sidcow Posted November 4, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2022 Remember how the press kept describing him as one of the bright young managers when he was with us? He was 58 when he left, 54 when he started. Is anyone describing Emery as a bright young manger? He treatment by the press was very strange. Maybe because of the Clough connection? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Shall I be reading a narcissist opinion on his life and career? No. No I won't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, sidcow said: Remember how the press kept describing him as one of the bright young managers when he was with us? He was 58 when he left, 54 when he started. Is anyone describing Emery as a bright young manger? He treatment by the press was very strange. Maybe because of the Clough connection? He sued the media a bit so they were probably on egg shells around him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted November 4, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2022 He's a sanctimonious odious little man. Even in that video the way he patronizingly explains that he was at Filbert street not the KP. Speaks volumes that the can't hawk his sh*t from the ground of the biggest club he ever managed in England. He has to do it from somewhere he got punching above their weight 30 years ago. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I have a story for his book. He wasn’t liked by opponents either. I worked with somebody who won the Swedish League with Öster. They played Forest in the European Cup. Different times back then so they went out to a nightclub after the game and the Forest players also turned up. They were all nice except for the arrogant prick Martin O'Neill. He flicked cigarette ash in one of the Öster players drink as one example of his pathetic behavior. Always been a word removed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 04/11/2022 at 13:09, NoelVilla said: I have a story for his book. He wasn’t liked by opponents either. I worked with somebody who won the Swedish League with Öster. They played Forest in the European Cup. Different times back then so they went out to a nightclub after the game and the Forest players also turned up. They were all nice except for the arrogant prick Martin O'Neill. He flicked cigarette ash in one of the Öster players drink as one example of his pathetic behavior. Always been a word removed. Some people you only need to look at and know they’re a word removed. He is one of them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 It looks like the book is full of bitterness which is unsurprising. Haven't seen any extracts related to Villa yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 As expected it's a small minded, bitter, football dinosaur throwing together a terrible book that offers no insight and just attempts to settle scores. Also reads like it was written by a 4 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Almost ruined us the cretin. Zero interest in his revisionist nonsense about his ‘genius’ not being appreciated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 21 hours ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: It looks like the book is full of bitterness which is unsurprising. Haven't seen any extracts related to Villa yet. There was a bit in The Times today. Basically got interviewed for the job here by Doug who came straight off the Tennis Court and was telling him the usual stuff about inventing the bicycle kit. Apparently Doug was also unhappy we put Laursen on in last minute at Arsenal in O'Neill's first game as he got an extra 3k for every game he played for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: There was a bit in The Times today. Basically got interviewed for the job here by Doug who came straight off the Tennis Court and was telling him the usual stuff about inventing the bicycle kit. Apparently Doug was also unhappy we put Laursen on in last minute at Arsenal in O'Neill's first game as he got an extra 3k for every game he played for us. That all sounds so out of character though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meregreen Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 12 hours ago, VillaChris said: There was a bit in The Times today. Basically got interviewed for the job here by Doug who came straight off the Tennis Court and was telling him the usual stuff about inventing the bicycle kit. Apparently Doug was also unhappy we put Laursen on in last minute at Arsenal in O'Neill's first game as he got an extra 3k for every game he played for us. That sums up Ellis. We were a Superstore being run by a corner shop chairman. I could weep for the lost opportunities we had under that self centred, egotistical penny pinching self labelled Mr Aston Villa. