Al-Ahli.
My outstanding memory of O'leary's reign (apart from the fickle banner of course), was going to Everton away with my husband and him managing to successfully start an incredible range of '0'Leary out' chants that went on for the entire match. It was so bizarre watching my PNE supporting husband get the whole of the Villa support whipped up into full O'Leary Out' mode. I couldn't help being more than slightly uneasy as I was the only one who knew he wasn't actually a Villa fan, and that he was finding the whole thing hilarious.Still - it did seem to properly get the ball rolling!
He's certainly marked his card for management in this country. His ego is too big that he'd take a league 1/2 job, and no one else would take a risk on him. He's similar in a way to a few of our previous managers, like Gregory. I honestly can't see him getting a gig any time soon on domestic soil. It may well be the case for McLeish too who has failed in his previous couple of jobs now, three if you count Shitty, but they're not a prem club so they're back at their level again.
Yes - Gabby's debut I think. We were awful.
I remember watching the 4-1 in Pakistan. The Star TV pundits- Steve McMahon and someone - both laid into O'Leary and his team selection saying that he had picked a team designed to lose.