Martin O’Neill isn’t afraid to man up and face his critics

February 28, 2009 by Martin Banks
Filed under: Aston Villa

A slap-up meal is on the menu

I had an email from a reader this morning (nice one Simon Preston) with a link to a story in the Sun. No it wasn’t a picture of a juicy pair of Bristols (why not Simon Preston?!), it was the story of O’Neill’s latest gesture…

According to the Sun, Martin O’Neill is holding a private dinner for the Villa fans who travelled to Moscow to watch his weakened side lose to CSKA and end our European dream for the 08/09 season. The dinner is invite only for the 295 travelling fans and MON will be there, along with some players.

The gesture is typical of the fantastic structure we have at Villa. It’s great to support a club that cares so much about it’s fans and at the same time is successful. Can you imagine any other team in the top 5 ever doing a similar thing?

Enjoy your dinner Villa fans and if anyone invited can’t make it, let me know, I’m sure I can pull off a good impersonation of you