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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Early start in the morning, so I’m going to hit the hay. Good Night All. Enjoyable and varied blog tonight and little or no acrimony.
Nearly 2 days behind but paul67 ur match report seemed to say st mirren wronged more than us yet i made 2 major decisions wrong each an one of ours not a one off incident or a pen that may have been missed at we had a man disadvantage for over half an hr. Some strange decisions this yr an add some anomalies in other divisions then debate needed on state of refereeing. In two yrs time a new team Will be in premier an Will be handed the lge unless we act now. If sfa don’t take away the red from yesterday we need to either boycott Scottish cup as a club an forfeit our position or stop our players with Scotland until those corrupting our game are removed.
St Stivs – you got the beast bit right…..!
T4
Petec,
This one is good,
recorded 2 days before he was shot.
Audio only though.
J Lennon radio interview December 6th 1980
Burgas Hoops celebrates “…………………….a Podium on page 13.”
Thank God it’s not Friday.
Bada
First time for evetything ;-)
THE EXILED TIM
23:32 on 1 April, 2013
http://abehnisch.com/europe-football-imbalances/
No wonder some clubs have gone down the pan.
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Nice link, it’s pretty depressing but I guess obvious that those who spend those most on wages are the most successful.
Even Bayern who are held up at the poster child of football clubs spends silly money each week, them not winning the CL is really, in my opinion, a failure.
Based mainly on performances against Celtic this season, I would choose the following as an SPL select with no Celtic players.
Bell (Killie)
Jack (Aberdeen) Munro (Ross) McPake (Hibs) Douglas (United)
Hayes (Aberdeen) Law (Well) Brittain (Ross) Mackay Steven (United)
Russell (United) McGinn(Aberdeen)
Subs; Czierniak (United) Pascali (Killie) Cairney (Hibs) McGowan (St. Mirren) Newton (St. Mirren) Griffiths (Hibs) Tade (St. Johnstone)
The only ones I would consider buying are Bell, Jack, Russell and, maybe, Mackay Steven or Hayes but I’d buy 2 at most, Russell and AN other
corkcelt
She covered a number of ballads – IMO not enough.
He moved through the fair: http://youtu.be/rmYg3zwYUyM
Seems the SNP are fighting our corner
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=606185399410337&set=a.544234398938771.139852.544213455607532&type=1&theater
I’d include James McFadeen and sign him.
At the time martin O’Neil was right for Celtic and Celtic was right for Martin O’Neil.
Some posters have attributed his success to Henrik, some to money, some to deidco’s lack of spending on decent players.
O’Neill gave Celtic supporters the belief that our club was capable of great things again. He was also partly responsible for deidco’s demise in that they felt compelled to spend on some very expensive and ultimately ruinous acquisitions.
Being a manager in the EPL is an imponderable. How does Harry Redknapp, Sam Allardyce etc keep getting work? Arsene Wenger has made a career of winning very little in rekation to expectations yet his position is unassailable. The EPL is becoming a byword for mediocrity, vast sums of money are given to middle ranking players for doing not very much. Managers, with two exceptions are not expected to compete for the title.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
23:38 on 1 April, 2013
Zimmerman and Petec
J.Lennon was a damaged guy (“Help”) and it would be reasonable to judge him on that basis.
No father, and farmed out to his aunt.
See his recordings “Julia “and “Mother.”
Politically, he sussed out Nixon pre Watergate.See:”Gimme some truth.”
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An interesting comment, I’ve had to stop that (Tomorrow) interview (over an hour) but it has been fascinating so far. Thanks for your insight.
A song for all on this night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQTndyhJx7Q
Sftb
I don’t see enough of other teams to agree or disagree. However, I have been really impressed with the St Mirren player who plays on the right and was a genuine handful for Izzy yesterday.
Sorry his name escapes me.
Interesting………
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/snp-leader-alex-salmond-faces-referendum-rethink-as-sun-sets-on-alliance-with-rupert-murdochs-news-international-8556199.html
Ntassola
I’d wait more than 3 games and I’d wait till he plays our lot. And then I’d check on his fitness to continue playing.
