woodlebert
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Who's hairdryer?followed by the mags away at wigan and hairdryer getting raped, pillaged and murdered by mcmanaman? duffys took a big chunk of my bank balance that day
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Who's hairdryer?followed by the mags away at wigan and hairdryer getting raped, pillaged and murdered by mcmanaman? duffys took a big chunk of my bank balance that day
'If I'd been given half a chance at Sunderland, I'd have succeeded.'
As reported by George Caulkin in an article today.
Fair comment or rose tinted specs?
All of whom were players that were left to him. When given the chance to implement 'his methods' he spent £25m making us a demonstrably worse team than the one he inherited. MON got sacked because of his dreadful performance in the transfer market. And he completely deserved it.The only time we've been safe with 8 games to go was under MON. People love to rewrite history on here and totally dismiss his era because of the lacklustre final months. Was plenty sparkle and support for him for his first 12 months here. Sess and Bendtner up front were quality under him. Danny Rose flourished too. O'Shea, Larsson and Brown were solid & Mig was class.
It's too late to reply to this at length LA so I'll leave it at 'fuck off, man'He still has the highest win ratio of any manager during our current PL run so what does that say about those who preceded and followed him.......and there was nothing wrong at all with the football we played in his first season here. Before I condemn the man (and I did call for his dismissal during the second season) I'd really like to know just why his heart wasn't in it as you say. Was he undermined from above with the proposed implementation of a DOF system above him or was he just a washed up old has been......I'm not entirely convinced it was the latter.
Larsson in O'Neill's second season here was absolutely f***ing shite. Not helped by being played in a two man midfield with David Vaughan half the time mind.The only time we've been safe with 8 games to go was under MON. People love to rewrite history on here and totally dismiss his era because of the lacklustre final months. Was plenty sparkle and support for him for his first 12 months here. Sess and Bendtner up front were quality under him. Danny Rose flourished too. O'Shea, Larsson and Brown were solid & Mig was class.
Still gives me night maresRemember that Norwich game?![]()
The only time we've been safe with 8 games to go was under MON. People love to rewrite history on here and totally dismiss his era because of the lacklustre final months. Was plenty sparkle and support for him for his first 12 months here. Sess and Bendtner up front were quality under him. Danny Rose flourished too. O'Shea, Larsson and Brown were solid & Mig was class.
I was desperate for him to come here but he was just another flash in the pan.
Two words were the final nail in his coffin.
Danny Graham.
He thought he knew best, he didn't.
Why
He was rubbish at villa & don't give that guff about him been a big Charlie Hurley fan
Last week
Belarus 2 Eire 1![]()
I'm no Martin O'Neill fan but he wasn't "rubbish" at Villa at all.Why
He was rubbish at villa & don't give that guff about him been a big Charlie Hurley fan
Last week
Belarus 2 Eire 1![]()
All of whom were players that were left to him. When given the chance to implement 'his methods' he spent £25m making us a demonstrably worse team than the one he inherited. MON got sacked because of his dreadful performance in the transfer market. And he completely deserved it.
It's too late to reply to this at length LA so I'll leave it at 'fuck off, man'![]()
Succeeded at securing relegation perhaps...
I know we have diametrically opposed views on O'Neill's time here mate but as I said earlier, statistically he's still our most successful PL manager since Reidy and until someone can categorically show me evidence that he wasn't undermined by the fella who had Short's ear at the time I'm happy to say he would have done ok here given time and no interference......but I accept that's not your take on things![]()
He spent a f***ing fortune here, close to £20m on two forwards we couldn't then give away man. I loved it when he signed but it was clear come the end his eye wasn't truly on the job for one reason or another. I'd say the money spent under mon is the biggest waste we've had and we've wasted a f***ing ton.I know we have diametrically opposed views on O'Neill's time here mate but as I said earlier, statistically he's still our most successful PL manager since Reidy and until someone can categorically show me evidence that he wasn't undermined by the fella who had Short's ear at the time I'm happy to say he would have done ok here given time and no interference......but I accept that's not your take on things![]()
Smb said it, must be trueWhat's all this not turning up for training stuff? Is this documented or just Chinese whispers?
Why
He was rubbish at villa & don't give that guff about him been a big Charlie Hurley fan
Last week
Belarus 2 Eire 1![]()
I'd say the money spent under mon is the biggest waste we've had and we've wasted a f***ing ton.
It was obvious MON was so far from being the right man. He had no clue abojut recruitment... would spunk big money on British dead-wood, played crap fossiled football and didn't even seem to be able to inspire his troops which is just about his only strength otherwise. The man was an utter catastrophy and would've gotten us down!
That's bollocks mind.....Keane spent a net £62m in two seasons largely on unmitigated shite and just total this lot up on players signed subsequent to O'Neill leaving.....Altidore, Giaccherini, Bridcutt, Buckley, Scocco, Mavrias, Karlsson, Roberge, Diakite, Gomez, Jones, Matthews, Vergini, Coates, Ba, Cabral, Rodwell, Alvarez, Lens......probably somewhere around £60m plus wages, agents fees, signing on fees etc.
So it was worse before he came and far worse after he left.......the club had a net spend of £18m during his tenancy and if Johnson hadn't been such an arsehole we'd still have some residual value, say £8m from that period.
So how bad have our other PL managers been when he has the best record statistically of the last 10 years.
Thing is, Johnson was an arsehole.
O'Neill's main buys turned out to be expensive duds. Every single one of them. Take away the first few months and his management here was absolutely chronic.
He was taking us down and the fact that we got an improvement from an absolute lunatic like Di Canio speaks volumes about just how bad things were towards the end of his time here.