GOFN

[FrankieADZ]

sacked twice in 2 years....kinda says it all really if im honest

[HybridFox]

Can't wait for the Gary O'Neil/Martin O'Neil past and present range in the fanstore 

[Guest RYM]

Great coach but likes to be pals / close with players which is not what we need right now.

[davieG]

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/leicester-city-must-steer-clear-of-gary-oneil-this-worrying-wolves-trait-is-why/

Leicester City must steer clear of Gary O’Neil - This worrying Wolves trait is why

By 
Chris Gallagher
Published 1 hour ago

Leicester City appear to be making progress on their hunt for a new manager, with Gary O’Neil emerging as the favourite.

Despite suffering relegation from the Premier League back in April, the Foxes hierarchy has been surprisingly slow at making decisions going into the new season.

However, Ruud van Nistelrooy was finally relieved of his duties at the end of June, with focus then turning to naming his successor.

Gary O’Neil is the favourite to take over at Leicester City
Even with the threat of a points deduction hanging over the team, the Leicester job will still be an attractive one.

The club boasts some excellent players by Championship standards, the training ground is brilliant and they have a productive academy.

So, it’s no surprise a host of names have been linked with the vacancy, with FLW exclusively revealing discussions had been had with Chris Wilder, whilst Sean Dyche is another name in the frame, along with Danny Rohl.

Danny Rohl - Leicester City x Sheffield Wednesday

But, the latest development suggests O'Neil is the leading candidate, and you can see why the 42-year-old is on the radar of the Leicester hierarchy.

Gary O’Neil is a young coach with potential
O’Neil has had two managerial roles in his short coaching career, and they have both come into the Premier League, which is obviously a positive.

He kept a Bournemouth side in the top-flight despite many tipping them for relegation, before overachieving with Wolves during his first season at Molineux as they came 14th, even after selling several key players and operating on a modest budget.

That will be relevant to the Leicester role, as O’Neil has shown he can work under challenging circumstances, with the Foxes sure to be losing some star men over the coming weeks.

ary O'Neil at Wolves
Even though O’Neil did well initially, warning signs were there at the end of his first full season with Wolves, as they won one of their final ten games, as well as losing in the FA Cup quarter-final to Coventry City.

Wolves’ lack of defensive organisation should concern the Leicester City hierarchy
In that period, Wolves failed to keep a clean sheet, and that carried on into the previous campaign, which is the major red flag against O’Neil - the team simply couldn’t defend under his guidance.

In the 16 Premier League games before he was sacked, Wanderers recorded one shut-out, and they conceded a remarkable 40 goals, which left them in 19th place, with just nine points, as relegation looked a real possibility.

Staggeringly, half of those goals came via set-plays, which is always a bad look for a manager, and even the dismissal of a set-piece coach just months after he joined, didn’t change things on that front.

The team lacked organisation, they didn't respond to his methods, and he lacked the authority to change things as the same mistakes were repeated.

Gary O'Neil's Wolves Premier League Record (Source: Transfermarkt)

Season

Games

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For : Goals Against

Clean Sheets

2023/24

38

13

7

18

50 : 65

5

2024/25

16

2

3

11

24 : 40

1

Overall, that means O’Neil’s Wolves side kept six clean sheets in 54 Premier League games whilst he was in charge.

He will rightly point out that the defence was weak, but the reality is that Vitor Pereira came in and kept back-to-back clean sheets immediately, which was before the influential Emmanuel Agbadou arrived in January to really help shore Wolves up at the back.

O’Neil believes he has learnt from his time in the Black Country, and he confirmed he has spent time looking into how he can address set-plays moving forward.

Nevertheless, it has to be a worry for Leicester, as they need a manager in place who can lead them back to the Premier League, and, realistically, they will need to show defensive solidity to do just that.

Gary O'Neil in charge of Wolves
Due to the off-field situation, the Foxes aren’t going to be in a position where they have a team that is levels above the majority of the league, as was the case when Enzo Maresca was in charge.

Now, the focus will be on reshaping the squad, shifting higher earners, and promoting from the academy, whilst getting results in the process.

So, it will be more of a grind, and any successful team at this level needs to keep clean sheets.

Given how calamitous Wolves were defensively under O’Neil, the Leicester hierarchy would be taking a major risk in giving him the responsibility to lead this new era at the King Power Stadium.

 

[ClaphamFox]

2 hours ago, davieG said:

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/leicester-city-must-steer-clear-of-gary-oneil-this-worrying-wolves-trait-is-why/

Leicester City must steer clear of Gary O’Neil - This worrying Wolves trait is why

By 
Chris Gallagher
Published 1 hour ago

Leicester City appear to be making progress on their hunt for a new manager, with Gary O’Neil emerging as the favourite.

Despite suffering relegation from the Premier League back in April, the Foxes hierarchy has been surprisingly slow at making decisions going into the new season.

However, Ruud van Nistelrooy was finally relieved of his duties at the end of June, with focus then turning to naming his successor.

Gary O’Neil is the favourite to take over at Leicester City
Even with the threat of a points deduction hanging over the team, the Leicester job will still be an attractive one.

The club boasts some excellent players by Championship standards, the training ground is brilliant and they have a productive academy.

So, it’s no surprise a host of names have been linked with the vacancy, with FLW exclusively revealing discussions had been had with Chris Wilder, whilst Sean Dyche is another name in the frame, along with Danny Rohl.

Danny Rohl - Leicester City x Sheffield Wednesday

But, the latest development suggests O'Neil is the leading candidate, and you can see why the 42-year-old is on the radar of the Leicester hierarchy.

Gary O’Neil is a young coach with potential
O’Neil has had two managerial roles in his short coaching career, and they have both come into the Premier League, which is obviously a positive.

