With the dream of a visit or two to Wembley still alive, Martin O’Neill has special words of praise for 5,800 travelling fans and one Belgian keeper in his latest post match e-mail …
Martin’s Musings: keeping the dream alive
Martin’s Musings
Martin’s Musings: beating Liverpool with strength, entertainment and battling commitment
Martin O’Neill had every reason to be proud again today as Sunderland went eighth with what will be remembered as a tremendous team performance to beat Liverpool. In his post-match e-mail, Martin expresses delight for Fraizer Campbell and Nicklas Bendtner, whose joint assault on goal produced the winner …
Martin’s Musings from The Hawthorns: West Bromwich Albion simply better
It sounded, from Benno and Barnes’s commentary, as bad as it got under McCarthy, Keane, Sbragia or Bruce. Martin O’Neill was left with the duty of composing his first post-match e-mail as manager of a comprehensively beaten Sunderland. See also Sixer’s Sevens: from ecstasy to embarrassment …
Martin’s Musings on dismissing Arsenal: an energised, crowd-pleasing display
Martin O’Neill springs from dressing room celebrations to rattle off a proud, cheerful post-match e-mail that encapsulates all that was good in the 2-0 win over Arsenal. Can anyone translate the bit about Kieran and training yesterday (a few hopelessly wayward potshots maybe)? …
Martin’s Musings on the Arsenal defeat: ‘we deserved more’
Martin O’Neill must have read my comments at Sixer’s Sevens about Arsenal probably if narrowly deserving to win. He uses his post-match e-mail tell me how wrong I was …
Martin’s Musings on winning at Boro: ‘no tap-in goals around here’
Martin O’Neill‘s post-match email from the Riverside describes a game we always seemed likely to win but in which we struggled to assert ourselves. And two classy finishes (three if we’re fair to Lukas Jutkiewicz, assisted as he was by crazy defending) …
Martin’s Musings on Norwich: ‘worthy, pleasing winners’
Martin O’Neill won’t preside over many easier wins than this. It was as if we were able to raise our game at will, scoring when we wanted and under little or no threat. And now we’re eighth top. The manager’s post-match e-mail reflects the convincing nature of another important victory …
Martin’s Musings on Swansea: ‘nervy and leggy’ but great goals sealed it
Martin O’Neill couldn’t possibly comment on such theories but is this not a game we would have lost or drawn up to the end of November? Early lead, immediate surrender of overall possession, sitting back deep, poor distribution – all the usual elements. MON’s e-mail salutes an entirely different outcome …
Martin’s Musings: lucky, lucky Chelsea were screaming for the final whistle
In his 5 Live interview, Martin O’Neill praised a “fantastic” second half performance but rued Sunderland’s ultimately costly wastefulness in front of goal. His post-match e-mail repeats the message …
Martin’s Musings from Wigan: ‘I thought we were terrific’
You simply cannot argue with four wins in six games. Martin O’Neill reflects on what was for him the best of the all …