Phil Thompson: Why I turned down the chance to work with GH.

[UK Redsox]

Had circumstances been different, I would have been delighted to accept the chance to join Gerard Houllier and work with him and Patrice Bergues once again at Aston Villa

Who's this ?

[teamvillage]

Formerly a coach at Liverpool. Currently sporting director at Lens. Was with Houllier at Lyon aswell, and was involved with the French national team between 1996-8

[levico]

Possibly the real reason is that he believes (like me) that it will all end in tears.

[Harpo]

Had circumstances been different, I would have been delighted to accept the chance to join Gerard Houllier and work with him and Patrice Bergues once again at Aston Villa

Who's this ?

It's French for Patrick Berger.

[VillaAlways]

Possibly the real reason is that he believes (like me) that it will all end in tears.

Or maybe it's for family reasons as he said

[willywombat]

Possibly the real reason is that he believes (like me) that it will all end in tears.

and possibly, it's for the reasons he stated

[Dave Clark Five]

At least it has told us that GH works his assistants hard. That would be something that I doubt the last pair had ever done.

[pauliewalnuts]

Had circumstances been different, I would have been delighted to accept the chance to join Gerard Houllier and work with him and Patrice Bergues once again at Aston Villa

Who's this ?

It's French for Patrick Berger.

Ha ha, that has made me laugh more than it probably should have.

[Small Rodent]

He was scared of the reaction from pmk1981 and stevenjos when one of his substitutions, Heskey, scored in the FA Cup final.

[Ger Regan]

He was scared of the reaction from pmk1981 and stevenjos when one of his substitutions, Heskey, scored in the FA Cup final.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Jimmy Rimmer]

Fair enough Thommo, a good job at Sky and the ability to smoke in the shower.
What more could a man want?

Very funny!

Yes, fair play to him. Sounds like an honest explanation. Think slightly more of him now. But still glad he's not coming.

[Sleeuwenhoek]

Friend of mine has sat next to him a couple of times on the shuttle from Manchester when he's been travelling to be a Sky pundit. Was actually quite surprised to find him to be a decent Bloke!

[Mac]

I think both Thompson AND Houllier have gone up in my estimation from that.