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Author Topic: Houllier on 5live  (Read 13111 times)

Offline olaftab

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2011, 10:59:08 AM »
It was a good interview and  it appears Randy made the right decision despite it costing us lot of money in compensation.
He made no references to Liverpool even though  talking about  Downing transfer I expected a "there is no better club club for him".

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2011, 11:19:07 AM »
Good luck on your recovery GH.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2011, 11:23:51 AM »
I still find it hard to believe he was our manager. It just never seemed right from day one, did it?



No more unbelievable than McCleish.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2011, 11:42:31 AM »
I liked him.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2011, 11:48:09 AM »
I didn't


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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2011, 12:00:11 PM »
I wonder if the the targets he had identified were there because of his presence  as manager and that they disappeared of the radar when he left?

Hence plan B....I wonder who they were, Nzogbia probably one beacuse of the French connection?

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2011, 12:30:33 PM »
*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.

I don't think he said that.  He said that when he was managing Liverpool his experience of Villa was that they were a club that finished between 7th and 12th.  He did not say that this was where Villa should be or deserved to be.  He knew the history of the club and compared us to Paris St. Germain in another early interview.

I think GH suffered from a mischievous press mis-quoting  him, being hell-bent on stirring our supporters up and turning us into a "crisis club".  It's a shame.  I think the guy was a real gent and a great football man - a French version of Bobby Robson in many ways.



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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #22 on: July 17, 2011, 12:51:42 PM »
I liked him.

And me, a healthy Houllier would have been great for Villa IMO.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2011, 01:28:08 PM »
I wonder if the the targets he had identified were there because of his presence  as manager and that they disappeared of the radar when he left?

Hence plan B....I wonder who they were, Nzogbia probably one beacuse of the French connection?

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I wonder if the the targets he had identified were there because of his presence  as manager and that they disappeared of the radar when he left?

Hence plan B....I wonder who they were, Nzogbia probably one beacuse of the French connection?

I don't think it takes a genius to work out that a natural replacement for Young/Downing is N'zogbia to be fair.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #24 on: July 17, 2011, 01:29:07 PM »
I'm hoping we sign a couple of players tomorrow, we really need to get moving.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2011, 01:48:04 PM »
I liked him.

And me, a healthy Houllier would have been great for Villa IMO.

He was healthy for most of the season.  Results only improved when he was taken ill.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2011, 01:51:39 PM »
I'm hoping we sign a couple of players tomorrow, we really need to get moving.

Wrong thread!

Offline martin

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #27 on: July 17, 2011, 02:19:43 PM »
I liked him.

And me, a healthy Houllier would have been great for Villa IMO.

Halfway between you: I liked him but not sure he would have been a success given another season. Clearly disliked overpaid prima donnas (good); clearly didn't know how to deal with overpaid prima donnas in the modern game (bad).

Sure, you can't argue the bloke made some PR ricks. On the other hand, you can't argue that the bloke was classy and dignified - as any Villa manager should be.
« Last Edit: July 17, 2011, 02:38:26 PM by martin »

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #28 on: July 17, 2011, 02:44:35 PM »
I wonder if the the targets he had identified were there because of his presence  as manager and that they disappeared of the radar when he left?

Hence plan B....I wonder who they were, Nzogbia probably one beacuse of the French connection?

One of them was the Argentinian midfielder at Valencia, Ever Banega. The other one was Saphic at Montpellier - who has now moved to Sevilla. No idea about the rest.

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Re: Houllier on 5live
« Reply #29 on: July 17, 2011, 03:39:47 PM »
He was a gent and a nice guy. I wasn't sure of how he'd do but I think it is one of the great unknowns had he continued how things would have been. It could have been very good indeed.

 


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