Is Martin O'Neil now the favorite manager to be sacked next from a Premiership side? After Villa sneeked a point today - it pushed his team just 1 point ahead of Manchester City. City boss Stuart Pearce had been much touted as having '2 games to save his job', and the bookies clear clear fave to go next. But with an impressive display against Champions Chelsea midweek, followed by a 2-0 lumping of Boro has this all changed? Surely, if Martin O'Neil can only get his side to deliver 1 more point than that 'woeful relegation fodder' side City, then O'Neils job must now be more than simply in the balance. The board could act any day. Who would Villa fans like to see take over when Martin O'Neil is sacked, and do they think there's time for the new man to turn around all the Irishmans failings and halt a plummet into the Championship?
O'Neil to get the sack, he has done great with them this season they havnt played well recently but the quality is there .
I don't think he will be sacked, but he could just walk. Benitez will leave the shite for Real Madrid and O'Neill will take over.
<div class="quote_poster">incandecio Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">liverpool wont want o'neil, hes crap</div> He's crap? I'm sorry, do you follow football? He is one of the most gifted managers in the game. He knows his stuff and he's a great man manager. He's only just started at A.Villa. They will turn into a top side within the next few years with O'Neill at the helm. He's got a bit of money, which he can use to bring in quality players, which Villa lack at the moment.
now then, everything youve said would be an arguement for him not to be sacked, but this whole thread is about how he is going to be, and wasnt he the one who fucked leeds up with his poor money management and other things?
<div class="quote_poster">incandecio Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">now then, everything youve said would be an arguement for him not to be sacked, but this whole thread is about how he is going to be, and wasnt he the one who fucked leeds up with his poor money management and other things?</div> I know it's about him getting the sack, I was just responding to you saying he is a crap manager. Plus, you've just been caught out again. He's never managed Leeds. Are you sure you know what you're going on about? Do you even follow football? First you say he was a crap manager, next you say he managed Leeds and screwed them up?
i asked if he was, not stating that he was. just to make sure i was thinking about the same guy, read my post, it has a question mark and a wasnt he meaning it was a question.
<div class="quote_poster">incandecio Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">i asked if he was, not stating that he was. just to make sure i was thinking about the same guy, read my post, it has a question mark and a wasnt he meaning it was a question.</div> Fair enough, it just seems your knowledge of football is lacking.
<div class="quote_poster">incandecio Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">just on maangers, i know a fair amount of other stuff, who was the leeds guy then?</div> Could have been David O'Leary.
<div class="quote_poster">incandecio Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">thats the one, its the o' that got me.</div> Yeah. He basically just inherited the team that George Graham had, which was a poor team left by Howard Wilkinson. He turned the club into a decent club and they finished 3rd or 4th (?), but their chairman took out big loans against their possible successes in the Champions League; which basically crippled them financially. So it wasn't David O'Leary that was poor with money and never managed what he had properly, it was the board.
<div class="quote_poster">incandecio Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">he was giving out huge wage fees as well, that didnt help matters at all</div> I don't think it's the manager who draws up the contracts, it will be the CEO and the financial people at the club. The manager just indicates who he wants to sign and the club sorts it out. The only thing the manager has to do is have a word with the other clubs chairman, manager and persuade the player to sign on the dotted line.
