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Offline martyn ellis

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Houllier on 5live
« on: July 16, 2011, 11:37:12 PM »
Just heard an ad for Sunday morning's BBC 5 Live sports show from 8.30 am tomorrow - Gerard Houllier's first interview since he left VP. May be worth a listen.

Offline hawkeye

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2011, 11:40:11 PM »
Expect lots of Liverpool references.

Offline Irish villain

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2011, 11:51:33 PM »
I still find it hard to believe he was our manager. It just never seemed right from day one, did it?


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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2011, 11:53:55 PM »
I still find it hard to believe he was our manager. It just never seemed right from day one, did it?



And that is my mindset

Offline steffo

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2011, 12:00:11 AM »
A case of what we were look forward to.

Not what we are to expect.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2011, 03:14:07 AM »
Hope he's making a full recovery. The amount of fires he had to put out at VP last season (some of his own making), and the fact that he's so into his football...I can imagine him being quite restless regardless of his health.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2011, 09:33:14 AM »
Good interview with GED, he is still not fully recovered and the doctors have told him not to work until the end of Sept @ the earliest and even then then may not be fit enough to go back to football management He said there was an option to leave McAllister in charge until he was fully recovered but Randy wanted to go in another direction and he left Villa on good terms

Offline Risso

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2011, 09:34:57 AM »
...and he left Villa on good terms.....

....and considerably richer.

Online spangley1812

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2011, 09:37:10 AM »
...and he left Villa on good terms.....
....and considerably richer.
Well if you sack them you pay up the contract and obviously Randy didnt want to drag it out

Offline TimTheVillain

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2011, 09:37:28 AM »
...and he left Villa on good terms.....

....and considerably richer.

Yep, the terms weren't bad !

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2011, 09:40:23 AM »
Main points were:

*Still not recovered (he didn't sound well) but 75% better

*Illness was due to hereditary condition, not stress of the job (though he did later say high bloodpressure doesn't help it)

*He wanted to stay, but wasn't able to return before September. Gary Mac would have been in charge. There is also a possibility that the specialist might have said he's not ready in September- Or might not have been able to return at all. RL didn't want to risk this, but no acrimony

*If he had remained he would have done everything to keep Downing, but accepts it's difficult if a player wants out

*Happy with the McLeish appointment

*6th/7th should be the target this year

*If he can't get back into management, he'll still stay involved in the game in some way

Good to hear from him, spoke positively about the club and fans and seems genuinely disappointed that he couldn't continue.

Offline JUAN PABLO

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2011, 09:48:53 AM »
well at least he was one of the past managers I actually liked ..   

Offline Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2011, 10:10:21 AM »
well at least he was one of the past managers I actually liked ..   

Who wants managers we like ?
We nearly all liked genial Uncle Jo Venglos (loser) but I am sure more than a couple of fans were not so keen on Ron Saunders the person (winner).
I would say the best we have ever had in terms of combining being likeable and winning was Big Fat Ron.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2011, 10:43:59 AM »
I hope he is helping Alex to identify new players to buy :) as they are good friends.

Offline Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2011, 10:58:21 AM »
*6th/7th should be the target this year

6th? Isn't that above our station? When GH joined didn't he mention something about us being a 7th to 12th club? He must be still ill!

Thank goodness he's not our manager anymore.

 


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