The legacy of Martin O'Neill

[JUAN PABLO]

Baseball mit face inherited a much better squad than the barmy leprechaun. That said, Redknapp is an excellent manager, and I'd take him, dodgy dealings and all, over O Neill any day of the week. Better football for starters.

spot on 

[TheSandman]

I agree as well.

The only problem is that this whole argument started with someone saying the same thing.

[Risso]

If Spurs have a bigger squad than us and pay less in player wages then our chairman is an idiot. I don't believe that Randy Lerner is an idiot.

Either that or you just don't know what you're talking about.  I don't think you know what you're talking about.

[Somniloquism]

Baseball mit face inherited a much better squad than the barmy leprechaun. That said, Redknapp is an excellent manager, and I'd take him, dodgy dealings and all, over O Neill any day of the week. Better football for starters.

With the lack of wage control we had under MON, I would hate to have seen what the wage bill would have been under Redknapp.

[jembob]

The commentators tonight pointed out that Stoke City have a stronger subs' bench than us. That's your legacy MON, you dithering arse.

[sfx412]

The commentators tonight pointed out that Stoke City have a stronger subs' bench than us. That's your legacy MON, you dithering arse.

I like this

[Somniloquism]

The commentators tonight pointed out that Stoke City have a stronger subs' bench than us. That's your legacy MON, you dithering arse.

Is Sidwell injured? And what happened to Carew.  And don't forget that Stoke managed to buy players to actually put on their bench/play on the pitch this window. We didn't, couldn't, wouldn't buy anyone this window so you get three players out injured, we are then putting kids on. Yes, Martin did leave the squad threadbare in places (Leftback) but if you took out all of Stokes transfer dealings this summer from that announced team, it would have been interesting to compare benches then.

[sfx412]

how pathetic is that.
After 4 seasons of Mon's dealings the reason Stoke had a more convincing bench was because Randy didn't spend in the summer.
Inredible. I wonder why he didn't spend? Oh yes the manager we had quit 5 days, 5 days, before kick off.

[jonzy85]

The commentators tonight pointed out that Stoke City have a stronger subs' bench than us. That's your legacy MON, you dithering arse.

Except fo the fact that Stoke's bench was stronger because they made a good few quality signings this summer (most of them after MON was gone too)....what did we do?

[Ger Regan]

Except fo the fact that Stoke's bench was stronger because they made a good few quality signings this summer (most of them after MON was gone too)....what did we do?

Had to look for a new manager after that prick left us in the most spiteful way possible?

[jonzy85]

Except fo the fact that Stoke's bench was stronger because they made a good few quality signings this summer (most of them after MON was gone too)....what did we do?

Had to look for a new manager after that prick left us in the most spiteful way possible?

I can't help joining the dots between the 2.

[Ger Regan]

I can't help joining the dots between the 2.

Feel free. O'Neill has form when it comes to acting the prick when not given full control (i.e. more than a normal manager should have) of a football club. He had it at Villa, wasted a disgusting amount of money on wages, was asked / told to sort out the situation before being allowed to bring in any others, didn't, and then walked at a time designed to cause maximum disruption to the football club.

You know, I should at this stage be getting over how he left (particularly as I wanted him gone for a number of months), but I'm just as angry now over it as the day it happened. Moreso even.

[peter w]

The commentators tonight pointed out that Stoke City have a stronger subs' bench than us. That's your legacy MON, you dithering arse.

Or is it the legacy of the whole club - MON and the board - for this summer?

[sfx412]

The commentators tonight pointed out that Stoke City have a stronger subs' bench than us. That's your legacy MON, you dithering arse.

Yeah, right.
Or is it the legacy of the whole club - MON and the board - for this summer?

So its down to Mon leaving and the Boards prevarications and nothing to do with the 4 seasons Mon was in control ?

[Villa'Zawg]

The commentators tonight pointed out that Stoke City have a stronger subs' bench than us. That's your legacy MON, you dithering arse.

Yeah, right.
Or is it the legacy of the whole club - MON and the board - for this summer?

So its down to Mon leaving and the Boards prevarications and nothing to do with the 4 seasons Mon was in control ?

I suppose the question is, was O'Neill leaving the club the cause of our problems or a symptom of the problems we have seen since Faulkner became CEO in May.