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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martin o neill was golddust after seville
but thats 10 years ago
he was tipped for pool and utd jobs
interviewed for the tan national team job
but he lost his way
should never have resigned from villa before the start of the season afew years back
he will get no big job now
but i would to see him get the republics job next october when that senille eejit trapp goes
Jobo
That wasn’t a dive imo, Craig who should have seen red a few mins before stood on his foot, he had every right to go over.
kooorvamach. thats what my polish colleague says. Does it mean, love you handsome?
St Pauli goal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJhS4SERbQ&sns=tw
“Rangers will win every game in Division Three”
– Hugh Keevins Aug 2012
west csc
Hopefully your last post can be put down to drunkenness.
Martin O’Neil the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
ToughestGameInTheWorld CSC
Rangers were benchmarked in 1 game.
I’d love to have Chris Sutton in my dressing room.
Build the team around HIM.
St J 1-1
Single for 27 years
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Evening folks.
Thoroughly enjoying the variety of debate on the blog tonight. That’s what makes it such a fine and unique site for me.
Regarding MON or MO’N. On the 08th February 2000 I remember sitting in the North Stand watching as we were humbled by Caley in the Scottish cup. Also at work the next day taking a hammering from folk whom I did not know even followed football as they had never mentioned it before to me. Took it on the chin and remembered everyone of them who came out of the woodwork on that day.
Fast forward just over 6 months later. Martin has arrived, first Glasgow derby of the season. We thumped them by 6 goals to 2. Then to May 2001, 15 months after the Caley defeat, we beat Hibs 3 nil to win the treble.
Martin gave us superiority in Scotland and respectability in Europe. He gave Celtic supporters some fantastic times. He gave me some fantastic times lording it over the so called football fans who seemed to crawl back in to the woodwork after he arrived.
Of course there were ups and downs and he did not always get it right, but for me he was the best manager we have had since big Jock, and well I think we will never see the likes of the big man again.
Martin’s time came and went, and I would agree with some of the posters on here tonight, I would not like him to come back. I still think he is a good manager, but his time is past with us I believe.
Thanks for the memories Martin. A Celtic legend always in my eyes.
Dan
Bsr, Flanders is lookin for a village way a position to fill.
Bma
Bsr
Ok … he made one mistake all season ;)
Jackanory Jackanory….
T4
That is everything that is wrong about scottish football.
Liam Craig gets the equaliser, that will probably see UTD not make the top six, he should have seen red, shocking display yet again by the referee.
SOAL-Forgot about your good self :)
Fulham 3 QPR 2 FT
dan
21:51 on
1 April, 2013
Spot on ….fully agree..!!!!!!!!
‘arry ‘umped – QPR”””””s ‘umped as well.
NicestuffCSC :)))
67 heaven.
The way I type I don’t think I went to school.
no el diego bhoy
stone cold sober
so what are attempting to say????????
i want mon as next ireland nanager
“When you’re sat in row Z and the ball hits your head that’s Zamora!”
OneOfTheBestEver CSC
Disappointed to the see the hammer throwers of St Johnstone make the top six.
A team populated by thugs playing on a ploughed field.
Arry the crook … going down faster than the oxford cox ;)
TET
Sometimes we don’t agree my friend but you’re never wrong regards the refs in Scotland. Sort them sort football but sadly that will never happen.
Scotland is as Scotland does. Narrow minded, anti catholic and anti Irish. And so it goes on supported by officialdom who are determined to maintain the status quo.
Aston Villa won the U19 NextGenSeries beating LondonHunsFC on penalties.
In our two games against them earlier on in the league sections, we were beaten 2-1 down there and drew 2-2 at Firhill.
In that Glasgow game, we gifted them 2 goals before coming back to earn a draw, and for some reason we seemed to take the foot off the pedal after we equalised.
They were there for the taking.
We also played Sporting Lisbon in the league section, losing 2-1 in both games, who went on to lose in the semi final game to the LondonHuns, but beat Arsenal for 3rd place.
The young Sporting team were very impressive when I saw them at Firhill.
Our youngsters, and coaches, will have gained some worthwhile experience from these games.
At this level, we’re not a million miles away from the top teams.
We have some good young players in our ranks.
SPF
Does that make it 4 out of the 5 confirmed teams in top 6 are those we have already been away to twice- Motherwell, ICT, Ross Co, S Johnstone.
Will mean a 3rd visit to one of them. Bet it’s Ross Co or ICT.
ElDiegoBhoy
Aye, sadly I have to agree with you.
Shame that we are subjected to it, we should be spending our time talking about how good or bad the football is without the influence of the cheats with the whistles.
This article from yesterdays Herald ells you everything you need to know about David Miliband and his type.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/the-poor-suffer-cuts-our-leaders-coin-it-in-society-is-torn-apart-a-society-torn-apart.20653246
Anybody interested in forming a Celtic Supporters Club in Falkirk please contact John on 07951 101566. Website ready to use http://www.stoliverplunkettcsc.com.
Why are they cutting benefits……..BECAUSE THEY ARE POLITICIANS, and will only remain in power if they don’t ‘hit’ the power-brokers….
west csc
Well, according to Pat Murphy, of Radio 5, and a good friend of Martin O’Neill, Aston Villa agreed to pay Martin full compensation before, before, it even went to court. Martin had argued constructive dismissal. Strange that he left in August that season, but details of settlement never mentioned.
eldiegobhoy
22:02 on 1 April, 2013
SPOT ON, sadly…….. Resistance was, is, and always will be……..
Celtic guaranteed another trip to Perth.
Can hardly believe that ITV choose to show library images of Di Canio playing for Celtic to support a piece on his fascist views.
First time I’ve seen Di Canio in a Celtic shirt on TV for 15 years.
On the Di Canio issue,…i’ve got to admit i loved watching him in the hoops,..hadn’t thought too much about his politics until it was plastered all over Murdoch T.V.
I’d better tell Mrs.Z. to take the signed pic of him down from the hall,
(he was her favourite hoops player for a long time)
bsr
‘Celtic guaranteed another trip to Perth.’
Yip. My thoughts entirely. If (and that’s a big if given our previous at this ground) we beat DU at Hampden, then a team of back up + youth players should be our starting XI at Perth, as they will kick lumps out of us all day with no protection from the MIB.