Football: O'Leary takes positives out of Ashes and a valuable point ; Ian Clarkson finds the Aston Villa manager in phlegmatic mood FIRST Edition

In a week where David O'Leary admitted he was 'ashamed' and Doug Ellis 'humiliated, disgusted and embarrassed,' by the Doncaster debacle, it was somewhat incongruous that the Villa manager should end up waxing lyrical about cricket. O'Leary has been under the most inten...

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Published inBirmingham post (Birmingham, England)
Main Author Clarkson, Ian
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Birmingham (UK) Mirror Regional Newspapers 05.12.2005
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Ellis, Doug
O Leary, David
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Summary:In a week where David O'Leary admitted he was 'ashamed' and Doug Ellis 'humiliated, disgusted and embarrassed,' by the Doncaster debacle, it was somewhat incongruous that the Villa manager should end up waxing lyrical about cricket. O'Leary has been under the most intense pressure of his three- year Villa Park reign this week after an abject performance in midweek led to their Carling Cup exit in midweek. But if the Irishman was feeling the heat then he only had to glance across to the home dugout to see a man under even more pressure, Graeme Souness. O'Leary admitted he fully expected the sack race brigade to switch their attentions elsewhere this week in the 'insane' world of football.