Football is a results business and Sunderland’s results have been rotten for months, so we shouldn’t be surprised that Martin O’Neill was dismissed as manager on Saturday. But he is Martin O’Neill, who appeared to be able to walk on water when at Celtic. What happened?
Martin’s teams played the same football at Sunderland as they did at Celtic and Leicester. Direct and, if supported by excellent players, incredibly effective, but Martin was the antithesis of the tinkerer manager. He had his plan and stuck to it, a fact which Alex McLeish successfully exploited.
Of all the recent dismissals in England his was least surprising. Sunderland thought they were heading for relegation but still have a fighting chance, the right change could produce the short-term boost required. As for our old pal Paulo, I’m in David Milliband’s camp. He and ‘Arry can go the same way.
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Brines showing tonight why he should be removed from reffing top flight games Utterly incompetent.
3 to 2
Game on
BT
Fair enough …. It would have been nuts to bridge a project after ten years.
I wonder if he looked at Porto and thier manager and thought ….mhhh if only I had been backed like he was … And thought what if ?
HH
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
20:57 on 1 April, 2013
Gerrybhoy
Martin got on the wrong side of the Scottish fraternity within Celtic. You know the conceited brigade. He made a fool of Brian Quinn and he told the fans the truth. Martin is now being chastised for failure. Pulling the wool over Celtic fans eyes is now a prerequisite for our inner fraternity.
They will have you believe that MON lost us money or was too expensive when the truth is no EPL invite materialised and the money wasted on the dream team needed to be covered by us yet again ..unfortunately Martins like most intelligent men saw through them.
HH
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I have been coming around to a similar view as your fine self at the moment.
You may have noticed me mentioning Theosophy a lot in my recent postings. The CelticTriangle was the real kicker for me, Theosophy doesn’t sound as bad as Masonic but looks and phonetics can be deceiving.
blantyretim
21:02 on 1 April, 2013
Aw_Naw
I love Martin for what he brought back to Celtic..
I still don’t want him back in any shape or form…
:)))) True but he was our best Mhan when we really needed him.
My day in Spain in May 2003 underlines that for me.
HenkeCSC
AgreatseasonitwasCSC
Was Di Canio not considered to be a fascist when at Swindon, or is it just an EPL thing
goldstar10
To be fair to BFSDJ, it’s hard for him to breathe through his mouth and talk at the same time..
aw naw
my thoughts on them who run our club are known on here..
I support Celtic FC and have no love for Celtic PLC
sftb
Well said re Mr.Z.
Tim Malone Will Tell
21:03 on
1 April, 2013
I’ve yet to see Miliband display anything approaching integrity so we’ll just need to agree to differ on this one mate.
Tallybhoy
Was reading about Gladio this morning. Had never heard of it before and now it is on CQN tonight, just find it strange, that’s all.
Goldstar10, man’s a world class fanny
Bma
blantyretim.
I’ve got the opposite view to you.
I support the board PLC,but..
In the last few weeks,I’m struggling to say the same about Celtic FC.
blantyretim at 21:12 –
so the club and company are separate then? I remember another team whose fans benefited from making that distinction;-)
getting attacked by oldtim and jobo in the last two posts..
I retire from cqn in disgrace… o))
BT
I would take MON back for quite a few roles actually. If only he was believed in as much as Mouriniho another cheque book manager and the most successful ,now was. José would be loved by most on here but that is what we have become. Brian Quinn, John Reid have let us down recently far more than MON. This PPC are turning us into big green huns. ;-(
HH
blantyretim.
I couldn’t do a smiley.
bt
This is not Flouncing Friday.
It is Moping Monday by the sound of it.
Can’t wait for the game on Saturday so we can have our football team back to complain about.
starry plough
21:11 on1 April, 2013goldstar10To be fair to BFSDJ, it’s hard for him to breathe through his mouth and talk at the same time..
But he talks through his ar$#
starry plough/ Bobby Murdoch’s ankle- Actually it was a real laugh out loud moment, one of those “did he really say that” occasions.
By God, he is such a halfwit and 10 mins was more than enough for me.
!!Bada Bing!!
That’s whit ye call hun multi-tasking…
SFTB
I did put a wee ))) after it..
Z-don’t think too many guys on here fluent in Polish .
goldstar10
21:22 on 1 April, 2013
Just on….who said what, please…??
BB
Mów za siebie
BT.
Is that how you do a smiley. ))
Goldstar10, he’s doin a village oot an idiot.
Bma
On Easter Monday morni’ …..
67Heaven- just BFDJ being his usual thick self…..
Don’t know what the question was but the sage says Ally will prioritise the defence so he will get in good quality defenders……and also midfielders and strikers too.
Next breath- Ally will prioritise Scottish players so he will sign them…….but he will also sign English players and foreigners too.
2 sentences, 2 contradictions, even Gerry McCulloch gave it to him for being so idiotic.
Oldtim67 Smiley = :) …….a no, cause a went tae a cafflic school
that’s the way oldtim
just a wee zero the that…
yer in…
I am watching Liam Neeson being more paranoid than me or any other Celtic fan in unknown..
like the sevco history books
goldstar10
21:31 on 1 April, 2013
BDJ is a laugh a minute …… If he had any more brains he would be a half-wit…..LOL
Fulham down to 10 men
Dundee Utd down to 10 men!
Boys dinnae greet…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9hOFOgqOds
Say what you like about Brines, but at least he was able to spot a clear dive….
Sub replaces sub for Fulham