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Author Topic: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion  (Read 175355 times)

Offline Legion

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #390 on: April 18, 2012, 09:16:24 PM »
He should be roundly booed on Saturday for the unholy mess he left at VP. His sides don't do pressure, so it might work in our favour.

He'll get pelters from me. Depending on my mood, I might even extend to vitriolic abuse.

Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #391 on: April 18, 2012, 09:17:49 PM »
How the club is being run, you meant, I presume.

If the last ten years is your frame of reference I can perhaps buy what you say a little more. In that time at work I have had 2 shite and 5 average bosses.

My issue, not specifically, with you I might add, is in people on here attempting to out moan one another on every sodding thread of late. You just caught up in the middle of my annoyance.

Lets make a pact, you make our point without silly, over the top insults and I will stop being such a narky bastard. Deal?

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #392 on: April 18, 2012, 09:18:39 PM »
Strange all round although I console myself that at least they couldn't give it a free transfer to Doncaster three years after building it.
It's big, cumbersome, hideously expensive and they wheel it out now and again to little effect.

They should rename it The Emile Heskey.

Boom, and furthermore, boom

Love it. Nicked and rewritten.

Pleasure.

Offline Tom Sawyer

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #393 on: April 18, 2012, 09:19:58 PM »
How the club is being run, you meant, I presume.

If the last ten years is your frame of reference I can perhaps buy what you say a little more. In that time at work I have had 2 shite and 5 average bosses.

My issue, not specifically, with you I might add, is in people on here attempting to out moan one another on every sodding thread of late. You just caught up in the middle of my annoyance.

Lets make a pact, you make our point without silly, over the top insults and I will stop being such a narky bastard. Deal?

Sorry... who are you addressing exactly?

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #394 on: April 18, 2012, 09:22:28 PM »
How the club is being run, you meant, I presume.

If the last ten years is your frame of reference I can perhaps buy what you say a little more. In that time at work I have had 2 shite and 5 average bosses.

My issue, not specifically, with you I might add, is in people on here attempting to out moan one another on every sodding thread of late. You just caught up in the middle of my annoyance.

Lets make a pact, you make our point without silly, over the top insults and I will stop being such a narky bastard. Deal?

Sorry... who are you addressing exactly?

Sorry, my mate Axl Rose. I forget to quote as i dont get chance from the mobile version from my Blackberry where I post most from.

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #395 on: April 18, 2012, 09:22:52 PM »
Axl Rose?

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #396 on: April 18, 2012, 09:23:21 PM »
say what we like about MON great manager gave us couple of Wembley trips good away days at Arse and Man U Liverpool and top half finishes, and then he walked.........and we get shit

or put another way
MON used the goodwill (money) of the new owner & our desperation to welcome him as the messiah, delivering nothing more than most of his predecessors (in truth only DOL delivered less).

Squandered money on a series of overpaid / overrated / unused players (many of whom are still a milestone around our neck) with a mixture of young talent that then needed to be sold to pay for the former.

As soon as difficult questions were asked, MON knew he couldn't keep the club at the same level and he walked before his precious media image was tarnished with failure.

Anything that was good about his tenure is overshadowed by the way he left, the mess he left us in & the fact that he somehow managed to squeeze more money out of us after he'd gone.
 

   

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #397 on: April 18, 2012, 09:24:30 PM »

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #398 on: April 18, 2012, 09:25:18 PM »

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #399 on: April 18, 2012, 09:27:43 PM »
Axl Rose?

Go back a page...

It was in response to Tom Sawyer's query.

I was just retreading my post to see how I'd offended you  ;)

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #400 on: April 18, 2012, 09:28:21 PM »
Gotcha

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #401 on: April 18, 2012, 10:12:46 PM »

i would like to shake him warmly, by the throat !
 ;D

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #402 on: April 18, 2012, 10:14:54 PM »
Has MON said anything in the press about his return to VP?

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #403 on: April 18, 2012, 10:53:06 PM »
Has MON said anything in the press about his return to VP?


don't think so. Its a bit odd we haven't even had the old "enjoyed my time at Villa, left them with a brilliant team and i'm really not a chequebook manager, honest" bobbins from him. Must have decided on a media blackout but i'm sure he'll have to say something in the build-up

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Re: Return of O'Neill - divided opinion
« Reply #404 on: April 18, 2012, 10:56:15 PM »
He can do and say what he wants, he'll still get dogs abuse regardless.  The spineless twot.

 


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