Would you have MON back!!

[cdbearsfan]

I love this line Gazton... "And JUST those two resulted in nr 50 million!! coming back into the club (minus expenditure of course)."

Do you know that Britain has full employment if you don't count the unemployed?

[mark1968]

Not a f'king chance.

[dave7]

His Signings were sh!te..

Good:

Carew
Friedel
Downing
Delph

Indifferent:

Petrov
Cueller
Davies
Collins
Dunne

Bad:
Zat
Maloney
Agathe
Sutton
Heskey
Bardsley
Kiraly
Routledge
Salifou
Harewood
Reo-Coker
Sidwell
Brad Guzan
Shorey
L Young
Beye
Warnock

I havent included Milner & young because even my gran could have spotted their talent. And it was Randy who paid over the odds to get them in anyway.

[joe_c]

I would rather have McLaren.

You would!!!?

Yes!!! I would!!!!!!!!

This, I believe, was your 10,000th post. Kind of the equivalent of an outside edge that eludes the slips and trundles away for a barely deserved four to bring up a century. You raise your bat sheepishly as a handful of posters in the Tickets and Travel section applaud half heartedly.

[joe_c]

His Signings were sh!te..

Good:

Carew
Friedel
Downing
Delph

Indifferent:

Petrov
Cueller
Davies
Collins
Dunne

Bad:
Zat
Maloney
Agathe
Sutton
Heskey
Bardsley
Kiraly
Routledge
Salifou
Harewood
Reo-Coker
Sidwell
Brad Guzan
Shorey
L Young
Beye
Warnock

I havent included Milner & young because even my gran could have spotted their talent. And it was Randy who paid over the odds to get them in anyway.

O'Neill in my eyes is a massive knobber nowadays but this is laughable revisionism.

[cdbearsfan]

I would rather have McLaren.

You would!!!?

Yes!!! I would!!!!!!!!

This, I believe, was your 10,000th post. Kind of the equivalent of an outside edge that eludes the slips and trundles away for a barely deserved four to bring up a century. You raise your bat sheepishly as a handful of posters in the Tickets and Travel section applaud half heartedly.

I thought, why not reach a landmark showing my usual level of wit and intellect?

This was my actual 10,000th post...

FUCK OFF O'NEILL!

Anyway, can I have "10,000+ sad bastard" written above my name please Mr Mod?

[Gaztonniller]

Been there, tried him, didn't work. Let's try someone new.

Now come on seriously; I know this is just a bit of What if chatter. But being serious, in what way didnt he exactly work in the overall scheme of things?

In the first 2 of the 3 seasons that we finished 6th, Arsenal were poor and there was no Man City or Spurs (as they are in their current climate). 3rd to 6th was between ourselves, Everton, Arsenal and Liverpool. We finished bottom of that mini league everytime and for the money spent, we should (and could) have done better.

Cant blame him for other team deficiencies, and where were the hardly cash strapped manager of Spurs, Man City, finishing up.  And but for a poor decision at Wembley (hardly MON fault) chances are he could have had a cup in the cabinet.  So yep, i can see why high octane resistance.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Yes.  With Darren Bent in the side 100% yes.  Shame he didn't buy him when he was here.  Still, over McClaren, Hughes, McLeish, Martinez and Rafa I would certainly take MON.

[PeterWithesShin]

Start a poll please. Then ask Oliver "I bet Villa fans would love O'Neill back" Holt to read out the results on Election Special. Then have him killed.

I also bet fans would love to have such similar and promising signings now ready to exit again coming back through the door.  Who can argue against his record of spotting talent and them developing into INTERNATIONAL players. 

Doesn't a previous manager who first brought Milner to the club get the credit for spotting talent? We'd all have signed him anyway after that on loan season so MoN wasn't exactly unique in wanting him in B6. So really, that leaves Young.

Against that we have the list of wasted money, which we all know.

And JUST those two resulted in nr 50 million!! coming back into the club (minus expenditure of course).  What a poor manager to consider returning.

So we're agreed then, it's just Ashley Young he spotted.
And the profit we'll make on him will just about cancel out the loss we took on Curtis. So yes, he's a poor manager to consider returning.

Is that the Curtis as in England international call-up when at the club who then got injured?

It's the Curtis Davis currently playing in the Championship after being sold at a massive loss.
Or do you consider Curtis a great signing and the kind we should bring Mon back to make more of?

[luke25]

Absolutely not! His football bored me to the brink of tears towards the end.

[Dante Lavelli]

Wow, i am stunned that anyone would have him back. 

I fail to see how he would be a good choice now, when we have less money.  He showed little or no application for coaching players so his cheque-book style of management is not what is needed in our current circumstances.

[joe_c]

I'd have him back as long as his tail was visibly between his legs upon his return.

[madirishvillain]

the sad thing is wether we wanted him back or not MO'N is too big for this club now


we are looking (realistically) at managers below even his level now

[Holtenderinthesky]

Start a poll please. Then ask Oliver "I bet Villa fans would love O'Neill back" Holt to read out the results on Election Special. Then have him killed.

I also bet fans would love to have such similar and promising signings now ready to exit again coming back through the door.  Who can argue against his record of spotting talent and them developing into INTERNATIONAL players. 

Doesn't a previous manager who first brought Milner to the club get the credit for spotting talent? We'd all have signed him anyway after that on loan season so MoN wasn't exactly unique in wanting him in B6. So really, that leaves Young.

Against that we have the list of wasted money, which we all know.

And JUST those two resulted in nr 50 million!! coming back into the club (minus expenditure of course).  What a poor manager to consider returning.

So we're agreed then, it's just Ashley Young he spotted.
And the profit we'll make on him will just about cancel out the loss we took on Curtis. So yes, he's a poor manager to consider returning.

Is that the Curtis as in England international call-up when at the club who then got injured?

It's the Curtis Davis currently playing in the Championship after being sold at a massive loss.
Or do you consider Curtis a great signing and the kind we should bring Mon back to make more of?

Just to play devils advocate, although I agree that Davies was a shocking signing, it could be argued that the purchases (and subsequent sales) of Ash and Milner enabled us to be in a position to compete in the market and buy Darren Bent.  If we are saying that Ash and Milner went for 34 mil plus Ireland that equates to about 40 mil in sales for players who cost a total of 21 mil.  That 19 mil or so profit is Bent's fee right there. 

[luke25]

the sad thing is wether we wanted him back or not MO'N is too big for this club now

Without a shadow of a doubt the most pathetically stupid thing i've ever read on the internet.