No jimbo, I think the time was right for a change and maybe he should have gone in may, something tipped him over the edge into walking out in august but I don't think it was pre planned and don't think he wilfully did it to hurt the club. Equally there would be no point him staying if either his heart was no longer in it or there was a breakdown between him and the board.
Anyway, has Grant gone yet and has O'Neill taken over?
Quote from: villajk on January 16, 2011, 03:05:24 PMAnyway, has Grant gone yet and has O'Neill taken over?No to both questions, is the current status. Listening to Colin Murray and whoever the jouranlist was on Radio 5 earlier, I reckon MON was ready to go to West Ham, but is hesitating now that it's been leaked - can't have the MON myth tarnished.
Quote from: Lizz on January 16, 2011, 03:30:14 PMQuote from: villajk on January 16, 2011, 03:05:24 PMAnyway, has Grant gone yet and has O'Neill taken over?No to both questions, is the current status. Listening to Colin Murray and whoever the jouranlist was on Radio 5 earlier, I reckon MON was ready to go to West Ham, but is hesitating now that it's been leaked - can't have the MON myth tarnished.The longer it drags on the better
Seems a pretty fair article but as usual one or two phrases are picked on to discredit the whole thing. Despite all the revisionism that we read on here on a daily basis MON had built a decent side at Villa that we knew had a chance in every single game. It's also a fact that Lerner put a break on spending last year, there might have been financial reasons why but no football ones; standing still in this league means going backwards.It appears that Randy wants is a manger who looks after the whole club compared to MON who, as Hayward says, only cares about the first team. If that is the case he should have just sacked him but I guess he didn't want the reputation he would have earned for sacking a manger who had just had finished sixth again with a cup final thrown in.Interesting point there, Chris. A friend of mine is pals with a former Norn Ireland international colleague of MON and he said that MON lost the England job partly on those grounds. The stiffs at the FA were split between Steve McLaren and MON, with Allardyce as a makeshift third choice. They asked MON about his plans for grass roots football in England if he were to get the job. He apparently replied that he would be responsible for forging a decent squad for the national team and the rest was the responsibility of the FA and not a consideration for him. Apparently they didn;t take too kindly to that....
Seems a pretty fair article but as usual one or two phrases are picked on to discredit the whole thing. Despite all the revisionism that we read on here on a daily basis MON had built a decent side at Villa that we knew had a chance in every single game. It's also a fact that Lerner put a break on spending last year, there might have been financial reasons why but no football ones; standing still in this league means going backwards.It appears that Randy wants is a manger who looks after the whole club compared to MON who, as Hayward says, only cares about the first team. If that is the case he should have just sacked him but I guess he didn't want the reputation he would have earned for sacking a manger who had just had finished sixth again with a cup final thrown in.
What is this MON Myth that many talk of , surly him walking out a couple of days before the season started wouldve done his reputation more harm than good .
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