Comments for Martin O'Neill off to Liverpool? Not in this lifetime at http://www.thevillablog.co.uk , comment 1 to 105 out of 20 comments http://www.thevillablog.co.uk Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:09:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-83089 I only see two candidates for the Man utd job they being Martin O'neil or David Moyes I believe Ferguson and Moyes share a pretty special relationship and would be surprised if he didn't have some sort of input as to who his successor should be! - Alec Mcdonald Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:48:46 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78781 face it you scouse idiots you are a very poor team with a manager who has bought and played 2nd and even 3rd rate players Torres apart he hasnt signed anyone decent. liverpool are in a battle for 7th with brum and everton forget 4th - quinn Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:47:59 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78758 What's the difference between watching Liverpool FC and watching paint dry? At least you get a result watching paint dry :) - Darragh McGeown Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:34:25 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78756 [quote]I agree, Everton went out to Villareal which is a very tough draw, I think they went all the way to the semi's that season![/quote] They couldn't have got a tougher draw. Villareal only missed out on getting to the final that year by missing a last min pen againest Arsenal. - Adrian Kilgallon Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:52:27 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78755 Is there not any scousers knocking around this morning wanting to enlighten us on how great their team is? Doesn't anyone want to tell us all about yesteryear and what a big club you where? Shame that could have done with a laugh this morning :D how does it go 4th place and you f"£%$d it up, 4th place and you f£$%"*d up, european champions and you f"%£"d it up, european champions and you f""£))d it up :D:D:D:D:D - Andi Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:41:04 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78752 chiefy you been selling snoods in france? - keith Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:13:15 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78751 damian if you watched that game can you seriously say you still expect pool to finish 4th? if weve only played 25 mins of good football in 2010 then pool have got 25 mins to catch up - keith Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:07:37 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78750 dont want mon and his type of football? it must be be they like watching that sh*** and losing:D - keith Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:04:43 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78749 4th he said cup run's expected challenge for the title they wanted we have the greatest history of any team they said our football is beautiful fantastic football team they said CRAWL back under you rocks scousers you are skint and in the space of a week you have been well and truly put in your place !!! MON wouldn't think of moving to a sinking ship, Man Utd seem to be plugging the holes in there ship as they appear yours keep getting bigger and bigger. Shove your history its happened lets talk about here and NOW !!! "Liverpool Season 2009-10" now where should this DVD go the club shop, You've Been Framed or It will be All right on the night :D:D The entertainment just dont stop with you scouse lot :D:D - Andi Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:54:00 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78748 Lpoo are behind against Lille. Oh how the mighty have fallen. - Nathan Price Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:41:57 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78747 If we were to finish 4th, I think we would see some serious investment. The five year plan was to get us into chumps league. If that is achieved then its just the begining. MoN will know that and he will have drummed it into RL that if and when we do get CL football, we will big investment. I agree with most of whats been said though, £25-30 might be enough. If spent wisely and I have no reason to doubt MoN would do that, it could be more than enough for a special player or two. - Nathan Price Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:41:10 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78744 [quote]ets finish 4th and then see what happens then argue about it. still a long way to go[/quote] I agree, Everton went out to Villareal which is a very tough draw, I think they went all the way to the semi's that season! I think we'll see a slight increase on our net spend this season on a smaller group of players too. The defence is sorted and I think everyone agrees that the priority is a striker. If we can sign the right kind of forward and keep the squad together then we'll be looking good. Depending on the typ of budget available I'd then look at two midfielders. One attacking and one as more of a defensive enforcer. It'll be interesting to see hoe Delph progresses and whether he can develop into one of these players. I think with the fullbacks we've been linked with recently and the players we've signed it is clear that Martin is looking at getting the average age of the squad down and looking at the next five years for Villa. We are on the verge of competing, but it would be nice to see some young players stepping up over the next few season and making the club a bit of money. Delph, Ash, Milner, Gabby, Davies, Albrighton and Delpfouneso all fall into this category for me. It would be nice to get the youngsters a bit more eiropean football and see if they progress a la Fletcher, Gibson and Evans. Experience at the highest level can be a surprising thing. You think a player may struggle to make the grade and then a couple of seasons down the line they've suddenly got bags of experience and are suddenly first teamers at the age of 23/24 - John Samuels Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:52:27 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78743 villa should buy mathews-young right back hleb or ireland ohara andress guardado jones and doyle or jotevic - frem Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:46:32 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78742 john - if all that adds up, i'm not doubting you, just saying .. then what is to say that this summer o'neill doesn't go spend on his strike force and equal things out? - Damian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:46:11 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78741 all you have to do is look at martins transfers to see he could not mage a top club 54 mill spent on our defence 54 mill on midfeild and 13 mill on scoring goals its a joke - john doyle Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:39:35 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78740 there is no way in the world that any of the so called top 4 clubs would want martin he aint good enough he dont take risks if he had been at everton roony would still be in the second team like the fonz is at the villa our best player by a mile for skil and controle and goal scoring but he is left to rot in 2nd team while sicknot the mule plays as i have said before the second worst player we have ever had after balaban thats why a top clup dont want martin - john doyle Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:53 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78739 Juan Pablo Angel but the thing is, it would still be more investment. our net spend averages at about £25mn a season - we'd need that again and possibly more, if we were to qualify and the demands of domestic competitions and league but all of this is if if if .. we might not finish 4th (we were in a better position at this stage last season) and even if we do .. there is still the qualifying to get through and we struggled in the LDV league - so what is to say we will do any better in the proper tournament .. too many ifs for me at the moment lets finish 4th and then see what happens - Damian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:35:41 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78738 Damien, I agree with some of what you say, but |Everton have never had loads to spend and they went out in the qualifying round while the window was still open. If we were to qualify and the window was open we would definitely be attracting a different calibre of player. Also I don't agree that we would need any more investment than we already have in the summer. If O'Neill gets his usual budget (somewhere in the region of £30-£40m) that is more than enought ogo out and buy two maybe three (if we generate some cash from the sale of a few fringe players) players that might kick us on to being a CL side. The advantage is that we have a young team and if they get some experience of winning a few things and playing CL football I really do believe th sky is the limit. Players like Ash, Milner, Delph adn Gabby really could go on to be proper players with the experience and coaching. - John Samuels Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:29:35 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78736 keithj if we finish 4th i would hope lerner will do what is necessary to stay in that bracket, but i dont know what he will do and i wouldn't dare assume about what he would do about something that might happen in the future i do know, or actually i think, getting into the top four is the easy part ... the hardest part of getting into the top four is staying in the top 4 - which is why i also think that while liverpool might not finish in the top four this season - there is every chance (although i think they will) - they will know what they have to do to get back in if we finish in the top four, it will be all new ground and as we saw with everton - it went horribly wrong for them - it isn't easy - Damian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:22:33 +0100 http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/aston-villa-blog/avfc-opinion/martin-oneill-off-to-liverpool-not-in-this-lifetime/#comment-78735 i will add though - if we did it 3 seasons on the bounce and did well in the champions league and liverpool were nowhere to be seen, sure - we'd be more attractive. but one swallow and all that - Damian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:56 +0100