Martin O'Neill resigns

MementoMori

If Fulham failed to get Jol away from Ajax I don't think there is any hope Villa will.

Dave147

RasTa wrote: »

Phil Brown is outside Villa park already.

He couldn't manage a McDonalds.





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Sounds like the perfect man for Villa!

ZING!

Esse85

MementoMori wrote: »

If Fulham failed to get Jol away from Ajax I don't think there is any hope Villa will.

Villa are far more attractive than Fulham.

LeeroyJones

Esse85 wrote: »

Martin Jol is the bookies favourite.

Id take him.

He's 33/1! I've thrown a fiver on it

Eire-Dearg

Bob Bradley - you all heard it here first.

mike65

Hitzfeld?

LeeroyJones

LeeroyJones wrote: »

He's 33/1! I've thrown a fiver on it

and now he's 8/1! odds are changing like Irish weather

Mr. Guappa

Esse85 wrote: »

Villa are far more attractive than Fulham.

Jol wanted the Fulham job but Ajax wouldn't release him, so Villa being more attractive than Fulham is irrelevant.

ntlbell

Hope the hungry match goes well for capello :pac::pac:

eagle eye

I think these two have a lot in common actually. Blonde hair, management skills:D

Pauleta

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

Bob Bradley - you all heard it here first.

You just heard one of the emails on Sky Sports News so I didnt hear it from you first :P

RasTa

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

Bob Bradley - you all heard it here first.

Decent shout, can't find the odds on Betfair yet. PP have it up?

JPA

I don't want Kilnsmann but Lerner wanted him before MON, that's why I said it.

Warper

Hard to know who will take over but really MON was going nowhere with Villa. Good news for Villa fans me thinks.

MementoMori

Esse85 wrote: »

Villa are far more attractive than Fulham.

Meant it more in the sense that Al-Fayed apparently sent lawyers over to Holland to see about getting Jol out of his contract.

Would agree Villa is a bigger job just cant see Villa going to anything remotely similar in order to get Jol

invinciblePRSTV

RasTa wrote: »

Decent shout, can't find the odds on Betfair yet. PP have it up?

Bob Bradley, USA soccerball manager? good grief!! come back MON!:P.

blindpilot

http://www.paddypower.com/football/football-specials/manager-specials?ev_oc_grp_ids=348942

Bradley is 10/1 at the moment

Kiwi_knock

Staunton or Southgate to take over

Wolfe Tone

Poor Villa. Keegan?

Esse85

Warper wrote: »

Hard to know who will take over but really MON was going nowhere with Villa. Good news for Villa fans me thinks.

Not really.

LuckyLloyd

Bradley would be interesting. Brilliant tactically, but I suppose the question would be how he copes with the fish bowl that management in the premiership can be. He would also not be the media darling that O'Neill was...

blindpilot

Jol has gone into 5/1 now. Bloody hell.

murpho999

Wow, really surprised at the timing of this. Gotta be a falling out with board about not giving transfer funds. Perhaps was not given enough of Milner fee to replace him.

Wonder where Martin O'Neill will go next. Wouldn't be surprised to see him go back to Notts Forrest as Billy Davies there is under huge pressure.

SlickRic

old boys come home.

Townsend and Staunton in a dream combination reminiscent of the Dalglish/Barnes dynasty at Celtic.

you heard it here first.

MementoMori

All the potential candidates named so far in the thread - from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Hughes
Jol
Martinez
David O'Leary
Sven Goran
Curbishley
Iain Dowie
Phil Brown
Roddy Collins
Pellegrini
Klinsmann
Bob Bradley
Hitzfeld
Staunton
Southgate
Keegan
Townsend

Kevin MacDonald, reserve team manager

Maradonna is free now as well after the world cup.....:p

eagle eye

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Bradley would be interesting. Brilliant tactically, but I suppose the question would be how he copes with the fish bowl that management in the premiership can be. He would also not be the media darling that O'Neill was...

Bradley hasn't been tested at this level. He could be brilliant or brutal.

Its far too big a job for him at this stage of his career. He really would need to prove himself with a smaller club first.

JPA

MON divides opinion but does anyone actually think that Villa will do better than 6th with any new manager and a possibly slightly better squad?

hitman79

Its bad news for Chris Hughton cus if he loses a game or 2 them mad Geordies will be clamouring to get Martin O Neill in.

Mr. Guappa

murpho999 wrote: »

Wonder where Martin O'Neill will go next. Wouldn't be surprised to see him go back to Notts Forrest as Billy Davies there is under huge pressure.

