“I remember Gérard saying, in the week I was there, that ‘you are always anxious and worried about the outcome of a game, but you are less anxious and worried about the outcome if you know that you have a good team.’ That is the key — getting players on the pitch that you trust.”
Surely this is the most important quote from the article. This tells us the essential facet of Houllier's approach, and why he is spending so much time in assessing the players he has taken on. The key words are: "players...that you trust".