Stephen Warnock

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Ex-Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill closing in on shock return to management aged 72.


https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/martin-oneill-villa-rapid-bucharest-32765494

[Bad English]

Sometimes I think I'm easy target. I been told I don't help myself? For why ? Being myself and my beliefs. I like me not to be seen as anything more that I am just an individual with same equal as next member poster and it's up to me and me alone to disclose other things.
I've had advantage taken of me both online and in person so I'm weary to give details quite so much thank you. And yes I appreciate Mike words and support and understanding and some others but people don't have to have first hand experience to show to be decent and fair it's down to how they choose to be towards me which at times is not nice.

Apologies FV, I know you're trying to move passed this, but I just wanted to say I agree that you may be perceived as an easy target, and this doesn't reflect well on those who harass you. I'm going to be generous and say it's bordering on bullying, but we're beyond that in all honesty. I hope you find strength and comfort in the fact that you have persevered where others wouldn't, and I also hope others will come to see that you are a harmless individual who's just trying to communicate, albeit occasionally a little clumsily, with fellow Villa supporters. Keep going. You have my respect.

Anyway, Stephen Warnock.

It is very easy to bandy words like 'harassment' and 'bullying' around.

It is normal that Footy gets a reaction to their posts. As others have said, if another poster scatter-gunned the threads, posted endless titbits from Google, tried to tell us when and how to post, banged on about religious matters, showed enormous insight when analysing football, language, morals, you name it but gets upset and plays the poor me card when people pull them up about it then I think people would understand. Then, on the other hand, Footy posts plenty of stuff that has people chatting about football and the Villa so it's not as if they are chased off with pitchforks every time they post.

Now, allowances can be made, just as we make allowances for the idiosyncrasies of many posters on here but there is nothing wrong with pulling hem up when they go too far.

[Sexual Ealing]

Ex-Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill closing in on shock return to management aged 72.


https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/martin-oneill-villa-rapid-bucharest-32765494

Good news for the Romanian lads in the squad.

[kippaxvilla2]

Agree with that.

[Bad English]

Ex-Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill closing in on shock return to management aged 72.


https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/martin-oneill-villa-rapid-bucharest-32765494

The interview:

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MARTIN O'NAYL writes.

[brontebilly]

I don't think the video does anybody (James Milner aside) any credit.  Warnock comes over as being a bit brittle and MON negligent (the late season dips are now completely explained!).  Sigh.

My abiding memory of Warnock at Villa, aside from getting roasted by Valencia in the cup final, was the amount of time he used spend on the ground getting treatment. Very average player. Very good pundit. MON will be seething with his comments. Nothing stopping Warnock joining Milner in the gym after training it has to be said. Gabby got away with that partying when he was younger but it caught up with him.

MON wasn't able to move with the times and hence he got left behind. Ferguson changed his backroom staff regularly, we got stuck with likes of Steve Walford and John Robertson! MON was so lazy for Ireland he brought in Roy Keane to primarily do the press conferences for him and Walford still there doing f*ck all.

[mike]

Sometimes I think I'm easy target. I been told I don't help myself? For why ? Being myself and my beliefs. I like me not to be seen as anything more that I am just an individual with same equal as next member poster and it's up to me and me alone to disclose other things.
I've had advantage taken of me both online and in person so I'm weary to give details quite so much thank you. And yes I appreciate Mike words and support and understanding and some others but people don't have to have first hand experience to show to be decent and fair it's down to how they choose to be towards me which at times is not nice.

Apologies FV, I know you're trying to move passed this, but I just wanted to say I agree that you may be perceived as an easy target, and this doesn't reflect well on those who harass you. I'm going to be generous and say it's bordering on bullying, but we're beyond that in all honesty. I hope you find strength and comfort in the fact that you have persevered where others wouldn't, and I also hope others will come to see that you are a harmless individual who's just trying to communicate, albeit occasionally a little clumsily, with fellow Villa supporters. Keep going. You have my respect.

Anyway, Stephen Warnock.

It is very easy to bandy words like 'harassment' and 'bullying' around.

It is normal that Footy gets a reaction to their posts. As others have said, if another poster scatter-gunned the threads, posted endless titbits from Google, tried to tell us when and how to post, banged on about religious matters, showed enormous insight when analysing football, language, morals, you name it but gets upset and plays the poor me card when people pull them up about it then I think people would understand. Then, on the other hand, Footy posts plenty of stuff that has people chatting about football and the Villa so it's not as if they are chased off with pitchforks every time they post.

Now, allowances can be made, just as we make allowances for the idiosyncrasies of many posters on here but there is nothing wrong with pulling hem up when they go too far.

Honestly, I think he is autistic and does not understand how abrasive his communication is. He reminds me of my boy very much and my lad is a thoroughly nice kid who wouldn’t willingly upset anyone. I just think it is not asking much to just not read his posts if you find them annoying because if he is autistic he will not understand what he is doing wrong however clearly it is explained and he will likely become very depressed. Autism is co-existent with other mental health problems and autistic people are statistically much more likely to harm themselves than neurotypical people. Honestly, if the only reaction open is abuse, then I would really ask people to ignore him.

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

Young Milner and Barry all had long careers at the top echelons perhaps it was something to do with all the rest days they had when they were younger?

[itbrvilla]

Former Aston Villa defender Stephen Warnock has revealed training sessions and days off were "a bit of a free-for-all" during Martin O'Neill's time at Villa Park, adding that the situation created tension between the manager and current Brighton player James Milner.

Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Sacked in the Morning podcast, Warnock said: "I thought I'd signed for a holiday club. It was just incredible.

"If we had a Saturday to Saturday game schedule, we would be off Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. There would also be some weeks where he would say: ' We'll see you on Thursday and Friday, the game is on Saturday'.

"Gabby Agbonlahor - I'd never seen someone's passport with so many stamps in it. We're talking about New York, Las Vegas, Miami.

"[O'Neill] was the one asking as well. Ashley Young and Agbonlahor were his two golden boys. We would all be sat in the changing room after a win and we would tell them to ask for a few days off. They would be like: 'Off until Thursday?' and he would reply: 'Yeah, why not!'

"I had never seen anything like it. We were playing well though, so it was working at the start, but there is always a point where it's going to catch up on you."

Under O'Neill, Villa finished sixth for three straight seasons between 2008 and 2010 but were unable to get into the Champions League places.

Warnock, who arrived in 2009, potentially attributes that to a drop-off in Spring.

"It happened around March/April time because we weren't as fit as we should've been," he said. "We weren't training like we should've been. We were doing five-a-sides and we were in for 45 minutes to an hour.

"When we were in, it was a relaxed atmosphere and you were left to your own devices. If you wanted to get fit, you got fit on your own.

"I didn't like that. I liked someone telling me to do stuff. I found it a little bit difficult if I'm being completely honest. I didn't even move from the north west because we had that much time off.

"I remember us having a meeting about it once. James Milner wasn't very happy, he wanted us to be doing more work. Martin replied: 'Oh, you want to do more work? Do you not realise there's a treadmill in the gym? Get outside and do it yourself'. Let's just say, James got offended by that.

"It felt like it was a bit of a free for all, if I'm honest."

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[ChicagoLion]

No wonder we always ran out of gas in March.
Cant stand MON and will never forgive him for putting his ego above everyone else.Wanker.

[Tayls_7]

Boring, charmless prick. Self-proclaimed intellectual with a brain the size of a walnut.

[itbrvilla]

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