he's won Title after title with Celtic,  more than Mon did and we all know how highly Mon was rated on his Celtic record

[Pongos hat2]

I'm actually coming round to the idea that MON was bigger than the club. Reading different forums MON's followers are still kicking up a fuss despite MON so obviously leaving us in the shit. Attacking the owners, fans and CLUB to defend him. For this alone in my own mind i'm glad he's well away from the club.

[BannedUserIAT]

My Uncle had a Legacy. It leaked oil and burned the mechanics bald head when it was getting a service!

I roared at this. Brilliant!

[damon loves JT]

Martin Keown on MOTD2 seemed to think that O'Neill had the Villa punching above their weight, that his departure will herald a decline, and that `there is something not right behind the scenes.'

They just make it up as they go along. I want to do well this season just to shut them up

[dave.woodhall]

Perry Groves on Sky said O'Neill had made Stuart Downing a better player.

[old man villa fan]

Martin Keown on MOTD2 seemed to think that O'Neill had the Villa punching above their weight, that his departure will herald a decline, and that `there is something not right behind the scenes.'

They just make it up as they go along. I want to do well this season just to shut them up

If we were punching above our weight, that would mean that MON spent a considerable amount on ordinary players.  Even more than what some supporters think.  So, on the one hand you have the brilliance of MON getting the best out of average players but on the other hand, hadn't got a clue in the transfer market and thus not a brillinat manager.  You cannot have it both ways.  The truth is, somewhere between the two.

[damon loves JT]

I suppose Downing was on crutches when he arrived, and can now walk. That makes O'Neill the footballing equivalent of Jesus Christ

[old man villa fan]

Perry Groves on Sky said O'Neill had made Stuart Downing a better player.

The Stuart Downing I have seen playing for us is not a patch on his best for Boro.  MON may have improved certain aspects of his game but at the detriment of other parts.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The effort and commitment yesterday was certainly a legacy of the MON rein, something I thought we'd lost against Newcastle.
Say what you want about MON's style of football but his teams always gave 100% and had a never say die attitude. For that we should be grateful.

[old man villa fan]

I suppose Downing was on crutches when he arrived, and can now walk. That makes O'Neill the footballing equivalent of Jesus Christ

Didn't do much for the lepers in the squad.

[Ger Regan]

Agreed. Nick Leeson for one. (winky)

Current CEO of my local club.

[Chris Smith]

Martin Keown on MOTD2 seemed to think that O'Neill had the Villa punching above their weight, that his departure will herald a decline, and that `there is something not right behind the scenes.'

They just make it up as they go along. I want to do well this season just to shut them up

I think that's the perception that most people have; they see reports of sell to buy, of wages being trimmed, they see a well liked manager walking out, they see us getting tonked by a just promoted team then going out of Europe at the first hurdle in embarrassing fashion and apparently dithering over appointing a new manager. It is little surprise that they think something is not right.

It doesn't mean that they're right but you can see why they might think it.

[damon loves JT]

It doesn't mean that they're right but you can see why they might think it.

As ever, my favourite thing. People saying the first thing that occurs to them because they can't acknowledge that they haven't got a clue.