Barry's blunder backlash.Byline: Brian Reade Brian Reade is an award-winning writer who has two weekly opinion columns, one on sport, in the Daily Mirror. He is a left-wing republican with very outspoken views, and has interviewed many well known people, including Mohammed Ali. MARTIN O'NEILL must have been mightily relieved at Gareth Barry's howler against Holland and the backlash that followed. Switching off for a second in a pre-season friendly has been enough for some observers to do a 360 degree turn on their opinion of him and question his ability. It's almost as laughable as the pounds 12million Aston Villa accepted from Manchester City before the transfer window opened. Bearing in mind Mark Hughes was desperate for a "marquee signing" to attract other stars, that bigger clubs were after Barry, that the sheikh sheikh or shaykh Among Arabic-speaking tribes, especially Bedouin, the male head of the family, as well as of each successively larger social unit making up the tribal structure. The sheikh is generally assisted by an informal tribal council of male elders. had limitless funds and there was a full two months of the transfer window left, why bite their hand off at pounds 12m? Barry is 28 and had a year left on his contract. Exactly the same as Kolo Kolo (meaning "wheel" in some Slavic languages) may refer to one of the following:
Which is understandable on a personal level. But his club lost a potential pounds 10m and sold their best player to a team that could push them out of the top six. No wonder the most vocal admirer of City's summer business is O'Neill (right). He knows his howler is even worse than Barry's in Holland. |
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