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I would prefer Jose though but short term could be Martin until Jose says so. 
Martin O'Neill resigns
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I'll gladly drive Martin back myself if he decides to return to Celtic Park.
Do you forget that he managed a Celtic team that beat Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers on their own patches? O'Neill took us to a Uefa Final and we only lost out due to the cheating antics of Jose's Porto team. He has a great eye for players and there is no reason that he couldn't do it again. Strachan inherited a winning team and ran it into the ground. Martin would be welcomed back with open arms.
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Apparently some of the rumours of the O'Neill resigning was 'cos they were going to sell Friedel to Fulham to replace Schwarzer, and O'Neill didn't want Ireland, and preferred getting all money to buy replacements and they were forcing the Ireland deal. Not sure how true any of those are though..
Have you not realised what has happened to Scottish football in the past couple years?
Celtic can no longer go and pay 6 million for players like Hartson, Sutton and Lennon et al. There is no automatic qualification to the champions league from next season as well so the money will only continue to dry up as well. He had an eye for a bargain but that whole team needs overhauling, its appalling at the moment.
He has nothing to gain by going to Celtic except ruining his legendary status that he has at Celtic.
What on Earth...?
6 Domestic League, 3 Domestic Cup, 3 Domestic Super Cup, 2 League Cup, 1 UEFA Cup, 2 UEFA Champions League
OR
Conference Title, 2 FA Trophies, 3 League Cups, 3 League Titles, 3 Domestic Cups
I know which i'd take.
martin oneill back at cellic 
as a rangers fan that fills me with dread especially with watty leaving the end of this season, for those who are not to clued up about scottish football unfortunately celtics balance sheet is at its healthiest in a long time (even better than before oneills first spell. and i'm quite sure that if he came back the board would back him to the hilt. the mans a legend up here on both sides of the old firm. although i think its more likely he'll end up at celtic in a director of football role at least initially
as a rangers fan that fills me with dread especially with watty leaving the end of this season, for those who are not to clued up about scottish football unfortunately celtics balance sheet is at its healthiest in a long time (even better than before oneills first spell. and i'm quite sure that if he came back the board would back him to the hilt. the mans a legend up here on both sides of the old firm. although i think its more likely he'll end up at celtic in a director of football role at least initially
What on Earth...?
6 Domestic League, 3 Domestic Cup, 3 Domestic Super Cup, 2 League Cup, 1 UEFA Cup, 2 UEFA Champions League
OR
Conference Title, 2 FA Trophies, 3 League Cups, 3 League Titles, 3 Domestic Cups
I know which i'd take.
and yet he couldnt get Chelsea to the CL win either, he had the players in their prime and a team capable of doing it but never managed it so he isnt perfect by any means
Just because one manager has so far been more successful, doesnt mean squat at a completely different club (and also being ex Chelsea grates a little)
I never suggested Maureen wouldnt be successful, but I would still prefer to see a British manager follow Fergie , and I just cant stand THAT ego just drives me potty
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Ego and the fact he's not British? I'm sure you'll really consider him over O'Neill.
So what? I don't see MON with a huge amount of European experience, the experience of winning the CL with two different clubs, neither of with were really fancied as winners at the start of the tournament. Nor does MON have the experience of SIX domestic league championships.
And I can't say I think being ex-Chelsea, non-British, or the carrier of the world's biggest ego would be a problem? I think his ego is great, JM clearly cares about what he does, and is quite vocal about it.
A list containing Bilic and Hitzfeld and you think Sven is the best on offer? Hell, Curbishley (underrated) is better than Sven. You only think he'd be a step down because he hasn't managed a bigger team than Villa.
Reports in the Mirror suggesting that O'Neill had lost the dressing room, the players being dissatisfied with his lack of rotation and his outdated management style; only picking the team an hour before kickoff and forcing the players to do more phyiscal training than they would like.
The article suggests the players sent pictures of Champagne bottles to each other when they heard the news.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/new...ke-the-financial-cut-backs-article548757.html
All pretty pathetic stuff if it turns out to be true, but it's the mirror after all, so it's probably a load of contentious bull****.
