Originally posted by brennser:
...and the Glazer rot begins to set in.....
Mankie - while I'm not that throlled about the Glazers owning Man U I'm with Smackie on this one - I don't think their on field decline has anything to do with 6 months of Glazer family ownership - this steady decline has been going on for 3 years now....I also think Keanes departure was long overdue - he's a spent force physically - I also think its time for a change in manager - Martin O'Neill would be my choice (assuming he's interested in coaching what with his wifes illness and all that) [/b]
Sorry but I don't see what the big deal is with O'Neill...what has he achieved exactly? He's managed a team that's in a division that really only had one other team, two now with Hearts, and the team he managed would probably be mid-table in the Championship, behind Reading, Sheffield and the like over the course of a full season. Hitzfield would be a good one, and now rumour is Capello at Juve is interested, both have far more impressive cv's than O'Neill.
I'm sure smackie will remember I said Fergie needed to go two seasons ago, so that's no great revelation.
As for the Glazers, they summed up their interest in the team when they didn't bother to show up for the Chelski match, talk about a slap in the face....showing up last night was because they had been there for a 'crisis' meeting after the Keane affair. I was open minded about them at first, but it's simply a matter of money to them, at leat the Irish duo were honest about it.
