Martin O’Neill
The Madness Of Manchester City
The dangers presented by foreign owners are becoming increasingly apparent.
Liverpool’s American owners have caused a normally stable club to fall into disrepute and an uncertain future. Now Manchester City’s Thai owner has raised the stakes further by opting to rid of coach Sven-Göran Eriksson despite consensus that the Swede was a great success in his […]
Did O’Leary do a better job than O’Neill?
Prior to the win over Bolton on Saturday and according to Gabriele Marcotti from The Times’ The Game podcast, Martin O’Neill had been in charge for seventy-seven matches and had gained 108 points.
He also compared this to David O’Leary’s managerial reign during the same number of games and Martin O’Neill, according to Marcotti, comes out […]
The big four’s stranglehold will loosen
In 10 years time the monopoly of English Football held recently by Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool will be over. This will not happen overnight but gradually, season-by-season, other ‘big’ clubs will be challenging for domestic honours. Money continues to flood into the game and worldwide popularity for the Premiership grows each year – […]
Unsung Heroes: Martin Laursen
#2: Martin Laursen, Aston Villa
Apps: 57; Goals: 7
Most football fans assumed that Aston Villa would become a stronger team when Martin O’Neill took charge of the club in August 2006. His track record spoke for itself and his motivational skills seemed a perfect tonic for this depressed Midlands giant. In short, he was exactly what […]
Five Things: Defending, Conceding, Scoring, Superstars, Refereeing
1. Liverpool’s dead ball deficiencies
While Aston Villa are the masters of scoring from dead ball situations, Liverpool are the worst at defending them. 14 of the 20 goals conceded by Rafa Benítez’s side have derived from set-piece situations, a defensive problem that has been a recurrent worry through the season and continued at Bolton on […]
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