O'Neill talks about Villa

[phantom limb]

I'm surprised it's not even a bone fide industrial tribunal. What exactly is he 'suing' us for? Why hasn't the club just told him to go fuck himself? Would Heskey be regarded as a witness or as evidence?

I would guess that it would be alleging that the club made his position untenable due to withholding of transfer funds and/or the reduction of power in his role. I don't think he liked Faulkner taking a more active role in things and felt strongly enough about it to resign. Of course, this is just me guessing.

[Phil from the upper holte]

He walked out? Surely that entitles him to the square root of fuck all?

******

[Clampy]

He walked out? Surely that entitles him to the square root of fuck all?

c***

Not a fan then Phil? 

[WikiVilla]

Knowing MON he'll spin it & walk away with 7 figs

[Clark W Griswold]

He's quite right about it being £70m spent on transfers, that's what i got it to be anyhow. He is still a twat though for paying the wages he did, not looking further than the end of his nose for players, and walking out when he did. And playing turgid football for the last 18 months.

[VillaZogmariner]

He may well have been forced out. But the timing of him coming out in the press and deciding to slag off my club means that he is in fact a grade a ******, lower than O'Leary in my opinion.

[TopDeck113]

Do you know what, for all the way he treated us, if he reached an out-of-court settlement whereby he'll come back and manage us for the last eight games and walk away with £5m if we stay up, I'd bite his hand off.

I really would prostitute myself that low for what is at stake.

[WikiVilla]

£70m not bad over 4 years in fairness

[kippaxvilla2]

I assume he is going for constructive dismissal.

[adrenachrome]

I'm surprised it's not even a bone fide industrial tribunal. What exactly is he 'suing' us for? Why hasn't the club just told him to go fuck himself? Would Heskey be regarded as a witness or as evidence?

I think your guess is probably right and he is going for constructive dismissal

The tribunal has been used in several high-profile cases in recent years.

In 2009, it upheld a constructive dismissal claim by Alan Curbishley against his former club West Ham.

Earlier that year, former Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan was awarded £2m damages plus interest after winning his case against the club for constructive dismissal.   
I would guess that it would be alleging that the club made his position untenable due to withholding of transfer funds and/or the reduction of power in his role. I don't think he liked Faulkner taking a more active role in things and felt strongly enough about it to resign. Of course, this is just me guessing.

You may well be right, if recent cases are anything to go by.
BBC Sport:

The tribunal has been used in several high-profile cases in recent years.

In 2009, it upheld a constructive dismissal claim by Alan Curbishley against his former club West Ham.

Earlier that year, former Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan was awarded £2m damages plus interest after winning his case against the club for constructive dismissal.

[Clampy]

He spent far far too much on average players for me, Warnock, Davies etc. I'd have never paid £12m for Downing, but then again i probably would'nt have paid it for Milner either.

You could also say that despite the spiralling wage bill and the money he supposedly wasted,  it did'nt stop us spending £24m in January just gone. 

[villa `cross the mersey]

MoN is  trained in the Law and it may well be he delivers a few home truths at the Tribunal. he will present a good case for himself I have no doubt. Considering our position now he will not be viewed badly in terms of perfomance using league tables as guide.

He did a year of a law degree and reads books about serial killers. That's hardly trained in the law, to be fair.

If there's one thing that really boils my piss it's the urban myth that O'Neill has a law degree.

I understand he didn`t complete the degree primarily because he tried to take an easy option to become successful - from someone who knew him well in Derry.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Pavlov needn't have bothered with his dogs he could have just mentioned Martin O'Neill to Internet Villa fans and observed the same sort of conditioned reaction . Come to think it would work just as well for David O'Leary or the current bloke. Am I detecting a pattern here?

I am neither defending him nor attacking anyone on here, just observing.

Not like you to sit on the fence Mr Smith

[JJ-AV]

Has anyone got a link to his interview?

[Surrey Villain]

He may well have been forced out. But the timing of him coming out in the press and deciding to slag off my club means that he is in fact a grade a c***, lower than O'Leary in my opinion.

Just how is he slagging of the club?  The timing is decided by others.