Guest alex Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I don't think all the comparisons with Clough are fatuous like. Where's Robertson working now? With O'Neil? Isn't he MON's numero dos? Cloughie's fav player. Apparently Cloughie used to almost ignore MON totally and lavish Rob with praise. Aye, I've heard MON go on about that before. Thought one was an artisan while the other was a hod carrier, or words to that effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 O'Neil - I think he'll be the next Man Utd manager. Hughes? It depends what he does at City I guess. O'Neil is a strange guy, but he does seem to be able to do pretty well wherever he goes. Certainly a mythology around him. Never takes training, teamsheet 10 min before kick off...etc... Clough?? He's great when he verbally savages one of his own players for some completely innocuous comment that the interviewer presents in a slightly out of context way. Somehow it must work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 O'Neil - I think he'll be the next Man Utd manager. Hughes? It depends what he does at City I guess. O'Neil is a strange guy, but he does seem to be able to do pretty well wherever he goes. Certainly a mythology around him. Never takes training, teamsheet 10 min before kick off...etc... Clough?? He's great when he verbally savages one of his own players for some completely innocuous comment that the interviewer presents in a slightly out of context way. Somehow it must work though. Quite peculiar how he didn't sign a right back last year and they didn't really have one either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuspectPackage 0 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Even as a pool fan, I've got to say Moyes is a good manager. 6th and 5th in the last couple of years on a fraction of what some of the teams around them have spent. Still hate his guts like. Martin O Neill is a weird one, recent Barry run ins aside. He seems to do very well buying what many people would regard as 'average players' and succeed in motivating them to achieve. I mean his signings of Knight, Reo-Coker, Harewood and Young were all headscratchers at the time but he managed to get them to produce and got 6th place. But saying that, the man seems to move at a snail's pace in the transfer market, Villa have been crying out for a recognised right back for the last year and now with Olaf Mellburg the stand in gone he still doesn't seem too arsed. I just don't see him shelling out the money for the signings his team needs, even with an American billionaire bankrolling him. But I'm sure he'll do incredibly well at motivating the players he already has. Again, a weird one. Ramos has a giant reputation from Spain, but if I'm completely honest I've seen not a lot from him yet. Spurs faded incredibly in the league after their cup win. Gonna wait for a full season to go by so I can see if I figure him out. So I'll go with no opinion as yet. Mark Hughes got my vote in the end. I don't like the man particularly (self-professed Chelsea AND United legend :s), but his signings and what he had done for Blackburn are unarguable. Benny McCarthy £2.5 million, Roque Santa Cruz £3.5 Million, Christopher Samba £400,000 etc. Of course, this has no bearing on how he will do for Man City, he may indeed flop. But he's unarguably done a brilliant job at Blackburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Even as a pool fan, I've got to say Moyes is a good manager. 6th and 5th in the last couple of years on a fraction of what some of the teams around them have spent. Still hate his guts like. Martin O Neill is a weird one, recent Barry run ins aside. He seems to do very well buying what many people would regard as 'average players' and succeed in motivating them to achieve. I mean his signings of Knight, Reo-Coker, Harewood and Young were all headscratchers at the time but he managed to get them to produce and got 6th place. But saying that, the man seems to move at a snail's pace in the transfer market, Villa have been crying out for a recognised right back for the last year and now with Olaf Mellburg the stand in gone he still doesn't seem too arsed. I just don't see him shelling out the money for the signings his team needs, even with an American billionaire bankrolling him. But I'm sure he'll do incredibly well at motivating the players he already has. Again, a weird one. Ramos has a giant reputation from Spain, but if I'm completely honest I've seen not a lot from him yet. Spurs faded incredibly in the league after their cup win. Gonna wait for a full season to go by so I can see if I figure him out. So I'll go with no opinion as yet. Mark Hughes got my vote in the end. I don't like the man particularly (self-professed Chelsea AND United legend :s), but his signings and what he had done for Blackburn are unarguable. Benny McCarthy £2.5 million, Roque Santa Cruz £3.5 Million, Christopher Samba £400,000 etc. Of course, this has no bearing on how he will do for Man City, he may indeed flop. But he's unarguably done a brilliant job at Blackburn. I would have voted for Hughes but for the fact Blackburn played so much bits and pieces football last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Even as a pool fan, I've got to say Moyes is a good manager. 6th and 5th in the last couple of years on a fraction of what some of the teams around them have spent. Still hate his guts like. Martin O Neill is a weird one, recent Barry run ins aside. He seems to do very well buying what many people would regard as 'average players' and succeed in motivating them to achieve. I mean his signings of Knight, Reo-Coker, Harewood and Young were all headscratchers at the time but he managed to get them to produce and got 6th place. But saying that, the man seems to move at a snail's pace in the transfer market, Villa have been crying out for a recognised right back for the last year and now with Olaf Mellburg the stand in gone he still doesn't seem too arsed. I just don't see him shelling out the money for the signings his team needs, even with an American billionaire bankrolling him. But I'm sure he'll do incredibly well at motivating the players he already has. Again, a weird one. Ramos has a giant reputation from Spain, but if I'm completely honest I've seen not a lot from him yet. Spurs faded incredibly in the league after their cup win. Gonna wait for a full season to go by so I can see if I figure him out. So I'll go with no opinion as yet. Mark Hughes got my vote in the end. I don't like the man particularly (self-professed Chelsea AND United legend :s), but his signings and what he had done for Blackburn are unarguable. Benny McCarthy £2.5 million, Roque Santa Cruz £3.5 Million, Christopher Samba £400,000 etc. Of course, this has no bearing on how he will do for Man City, he may indeed flop. But he's unarguably done a brilliant job at Blackburn. Good post. Welcome to the board mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuspectPackage 0 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Good post. Welcome to the board mate Cheers, and great avatar Reminds me I should go check the Fur TV site again some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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