The article suggests the players sent pictures of Champagne bottles to each other when they heard the news.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/new...ke-the-financial-cut-backs-article548757.html
All pretty pathetic stuff if it turns out to be true, but it's the mirror after all, so it's probably a load of contentious bull****.
As a Villa fan, I'm neither shocked or disappointed with the news, I felt at the end of last season, MON had taken us as far as he could, and should've quit himself.
We missed the boat in 2008, when comfortably placed to get into the Champions League, and since then the gulf between us and Spurs and Man City has emerged and grown to a level we are unable to bridge.
My main criticism of MON would be his constant complaints about the size and quality of our squad - HE created the squad, and HE signed a plethora of players who simply weren't good enough, and ultimately he wanted to, or was being forced to, ship out - Reo-Coker (£8.5m), Davies (£8-10m), Luke Young (£5m), Shorey (£3.5m), Harewood (£3.5m), Heskey (£3.5m), Sidwell (£5m)....add to that Downing (£12m) who is yet to deliver, and Delph (£5m) who was under-employed before his injury.
I'm sure any Villa fan would have been frustrated by MON's reluctance or stubborness to change his formation or starting XI, when results were going against us - hopefully the impressive Albrighton, Delfouenso and Clark will be given a chance now.
MON was a great appointment for us, and he made an undoubted impact at VP, but he simply had to go.
From the runners and riders mentioned to replace him, Curbishley and Allardyce are definitely not of a high enough calibre, Moyes surely wouldn't budge from Everton, Jol is too abrasive for Randy to work with I'm sure, leaving Bob Bradley as the leading man, although I'd love us to nick McLeish from the Blue Noses, just because!
Looking forward to the atmosphere on Saturday at VP
Up the Villa!
We missed the boat in 2008, when comfortably placed to get into the Champions League, and since then the gulf between us and Spurs and Man City has emerged and grown to a level we are unable to bridge.
My main criticism of MON would be his constant complaints about the size and quality of our squad - HE created the squad, and HE signed a plethora of players who simply weren't good enough, and ultimately he wanted to, or was being forced to, ship out - Reo-Coker (£8.5m), Davies (£8-10m), Luke Young (£5m), Shorey (£3.5m), Harewood (£3.5m), Heskey (£3.5m), Sidwell (£5m)....add to that Downing (£12m) who is yet to deliver, and Delph (£5m) who was under-employed before his injury.
I'm sure any Villa fan would have been frustrated by MON's reluctance or stubborness to change his formation or starting XI, when results were going against us - hopefully the impressive Albrighton, Delfouenso and Clark will be given a chance now.
MON was a great appointment for us, and he made an undoubted impact at VP, but he simply had to go.
From the runners and riders mentioned to replace him, Curbishley and Allardyce are definitely not of a high enough calibre, Moyes surely wouldn't budge from Everton, Jol is too abrasive for Randy to work with I'm sure, leaving Bob Bradley as the leading man, although I'd love us to nick McLeish from the Blue Noses, just because!
Looking forward to the atmosphere on Saturday at VP
Up the Villa!
Why is Curbishley not good enough? Maybe I'm going to start sounding like his biggest fan, but his achievements so far have been:
Keeping a very average, lowly-funded Charlton team in the Premiership. Repeatedly.
Keeping up West Ham (with help from Carlos Tevez).
Getting them into the top ten the following season.
Not exactly much in the way of a negative there.
Keeping a very average, lowly-funded Charlton team in the Premiership. Repeatedly.
Keeping up West Ham (with help from Carlos Tevez).
Getting them into the top ten the following season.
Not exactly much in the way of a negative there.
Because Villa have aspirations of higher than a top 10 finish! He did a sterling job at Charlton on limited resources, but Villa are too big a club for him....plus he was extremely mediocre in a very poor Villa side in the mid 80's, and I can't forgive him for that!.
This. I am gutted, no doubt but I was getting frustrated with his lack of rotation, giving the fringe players a chance, he obviously signed them for a reason! it was of no surprise that the entire squad burned out AGAIN at the end of last season.
Absolutely no idea who I would take as manager right now.
