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That really is not true is it ?
I have no problem with people not wanting or not rating O Neill , but what you are saying is simply not true.
O Neill did well at Villa and I think they finished sixth in his last season. He left at the very start of the next season because he wasn't given money to sign players and I think a couple of his key players were sold.
I remember Young going to Utd and Milner to City, but there may be more.
O Neill felt that Villa were on the point of challenging for top four and wanted to buy players to push on. Lerner , instead sold some of the better players and O Neill left.
The Villa fans at the time certainlty sided with O Neill and were sorry to see him go.
I think the tailspin the club has been in since then is probably what O Neill saw coming.
I am not advocating O Neill as manger, but cannot understand the support for Pellegrini who has possibly the most expensive squad in the world at his disposal and still puts out team that don't convince, Hiddink who is in semi retirement , Mancini..see Pellegrini , while O Neill has a good record at club management . Don't forget he even took Celtic to a Europa Cup final, or whatever it was called then.