He kept a Bournemouth side in the top-flight despite many tipping them for relegation, before overachieving with Wolves during his first season at Molineux as they came 14th, even after selling several key players and operating on a modest budget.

That will be relevant to the Leicester role, as O’Neil has shown he can work under challenging circumstances, with the Foxes sure to be losing some star men over the coming weeks.

ary O'Neil at Wolves
Even though O’Neil did well initially, warning signs were there at the end of his first full season with Wolves, as they won one of their final ten games, as well as losing in the FA Cup quarter-final to Coventry City.

Wolves’ lack of defensive organisation should concern the Leicester City hierarchy
In that period, Wolves failed to keep a clean sheet, and that carried on into the previous campaign, which is the major red flag against O’Neil - the team simply couldn’t defend under his guidance.

In the 16 Premier League games before he was sacked, Wanderers recorded one shut-out, and they conceded a remarkable 40 goals, which left them in 19th place, with just nine points, as relegation looked a real possibility.

Staggeringly, half of those goals came via set-plays, which is always a bad look for a manager, and even the dismissal of a set-piece coach just months after he joined, didn’t change things on that front.

The team lacked organisation, they didn't respond to his methods, and he lacked the authority to change things as the same mistakes were repeated.

Gary O'Neil's Wolves Premier League Record (Source: Transfermarkt)

Season

Games

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For : Goals Against

Clean Sheets

2023/24

38

13

7

18

50 : 65

5

2024/25

16

2

3

11

24 : 40

1

Overall, that means O’Neil’s Wolves side kept six clean sheets in 54 Premier League games whilst he was in charge.

He will rightly point out that the defence was weak, but the reality is that Vitor Pereira came in and kept back-to-back clean sheets immediately, which was before the influential Emmanuel Agbadou arrived in January to really help shore Wolves up at the back.

O’Neil believes he has learnt from his time in the Black Country, and he confirmed he has spent time looking into how he can address set-plays moving forward.

Nevertheless, it has to be a worry for Leicester, as they need a manager in place who can lead them back to the Premier League, and, realistically, they will need to show defensive solidity to do just that.

Gary O'Neil in charge of Wolves
Due to the off-field situation, the Foxes aren’t going to be in a position where they have a team that is levels above the majority of the league, as was the case when Enzo Maresca was in charge.

Now, the focus will be on reshaping the squad, shifting higher earners, and promoting from the academy, whilst getting results in the process.

So, it will be more of a grind, and any successful team at this level needs to keep clean sheets.

Given how calamitous Wolves were defensively under O’Neil, the Leicester hierarchy would be taking a major risk in giving him the responsibility to lead this new era at the King Power Stadium.

 

Is it worth starting a crowd funder to hire a plane and drop thousands of copies of this article over the KP and Seagrave in the hope that Top and/or Rudkin might read it?

[davieG]

6 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Is it worth starting a crowd funder to hire a plane and drop thousands of copies of this article over the KP and Seagrave in the hope that Top and/or Rudkin might read it?

Not unless you remove their blinkers

 

[Saxondale]

Why is everybody assuming O’Neil is the new manager? Because his odds have tumbled? The bookies know **** all. We’ve been in this position several times before.

[Spudulike]

18 minutes ago, Saxondale said:

Why is everybody assuming O’Neil is the new manager? Because his odds have tumbled? The bookies know **** all. We’ve been in this position several times before.

Because Rob Dorsett says so and he's never wrong.

[foxfan92]

5 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Because Rob Dorsett says so and he's never wrong.

According to the next manager thread he's just said no ... so ... Good ol' reliable Rob 

[ClaphamFox]

9 minutes ago, Saxondale said:

Why is everybody assuming O’Neil is the new manager? Because his odds have tumbled? The bookies know **** all. We’ve been in this position several times before.

Rob Dorsett tweeted that O'Neil is "a front runner" for the job, which was probably what caused the odds to fall (however, note that he said a front runner, not the front runner). He also said that Rohl and Dyche are out of the picture. Dorsett is a fairly conservative journalist and only tends to publish stuff he's very confident in, so unfortunately can't be just dismissed as we might do if it was a story on Football Insider.  

 

I'm trying convince myself that given that two of our biggest problems in recent years has been a terrible defence and an undisciplined squad of players, there surely is no way that we would consider O'Neil given that his Wolves team was horrendous at defending and his squad became so toxic the players ended up scrapping with each other. But then I remember that Top and Rudkin and suckers for a ppt presentation and if O'Neil managed to deliver one and utter a few coherent sentences, they'd probably decide to look past his awful record and take a punt on him. 

 

 

[VLC86]

Run free sweet prince

[foxfan92]

4 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Rob Dorsett tweeted that O'Neil is "a front runner" for the job, which was probably what caused the odds to fall (however, note that he said a front runner, not the front runner). He also said that Rohl and Dyche are out of the picture. Dorsett is a fairly conservative journalist and only tends to publish stuff he's very confident in, so unfortunately can't be just dismissed as we might do if it was a story on Football Insider.  

 

I'm trying convince myself that given that two of our biggest problems in recent years has been a terrible defence and an undisciplined squad of players, there surely is no way that we would consider O'Neil given that his Wolves team was horrendous at defending and his squad became so toxic the players ended up scrapping with each other. But then I remember that Top and Rudkin and suckers for a ppt presentation and if O'Neil managed to deliver one and utter a few coherent sentences, they'd probably decide to look past his awful record and take a punt on him. 

 

 

We're going to end up with someone really awful aren't we?

 

When we could have got Rohl.

 

But we're creating the same restrictions on ourselves that meant we discounted better choices in favour of Cooper last year.

[Groby_Blue]

Close thread 

[SecretPro]

Patience is a virtue it seems.

[funkyrobot]

Lock this thread and flush the key down the nearest shithouse