Return of O'Neill - divided opinion

[VillaAlways]

McLeish could do a lot worse than somehow inspire the team to roundly thrash Sunderland.  Can't see it happening, but if it did his credit would go up a bit.

Agree.
It would give him some credit.

Has a team under Mcleish ever thrashed anyone ?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

McLeish could do a lot worse than somehow inspire the team to roundly thrash Sunderland.  Can't see it happening, but if it did his credit would go up a bit.

Agree.
It would give him some credit.

Has a team under Mcleish ever thrashed anyone ?

Probably when he was at Rangers in that Tinpot, pissant league in Scotland.

[Risso]

Under John Gregory we reached an FA Cup final and were top the league at one point if i remember correctly?

Top of the league twice in fact.  Gregory had his faults, but I really did enjoy the majority of his time in charge, even if it never really hit the heights.  There were just enough good times, like topping the league and also his initial results after Little left to make me kook back on his time with fondness.

[PaulWinch again]

Under John Gregory we reached an FA Cup final and were top the league at one point if i remember correctly?

Top of the league twice in fact.  Gregory had his faults, but I really did enjoy the majority of his time in charge, even if it never really hit the heights.  There were just enough good times, like topping the league and also his initial results after Little left to make me kook back on his time with fondness.

Yeah overall I enjoyed his reign as well.

[SashasGrandad]

McLeish could do a lot worse than somehow inspire the team to roundly thrash Sunderland.  Can't see it happening, but if it did his credit would go up a bit.

Agree.
It would give him some credit.

Has a team under Mcleish ever thrashed anyone ?

Only at a kinky S&M brothel

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Under John Gregory we reached an FA Cup final and were top the league at one point if i remember correctly?

True, but anyone under the age of say, 18 (of which there are a fair few) isn't really going to remember it.

My missus (is 25) and had a ST during the last MON year and Houllier season, she doesn't even know who Paul McGrath is. It's tiring to educate these 'Johnny-come-latelys'....

I had no idea who Paul McGrath was until I learnt the Holte End chant.

[Stu]

Under John Gregory we reached an FA Cup final and were top the league at one point if i remember correctly?

Top of the league twice in fact.  Gregory had his faults, but I really did enjoy the majority of his time in charge, even if it never really hit the heights.  There were just enough good times, like topping the league and also his initial results after Little left to make me kook back on his time with fondness.

Yeah overall I enjoyed his reign as well.

And in a few years we'll have the benefit of hindsight to help us better judge the current malaise.

I'm betting we'll still all think it was a bag of wank.

[dave.woodhall]

Under John Gregory we reached an FA Cup final and were top the league at one point if i remember correctly?

True, but anyone under the age of say, 18 (of which there are a fair few) isn't really going to remember it.

My missus (is 25) and had a ST during the last MON year and Houllier season, she doesn't even know who Paul McGrath is. It's tiring to educate these 'Johnny-come-latelys'....

I had no idea who Paul McGrath was until I learnt the Holte End chant.

You do it deliberately don't you?

[Meanwood Villa]

Under John Gregory we reached an FA Cup final and were top the league at one point if i remember correctly?

Top of the league twice in fact.  Gregory had his faults, but I really did enjoy the majority of his time in charge, even if it never really hit the heights.  There were just enough good times, like topping the league and also his initial results after Little left to make me kook back on his time with fondness.

Yeah overall I enjoyed his reign as well.

Some good times under Gregory but my overall memory of his reign is one of pretty dire, safety first football occasionally leading to some very good runs of form. The problem is for every good run there was an equally long bad one not far round the corner. I never really had faith that he knew what he was doing, when things were going well or not.
There are a number of similarities with McLeish I think, most notably their fondness for functionality over flair, however the biggest difference is of course we haven't had any sort of good run of form under McLeish to give him the credit Gregory managed to build up.

[not3bad]

I remember Gregory starting out really well, but being pretty stale by the time he left.  Of course at the time I was under the illusion that 6th place was not good enough for Aston Villa.

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Under John Gregory we reached an FA Cup final and were top the league at one point if i remember correctly?

True, but anyone under the age of say, 18 (of which there are a fair few) isn't really going to remember it.

My missus (is 25) and had a ST during the last MON year and Houllier season, she doesn't even know who Paul McGrath is. It's tiring to educate these 'Johnny-come-latelys'....

I had no idea who Paul McGrath was until I learnt the Holte End chant.

You do it deliberately don't you?

Do what exactly?

[dave.woodhall]

Under John Gregory we reached an FA Cup final and were top the league at one point if i remember correctly?

True, but anyone under the age of say, 18 (of which there are a fair few) isn't really going to remember it.

My missus (is 25) and had a ST during the last MON year and Houllier season, she doesn't even know who Paul McGrath is. It's tiring to educate these 'Johnny-come-latelys'....

I had no idea who Paul McGrath was until I learnt the Holte End chant.

You do it deliberately don't you?

Do what exactly?

Post inane nonsense to get a reaction.

[David_Nab]

As I recall wasn't he particularly annoyed Doug didn't stump up £8mil for Muzzy Izzet and left quite soon after ...

Never got close to repeating his achievments with Villa elsewhere mind you

[Concrete John]

As I recall wasn't he particularly annoyed Doug didn't stump up £8mil for Muzzy Izzet and left quite soon after ...

Well done, Herbert!

[Risso]

McLeish could do a lot worse than somehow inspire the team to roundly thrash Sunderland.  Can't see it happening, but if it did his credit would go up a bit.

Agree.
It would give him some credit.

Has a team under Mcleish ever thrashed anyone ?

Only at a kinky S&M brothel

They couldn't even score in a brothel.