Villa, Villa, Villa

[Stimpy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_O'Neill

Teams managed

1987–1989 Grantham Town
1989 Shepshed Charterhouse
1990–1995 Wycombe Wanderers
1995 Norwich City
1995–2000 Leicester City
2000–2005 Celtic
2006–2010 Aston Villa
2011– Sunderland

On a side note I have a few friends who are Villa fans and they never fail to stick the knife in regarding LFC's failures. It pisses me off royaly. Can't wait until they drop..

[Alex]

He loves a 5 year stay doesnt he

[Rich]

They look like they're screwed unless Lambert can keep them up and get rid of any big eaners in the summer.

[dww]

They look like they're screwed unless Lambert can keep them up and get rid of any big eaners in the summer.

If he manages that then I think they will end up in good shape. He's a good manager and given time in the PL would make them competitive. I think better results would increase gates etc. It looks like a substantial 'if' though.

[RedReet]

This is what happens when you give Martin O'Neill a job and help perpetuate the myth that he's a good manager.

So finishing 6th 3 years on the trot and leaving them as a European club and signing the two players that they made their biggest profit on makes him responsible for their current predicament???

[Chazza]

So finishing 6th 3 years on the trot and leaving them as a European club and signing the two players that they made their biggest profit on makes him responsible for their current predicament???

He did spend a load of money on ****e though and you cant say he wasn't backed by Lerner.

Other managers have had to work on far tighter budgets than MON partly due to his bad purchasing.

[RedReet]

I'm not defending him BTW, but how much did he spend and surely it was justified by his results? Even if they players didn't all go on to be world beaters, surely finsihing 6th three years in a row was still quite an achivement and about as best as Lerner could have hoped for his investment?

[RedReet]

And surely he also didn't spend anything like £19m on Darren Bent which I'm guessing hasn't helped matter much.

[Captain Stu]

So finishing 6th 3 years on the trot and leaving them as a European club and signing the two players that they made their biggest profit on makes him responsible for their current predicament???

It's Redknapp at Portsmouth all over again - spending beyond their means. He bought expensive players and put them on big contracts at a mid-table club. They massively over-achieved under him.

[Chazza]

MON Spending.

2006-07
In
Stiliyan Petrov (Celtic, £6.5m)
Didier Agathe (Celtic, Free)
Chris Sutton (Celtic, Free)
John Carew (Lyon, Swap)
Ashley Young (Watford, £9.65m)
Shaun Maloney (Celtic, £1.1m)
Out
Kevin Phillips (WBA, £700k)
Matthieu Berson (Levante, £1m)
Ulises De La Cruz (Reading, Free)
Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City, £250k)
Eric Djemba Djemba (Quatar, Free)
Milan Baros (Lyon, Swap)
Mark Delaney (Retired)
Juan Pablo Angel (New York Red Bulls, Free)
Spent: £17.25m
Brought in: £1.95m
Net spend: £15.3m

2007-08
In
Moustapha Salifou (FC Wil, Undisc)
Zat Knight (Fulham, £3.5m)
Harry Forrester (Watford, £250 000)
Eric Lichaj (Unattached, Free)
Marlon Harewood (West Ham, £3.5m)
Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham £8.5m)
Wayne Routledge (Tottenham, £1.5m)
Out
Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham, £2m)
Jlloyd Samuel (Bolton, Free)
Lee Hendrie (Sheffield United, Free)
Chris Sutton Retired
Didier Agathe released
Steven Davis (Fulham, £4m)
Aaron Hughes (Fulham, £1m)
Gavin McCann (Bolton, £1m)
Gary Cahill (Bolton, £4.5m)
Robert Olejnik (Falkirk, Free)
Spent: £17.25m
Brought in: £12.5m
Net spend: £4.75m

2008-09
In
Curtis Davies (WBA, £10m)
Steve Sidwell (Chelsea £5.5m)
Brad Friedel (Blackburn, £2.5m)
Brad Guzan (Chivas US, £1m)
Nicky Shorey (Reading, £4m)
Luke Young (Middlesbrough, £5m)
Carlos Cuellar (Rangers £7.8m)
James Milner (Newcastle, £12m)
Arsenio Halfhuid (Excelsior, nominal)
Emile Heskey (Wigan £3.5m)
Out
Luke Moore (West Brom - £3.5m)
Olof Mellberg (Juventus - free)
Patrick Berger (Sparta Prague - free)
Thomas Sorensen (released)
Shaun Maloney (Celtic, £1m)
Wayne Routledge (undisclosed)
Spent: £51.3m
Brought in: £4.5m
Net spend: £46.8m

2009-10
In
Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough £10m)
Fabian Delph (Leeds United £6m)
Habib Beye (£2m)
Andy Marshall (free agent)
Stephen Warnock (£6m)
James Collins (West Ham United, £5m)
Richard Dunne (Manchester City, £6m)
Out:
Gareth Barry (Manchester City, £12m)
Stuart Taylor (Manchester City, free)
Zat Knight (Bolton £4.5m)
Martin Laursen (retired)
Craig Garnder (Birmingham, £3.5m)
Spent: £35million
Brought in: £20million
Net spend: £15million

TOTALS
30 players in, Total £120.8million
29 players out, Total £38.95million
NET SPEND: £81.85million

[RedReet]

It's Redknapp at Portsmouth all over again - spending beyond their means. He bought expensive players and put them on big contracts at a mid-table club. They massively over-achieved under him.

Without having a Rafa type net spend argument, if you just deduct the £30m profit from Milner, Young and Downing (all his signings), that gives him a net spend of only £54m over 4 seasons.

Just think you’re being a bit harsh on him.

[Captain Stu]

Just think you’re being a bit harsh on him.

Maybe I am, I ****ing hate the cunt.

[ChesterDave]

£10,000,000 on Curtis Davies. ****ing hell!

[RedReet]

Maybe I am, I ****ing hate the cunt.

£10,000,000 on Curtis Davies. ****ing hell!

Some shockers in there.

Website I checked said £7m for Warnock which I couldn't believe, as we're so **** at transfers. Forgot he went to Blackburn fuirst.

[red g]

£10,000,000 on Curtis Davies. ****ing hell!

i had to Wiki that. thought it had an extra zero in