CHRIS SUTTON: Martin O'Neill reveals that he would have been 'delighted' to have taken the Leicester job, if they had called... and insists that the 'high press' has been around since 1976!

[Koke]

6 hours ago, MattFox said:

O’Neil never sounds warm about us

 

6 hours ago, don_danbury said:

?

 

He likes Leicester but he's obviously got more affinity for Notts Forest and Celtic. 

[Samilktray]

7 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

MON Director of football? Replacing Jon Rudkin.

 

Could it work: Mon Director. DS Manager with Shakey and Terry in support.

No 

[ROB-THE-BLUE]

MON said the same thing at the recent book signing, about how all these modern buzzwords like high press etc aren't revolutionary at all and he's probably right. The thing that has changed significantly from his glory days is the mindset of modern players and I think that's possibly what would have made it difficult for him to cope with today's game. 

[Captain...]

If Sadler and Stowell had shown some competence, I could have seen MoN coming in as a motivator and figure head. He was never a coach he was an old school manager. He worked with Robertson as head coach overseeing all the training. It was painfully clear that Sadler and Stowell were part of the problem and not the solution with their clueless spell in charge and we needed coaches and a manager and a complete overhaul. That meant MoN could never really be a consideration. 

[ultrafox]

Why does one of the captions on a photo read "The Northern Irishman had plenty of success with Celtic during his stint there from 1995-2000"    ???????

 

I think 'Celtic' should read 'Leicester'.   Or the dates are then wrong.

 

 

Edited 25 April 2023 by ultrafox

[Simoken]

3 hours ago, Koke said:

 

 

He likes Leicester but he's obviously got more affinity for Notts Forest and Celtic. 

..........

[CosbehFox]

I think the 'appeared' success of Terry here suggests that O'Neill would have struggled to link with the players. 

[fazzyfox]

Sorted

 

[Leicesterpool]

Sutton was bang average on his day, going to Celtic was like a championship player in their prime swapping that, to play in the Isthmian League. If you look back soon as left Celtic came back to England he struggled. Went to both Birmingham and Villa could barely kick a ball. 

[Alf Bentley]

22 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

Sutton was bang average on his day, going to Celtic was like a championship player in their prime swapping that, to play in the Isthmian League. If you look back soon as left Celtic came back to England he struggled. Went to both Birmingham and Villa could barely kick a ball. 

 

Sutton may well be an annoying pundit, but that's not a very balanced summary of his playing career. 

 

At Norwich, he scored 25 goals in a PL season and played for a Norwich team that finished 3rd and knocked Bayern out of Europe.

At Blackburn, he was a key player in their PL title-winning side and was joint top scorer in the PL another season - from memory, I'd guess his assists records was pretty good, too.

Whatever the limitations of the Scottish league, he had a successful career at Celtic, an "Isthmian League" side with whom he reached a UEFA Cup (Europa League) final.

 

I think he's a mediocre pundit (a lot better than Sherwood, but that's not saying much), but judging his playing record in his 30s at Brum/Villa is like slating Kevin Phillips because he didn't score 30 a season at LCFC. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Such a weirdly written interview, Sutton asks a question, O'Neill answers, then they move onto a completely different point with no elaboration.

 

CS: You signed me from Chelsea during your time at Celtic

MON: I did, I know sometimes faces don't fit at clubs and you were a very capable striker

CS: Favourite pudding?

[Fox92]

2 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Sutton was bang average on his day, going to Celtic was like a championship player in their prime swapping that, to play in the Isthmian League. If you look back soon as left Celtic came back to England he struggled. Went to both Birmingham and Villa could barely kick a ball. 

 

1 hour ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

Sutton may well be an annoying pundit, but that's not a very balanced summary of his playing career. 

 

At Norwich, he scored 25 goals in a PL season and played for a Norwich team that finished 3rd and knocked Bayern out of Europe.

At Blackburn, he was a key player in their PL title-winning side and was joint top scorer in the PL another season - from memory, I'd guess his assists records was pretty good, too.

Whatever the limitations of the Scottish league, he had a successful career at Celtic, an "Isthmian League" side with whom he reached a UEFA Cup (Europa League) final.

 

I think he's a mediocre pundit (a lot better than Sherwood, but that's not saying much), but judging his playing record in his 30s at Brum/Villa is like slating Kevin Phillips because he didn't score 30 a season at LCFC. 

Also worth noting Celtic were stronger under O'Neill, than they are now, and reached the Europa League final, only just to lose to Mourinho's great Porto side.

 

Celtic knocked Liverpool out that season.

 

I think Sutton's prime was his Blackburn days, not joining Celtic in his late 20's.

Edited 25 April 2023 by Fox92

[Fear Of The Fox]

I've seen what you've done there. You successfully matched in words Dailymail's news headlines. 😜

[Sampson]

Yeah, you might not like Sutton as a pundit, but calling him a “bang average” player is ridiculously harsh. He was a very very good player at Norwich, Blackburn and Celtic.

[sylofox]

I'd have been happy with a MON cardboard cutout had it ment Rodgers fvcking off.

 

Or a trio of MON Clough & Taylor cut outs.

[KingsX]

18 hours ago, shailen said:

Sutton had us down anyway so he's a clown

 

    What does that say about 3/4 of foxestalk ...

 

[Scotch]

4 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Sutton was bang average on his day, going to Celtic was like a championship player in their prime swapping that, to play in the Isthmian League. If you look back soon as left Celtic came back to England he struggled. Went to both Birmingham and Villa could barely kick a ball. 

That Celtic team would murder us. 

 

Scottish football back then wasn't like Scottish football now. Both Rangers and Celtic were fairly competitive in Europe back then, each getting to a final. 

 

Their forward 3 of Larsson, Sutton and Moravcik would tear us to shreds. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

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