Would you have MON back!!

[TopDeck113]

Regardless of the manner of his exit, the mantra of "never go back" usually holds to be true.  The only Villa-related exceptions I can think of off the top of my head are Sid as a player and Brian Little's return as manager.   

MON was the right appointment at the right time.  The buzz that he undeniably brought, together with the the passing of the Ellis ownership, succeeded in turning around a club that very possibility was heading towards relegation.

He brought us a long way and for one season in the middle of his tenure played some exciting football, but for the money he spent it is difficult to argue against the charge that there should have perhaps been more tangible success - he won more at Leicester!

 



 

[Gaztonniller]

Yes. Sometimes you have to look forward and not back.

And especially when walking through a minefield which is the position NOW after Martinez preferring to stay at that powerhouse of football.  Add to that MON already know the club, players, fans and you got a proven manager http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_O'Neill  who wouldnt need time to bed in (how many league points is that worth?),  ready to go.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I would rather hack off my penis with a rusty bread knife than see Mon walk through these doors again the fucking arsehole

[Gaztonniller]

If he's never been here he'd be the obvious candidate.  But because he has and left us in the brown stuff the answer has to be no.

Also took club out the brown stuff too. And after Martinez, the club is even deeper in it without oneil. So who better to restore the pride back than MON.

[A|C]

Without a doubt.  We are becoming a complete joke again, when we can't even get the manager of Wigan to come to us.

Mon is highly respected and would make us a force again.

[Phil from the upper holte]

And his shit signings, he'd probably sell Bent and buy earnshaw

[andyh]

I'm staggered that some would have him back.
That c unt dropped us in the shit when HE KNEW it would have the maximum negative impact on the club.
He then proceeded to fuck us over by taking us to a tribunal to screw more money out of us.

That wanker needs total derision, not forgiveness.

[A|C]

I forgot all about his shit signings. Downing, Young, Milner, Friedel ect ect.

[Gaztonniller]

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?

As you pointed out, Curtis is now playing championship footy at the mo. But under MON he raised his game to englnd call up level.  Dosent that show inspired motivational management at its best and the type of manager needed NOW given the current state of affairs?

[andyh]

Without a doubt.  We are becoming a complete joke again, when we can't even get the manager of Wigan to come to us.

Mon is highly respected and would make us a force again.

What a load of complete and utter wank !!!!
'We are becoming a complete joke again' !!!!!
Get a fucking grip
Get behind the club. Stop listening to Talkshite and reading the sun.
Its bad enough the outside world talking shite, we don't need 'fans' coming on here spouting tripe as well.

[Rigadon]

If he's never been here he'd be the obvious candidate.  But because he has and left us in the brown stuff the answer has to be no.

Also took club out the brown stuff too. And after Martinez, the club is even deeper in it without oneil. So who better to restore the pride back than MON.

I was an O'Neill fan and would probably still be if he hadn't left us in the lurch.  To answer your question David Moyes or Mark Hughes would achieve what O'Neill did, of that I'm fairly confident. 

[LeeB]

Without a doubt.  We are becoming a complete joke again, when we can't even get the manager of Wigan to come to us.

Mon is highly respected and would make us a force again.

What a load of complete and utter wank !!!!
'We are becoming a complete joke again' !!!!!
Get a fucking grip
Get behind the club. Stop listening to Talkshite and reading the sun.
Its bad enough the outside world talking shite, we don't need 'fans' coming on here spouting tripe as well.

Well said sir.

[Rigadon]

Without a doubt.  We are becoming a complete joke again, when we can't even get the manager of Wigan to come to us.

Mon is highly respected and would make us a force again.

What a load of complete and utter wank !!!!
'We are becoming a complete joke again' !!!!!
Get a fucking grip
Get behind the club. Stop listening to Talkshite and reading the sun.
Its bad enough the outside world talking shite, we don't need 'fans' coming on here spouting tripe as well.

Seconded.

Villa seem to want to do things quietly and with some dignity but this is being totally perverted by the beast that is today's media.   Maybe we pissed them off when we didn't 'do a Newcastle' last year.  Maybe it's the Birmingham psyche of a sense of entitlement cross-bred with a (sometimes un)healthy self-deprecatory humour) that rankles with people not familiar with the region? 
But it's quite frustrating when our own fans seem to want to believe the comment (bollocks)  that's currently being reporting as fact.

[Gaztonniller]

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

Indeed. There's no way he'd want to work within the financial constraints he helped to create.

He and no other manager or club will have NO option regarding financial constraints with the Fair play rules coming into play. RL and any other football chairman/owner now have very good undeniable reason to stay within the clubs generated finances. 

[5ft811st2 Durham]

I'd have no problem with MON coming back.