dbsboots Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Why would MON meet a player 3-4 days before he resigned? Surely he knew by then what he was going to do? Then perhaps he should have resigned at the point he knew that he was going to resign rather than 5 days before the season started. Maximum damage and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracker1234 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Why would MON meet a player 3-4 days before he resigned? Surely he knew by then what he was going to do? Then perhaps he should have resigned at the point he knew that he was going to resign rather than 5 days before the season started. Maximum damage and all that. I don't get this maxium damage stuff. I'm more to thinking he left because he was told no when he asked for the money to buy Aiden Mcgeady....Mcgeady was going over to Russia the same week MON left for a medical...MON knew it would be his only chance to put an offer in for Mcgeady and I believe he asked Paul to put an offer in for him and was told no....Not a short sharp no, but a no nonetheless....So he left. That's what I've been telling myself all along and I've not seen anyone as of yet post anything that has changed my mind in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Perhaps that meeting the day before he resigned really did send him over the edge. Or maybe he saw Ireland’s taste in cars or interior decoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsboots Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Why would MON meet a player 3-4 days before he resigned? Surely he knew by then what he was going to do? Then perhaps he should have resigned at the point he knew that he was going to resign rather than 5 days before the season started. Maximum damage and all that. I don't get this maxium damage stuff. I'm more to thinking he left because he was told no when he asked for the money to buy Aiden Mcgeady....Mcgeady was going over to Russia the same week MON left for a medical...MON knew it would be his only chance to put an offer in for Mcgeady and I believe he asked Paul to put an offer in for him and was told no....Not a short sharp no, but a no nonetheless....So he left. That's what I've been telling myself all along and I've not seen anyone as of yet post anything that has changed my mind in any way. I actually agree with you. However, managers and their chairmen meet in pre-season. MON would have knew fine rightly that he had to cut the wage bill before going after other players. He very well could have asked for McGeady and promised to cut the wage bill straight after, but Lerner said do that first.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I actually agree with you. However, managers and their chairmen meet in pre-season. MON would have knew fine rightly that he had to cut the wage bill before going after other players. He very well could have asked for McGeady and promised to cut the wage bill straight after, but Lerner said do that first.. Which is why I believed something happened that made MoN resign. I never bought into this idea that MON's whole motive was to cause as much damage to the club, hardly helps his reputation in the game by doing that and he's never done anything like it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 hardly helps his reputation in the game Leaving like he did before the new season started would have people questioning him anyway i'd thought.. Clubs that may be looking to hire him as a manager will think long and hard about how he just left and would question whether they want such a person at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Regardless of what he did to us i feel alot of clubs would jump at the chance for him to be their manager.. Look at West Ham they were willing to knife grant in the back to get him through the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Maybe you are right but they'll still be wary of his actions here nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 12, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 12, 2011 I don't think we will be able to give him away to be honest given his wages and his time here and lack of impact at Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L6HolteEnder Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Who is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 i do not care about this player, he's awful and he won't play for the club again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Just a thought but there is a fair bit of speculation about Hughes coming in the summer Who got Ireland playing the best football of his career ( and possibly dunne).......Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsboots Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 He also had Robinho alongside him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford-Villan Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 He'll never play for Villa again. Deservedly so too after the comments he has made about the club and area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 If he came back in summer and got his head down i would give him another chance as their is talent in there. Just cant see it happening myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 If he came back in summer and got his head down i would give him another chance as their is talent in there. Just cant see it happening myself he could come back and start performing as we know if he puts in the hard work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 If he came back in summer and got his head down i would give him another chance as their is talent in there. Just cant see it happening myself he could come back and start performing as we know if he puts in the hard work Hard work? Stephen Ireland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelboyVilla Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 He is a one season wonder who is making a very good living because he happened to be at Mancs when the money was starting to be thrown at players. He is obviously a self destructive fruit loop who goes from one club to another slagging off the previous club. Personallly if I was the club I would have him committed and claim on the insurance. In reality however I think he will be off to a fizzy pop team where he will fail and disappear into the mire of obsecurity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Stephen Ireland has revealed that he is happy at Newcastle and would be open to staying beyond the end of the season. The midfielder moved to St James' Park on loan from Aston Villa in January but has yet to make his debut for the Magpies due to injury. However, manager Alan Pardew hinted last month that a long-term contract could be agreed and Ireland admits that is something he would be interested in. The 24-year-old is looking for some stability and is hopeful of remaining on Tyneside, either on a permanent arrangement or a new loan deal. He told the Chronicle: "This is a good place for me to settle in the next few months, and who knows what could happen in the summertime. "It could turn out to be permanent. We don't know, or it could turn into a loan again. "We will see what happens in the next two months." Isolated Ireland is fit and available for selection again and could be given a first opportunity to impress Pardew when Newcastle face Manchester United next Tuesday. He has not played since turning out for Villa in December, having fallen down the pecking order under Gerard Houllier. "It has been an absolute nightmare - it feels like I have not kicked a ball for so long," he said. "I have not played competitively for so long and it has been difficult. "When the new manager came in at Villa, I was left out of eight squads in a row - and that hurts. "The lads were going away to hotels and playing games, and I felt really isolated at home." http://tinyurl.com/6l2exbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 13, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 13, 2011 "When the new manager came in at Villa, I was left out of eight squads in a row - and that hurts. "The lads were going away to hotels and playing games, and I felt really isolated at home." Of course being INJURED had nothing to do with him being out of the squad, it was down to the new manager coming in. Deity on Bike, even I can't blame GH for Ireland being out of the team. Men in white coats please, this one's mad and needs sedating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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