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Martin Oneill

Discussion in 'World Football' started by Kiegsy Wanyama, Jan 1, 2012.

Discuss Martin Oneill in the World Football area at TalkCeltic.net.

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  1. Artur Boruc #1

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    An absolute living legend of a man :notworthy
     
    Artur Boruc #1, Jan 2, 2012
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    ONE MARTIN O'NEILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:notworthy

    Bring on Pardew and his CAR-toon army
     
    Cheese - Burger, Jan 2, 2012
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    think thats a good point. he picks out the players he wants and will try to sign them no matter the price. and to be fair, it works.
     
    AD1967, Jan 2, 2012
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    MARTIN O'NEILL is a legend. What a great result against rich Man City!
    I have been searching about Celtic names and I found out O'Neill meant "grandson" or "descendant," of Neill- Gaelic name Niall which means "passionate" or "Champion" and Martin is a Latin name and it means "A warrior" . Well, his name really explains everything.
    Martin O'Neill is the best manager in EPL. When Mourinho was Chelsea manager, I used to discuss with schoolmates who was the best.
    It is easy to be a good manager like Fergie and Mourinho when you work in rich clubs and you can buy expensive players.
     
    CELTICgirlSRB, Jan 2, 2012
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  5. Highland_Bhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    Fancy him to take Sunderland into top half
     
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  7. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    He has the Midas Touch, simple as that.
     
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  8. faw cough Gold Member Gold Member

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    He seems to have the knack of getting players to give their all for him.

    That is one of the best attributes a manager could have.
     
    faw cough, Jan 2, 2012
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  9. Seosamh Máirtín

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    EPL Manager of the month. Sunderland already look a certainty to stay up comfortably.

    Wish he was still our manager. Wonder where we'd have been by now...
     
    Seosamh Máirtín, Jan 7, 2012
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    His influence really is amazing. A lot of people put last minute goals down to "luck" but when a manager can get it from his players time and time again at different teams, it is something special. Absolute legend - would love to see him at a world leading team one day.
     
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    brilliant manager given the funds at a big club in england im sure he would do a job. took us in the right direction although the football wasnt always great but you cant argue against his record anywhere hes been. bet villa wish they gave him some money to spend.
     
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    really hope martin gets to manage one of the big clubs down south as he deserves it more than most managers
     
    kristof, Jan 8, 2012
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  13. belfastcelt Gold Member Gold Member

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    Didn't want to start a new thread, so apologise for bumping an old thread.

    But the fact only jock stein and o'neill have won the treble in our so called 'two team league'speaks volumes.

    The dark side have died and been away for years and we still haven't been able to achieve the treble, it's more difficult obviously than it looks on paper.

    Ok MON spent big money but let's not forget rangers were also spending lots of money, which we have since learned they never had.

    Point I'm making is, I don't think we appreciated martin enough when he was here. I'd take him back in the morning,with or without Roy keane.
     
    belfastcelt, Jan 31, 2016
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    I'd take back Martin but only if he had decent money to spend.

    Felt he ran out of ideas a bit when the money dried up and it's well known he isn't a coach. If he had money to build a side though I'm sure he'd do a great job again.
     
    McManus4, Jan 31, 2016
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    isn't he retiring after Ireland?
     
    Thommo92, Jan 31, 2016
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  16. Sean Daleer Ten Thirty Gold Member

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    He's taken Ireland to the Euros so that blows the "he's not a coach" myth out of the water.

    Team of journeymen and he took them to the promised land.
     
    Sean Daleer, Jan 31, 2016
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  17. StPauli1916 Gold Member Gold Member

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    As Sean has said how much has he spent in completely rejuvenating the Ireland squad ?
     
    StPauli1916, Jan 31, 2016
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  18. Swervedancer Guest

    I get a bit teary eyed thinking about The O'Neil years. Legendary times.

    I think he was appreciated though. I mean he replaced John Barnes, pumped Deadco 6 2 in his first OF game, won the treble straight away, retained the title, set a record of 7 straight OF victories, British record of 25 consecutive league victories, and then took us to the Eufa Cup final.

    He was well liked for sure. :50:
     
    Swervedancer, Jan 31, 2016
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    So did Jack Charlton


    :fear:
     
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  20. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    We sang his name at every single game when he was Manager. He was certainly not unappreciated!
     
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