Martin O'Neill resigns

JPA

BastardPrince wrote: »

whats the story with young?

Linked with Spurs, I didn't even give it a 2nd thought until now.

mike65

If it were health related it wouldn't have been announced like this

matrim

BastardPrince wrote: »

whats the story with young?

MON had a story in the papers a couple of weeks ago saying he'd leave Villa if Young was sold without his permission. And there have been rumours of people interested in Young recently

Xavi6

Wonder how long it'll take the press to blame City for this.

Le King

Le King wrote: »

I'd love to know the same. Luke or Ashley?

lol i would imagine Ashley.... who'd quit if luke young was sold behind their back!?:)

Chardee MacDennis

Xavi6 wrote: »

Wonder how long it'll take the press to blame City for this.

well it is clearly their fault

invinciblePRSTV

So long MON, i look forward to hearing the reasons why he has left and who the replacement is going to be.

mink_man

rumour has it that he wants to take charge of carlisle united and bring them up to the premier league.

That_Guy

Xavi6 wrote: »

Wonder how long it'll take the press to blame City for this.

Someone has already mentioned it on my Facebook page. I had to laugh.

artanevilla

Couldn't have happened at a worse time.

Clanket

The timing of this is absolutely shocking.

God damn him/them/city whoever the fúck is responsible. Gonna be a terrible season ahead for us villains

Happy Monday

David O'Leary anyone??

eagle eye

He said: “I have enjoyed my time at Villa immensely. It’s obviously a wrench to be leaving such a magnificent club.
“I would like to pay tribute to the Villa players, my coaching staff and the Villa supporters for all the support and encouragement they have given both the club and me personally during my time as manager. I wish them all the best for the future.
“I will obviously be assisting the club in the immediate short-term with regard to the handover of my duties.”

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/08/09/villa-manager-martin-o%E2%80%99neill-resigns/

MementoMori

Posted this on Saturday in the Villa thread :eek:

Didn't realise my opinion was held in such high esteem around Villa Park :cool:

Related to this and Helix's change of signature what's the general stance on MON at the moment?

It's the last year of the fabled five-year plan isn't it?

How many think there is a decent chance of breaking the top four barrier?

Personally I would rate Villa's chance of breaking into the top four this season to be less than 10%.

However on the flipside I'd say the chance of ending up in the bottom half of the table to be somewhere similar 10%.

Basically he has consolidated Villa as a top eight side but isn't the man to take Villa any further.

Is this season his last chance to break the top four?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=67326640&postcount=8395

gosplan

This really is the worst timing ever.

Now I have to redo my fantasy football team yet again!!!

MementoMori

Happy Monday wrote: »

David O'Leary anyone??

Off in the middle East somewhere......

Probably thinking......if only I'd held out for a few more months

Villain

Sickened, timing is awful and going to be very hard to find a better manager.

Very upset about this throws the club into an awful state.

Oat23

Oatesy23 wrote: »

21 posts in 6 minutes?

This will overtake a league of ireland weekend thread in under 30 minutes.

The fact that my joke actually happened depresses me .

mike65

Sven! Baby!

Whats the story with Randy Lerner/MON?

eagle eye

MementoMori wrote: »

Off in the middle East somewhere......

Probably thinking......if only I'd held out for a few more months

Probably thinking, 'why didn't I come out here and get all this handy money years ago.'

That_Guy

What do you reckon for Curbishley as the new manager? I think he'd do a good job with them.

Xavi6

There's only one man for a situation like this -



Football Management Consultants ftw

MementoMori

mike65 wrote: »

Sven! Baby!

Oh yeah......worth it for Gilesy's reaction alone

mink_man

roddy collins in at 2/1 favourite to take over.

Ush1

James Milner - "So good, he makes managers resign".

RasTa

Phil Brown is outside Villa park already.

Keano

That_Guy wrote: »

What do you reckon for Curbishley as the new manager? I think he'd do a good job with them.

