O'Neil leaves Villa

[Alex]

Apprently MArtin O Neil is on the brink of leaving Aston Villa.

Talksport (the most reliable of sources) is reporting he has left after a row with Randy Lerner on transfer budget. Cant see it myself, but if he has gone that will be a massive downer for Villa

 

[Zola]

Shocking! Major loss for Villa if it's true.

 

[Gem]

Apprently MArtin O Neil is on the brink of leaving Aston Villa.Talksport (the most reliable of sources)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA.

Stupid thing to do if true, for both parties, at this time of the season. There is still silverware to be won.

 

[Alex]

Betting has been suspended apprently on him going.

Load of rubbish i think though

 

[Zola]

http://www.astonvilla.vitalfootball.co.uk/...e.asp?a=7504046

 

[TheWestwayWonder]

Yup, sounds like somenoe decided to capitalize on him getting humiliated.

If Villa are ever going to take the next step under O'Neill he has got to improve his bench and start rotating starters to keep them fit. Maybe he just doesnt do it now becuase he doesnt trust his bench players.

He should take advantage of the fact that Villa is becoming a factory for young-ish English talent. Start poaching some of the promising youngsters of other teams, because its clear they are damn close to achieving something big

 

[cooke]

heading back to Celtic

 

[PloKoon13]

Surely Celtic don't have anything remotely close to the kind of money Villa do?

And why would he leave an up-and-coming club of promising youngsters brimming with English and international talent for a team of scumbags in a really cold league no one cares about?

Is he really going to trade FA Cup Semi-finals and European football for Saturdays at St Mirren and a one-round run in the CL qualifiers before being disintegrated by some Latvian team?

 

[loz]

O'Neill is being an idiot if he is moaning about lack of transfer funds. The Villa owners has given him a lot of money and O'Neill's record of spending it has been very hit and miss.

 

[Barry Bridges]

I like ONeil

I just cant understand how every march he/his team seems to throw everythign they accomplished in the season up to that point!

Maybe they ought to have a designated March Manager, and let ONiel handle the rest of the season otherwise

 

[Alex]

I like ONeilI just cant understand how every march he/his team seems to throw everythign they accomplished in the season up to that point!

Maybe they ought to have a designated March Manager, and let ONiel handle the rest of the season otherwise

I think the reason they mess up once march comes is because they actually have a very small squad. So when the first team get tired having played all the matches before, they have very little quality to bring in.

 

[Maverick]

I like ONeilI just cant understand how every march he/his team seems to throw everythign they accomplished in the season up to that point!

Maybe they ought to have a designated March Manager, and let ONiel handle the rest of the season otherwise

Its all down to a very thin squad and some of them (Carew/ Heskey) are not too young either. Its a suqad that relies a lot on pace (Ashley/ Agbonlahor) and over a period of 9 months there will be decline in terms of pace and how sharp these players are. It would be a very bad move to part ways with a manager like O'Neill and if Villa ever needs to wish to break into the top four they need to pump some money in to build a squad.

 

[bjd]

This doesnt appear to be true!

 

[cooke]

Surely Celtic don't have anything remotely close to the kind of money Villa do?And why would he leave an up-and-coming club of promising youngsters brimming with English and international talent for a team of scumbags in a really cold league no one cares about?

Is he really going to trade FA Cup Semi-finals and European football for Saturdays at St Mirren and a one-round run in the CL qualifiers before being disintegrated by some Latvian team?

my quote about going back to celtic was meant to be sarcasim hense the laughing face next to it. you seemed a little worked up there not related to him are you

 

[blizeH]

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