O'Neill talks about Villa

[Percy McCarthy]

Were you one of the people on here who insisted he had been in talks with Liverpool when he was the Villa manager? That's the one he is suing over.

I think the suggestion on here was that he was desperate to get the Liverpool job, but didn't.

That's rather different from "in talks with Liverpool"

Did he apply?

I've no idea.

I thought that saying he didn't get it implied he applied.

[pauliewalnuts]

Were you one of the people on here who insisted he had been in talks with Liverpool when he was the Villa manager? That's the one he is suing over.

I think the suggestion on here was that he was desperate to get the Liverpool job, but didn't.

That's rather different from "in talks with Liverpool"

Did he apply?

I've no idea.

I thought that saying he didn't get it implied he applied.

Not necessarily.

The point is, though, saying he wanted the Liverpool job is one thing, saying that he didn't get it because talks broke down is quite another.

[Percy McCarthy]

You don't really consider that someone 'didn't get' a particular job unless they apply for it though, do you?

[Rigadon]

Hang on!  What's all this about the Liverpool job?!?

[pauliewalnuts]

You don't really consider that someone 'didn't get' a particular job unless they apply for it though, do you?

Entirely irrelevant. What I think re whether he applied for the job or not has nothing to do with the question at hand.

As I said initially to Villadawg, and subsequently to you, there is a considerable difference between these two statements:

"Martin really wanted the Liverpool job"

and

"Martin was in talks with Liverpool about their manager's job"

because the latter of the two implies he's in breach of contract, for a start, and I suspect that's what he's suing the Mirror about. It'd be interesting, though, if footballers and managers took the opinion that they're the same thing, as there would be tens of valid causes for libel claims in the newspapers every day.

[Percy McCarthy]

You don't really consider that someone 'didn't get' a particular job unless they apply for it though, do you?

Entirely irrelevant. What I think re whether he applied for the job or not has nothing to do with the question at hand.

I only asked. It was the way you worded it that made me think you knew something.

Now you've cleared that up I must say I was absolutely heart-broken I 'didn't get' the job auditioning potential starlets for 'Barely Legal Black Chicks'. Maybe I should have applied.

[pauliewalnuts]

You don't really consider that someone 'didn't get' a particular job unless they apply for it though, do you?

Entirely irrelevant. What I think re whether he applied for the job or not has nothing to do with the question at hand.

I only asked. It was the way you worded it that made me think you knew something.

Now you've cleared that up I must say I was absolutely heart-broken I 'didn't get' the job auditioning potential starlets for 'Barely Legal Black Chicks'. Maybe I should have applied.

I am desperate to replace Steve Jobs at Apple (have you seen the look of him, he looks ready to go), and have written to them to tell them this.

When do talks start?

[Percy McCarthy]

You don't really consider that someone 'didn't get' a particular job unless they apply for it though, do you?

Entirely irrelevant. What I think re whether he applied for the job or not has nothing to do with the question at hand.

I only asked. It was the way you worded it that made me think you knew something.

Now you've cleared that up I must say I was absolutely heart-broken I 'didn't get' the job auditioning potential starlets for 'Barely Legal Black Chicks'. Maybe I should have applied.

I am desperate to replace Steve Jobs at Apple (have you seen the look of him, he looks ready to go), and have written to them to tell them this.

When do talks start?

Don't know, but only after they've recieved and read your application will they let you know that you didn't get it. (Or maybe you will, I won't underestimate you).

[Somniloquism]

They will invite Paulie over for an interview.......... so he can be arrested when he sets foot on USA soil for being a gambling website overlord.

[pauliewalnuts]

You don't really consider that someone 'didn't get' a particular job unless they apply for it though, do you?

Entirely irrelevant. What I think re whether he applied for the job or not has nothing to do with the question at hand.

I only asked. It was the way you worded it that made me think you knew something.

Now you've cleared that up I must say I was absolutely heart-broken I 'didn't get' the job auditioning potential starlets for 'Barely Legal Black Chicks'. Maybe I should have applied.

I am desperate to replace Steve Jobs at Apple (have you seen the look of him, he looks ready to go), and have written to them to tell them this.

When do talks start?

Don't know, but only after they've recieved and read your application will they let you know that you didn't get it. (Or maybe you will, I won't underestimate you).

If in six months, I'm posting on here at the usual times, and not posting stuff like "does anyone know where I can watch the derby match in Cupertino?", it is safe to assume that I didn't get it.

[pauliewalnuts]

They will invite Paulie over for an interview.......... so he can be arrested when he sets foot on USA soil for being a gambling website overlord.

Ha ha.

*burns letter*

[Lizz]

I am desperate to replace Steve Jobs at Apple (have you seen the look of him, he looks ready to go), and have written to them to tell them this.

Apparently his epitaph will be iDied.

[Somniloquism]

I am desperate to replace Steve Jobs at Apple (have you seen the look of him, he looks ready to go), and have written to them to tell them this.

Apparently his epitaph will be iDied.

<Pocketed for Celebrity Deathwatch thread in 4 weeks time>

[atomicjam]

More than slightly off topic, MON I have no time for, Martin Allen is either insane or perhaps trying to hard to be so...

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10426~2342723,00.html

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

You don't really consider that someone 'didn't get' a particular job unless they apply for it though, do you?

Entirely irrelevant. What I think re whether he applied for the job or not has nothing to do with the question at hand.

I only asked. It was the way you worded it that made me think you knew something.

Now you've cleared that up I must say I was absolutely heart-broken I 'didn't get' the job auditioning potential starlets for 'Barely Legal Black Chicks'. Maybe I should have applied.

I am desperate to replace Steve Jobs at Apple (have you seen the look of him, he looks ready to go), and have written to them to tell them this.

When do talks start?

Don't know, but only after they've recieved and read your application will they let you know that you didn't get it. (Or maybe you will, I won't underestimate you).

If in six months, I'm posting on here at the usual times, and not posting stuff like "does anyone know where I can watch the derby match in Cupertino?", it is safe to assume that I didn't get it.

As intriguing as you're petty battle has been, your last comment smells of "I know you are, but what am I?". Could you not come up with something a little more entertaining than that for everyone reading?