O'Neill Rejects west ham interest!

[hawkeye]

Straumur still hold a large chunk of the shares and have loans outstanding, the deal with them would have financial covenants determining borrowing and expenditure, its a real mess

[eastie]

I think mon would make petrov his 1st target, hitz is almost fit, straight swap?

[Greg N'Ash]

i wouldn't let him have anyone apart from the real dregs. Him even considering the job hints at real bitterness towards our board given their relationship with pornodwarf.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Absolutely.

Never witnessed such cruddy treatment of a Manager before

Except for when Gold and Sullivan treated Zola in exactly the same way.

[OzVilla]

i wouldn't let him have anyone apart from the real dregs. Him even considering the job hints at real bitterness towards our board given their relationship with pornodwarf.

Ah I see, so now your line is that MON is only taking the job to get back at Randy.

Firstly, I think we might be taking ourselves (Aston Villa FC) slightly too seriously if you honestly believe that.  I'd also suggest that your the one with the 'bitterness' issues.

[Mazrim]

I think mon would make petrov his 1st target, hitz is almost fit, straight swap?

No. Hitz is a character with his long range howitzers but a very limited player.
Hogg offers the same thing but is (certainly potentially) a better player

[sfx412]

Hoping to piss Grant off so that he'd resign and they save themselves the compensation I reckon.

Exactly

[sfx412]

Never witnessed such cruddy treatment of a Manager before.

Looked Anfields way recently ?

[Greg N'Ash]

i wouldn't let him have anyone apart from the real dregs. Him even considering the job hints at real bitterness towards our board given their relationship with pornodwarf.

Ah I see, so now your line is that MON is only taking the job to get back at Randy.

Firstly, I think we might be taking ourselves (Aston Villa FC) slightly too seriously if you honestly believe that.  I'd also suggest that your the one with the 'bitterness' issues.

not at all. he must have been on good terms with randy and the general once and respected them. if people you like and respect fall-out heavily with a 3rd party, then you don't normally select that as your next job do you?

[frank]

I think mon would make petrov his 1st target, hitz is almost fit, straight swap?

No. Hitz is a character with his long range howitzers but a very limited player.

Agreed. Hitzlsperger was popular with the fans and scored some stunning goals, but he was a very ineffective midfielder. After early success with Stuttgart his career there fizzled out, which was why he came back to England.

[eastie]

I think hitz is a far better player now maz then when he was here before, has many german caps in his locker plus petrov is past his best , the window is fast running down and if mon takes over he will have to act fast in the Market which is not something he's known for.

Having seen how poor they are I think they must be favourites to go down With or without mon!

[hawkeye]

Lets face it Players, Managers, Agents and  Chairmen all act the same way. Football is moraly and in many cases finacialy bankrupt. Gold Sullivan Brady are just the most obvious.

[frank]

Apparently MON is well fucked off that rumours of his private discussion with the Porn kings has leaked. He may as well get used to that kind of stuff as it's quite the norm with that repulsive lot. Even more reason why I'm stunned he'd want to go there in the first place.

Patrick Barclay in the Times today:

O'Neill appears to be taking a long time to make up his mind. In which case, no wonder. He is a nice guy. Should he be going to a place like this, where the claret is of such a poor vintage?

I think I might disagree with one of those sentences!

[Mazrim]

I think hitz is a far better player now maz then when he was here before, has many german caps in his locker plus petrov is past his best

I've seen no evidence that Hitz is a far better player and his German caps will be stopping at their current number I should think. He got in when they were poor and going through a transitional stage. Dont get me wrong, he isnt useless, just not what we need. Petrov does need replacing but not with Hitz. We can do much, much better.
Plus the likes of Bannan, Delph and Gardner will replace Petrov anyway.

[eastie]

Fair enough maz, to be honest out the 2 I'd rather keep reo- coker and flog petrov to west ham anyway, I think his debut there was the best I've seen him  during his entire time with us.