That's who I first thought.

x PyRo

Someone who has morals and sticks to them.

Fair play to him.

I feel sorry for the Villa supporters, all that brilliant work over the last few years will be tough to continue now.

Bounty Hunter

Villa keep things in house very well and this is imo a prime example, I would imagine there has been some underlying problem like control of Transfers being taken from him or something and he has decided to walk as a result. Im really thankfull for everything MON has done for Villa and hope we have someone in mind already because Someone different could take Villa further than MON (who at this moment i dont know) but whoever takes on that charge this season is not going to have much time to implement changes.

Wonder will any deals take place while Villa are managerless.

Esse85

I dont think its anything to do with A.Young, he came out and said a few weeks ago he was happy at the club and if he was offered a new contract he'd sign it.

I reckon MON was told he wouldnt get ALL the Milner funds to sign players and he had an issue with that.

Keano

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Villa keep things in house very well and this is imo a prime example, I would imagine there has been some underlying problem like control of Transfers being taken from him or something and he has decided to walk as a result. Im really thankfull for everything MON has done for Villa and hope we have someone in mind already because Someone different could take Villa further than MON (who at this moment i dont know) but whoever takes on that charge this season is not going to have much time to implement changes.

Wonder will any deals take place while Villa are managerless.

Milner will definitely go now. That's for sure.

Esse85

That_Guy wrote: »

What do you reckon for Curbishley as the new manager? I think he'd do a good job with them.

GTFO

MementoMori

Can't see this as anything but very bad news for Villa.

Luke Young and NRC probably happy ; Petrov not so pleased.

Will be very interesting to see what happens with the Milner deal now?
Will it still go through?
Will Ireland still be a part of it?

Was rumours about a medical for Milner at City today.

MarkJD

Im shocked... Just typical...

PHB

I would assume Young would be the one who would piss off a manager enough to leave.

JPA

Nicky Shorey joins WBA, MON resigns. Coincidence?

Dolph Starbeam

I did not see this coming, but it should not be a huge shock, last season the club forced him to sell Barry, this season he's being forced to sell Milner and there is talk of Ashley Young on the way out. Martin is ambitious and he can not achieve what he wants for the club with the owners selling his top players. Best of luck to him where ever he ends up, top manager.

SlickRic

i can smell the fake tan already...

eagle eye

Manuel Pellegrini is the only man for the job imo.

Esse85

SlickRic wrote: »

i can smell the fake tan already...

Martin Jol is the bookies favourite.

Id take him.

SlickRic

Esse85 wrote: »

Martin Jol is the bookies favourite.

Ajax have already basically told him he can f*ck off if he wants to leave; ain't happening.

Ush1

I'd say he just got sick of butting heads with the board(didn't the same thing happen with Barry). He thanked everyone except them.

Bounty Hunter

eagle eye wrote: »

Manuel Pellegrini is the only man for the job imo.

that would be nice.

Assuming Milner leaves now, I hope Ireland is still part of the deal (assuming that was true).

NRC will be an interesting one to watch at Villa now. minus MON he may see himself with a possible future at the club or atleast as being more likely to stay.

Clanket

Esse85 wrote: »

Martin Jol is the bookies favourite.

Id take him.

Definately. We need someone with a decent pedigree and we need them quick.

JPA

Jurgen Klinsmann. You heard it here first.

Esse85

JPA wrote: »

Jurgen Klinsmann. You heard it here first.

Id rather Jol.

MementoMori

JPA wrote: »

Nicky Shorey joins WBA, MON resigns. Coincidence?

Correlation doesn't impy causation

Keano

Esse85 wrote: »

Id rather Jol.

Jol is not going anywhere

Kiwi_knock

I can not see Jol going, Ajax have promised him money to spend and he will not get the same amount to spend at Villa

~Rebel~

SlickRic wrote: »

Ajax have already basically told him he can f*ck off if he wants to leave; ain't happening.

Surely thats exactly what he'd want to hear