O'Neill Rejects west ham interest!

[Brian Taylor]

Yep egos eh? 'Either egoes or I goes'.   and that was that

[Jimbo]

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.

Let's call it gross negligence then. I agree, he'd probably taken us as far as he could. But he should have gone in May. Perhaps if his Liverpool deal had come off - as he'd been wishing for the last few weeks of the season - he would have gone then. But in the end I think all he thought about was himself, and fuck everybody else. Including the club and the fans. Even though he was a tool, DOL never did anything quite so careless. 

[villajk]

Anyway, has Grant gone yet and has O'Neill taken over?

[Fergal]

West Ham is an anagram of 'shit little outfit that will always be shit'

[Lizz]

Anyway, 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.

[ez]

Anyway, 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

[not3bad]

Anyway, 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

Is it?

[villajk]

Anyway, 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.

Thanks Lizz.

[Chris Jameson]

Yes, thanks Lizz for listening to Colin Murray so we don't have to.

It's appreciated.

[luke95]

Anyway, 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.

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 .

[Pat McMahon]

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....

[Pat McMahon]

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.

Apologies from the technical Luddite for double post.

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....

[Risso]

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 .

Nope.  I think the media would have it that he was forced out by Randy refusing to spend any money.  Our results since he left will be seen as proof that he was right.

[Ger Regan]

Apparently Grant's position is "tenuous", according to a SSN source. Decision on his future to be made during the week. Sounds to me like "we're trying to convince O'Neill to take the job".

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

David Gold looked even more loathsomely slimy on MOTD last night.

The downside to all this, is that West Ham will be in disarray for the second leg of the League Cup semi.