The two occasions we had the ability to spend big and take that step into the top few sides we had Gregory and pubehead spending the money. Two average managers with little ability beyond motivation and who had no idea you could buy players from outside the UK. Still pisses me off those 2 wasted all that money.
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on August 10, 2020, 10:11:57 PMThe two occasions we had the ability to spend big and take that step into the top few sides we had Gregory and pubehead spending the money. Two average managers with little ability beyond motivation and who had no idea you could buy players from outside the UK. Still pisses me off those 2 wasted all that money. I'd argue MOM wasn't as big a motivator has claimed. I always felt made a teams appear to be less that the sum of its parts.
I would imagine not going on a thread with his name is a good start.Pissed off with the short notice how he fucked us over in short period but still gave me some of the best memories since Little.
Quote from: WilliamStanding on August 10, 2020, 09:01:38 PMI would imagine not going on a thread with his name is a good start.Pissed off with the short notice how he fucked us over in short period but still gave me some of the best memories since Little.I was very much a MON fan generally speaking. Apart from the last minute deadline day trolley dashes for players that would have put Harry Redknapp to shame. He stitched us up with the manner of his departure and the Milner sale was obviously the tipping point for O'Neill. I think in some ways the circumstances were similar to when Ron Saunders left. I think both Saunders and MON fully believed they would win the power struggle, get their way and come out the other side even more powerful. They were both wrong.
Quote from: itbrvilla on August 11, 2020, 09:50:59 AMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on August 10, 2020, 10:11:57 PMThe two occasions we had the ability to spend big and take that step into the top few sides we had Gregory and pubehead spending the money. Two average managers with little ability beyond motivation and who had no idea you could buy players from outside the UK. Still pisses me off those 2 wasted all that money. I'd argue MOM wasn't as big a motivator has claimed. I always felt made a teams appear to be less that the sum of its parts. I know people who worked at Villa then and they said that when he deigned to speak he could have you willing to run through brick walls for him.
I hate him, hate his spending on donkeys, hate the way he dropped us in the shit when he flounced off, and I can't believe that I ever rated him.Truth is though, I did really love him at the start. That first game at the Emirates (with Lerner just taking over from Doug,"USA,USA..." Mellberg scoring the first ever goal at the new ground etc) was up there with one of the best days I've had as a Villa fan. Liberated from Ellis, a new owner who we all thought loved Villa and our history and said all the right things. Some really great days, ending in the effing nightmare that we're still recovering from....
Sure its been posted here before, but this says so much about O'Neill and his dislike for those who dare to challenge himhttps://youtu.be/p9kjjOAqg0w