Martin O'Neill resigns

Admiral Huddy · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:31

News coming in that Martin O'Neill has resigned.

yep - here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/8898993.stm

Very odd and to leave it a few days before the start of the new season. Must be some kind of fallout out with the owners.

Peg · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:33

Really bad news for Villa so close to the start of the season.

craptakular · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:34

Didn't see this coming.

he could have gone to Liverpool

Tummy · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:34

Ouch.

Greenlizard0 · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:34

Might be a good thing for O'Neill, though bad for Villa. He's taken them as far as he can I reckon.

el_dazza · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:35

Absolutely gutted. Probably sick and tired of all this Milner debacle, after Barry's shambolic departure last season and Young probably on his way too. Did well for us, can't see anyone being as good as he was for us.

Tunney · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:35

Bad timing. Always had Randy Lerner down as one of the good guys but there must have been a falling out of something fairly big.

Mr.Fantastic · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:36

Been told that it might be over the handling/selling off Young and Milner but got no info to back it up

engee · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:37

Great manager, Villa are going to struggle to find anyone even close to him.

West · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:38

Couldn't be worse timing.. i'm gutted.

Admiral Huddy · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:40

el_dazza said:
Absolutely gutted. Probably sick and tired of all this Milner debacle, after Barry's shambolic departure last season and Young probably on his way too. Did well for us, can't see anyone being as good as he was for us.

Possibly, but we are in a new era where money is cheap and the likes of Man City's who are bullying other clubs out of their best players. I'm sure O'Neill knows this as frustrating as it is. We [Spurs] have suffered for this in years even as recently as Wilson Palacios .. There has to be something else to this..

Azza · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:42

wow...that's a surprise.

Wonder if that means Milner has been sold?

K1LLSW1TCH · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:45

He was very close to winning a cup for Villa last season too. A shame but maybe he will go back to his MOTD slot, I always thought he was a decent bloke.

_Gizka_ · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:48

Must be something to do with the Milner scenario, no doubt hes probably reached the end of his tether after the Barry fiasco last season. I've always rated him as a manager and he has done ever so well at Villa. Hope he manages to find another job at a decent club, seems a nice guy.

Tombstone · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:48

Damnit...if we had waited we could have had him instead of Roy Hodgson.

Big blow to Villa that, last thing you need mere days before the start of the season.

Weebull · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:52

Has he really done that well at Villa? I mean he's been good yeah, but basically done no better than Moyes, whilst spending loads more cash.

EDIT: Ok, looking at the stats, maybe not "loads" more, but still a fair bit. I'm not saying I don't rate him at all, he's definitely good. Just not great.

Beerbaron · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:55

Oxy said:
Didn't see this coming.

Tummy · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:56

He's quite a nice man, bumped in to him when he was at Leicester.

Thought he's probably taken Villa (given their squad) about as far as he could.

I didn't see his coming, wonder where he will go?

KNiVES · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:59

I am very surprised, I did not expect that at all. I wonder what he will do next?

Tombstone · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:59

Tummy said:
I didn't see his coming, wonder where he will go?

I'm guessing to Sky to be a pundit for a bit and wait and see what vacancies crop up over the course of the season. Mancini to not achieve much with City and O'neill to replace him? I fancy sticking a bet on that right now