Martin O Neil

[Teacake]

John Robertson a massive miss it seems

certainly did 80% of the coaching work at villa

Even though i am not a fan he looks to have last his spark of late and without robertson his "style" is probably nowhere near as effective

Walford does the vast majority of the coaching, Robertson was more of a social convener.

MONs wife was in very poor health when he left Celtic, I'm not sure if that's given him a new perspective, he certainly doesn't seem to have the spark as others have said.

[horseplayer]

John Robertson a massive miss it seems

certainly did 80% of the coaching work at villa

Even though i am not a fan he looks to have last his spark of late and without robertson his "style" is probably nowhere near as effective

Walford does the vast majority of the coaching, Robertson was more of a social convener.

MONs wife was in very poor health when he left Celtic, I'm not sure if that's given him a new perspective, he certainly doesn't seem to have the spark as others have said.

yes that would be a very valid reason obviously

the person who told me that worked with villas younger players so maybe robertson was mainly with them

either way he was an important part of the setup

[Teacake]

John Robertson a massive miss it seems

certainly did 80% of the coaching work at villa

Even though i am not a fan he looks to have last his spark of late and without robertson his "style" is probably nowhere near as effective

Walford does the vast majority of the coaching, Robertson was more of a social convener.

MONs wife was in very poor health when he left Celtic, I'm not sure if that's given him a new perspective, he certainly doesn't seem to have the spark as others have said.

yes that would be a very valid reason obviously

the person who told me that worked with villas younger players so maybe robertson was mainly with them

either way he was an important part of the setup

Absolutely, it was a partnership that worked very well.

[kinboshi]

Were saying on Sky that Di Canio is up in the North East to discuss the job at Sunderland.

Is he really what they need?

[TightEnd]

MO'N never really done anything since Leicester. Weird because when he talks as pundit he's so good.

Really?  The season before he took over at Celtic they finished 21 points behind Rangers.  The next season they won the treble, then retained the title and got to a European final.  He was at Celtic for five years and won 3 titles and came second twice.  He also won the Scottish cup three times.  Then he went to Villa and finished 6th three years in a row and took them to their first final in years.  Not really done much......

Precisely

Villa were bottom 10 under O'Leary.

Lerner invested, MON had them consistently top 6

Wanted finance to take it to next stage, Lerner declined and has seemd to lose interest in funding a team that compete in the top half since.MON left

Agree about Robertson, and MON's spark recently

[MANTIS01]

I think MON would work better in tandem with a technical director who took care of business while he worked his magic on the traning ground. Personally I think the guy has outstanding ability but also has a major weakness with player recruitment. Sunderland have struggled in recent times because they never replaced Bent. When Bent left they needed a 20-goals-a-season-goal-getting-machine and MON addresed that this season by spending multiple millions on Fletcher and Graham. His record in the transfer market throughout his career is very much hit and miss. That said Sunderland could have tweeked around with structure rather than sack him altogether because anybody they bring in will be a step backwards imo. Gambling on unproven managers at this level would be quite ridiculous, reminds me of MM at Wolves.   

[Alverton]

MO'N never really done anything since Leicester.

Lol wut?

[horseplayer]

the villa thing is still hard to say was "great" considering they constantly had the 4th or at times even 3rd highest wage bill in the league at the time (as well as a very nice transfer kitty)

the league was quite different then as well with the top 4 or even six not as much of a closed shop

some of the wages squad players were/are on from his reign at villa are frightening

he also seems happiest buying british players for whatever reason which is never going to be very easy to prove good business in

[Sheriff Fatman]

Di Canio confirmed.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/2/8610654/di-canio-named-sunderland-boss

[Tal]

Di Canio confirmed.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/2/8610654/di-canio-named-sunderland-boss

Look out world

[Sheriff Fatman]

David Miliband resigns as non-exec Director as a result.

Off to a good start then!

[Teacake]

David Miliband resigns as non-exec Director as a result.

Off to a good start then!

Sunderland changing there nickname to The Black Shirts apparently

[tikay]

David Miliband resigns as non-exec Director as a result.

Off to a good start then!

Sunderland changing there nickname to The Black Shirts apparently

Oooohhhhh

[rfgqqabc]

David Miliband resigns as non-exec Director as a result.

Off to a good start then!

Sunderland changing there nickname to The Black Brown Shirts apparently

Fyp?
Had to check, SS black, SA brown. Black shirts much better obviously

[Teacake]

David Miliband resigns as non-exec Director as a result.

Off to a good start then!

Sunderland changing there nickname to The Black Brown Shirts apparently

Fyp?
Had to check, SS black, SA brown. Black shirts much better obviously

Mussolinis Black Shirts.