Mon linked to Leicester return?

[Hookeysmith]

The days of mon playing carlos at right back and that old lump heskey coming on after 80 minutes seem like heaven compared to our current situation -to think some of us (myself included) wanted mon out because we werent happy with 6 th place -now we can only dream of such heights.

Hate to be a complete U turner (as i was one that abcked Lerner 1000% when MON threw his toys out) But boy do i agree with your comment

[JUAN PABLO]

The days of mon playing carlos at right back and that old lump heskey coming on after 80 minutes seem like heaven compared to our current situation -to think some of us (myself included) wanted mon out because we werent happy with 6 th place -now we can only dream of such heights.

Hate to be a complete U turner (as i was one that abcked Lerner 1000% when MON threw his toys out) But boy do i agree with your comment

He also helped with the mess we have got ourselves into ..

[eastie]

The days of mon playing carlos at right back and that old lump heskey coming on after 80 minutes seem like heaven compared to our current situation -to think some of us (myself included) wanted mon out because we werent happy with 6 th place -now we can only dream of such heights.

Hate to be a complete U turner (as i was one that abcked Lerner 1000% when MON threw his toys out) But boy do i agree with your comment

He also helped with the mess we have got ourselves into ..

True he helped get us in the mess but he also bought milner, downing and ash to the club who were not only great players to watch at their best but gained the club a huge profit in transfer fees-it wasnt all bad under mon and the bad things then look nothing to the situation we are in now.

The players performed for him in the main and id take top 6 now anyday compared to the position we face at present.

[JUAN PABLO]

True eastie and alot of shite which balances itself in the end , in the red in fact ..

[hawkeye]

I thought MON won the Tribunal

[ez]

I wonder what kind of reference Randy would give him.

[eamonn]

The days of mon playing carlos at right back and that old lump heskey coming on after 80 minutes seem like heaven compared to our current situation -to think some of us (myself included) wanted mon out because we werent happy with 6 th place -now we can only dream of such heights.

Hate to be a complete U turner (as i was one that abcked Lerner 1000% when MON threw his toys out) But boy do i agree with your comment

He also helped with the mess we have got ourselves into ..

True he helped get us in the mess but he also bought milner, downing and ash to the club who were not only great players to watch at their best but gained the club a huge profit in transfer fees-

He spent a fair wedge to buy all three aswell, credit to Lerner for giving him those funds when many owners would have baulked.  A pity he gave MON carte blanche to sign who he wanted and signed-off on wage demands for Beye and Heskey among other dross which have now left.

[Dave Clark Five]

The days of mon playing carlos at right back and that old lump heskey coming on after 80 minutes seem like heaven compared to our current situation -to think some of us (myself included) wanted mon out because we werent happy with 6 th place -now we can only dream of such heights.

Hate to be a complete U turner (as i was one that abcked Lerner 1000% when MON threw his toys out) But boy do i agree with your comment

There is no indication that McLeish has any of the nasty vindictiveness of the Poison Dwarf. Give him that credit at least.

[Villanation]

A lot of this can be said for almost every manager out there, signing players that are nothing but 2nd rate bench warmers, look at Mancini at Man City, yes you could use a spurious argument that Man City can afford it, but can they they way things are going in this world.

I thought MON's downfall was his inability in the transfer market, I also felt his lack of awareness in scouting talent was a problem, this aversion of not looking at anything beyond Dover, his refusal to take on a proper No 2 IMO was a very poor approach to the game and modern football.

Other than that good luck to him, I have no problem in what he achieved with Villa.

[brontebilly]

I think he will struggle for a decent job to be honest. He definitely didn't realize how good he had it at Villa. His enormous ego clouding an ability to learn from his mistakes. Still a far better manager than the 3 that have followed him.

[WA Villan]

The days of mon playing carlos at right back and that old lump heskey coming on after 80 minutes seem like heaven compared to our current situation -to think some of us (myself included) wanted mon out because we werent happy with 6 th place -now we can only dream of such heights.

Hate to be a complete U turner (as i was one that abcked Lerner 1000% when MON threw his toys out) But boy do i agree with your comment

He also helped with the mess we have got ourselves into ..

True he helped get us in the mess but he also bought milner, downing and ash to the club who were not only great players to watch at their best but gained the club a huge profit in transfer fees-it wasnt all bad under mon and the bad things then look nothing to the situation we are in now.

The players performed for him in the main and id take top 6 now anyday compared to the position we face at present.

If we carried on with Mon's system of management we would have gone bankrupt. He wasted a huge amount of money, Harewood, Routledge, Maloney, Beye, NRC, and served up ugly football with a team that cost premium prices plus extortionate wages for pretty much average players. He was a crap manager,as well as being an over hyped,  egotistical self centred prat. I would be suprised if he ever works again, an average manager who was found out.

[WarszaVillan]

I loved the football during MON's era. It was the first time since the early 90s that we actually had decent wingers.

[Big Dick Edwards]

True he helped get us in the mess but he also bought milner, downing and ash to the club who were not only great players to watch at their best but gained the club a huge profit in transfer fees.

Unfortunately he also bought Beye, Davies, Cuellar, Shorey, Sidwell, Reo-Coker and Harewood for a combined £40m. These same players were sold (or for sale in Beye's and Cuellar's case) for approximately £5m, a net loss that more than eroded the profit we made on his good buys.

[ozzjim]

His hit rate was pretty poor, and then the ages of some of the players compounded that.

As for the style of play, it was infuriating, and we often came away from games at home lamenting our inability to break teams down.

[Greg N'Ash]

well for all those who reckon he did such an ace job, it doesn't seem like many other chairman agree. 12 months, and all he's been offered is the west ham madhouse and a rumour of the Leicester job? Not much in a career progression there. Still think he'll end up north of the border at celtic again once he realises he's not as highly rated as he thinks he is, but who knows,  he might still be hoping for the Liverpool job.