It's pretty easy to see when a manager is under pressure by how he handles the media & press conferences. Yesterday Martin seemed very down, talking in a past tense.
He's really had the hump a couple of times with the support at Villa Park - once at the first game against Wigan and then against Wolves. I don't know if his reaction has been that clever in those situations but he seems to be really taking it to heart now.
Of course we have our grumbles. Why is Carlos Cuellar being turned into an awful right back rather than a decent centre half? Why is Luke Young so rarely used? Why even bother persisting with Emile Heskey? Why did we buy no one at all in January?
But hang on. These are the same grumbles any team (barring the top three) might have. M.O.N took over from the appalling David O'Leary, since when we've finished 11th, 6th and 6th again. This season we have a good chance of being top 6 again, got to the League Cup final and now the FA Cup Semi Final.
Of course we're going to moan about individual things at certain games, but overall we have to look at where we are now and be very happy in my opinion.
It would be a disaster if Martin O'Neill left us. Someone new comes in and starts all over again - and if you see what's available out there I'd advise we stick well and truly with what we have.
I hope we can get over what happened last week at Chelsea. Hey, we can always ask them how many European Cups they've won! Come on Martin - chin up!
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