Michael O'Neill

**YehButNoBut** · 27-10-2011 12:39 PM

Personally think Michael O'Neill would do a good job for us as manager but it's looking like we will miss out.

There are rumours that Peter Houston's time at Dundee Utd is nearly up and he will be high on their list of candidates. Also looks like he might be the choice of N Ireland as their new manager as betting has been suspnded on him getting the job with them.

We obviously cannot make a move until we have a vacancy but I reckon this could be an opportunity lost.

***Stevie Reid*** · 27-10-2011 12:45 PM

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Personally think Michael O'Neill would do a good job for us as manager but it's looking like we will miss out.

There are rumours that Peter Houston's time at Dundee Utd is nearly up and he will be high on their list of candidates. Also looks like he might be the choice of N Ireland as their new manager as betting has been suspnded on him getting the job with them.

We obviously cannot make a move until we have a vacancy but I reckon this could be an opportunity lost.

Feel exactly the same, and posted about it a few weeks ago. MON has considerable status in the game (for a young, potential Hibs manager) and has been great at Shamrock - he also is crying out for an SPL job and has no permanent assistant. I reckon a management team of O'Neill and Brown would be exciting to the fans, and do worry that we will miss out.

Mind you, I thought that Ian McCall and Craig Brewster would be good managers for Dundee Utd.

***johnrebus*** · 27-10-2011 12:47 PM

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Personally think Michael O'Neill would do a good job for us as manager but it's looking like we will miss out.

There are rumours that Peter Houston's time at Dundee Utd is nearly up and he will be high on their list of candidates. Also looks like he might be the choice of N Ireland as their new manager as betting has been suspnded on him getting the job with them.

We obviously cannot make a move until we have a vacancy but I reckon this could be an opportunity lost.

Would be surprised if this came to pass.

Did O'Neill not get death threats while playing for NI due to his catholic religion?

I could be wrong.

***Baader*** · 27-10-2011 01:06 PM

Knowing Hibs, we'll miss out bringing O'Neill back.

Just as it looked we might get Steve Clarke and Billy Stark and instead wound up with the current useless incumbent...

**YehButNoBut** · 27-10-2011 02:16 PM

Article in The Independant today about O'Neill, excert below, we could do with someone with the attributes in bold. Also did not realise if he gets the NI job he will be their first Catholic manager since 1958.

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Few men in football know O'Neill as well as Tommy Wright, the former goalkeeper who played with O'Neill for Newcastle United and Northern Ireland, and was O'Neill's goalkeeping coach for nine months at Shamrock Rovers. "We're close friends, we have been since Newcastle in 1989," Wright told The Independent.

"I've seen first hand what he can do," Wright said. "He's got attention to detail, he ticks all the boxes, his man management, he prepares his teams very well and tactically he's proved to be very astute. He's passionate, but he can also just stand and analyse a game and take a step back. He's very much his own man."

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...e-2376298.html

Elephant Stone · 27-10-2011 02:22 PM

I'd be excited if we managed to get O'Neill, he's said that he'd like to manage in the SPL and I'd be pretty gutted if he ended up somewhere else.

**~~connerg~~** · 27-10-2011 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by YehButNo But

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Personally think Michael O'Neill would do a good job for us as manager but it's looking like we will miss out.

There are rumours that Peter Houston's time at Dundee Utd is nearly up and he will be high on their list of candidates. Also looks like he might be the choice of N Ireland as their new manager as betting has been suspnded on him getting the job with them.

We obviously cannot make a move until we have a vacancy but I reckon this could be an opportunity lost.

CC's time is up at ER too! A vacancy can be made easily, it's up to the board.

**ScottB** · 27-10-2011 02:42 PM

Ummm so the answer is a guy who was beaten to the job by the last 3 failed appointments??

I don't see it.

Elephant Stone · 27-10-2011 02:46 PM

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Ummm so the answer is a guy who was beaten to the job by the last 3 failed appointments??

I don't see it.

If that's even true, don't you think he's done a pretty amazing job at the same time? He's been far more successful than our last three managers anyway so even if he did come second to them in getting the previous vacancies it doesn't mean he's a lesser manager by any means.

**ScottB** · 27-10-2011 02:49 PM

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If that's even true, don't you think he's done a pretty amazing job at the same time? He's been far more successful than our last three managers anyway so even if he did come second to them in getting the previous vacancies it doesn't mean he's a lesser manager by any means.

Sounds kinda similar to CC in a way, decent CV on paper, but his own clubs fans seem to be less than happy with him, despite his achievements, speaking of achievements, other than squeezing them into the Champions League, I see nothing too out of the ordinary for a manager of one of their leagues biggest clubs.

CC came here having taken Forest to promotion and No. 2 rebuilding Newcastle after all.

**heretoday** · 27-10-2011 03:01 PM

With his record at Shamrock, O'Neill must be looking at jobs in England rather than up here surely? Maybe not Leicester but similar.

***Baader*** · 27-10-2011 03:03 PM

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Sounds kinda similar to CC in a way, decent CV on paper, but his own clubs fans seem to be less than happy with him, despite his achievements, speaking of achievements, other than squeezing them into the Champions League, I see nothing too out of the ordinary for a manager of one of their leagues biggest clubs.

CC came here having taken Forest to promotion and No. 2 rebuilding Newcastle after all.

