Jack Charlton talks about David O'Leary

[@laburnibyboone3435]

The man who made my childhood great, my cousins teenage years brilliant and my fathers time the best he ever had and can remember.

[@robertryan6782]

@Enoch Powell He might have meant Jackie.

[@mickdunne981]

RIP Jack thanks for the memories you are badly missed

[@paulbrennan3996]

Your a big, big miss Big Jack RIP 👏 Big man proper footballing Legend true Gentleman love & Respect gone never forgotten marching on together 🇮🇨🤍💙💛🦚

[@rickyraw5457]

Big Jack.... what a fantastic fella.....Leeds legend ❤️

[@ergotot45]

A lovely man.....a big loss to the sport. RIP big Jack

[@marchewlett1649]

Great man great footballer RIP jack mcfc

[@tomthomas9708]

Class player.

[@shanef8728]

I remember that rift or fallout between jack and dave o leary, Jack is correct in what he said and he was also correct to banish O Leary to the wilderness for a period of time, O Leary was quite insistent at the time that he had his holidays booked with his family and wasnt going to postpone it, so he had really nobody to blame but himself, he left jack with little choice as he would have undermined his authority if he let him get away with it, but it was great to see him return to the fold eventually of course and scoring that iconic penalty

[@martinhowarth81]

Great man .. Spurs fan here

[@Paddym146]

RIP big jack.

[@damiendaly983]

Jacko legend end of my child hood

[@damiendaly983]

Old school , that's why people love him

[@oldskoolfool141]

You betchya

[@thislife3655]

Arsenal record appearance holder.

[@offtherecord681]

RIP Jack.

[@sarnobat2000]

What TV programme/dvd does this come from? It would be great to watch the entire show.

[@johnc3403]

He's a sound man Jack. Clearly he didn't like the attitude of a player choosing a week on Toremolinos over representing his country and i'm with Jack on that. When you have 4 or 5 other players to choose from, the guy who lacks commitment is always going to be last on the list. Despite that he talks about David in warm and generous terms and shows respect to David's abilities as a player and manager. Big Jack was a real gentleman behind it all.

[@Cloud007.]

there's more to the story than that but yeah.

[@anthonyhiggins9799]

@@Cloud007. Cool story bro, thanks for telling us.

[@johnathanryan2117]

Not only that, he bore O"Leary no grudges and brought him back once the point was made with no drama or media circus. Top man .

[@markc3258]

Family holidays should always come first .. especially over some silly Iceland tournament . Kids grow up too fast

[@paulmcdonald8055]

Big Jack! Enough Said!!! 😎👍🥰

[@johnholt9399]

Two Leeds greats

[@oldskoolfool141]

Straight talking man

[@stevestaunton1]

Ireland could have had mark Lawrenson as well only for his career was ended by injury

[@markc3258]

Dave was right Family holidays alway come first . Kids grow up too fast

[@FionanUaMurchadha]

I would've chosen it as well, but he knew the consequences of the action.

[@wonjubhoy]

Brian Clough always made sure he spent time with his children on holiday. He spoke to the legendary Spurs manager Bill Nicholson who cried on his daughter's wedding day as he had missed out on her growing up because of his commitment to football. Clough decided he would not do that as a father. O'Leary I think would have the same attitude.

[@James-fn8sm]

Rip Jack Charlton, But that was a mistake not playing David o leary he was one the best centre back in the world at the time

[@forgive7449]

722 games for arsenal. won all domestic trophies. not much more you can do really.

[@THOMASCOLTON1]

Ireland must've had great centre backs to leave O'Leary out

[@driller007]

Story I thought was that o Leary wasnt picked so he booked a holiday. Then a few dropped out but o Leary then declined the call up and didnt cancel the holiday. All due respect to McCarthy but o Leary was a better defender. 4 or 5 centre backs whatever it was I'm convinced jack held a grudge over it

[@brody5211]

Mick worked with Moran much better in defense .

[@horse5407]

He preferred Mick McCarthy over O’Leary. Not sure why.

[@Lee_yourboylee]

O'Leary was an excellent, cultured defender. Jack Charlton preferred no-nonsense tough guys like McCarthy. George Graham did, too, which is why he replaced him with Steve Bould at Arsenal.

[@nolan8336]

O'Leary was not selected for this Tournament, which I'm sure disappointed him. So, it was the off-season, he booked a family holiday. Charlton called him last minute due to injuries to go, he explained he was about to go on a booked family Holiday. Get the facts right Jack, and one of out greatest ever center-halfs didn't get a call for almost 3 years....Charlton was A Bully, and a liar.

[@brody5211]

And got us to Euro 88 as top in the group. Italia 90 , USA 94 . Robbed for 92 Euro’s . O Leary got the glory peno v Romania so did ok in end and Jack although obviously didn’t like David’s style was the greater person in Irish football

[@Adrianheneghan]

Tbh I don't think we needed O'Leary we were well stocked in defence. Brady on the other hand was definitely treated bably by Jack.

[@liamwhitcombe1237]

& being a key player for Fatso Revie at Leeds United in the 70s, he was also a fucking cheat

[@11ZFELIX]

Adrian Charlton wanted to hoof it and D O LEARY was a quality player. Charlton was a hoof it up merchant

[@oliver69cork46]

@@11ZFELIX hoof up manager but wasn't it effective ? Fair enough the Republic of Ireland had good players but big jack was a great motivator and manager and took the country to 7 th in fifa rankings, give credit where credit is due,they were our greatest football years bar none.

[@ronanwhite1605]

Northern English are like us Irish.

[@greatone7314]

Grow Up

[@questpublishing4388]

yup

[@cleehomes]

True story, I am from Manchester I agree mate!

[@sbirrito]

@@greatone7314 huh?

[@greatone7314]

@@sbirrito Figure it out for yourself son