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 03/11/2022 at 21:27, Zatman said: For somebody with such thin skin, his adventures on Twitter could be interesting Needless to say, I had the last laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 03/11/2022 at 20:53, maqroll said: Elon Musk will suspend it as an undisclosed parody account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Martin O'Neill drops Aston Villa bombshell and finally explains why he really quit - Birmingham Live (birminghammail.co.uk) Quote Martin O'Neill has finally lifted the lid on his controversial Aston Villa exit during his most honest interview since he quit the club. In an exclusive chat with BirminghamLive's Claret & Blue podcast, O'Neill revealed he regrets leaving Villa - and the manner of his departure - in the summer of 2010. He insists he would "absolutely stay put", seek to mend his fractured relationship with Randy Lerner and try to push Villa forward if he could have his time again. He left Bodymoor Heath under a storm when he handed in his resignation five days before the start of the 2010-11 Premier League season. It followed a tense phone call with Lerner the day after Villa's pre-season friendly against Valencia. O'Neill, who took legal advice before handing his resignation to chief executive Paul Faulkner on August 8, later went on to win a case of constructive dismissal. His shock exit followed three sixth place finishes in the Premier League, along with League Cup final and FA Cup semi final appearances. O'Neill told Claret & Blue that Randy Lerner's decision to sell James Milner to Manchester City was the tipping point that forced him to quit. The 70-year-old Irishman insists he was given assurances by Lerner that Villa would not only keep Milner but would look to bolster the team by attempting to sign Scott Parker, only for the American owner to go back on his word the very next day. O'Neill asked Lerner to publicly explain to Villa fans that the goalposts had been moved and their expectations should be adjusted - but the billionaire refused to do so. It proved to be the final straw for the former Nottingham Forest European Cup star. "The bottom line is that if you were asking me now - and in fact even if you'd asked me maybe a year after events - then I would certainly have stayed on at the football club and pushed on," revealed O'Neill. "I have to say wherever I am as a football manager the owner of a football club has his own decisions to make, and maybe I didn't see that at the time. "But again, in hindsight, you look and you think he's the owner, he's the one who has tried to improve the football club in many aspects, so that decision should rest with him probably. "People said it was because he was asking for money and that's an absolute myth, that wasn't the case. "I did say to Randy that at some stage along you will get your money back for the likes of James Milner, Ashley Young and Stewart Downing and you will make some money in those deals so let us try and push on. They did get the money back. "I was expecting perhaps more from the likes of Steve Sidwell and Nigel Reo Coker. But overall I thought we had a squad certainly capable of being in the top six again. "Can we push into those last two positions? That was it. But this idea that I was asking for a lot more was certainly not true." In his most honest interview since leaving Villa 12 years ago, BirminghamLive asked O'Neill if he thought the manner of his departure has tainted his legacy in the eyes of the claret and blue faithful. "I don't know," he said. "We finished with three top sixes and tried to push on. I'm not going to convince everyone. "I did a little function last night and three Villa fans did come up to me. They weren't cantankerous or anything like that and they said we had some really great days there. "But there will be lots of Villa fans who say, no, he left us in the lurch, that type of thing. "I've said to you during this interview that if I was to do it again I'd absolutely stay put." Speaking exclusively to BirminghamLive at a Second City hotel O'Neill insists what he achieved at the club - sixth place finishes and Wembley trips - should have been the start rather than the height of the club's ambitions. "We finished in the top six but this is the interesting thing about it," he said. "I didn't think the top six was good enough for Aston Villa, that's really it. "I wanted to be in the Champions League. I'd had the experience of that there at Celtic. There's nothing like it and there's nothing like that music being played. Imagine having that played at Villa Park. That was my drive, I didn't think the top six was good enough for Aston Villa." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andykeenan Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Martin O Neill Claret & Blue podcast 12pm. Also on Claret & Blue YouTube channel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 "You'll get your money back on Young Downing and Milner." Yes that will make up for the dozens of players that passes through on big deals never played never had any resale and contributed to wage bill of about 95% of turnover. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Delusional curmudgeon - who was gonna buy the likes of Reo-Coker from us? The amount of money he wasted and still never signed a formidable striker or right back. Can’t stand him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Hopefully he brings up some of his inspired signings like Habib Beye or the fact that he gave out huge contracts to bang average players at every club he was at so they would be kind about him in interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Unforgivable leaving the way he did. If he at least gave us half a season but few days before season starts. Thats spitting in all the fans faces. Hell i even have a better opinion of mcleish than mon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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