Rumour has it........

[Whelan]

Agreed. Love to see him go there and win fuck all.

 

I'd love to see him go there and win the Europa League.

[Hooch]

To answer JohnnyH's question, if it was a straight out choice between the 2 I'd probably choose Benitez. Just.

[liverpoolsno9]

I wonder how much Agbonlahor would cost? Straight swap for Lucas?

 

 

He`s fuckin shit, he`s just a speed freak with no brain,even their fans give him a hard time. i`d have Carew anyday, i think he`s fuckin class, strong as fuck and has got a brain. And if a Sheikh buys us out, whatever it takes to get Ashley Young!

[dirty_sanchez]

Let's get Walter Smith, then!;)

 

Fucking hate MON, his jumped-up antics with his tracky on the touchline.

 

I'm not suggesting that we should get him as our manager, just that seven trophies and a European final in 5 years isn't the record of someone who is a bottler. He's just not done that well at Villa.

[dirty_sanchez]

He`s fuckin shit, he`s just a speed freak with no brain,even their fans give him a hard time. i`d have Carew anyday, i think he`s fuckin class, strong as fuck and has got a brain. And if a Sheikh buys us out, whatever it takes to get Ashley Young!

 

Have you seen any football from the last six months? He's been bollocks this season.

[Guest PurpleNose]

I'd love to see him go there and win the Europa League.

 

No chance of him winning anything in Europe.

[Guest LFD]

Can't stand O'Neill.

 

He is an irrational cunt and talks shite.

 

Think we can do better than him.

[Guest PurpleNose]

I'm not suggesting that we should get him as our manager, just that seven trophies and a European final in 5 years isn't the record of someone who is a bottler. He's just not done that well at Villa.

 

In Scotland.

 

That he bottled.

[dirty_sanchez]

In Scotland.

 

That he bottled.

 

It doesn't matter that it's Scotland. He still won three league titles, thus showing that he doesn't always run out of steam or "bottle it" as Code72 puts it. He's also won division titles with Wycombe when he was in charge there including two consecutive promotions, showing that he can manage a team to sustain two seasons of consecutive "not bottling".

[PaulMcC]

McLeish and Strachan have better records in Scotland with Old Firm teams.

 

Thay also didn't have decent money to spend like O'Neill did.

[Guest PurpleNose]

It doesn't matter that it's Scotland. He still won three league titles, thus showing that he doesn't always run out of steam or "bottle it" as Code72 puts it. He's also won division titles with Wycombe when he was in charge there including two consecutive promotions, showing that he can manage a team to sustain two seasons of consecutive "not bottling".

 

It certainly does matter. The league is appalling and only has two clubs.

 

I really don't see how winning the Conference 17 years ago is much proof of anything.

 

He's a very average manager. Luckily for him he's plying his trade in England. Where you can manage almost anyone apart from the top four without a shred of tactical nouse. He's spent bucket loads at Villa and achieved nothing.

[Red Nick]

Id have Rafa hands down over O'Neil

[dirty_sanchez]

McLeish and Strachan have better records in Scotland with Old Firm teams.

 

Thay also didn't have decent money to spend like O'Neill did.

 

It certainly does matter. The league is appalling and only has two clubs.

 

I really don't see how winning the Conference 17 years ago is much proof of anything.

 

He's a very average manager. Luckily for him he's plying his trade in England. Where you can manage almost anyone apart from the top four without a shred of tactical nouse. He's spent bucket loads at Villa and achieved nothing.

 

Neither of you are understanding what I'm trying to say, nor reading the post that I was responding to. I'm not saying that O'Neill's record at Celtic and Wycombe makes him a great manager who has achieved great things.

 

Code72 accused Martin O'Neill of being a bottler because his Villa team has faded towards the end of the season. If you look at his Villa career in isolation, then it looks like he has a point. However, O'Neill has won the division that he was in several times, so is capable of sustaining league form over the course of a season.

 

The point I'm making is not about the level that he's managed at, or the situations at those individual clubs, it's about whether he is capable of sustaining league form over a season regardless of what level we're talking about. I've cited two different clubs that he's done that at in two different countries.

[alanricouk]

In Scotland.

 

That he bottled.

 

He hasn't bottled anything, soft arse. He's got Villa from a lower league team, to pushing for Europe every year.

[Guest PurpleNose]

Neither of you are understanding what I'm trying to say, nor reading the post that I was responding to. I'm not saying that O'Neill's record at Celtic and Wycombe makes him a great manager who has achieved great things.

 

Code72 accused Martin O'Neill of being a bottler because his Villa team has faded towards the end of the season. If you look at his Villa career in isolation, then it looks like he has a point. However, O'Neill has won the division that he was in several times, so is capable of sustaining league form over the course of a season.

 

The point I'm making is not about the level that he's managed at, or the situations at those individual clubs, it's about whether he is capable of sustaining league form over a season regardless of what level we're talking about. I've cited two different clubs that he's done that at in two different countries.

 

Only because that is how you have defined not bottling it.

[Code]

He hasn't bottled anything, soft arse. He's got Villa from a lower league team, to pushing for Europe every year.

 

His Villa have never finished higher than O`Learys Villa.

[Guest TesticleOReilly]

He hasn't bottled anything, soft arse. He's got Villa from a lower league team, to pushing for Europe every year.

 

They're a mid-table team, not lower league, and he's pushed for Europe the last 2 years (and that's UEFA, not European Cup). That's hardly every year. He's also done it by spending mahoosive amounts of Lerner's cash. It's not an achievement.

[Guest PurpleNose]

He hasn't bottled anything, soft arse. He's got Villa from a lower league team, to pushing for Europe every year.

 

Oh right. My mistake.

[Guest PurpleNose]

His Villa have never finished higher than O`Learys Villa.

 

Pretty sure O'Leary has a better record at Villa overall.

[dirty_sanchez]

Only because that is how you have defined not bottling it.

 

Actually, I'm defining "not bottling it" as the opposite of how Code72 had defined "bottling it" in his post that I was responding to.

[Guest PurpleNose]

Actually, I'm defining "not bottling it" as the opposite of how Code72 had defined "bottling it" in his post that I was responding to.

 

Ok. You're both wrong.

 

Would you have him here?

[Delmar]

He is a snidey fucking goblin, he is a bottler, he is as anti-football as a manager can get. Even Allardyce's teams play better football. He'd be a good match with the owners, though.

 

And Scotland is ranked behind Gabon in the world rankings. There's a great manager there, Médard Lisadusu, why not get him? I've heard that he's an excellent motivator and man management is his forte.

[dirty_sanchez]

Ok. You're both wrong.

 

Would you have him here?

 

No, he generally plays shit football, generally buys shit footballers and hasn't won anything despite a hefty budget. Kind of like Rafa I guess.

 

I don't think he'd do a better job than Rafa to be honest.

[King Gheedorah]

Martin O'Neill? I don't like the way he jumps around for any half chance.

[aws]

We could do worse.

 

 

And probably will.