What???????

(in case it's serious)

Aw  'sup?    

Whats wrong?

Martin O'Neill has resigned!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Bites lip..

Oh!

You!!

He is the manager of Aston Villa is he not?

Not any more, he isn't!

Oooooh wonder wheres he goin' ???

Wherever he likes. More to the point, WHO can replace him?
Nooooooooooo, nooooooooo, nooooooooo, nooooooooooo...

He is a brilliant manager it was only a matter of time...I always wanted him after Arsene retires from Arsenal.

Sorry for your bad news Demantoid  I thought he was loyal to Villa. He would only leave for a big job surely... maybe Ireland manager???  

awwww Demantoid

what bad timing

i note they havent give reasons, gotta be cos he is being forced to sell players against his will dont you think?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

Damn that bloody board for not supporting him, not giving him money for players and not stopping Man-fecking-City taking the ones we already have.

Bit of a stupid time to resign really... He might as well have gone when all those rumours were about in May.

i feel your pain we (Everton) were in the same position last year with Judas Lescott

All a bit quick Toid.  

I wonder if it's personal reasons i.e. his wife being ill again - can't fathom what would make him leave at such short notice 

Here's the link to the BBC news item

No reason is given, but it looks likely to be connected with the probably imminent departure of James Milner to Manchester City and the difficulty in getting the money for the players he wanted to attract.

Oh.....football....*yawns*

Welcome To Manchester

Toid
I really feel for you, it seems to be connected to transfers.  I know that AW would have gone if the board would have sold Cesc or any player against his wishes.
It's way past time that UEFA stamped on these clubs tapping up and poaching players

  I feel your pain.    Went through it when he left Celtic ... and to add insult to injury took Stan the Man Petrov with him.....    Oh, it's all coming flooding back.  



Hmmm..... .wonder if he fancies giving Lennie a hand....

Hi Deman,not been in here for a while,i have never sworn on a forum,like you i am gutted,i don't think there is any other manager out there to replace him,this is one of the biggest blows Villa fans have ever had,the club will get what it deserves in the next few seasons and that is a big fat NOTHING.Not going to say any more cos i could go on for ever because i am so angry.

Maggie xx

Maggie
It's a bugger of a time for a manager to chuck the towel in. They are unlikely to get someone quickly unless Randy knew MON was going and then they will have no time to get any signings in.
I feel for you and Toid

Not that I wish anyone's teams any ill will, but it makes a change from us to not be 'making the news' Having said that, it does seem an odd time to resign. the board pulling strings again?

maggie nice to see you

In an ideal, yet mad fantasy world he may be revealed as the new Middlesbrough manager in a Teesside based press conference.

this will cheer you up Demantoid,
the joint favourites for the managers job are
Bob Bradley and Sven Goran Erickson .............................

Hi barney and veggie,strike i am aghast at the thought of either of those 2but have a feeling it will be Bob Bradley,and he has been quietly waiting in the wings for a while.

Maggie xx

maggiep  
It seems like Lerner told him he couldn't have all the cash from Milner's sale to spend on new players - so he was effectively being asked to settle for a Milner-Ireland swap. Plus the rumours about Spurs tapping up Ashley Young, some other bugger after Brad Friedel...
Randy Lerner has cost Villa the best manager we have had in decades, and without doubt the best one we'll ever get.
Only last week I heard some ugly rumours about other behind-the-scenes stuff, involving a board member's son using a Villa message board to slag MON off. If MON got to hear of that, no wonder he had enough.

At least it's not Megson!

 Bliddy hell.. no, Smegon, NO!

Don't worry Toid, Megson's only role in footie today is to make any set of fans accept XYZ as a manager with the heartfelt relief of 'At least it's not Megson'!


You might get Bradley, I thought he did a standup job during the WC. Of course whether he can transfer that to the PL is the question.
Who would be your choice?

Who knows, Veggie? There is no-one we'd ever get to match MON.
I can see Bradley coming in as well - American owners, and all that. God help us ..

Randy Lerner (sp) has always been touted as a great example of a good foreign owner so this is really strange.
It is a worry when a manager goes especially if he is a hands on type like MON or AW. AW is in the last year of his contract and he is making noises that he may not renew - worries the hell out of me.
You should have no trouble attracting a decent manager though - your academy/reserves are excellent. Some really good players coming through

There have been rumblings for a while - Lerner has become increasingly tight with the money over the past couple of seasons, so we knew all wasn't well.

Toid and Maggie I really feel for you, even though I support your most local rivals as the crow flies, I have a lot of friends who support Villa and are gutted.  I mist admit I am surprised by the announcement so near to the start of the season, and the reasons being given.. the lack of transfer funds, always thought that Randy Learner was a chairman who would allow his manager to go for who he wanted without financial restraints, totally unlike Deadly Doug who would not open the cheque book for anything!

I just hope that it is not personal reasons with M'oN's wife being ill again and him taking time out to be with her ~ and BTW you are NOT having Roberto Di Matteo, he is OURS!!!!!  And I truly hope you don't get Megson!