He'll get a bigger job than Forest. If Hughton gets the chop early in the season then O'Neill would be a great fit for Newcastle.

JPA

I half suspect someone is lined up already.

Xavi6

Tony Mowbray 14/1

LeeroyJones

the third most popular football bet on PP now is Villa to be relegated this year... some people are just stupid!

LuckyLloyd

eagle eye wrote: »

Bradley hasn't been tested at this level. He could be brilliant or brutal.

Its far too big a job for him at this stage of his career. He really would need to prove himself with a smaller club first.

Yeah, he's just gone and done a great job at International level. I'd rather take a gamble on Bradley than the usual beaten dockets like Curbishley that's for sure...

blindpilot

LeeroyJones wrote: »

the third most popular football bet on PP now is Villa to be relegated this year... some people are just stupid!

PP must be laughing themselves stupid at that one.

Villain

JPA wrote: »

MON divides opinion but does anyone actually think that Villa will do better than 6th with any new manager and a possibly slightly better squad?

Not with a sell to buy system in place, not a hope.

Its going to be very hard to find a manager who will sign with that restriction in place, problem now is players will have their agents working over time. Its bad bad timing, if he could have stayed until January at least but now it throws the whole squad into a mess unless they have a replacment ready for the weekend.

I'm so p1ssed off

murpho999

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

He'll get a bigger job than Forest. If Hughton gets the chop early in the season then O'Neill would be a great fit for Newcastle.

Disagree, O'Neill is an intelligent man and there is no way he would go to the madhouse that is Newcastle. Especially with the ownership situation there. That Newcastle job is a poisoned chalice with way too expectant fans.

eagle eye

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Yeah, he's just gone and done a great job at International level. I'd rather take a gamble on Bradley than the usual beaten dockets like Curbishley that's for sure...

If he was hired as Liverpool manager you would have had a fit imo.

The Aston Villa job is as big as the Liverpool job right now.

MementoMori

Paddy Power Odds

Slaven Bilic 7/2
Alan Curbishley 7/2
Martin Jol 5/1
Sven Eriksson 6/1
Dave Jones 15/2
Alex McLeish 10/1
Bob Bradley 10/1
Steve Clarke 10/1
Gary Megson 14/1
Ottmar Hitzfeld 14/1
Jurgen Klinnsmann 14/1
Stuart Pearce 16/1
Glenn Hoddle 18/1
Phil Brown 18/1
Roy Keane 20/1
Billy Davies 20/1
Ian Holloway 20/1
Simon Grayson 20/1
David O'Leary 20/1
Kevin Mc Donald 20/1
Alan Pardew 25/1
Gianfranco Zola 25/1
Kevin Keegan 25/1
Alan Shearer 28/1
Tony Adams 33/1
Tony Mowbray 33/1
Walter Smith 33/1
John Toshack 40/1
Terry Venables 40/1
Fabio Capello 50/1
Steve Staunton 50/1
Dion Dublin 66/1

blindpilot

Jol now 7/2 fav. 33/1 to 7/2 in a matter of minutes!!:eek:

ntlbell

MementoMori wrote: »

Paddy Power Odds

keane not in the running :pac:

MementoMori

ntlbell wrote: »

keane not in the running :pac:

Huh??

eagle eye

I'm shocked Pellegrini isn't in the betting.

Bob the Seducer

Who hasn't been named yet?

El Tel
Graham Souness
Glen Hoddle :pac:

Nah, reunite the Ireland dream team, Stan and Kevin Mac. I suggest Jack Charlton as their new Premier League management consultant to complete the lineup.

ntlbell

MementoMori wrote: »

Huh??

specsavers. :cool:

MementoMori

Keane is in there at 20/1 ????

ntlbell

dion dublin and the gaffer.

cl pwned

Nailz

20/1 for Keane, mmm... Won't happen though.

invinciblePRSTV

Big Ron on BBC WM at the moment talking bout it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/birmingham/hi/tv_and_radio/

Bring back Big Ron i say!

CrackisWhack

MON is an ambitious man, I reckon has resigned due to the lack of ambition shown by the club, sell to buy policy etc. Mr. Lerner is not looking like the saviour right now.


A sad day for AVFC.

ntlbell

ntlbell wrote: »

specsavers. :cool:

MementoMori wrote: »

Keane is in there at 20/1 ????

hence my need to go to specsavers