Taking shamrock into the group stages of the Europa League IS a remarkable achievement

**ScottB** · 27-10-2011 03:17 PM

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Taking shamrock into the group stages of the Europa League IS a remarkable achievement

Is it? Ultimately it came down to a cup tie. Would we hire a 2nd division manager purely because he masterminded his side knocking Celtic out a cup for example?

Frankly, record has bugger all to do with it as far as we go. CC has a decent record, failed, Hughes did alright with Falkirk, failed. Mixu had experience of in the SFL and taking a Finnish team into Europe, failed.

Elephant Stone · 27-10-2011 03:23 PM

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Is it? Ultimately it came down to a cup tie. Would we hire a 2nd division manager purely because he masterminded his side knocking Celtic out a cup for example?

Frankly, record has bugger all to do with it as far as we go. CC has a decent record, failed, Hughes did alright with Falkirk, failed. Mixu had experience of in the SFL and taking a Finnish team into Europe, failed.

I don't know if he does. In his last managerial job he got Nottingham Forrest promoted out of a league they shouldn't really have been in in the first place and was sacked the next season after they'd only won 4 games by Christmas.

***Bayern Bru*** · 27-10-2011 03:29 PM

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I don't know if he does. In his last managerial job he got Nottingham Forrest promoted out of a league they shouldn't really have been in in the first place and was sacked the next season after they'd only won 4 games by Christmas.

Which in theory is still possible for Hibs.

Rumours in Dundee are that Levein and Houston are off to Blackburn with O'Neill to replace Houston at Tannadice...

**ScottB** · 27-10-2011 03:34 PM

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Which in theory is still possible for Hibs.

Rumours in Dundee are that Levein and Houston are off to Blackburn with O'Neill to replace Houston at Tannadice...

Brilliant, anything that gets Levein away from Scotland suits me fine!

**Hibee87** · 27-10-2011 03:36 PM

When Calderwoods time is up Billy Brown will be the new manager

possible as soon as next week i hope

***offshorehibby*** · 27-10-2011 03:59 PM

I've said this in another thread that we might end up missing out on MON because somebody else will beat us to it.

**brydekirk** · 27-10-2011 04:00 PM

Would'nt mind bb gettin a shot til christmas, c wot he can do.

***Baader*** · 27-10-2011 04:01 PM

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Is it? Ultimately it came down to a cup tie. Would we hire a 2nd division manager purely because he masterminded his side knocking Celtic out a cup for example?

Frankly, record has bugger all to do with it as far as we go. CC has a decent record, failed, Hughes did alright with Falkirk, failed. Mixu had experience of in the SFL and taking a Finnish team into Europe, failed.

It also came down to the fact he won the domestic league title with them - their first since 1994 - and has since retained it. You're right that he may not be able to do anything at ER as people have come before with decent credentials and not been able to but I'd like to see him given a chance. Somehow think we will miss out on him though..

***offshorehibby*** · 27-10-2011 04:43 PM

We have two games to play before the AGM. One we probably are not expected to win and the other we should be expected to win. So i can't see much happening before then.

**IWasThere2016** · 27-10-2011 04:56 PM

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Which in theory is still possible for Hibs.

Rumours in Dundee are that Levein and Houston are off to Blackburn with O'Neill to replace Houston at Tannadice...

'Tis correct that Levein fancies the Blackburn job.

**Westie1875** · 27-10-2011 07:00 PM

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'Tis correct that Levein fancies the Blackburn job.

Good, I hope he gets it, the sooner he is away from the national team the better.

***Hermit Crab*** · 27-10-2011 07:05 PM

This subject has been done to death in the last year

***thebakerboy*** · 27-10-2011 07:22 PM

Don't think MON will leave Shamrock till they are out of Europe and played all their games and that won't be till December so I feel if we want him it will be all about the timing.

**sbell1875** · 27-10-2011 07:28 PM

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Is it? Ultimately it came down to a cup tie. Would we hire a 2nd division manager purely because he masterminded his side knocking Celtic out a cup for example?

Frankly, record has bugger all to do with it as far as we go. CC has a decent record, failed, Hughes did alright with Falkirk, failed. Mixu had experience of in the SFL and taking a Finnish team into Europe, failed.

Failed in what way?

In our current predicaments I would say secure top 6 finishes, actually having a go against the old firm at home and in Mixu's case, actually putting together a team capable of beating Hearts was actually successful?

We will never be favourites for tournaments and / or 3rd place Europa League qualification but I will say something, Yogi and Mixu took us far closer to that than CC ever will.

***essexhibee*** · 27-10-2011 08:30 PM

Why would he want to come to hibs?

Would be absolute buzzing if levein left he is an awful national manager.

***Scouse Hibee*** · 27-10-2011 09:40 PM

If the manager of Shamrock was some unknown ex Irish League player who had managed to get them into the Europa league, would there be the same clamour from some for him to be the next Hibs manager?

***R'Albin*** · 27-10-2011 09:42 PM

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If the manager of Shamrock was some unknown ex Irish League player who had managed to get them into the Europa league, would there be the same clamour from some for him to be the next Hibs manager?

Yes.

Elephant Stone · 27-10-2011 09:46 PM

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If the manager of Shamrock was some unknown ex Irish League player who had managed to get them into the Europa league, would there be the same clamour from some for him to be the next Hibs manager?

I didn't know him at all as a player and I'd be excited for it to happen, it's purely his managerial credibility for me.

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