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Article: Why Martin needs a really big season at Villa Park ; Ex-England chief Taylor fears fans could start losing faith in boss O'Neill
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- October 16, 2009
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PRESSURE. It comes with the territory of being a football
manager. Having been in charge of Celtic for five years Martin
O'Neill is well used to expectation weighing down on him.
Heightening that pressure through his own actions now brings
fresh problems for the Kilrea man.
Graham Taylor led Aston Villa to second place in the league in
1990 -- the highest finish they have recorded in 28 years -- before
leaving to take over as England manager. And he believes that
O'Neill will have to go some way to emulating that success this
season, or face questions being asked.
Last season Villa were in the hunt to barge their way into what
has become something of an elite group in the top four places in ...
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