Well Done Martin O`Neill

Legend

Ha ha!

What did he say

He said I've won 2 European Cups, how many have you won? To Viera and Cannavaro
G Hall - check your PM's

Adrian Chiles - wot a c0ck

He should show Viera his disgracefully disallowed goal against France in WC1982

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5sn8HYl-XU&t=1m13s

Should have been in the lead against Platini's maestros

nothing there Arfur....good old martin take no prisoners

MON is a breath of fresh air. He is the only pundit who actually speaks his mind.

funny as fook that just watched it

2 european cups

I've watched it five times now. Still hilarious the way they stare awkwardly down at their laps..

what prompted him to say it

Take down? They all seemed to be having a laugh.

Did he say shocking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEcPlgi2s-w

Martin O'Neill playing with Robbie Williams in the BBC Studio France'98

Poor from O'neil. clearly made to be feeling inadequate by two world cup winners and Cannavaro who didn;t know who he was, he brings out two European Cups when you had to play half as many games as you do today against sides mostly made up of nationals from that country instead of the multi national club sides today,

yes and only consisted of league champions

geezer's a bitter overrated boring little c&nt

I'm sure playing the league champions of Sweden, Greece and Romania was tougher than playing the the Runners up of Italy or Spain

mesmerised - It was the TRUE CHAMPIONS in those days.  Why call it the Champions League when teams who finish 4th in their own league qualify?  A joke of tournament now adays. It's only a money amking tool for Uefa and the BIG clubs.

The old European Cup was much harder to win than the CL, which btw is just a moneymaking exercise.

It's easier to qualify nowadays but much harder to do well that's for sure.

i'd agree with that ICS

O`neil gave them a fat lip,well done Sir

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The old European Cup was much harder to win than the CL, which btw is just a moneymaking exercise.


Yeah it was really difficult to beat those part-timers and when 16 teams used to enter.

I tink oniel was joking about there, was no harm in it

mesmerised • June 21, 2014 2:13 PM BST
Poor from O'neil. clearly made to be feeling inadequate by two world cup winners and Cannavaro who didn;t know who he was, he brings out two European Cups when you had to play half as many games as you do today against sides mostly made up of nationals from that country instead of the multi national club sides today,

mesmerised, you don't half talk a load of pysh!

If the Champions League is so much easier, how come no team has managed to win it two seasons running?

In my mind, a World Cup trumps two European Cups.

The EC had only champions and when talent was more evenly dispersed as most teams in it had the crack players from their own country. Every game was a hard game and there was no room for slip ups. I agree todays is much more about revenue than anything else. These days only the champions of Germany, Spain or England can realistically win it as all the best players reside in those leagues.

BTW MON was so funny in that, Chiles made to look like a real goon.

How many World Cups do you think Cannavaro and Vieira would have won if they'd been born in Northern Ireland?

Very funny and clearly joking with the guys

none, but oniel is a catholic, hes a mug for not switching alliences, would have won 1 then

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mesmerised • June 21, 2014 2:13 PM BST
Poor from O'neil. clearly made to be feeling inadequate by two world cup winners and Cannavaro who didn;t know who he was, he brings out two European Cups when you had to play half as many games as you do today against sides mostly made up of nationals from that country instead of the multi national club sides today,

mesmerised, you don't half talk a load of pysh!


No it's factually correct, and that clip of him and Robbie Williams is even worse, completely trying to destroy the poor lads confidence, he a slightly unhinged and insecure fella is O'neil

As for the European Cup only being for Champions, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest played each other in 1978-1979 in Europe as Liverool were European Champions but finished second in the league - so it wasn't strictly for League Champions only. YOu only have to look at some of the cricket scores dished out to see how weak it was compared to know, Real Madrid 12-0 and 5-0 v Progrès Niedercorn (who?), Grasshoppers 13-3 and 8-0 v Valletta (malta ffs), Dynamo Dresdens 6-0 Bohemians, Ajax 16-2  and 8-1 v HJK (Sixteen) , Omonia, 7-3 Red Boys Differdange, Ajax 10-4 v Omonia and that was just in those two seasons.

O'Neill, Viera and even Cannavaro come across ok. As well as the punditry they seem to like a laugh. Better than the boring BBC imo.

Mind you Chiles is a grade A ****.

MON was having a laugh.

Mesmerised, once again you make yourself look a complete idiot.

You are clearly not old enough to remember football pre-1990, so your opinion of the relative difficulty in winning the European Cup across eras is based on...er...what exactly? What you read in a book?

Of course there were weak teams in those days, all the UEFA countries had one representative only - except in the case you mentioned above when Liverpool qualified as holders rather than League Champions.

But that hasn't changed, except these days you have the nonsense of teams qualifying for the tournament every year without ever having a realistic prospect of winning it - I'm sure you could probably name such an example off the top of your head.

might have been the other way round with liverpool, I'm sure your reference book will fill you in.

lol once again you've all you can do is launch yourself into yet another petulant rant, it was a lot easier then, a lot harder now, it's very simple stuff, probably too simple for the likes of you, mug.

Problem in those days was a trip to Dynamo Kiev was a gruelling long haul, with all the exertions involved, not hopping on a private plane, playing, and back home same day.
Much harder test to win the European Cup back in the Liverpool era.
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Champions League is nothing but a money making scheme now. Lot easier to win now. Minnows in initial group matches have no chance against the top teams like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona etc, where in the old European Cup anybody could beat anybody in a knock out 2 leg tie. Steau Bucharest even beat Barcelona in the 1986 final. Not many shocks nowadays.

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Cannavaro and Viera questioned his opinion stating he had not even played the game at a high level. Hence the retort.

I pity those who never experienced the genuine excitement of a proper European Cup tie. It was a real knock out competition back then. These days it's a snore-fest. The European Champions could be knocked out in the first round against a virtually unknown team. That happened to Liverpool and many other top sides. So there was genuine danger in every tie. Nowadays even if a smaller side shocks a Barcelona and beats them, they're still in the competition. There's no danger, therefore no excitement. The European ties back then were played like cup finals. It was nervy, exciting, thrilling.

Nowadays = Zzzzzzzzz oh look Barcelona just thrashed some Scandinavian side 8-1. Oh wow it's Real Madrid versus Bayern Munich... again ... just like last season and the season before

Jun 21, 2014 -- 3:27PM, You do the maradona wrote:

If the Champions League is so much easier, how come no team has managed to win it two seasons running?In my mind, a World Cup trumps two European Cups.

Depends where your from.