the o'neill legacy

[trevor fisher]

It just occurred to me that it is exactly six years since Martin O'Neill resigned - August 9th 2010. And in that six years we have staggered from one crisis to another. Was it O'Neill's going that put us on the downward path or was it impossible for anyone to work with Lerner? Its worth thinking what O'Neill's legacy was. Did he over achieve with a set up that could not ever work because of the owner, or saddle us with a legacy that none of the managers that followed could overcome? We certainly never recovered from his quitting, and ROberto now has a house that has to be demolished and rebuilt. Is this O'Neill's fault or what?

[dave.woodhall]

Oh joy.

[LeeB]

Not now mate, please.

[N'ZMAV]

Groundhog day

[Pete3206]

Oh no

[andyh]

Get me off this fucking roundabout!

[cdbearsfan]

I refer you to my earlier 4,207 posts on the subject.

[PeterWithesShin]

Are we playing Botticelli?

[oswald funkletrumpet]

has pubehead left then?

[Villa in Denmark]

is all I have to say on the matter.

[john e]

anyone got the Spurs players wages and general outgoing costs as a percentage of turnover to hand

[VILLA MOLE]

Really ? are we doing this ? hang on he may have a point , as Columbo used to say , just one last thing

[Toronto Villa]

PLEASE LOCK THIS THREAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FFS

[spangley1812]

lol......

[German James]

I don't think he did anything wrong at all. Even the timing of his leaving was surely designed as a very loud wake up call to Mr. Lerner. Although, come to think of it, Randy himself did a fantastic job too, so you have to wonder what all the recent fuss has been about.
If O'Neill had a fault, it was generosity: giving all those young and untried players their big chance in Europe; fixing it for Mrs. Heskey's little boy to get to play with a real professional football team; all those really quite high fees and wages for - some might say - mediocre players. Yes, he was Villa's Willy Wonka was Martin and, let's not forget - he never relegated us! Not once!