- Jul 24, 2005
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O'Neill has to should a lot of the blame for me. Their wages bill was astronomical by the time he left. They got by by selling a star each year but ran out of players with any value.
Surely that's the owners fault though? The manager will just spend the money that they are given. And to be fair to him he did lead them to three consequence sixth place finishes in the league and the league cup final.
Looking at his spending here it looks like he spent a fortone, but some of those players like Young, Downing, Milner and Delph were sold for huge sums after he left the club.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...Neill-spent-120million-years-Aston-Villa.html
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