He is a lost talent but he was never very consistent for Well before nor very effective against us.
HT
Gary Teale had a good game at the weekend but he would not be on any signing list at his age.
Sftb
How old is he?
HAMILTONTIM
He’s 35 in July.
HT
34. He played for Clydebank in 96
I found a new Moonhowling song
Throwing Horsesh*** at the Moon
BMCUWP,
I’m against Independence because Salmond was wanting us to join the EU.
Everyone knows that Murdoch, Berlusconi etc are scumbags so when Salmond is being so publically shunned, it gets the spidey senses going.
BMCUW/Sftb
Thanks, too old then, he could be the father of half our squad!!
PETEC
Your enemy’s enemy is not necessarily your friend…..
Jude 2005
If McNabs is part of the hotel that faces the tourist office I was in there for the game against St Mirren on 2/3 four banjo players playing pool not watching the gemme but making the usual snideys . However when I started to growl at the telly in my usual manner they upped and left didnae even finish their cheese and onion crisps and cans of coke wee souls
Richard Nixon…?
A Colossus…..Amongst Pygmies…
Who Has Been Unfairly Judged By History….
Watergate….????
By Jings….Mair Like A Student Prank…..
An Autonomous Team Of Low-Level Operatives….
Mount A Raid On A Democratic Party Office…
In A Commercial Building
At The Time Of The Democrats National Convention…….
Looking For Material Relating To The Names And Addresses Of Hookers The Dem Senators And Congressmen Were Seeing…
Hardly ‘Crime Of The Century’…..
What About The Kennedys With Their Corruption,Links To The Mafia,Womanising,Mary-Jo Kopechne…
Clinton And Whitewater,Monica Lewinski Etc…
Obummer….With His Gun-Running To The Mexican Mafia…
Benghazi-gate…
Etc Etc Etc..
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/283912/nixon-half-way-mount-rushmore-conrad-black.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/344038/truth-about-bob-woodward-conrad-black?pg=2.
BMCUWP,
There is nothing more certain than that.
“That government is best which governs least.”
Here is Jock.
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Jock+Stein+-+Quotes
One of his finest…..
“I lost some friends when I made the move, but if that’s what matters to them, then they’re not really friends at all.”
Back to Jefferson…..
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.”
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Thomas_Jefferson
NN & HH
HT Teale is also a serious orc. His relatives stay just up from me.
He would drop to div 3 or them.
I thought young McGinn on the saints left looked the part.
HH
TSD
It must frustrate to be throwing so much out there and not an echo for your fear from the CQN community.
Not one single recruit for a BNP agenda
Melanie Phillips ate my Muslim transexual baby
And a wee song for immigrants everywhere
Love Abides
Some comments earlier on regarding I support the Fc but not the Plc. Well for me it’s always been the the jersey, players managers boards and fans groups will come and go but the its the allure of the jersey that pulls everybody together. Name me one person past or present who will ever be bigger than the jersey they had the honour to serve
Sleep
mickbhoy
Frank Munro- he was huge
Petec
Another Jock Stein quote which I posted yesterday
“If your good enough the referee doesn’t matter”
And let me assure you they were a lot worse in big Jocks day
Nahhhhh Wee Fat Pat was bigger than Frank
Aye but Pat could play.
My Dearest ‘Ena Sharples’
Still Spilling Out The Poison …
After All These Years….
Albert Tatlock’s Frenzied Nemesis….
Like ‘Norman’ Fae The ‘Psycho’ Fillum…
Fae The Mean Streets Of Cambuslang….
[Hold On,TSD….The Good Folk Of Blantyre
Consider That Cambuslang
Is Just For The Toffs !…….Ed]
mickbhoy1888
Sounds like the same ones.
Just back in from gig. Thanks for the welcome tallybhoy, starry plough, weefra, leftclicktic ( I am originally ML4 by the way ) and thanks for the Rome advice corkcelt, ntassoolla, roberttressell, gene, jmccormick, hoopyathome and murdochauldandhay. Hail! Hail!