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[Eigentor]

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.

That's missing the points. You could just as easily argue that results improved after he had had time to change the philosophy at the club. Rightly or wrongly, Houllier's priority was never short-term results.

[pauliewalnuts]

He was a nice enough bloke, and wanted to move the club in the right direction, and started to do so.

Unfortunately, and this may have been down to trying to change too much too fast, but he dropped far too many bollocks over the course of a season.

[Legion]

Auntie

[Rigadon]

He was a nice enough bloke, and wanted to move the club in the right direction, and started to do so.

Unfortunately, and this may have been down to trying to change too much too fast, but he dropped far too many bollocks over the course of a season.

Agree with this totally

[Holte L2]

He was a nice enough bloke, and wanted to move the club in the right direction, and started to do so.

Unfortunately, and this may have been down to trying to change too much too fast, but he dropped far too many bollocks over the course of a season.

Spot on Paulie!

[Percy McCarthy]

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.

So could Thatcherism.

[pauliewalnuts]

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.

So could Thatcherism.

Not really. Thatcherism had malevolence, self interest and division at its heart. That might have been (and was) very good for some, but it was never going to be good "across the board".

God. What a boring day.

[Percy McCarthy]

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.

So could Thatcherism.

Not really. Thatcherism had malevolence, self interest and division at its heart.

And the difference between that and Houllier's reign?

'Tis boring isn't it? Even Midsomer Murders is crap today.

[pauliewalnuts]

Houllier's reign was about football, Thatcher's was about real lives.

*sombre facial expression*

I fell asleep on the sofa and woke up to find a 15 year old episode of Jonathon Creek on the telly. What amazed me most was how, nowadays, even things filmed in the late 1990s look so ancient. That just made me feel old and want to go back to sleep asap.

[Percy McCarthy]

Right on.

I love Jonathon Creek. Depressing to realise it's 15 years old, granted.

[jonzy85]

I will have nothing but bad memories of his time in charge. All his fault? Maybe not.....but a lot was.

Signing Darren Bent is the only positive I can look back on. Hopefully, Makoun will prove to be also.

[ez]

It was a scarey season under GH. After that home defeat to wolves i was crapping it.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Bet we would have a few players on board now if Houllier was in charge. Mcallister mentioned earlier that he had a list completed of who he was going for in the summer and i bet he had a few european starlets lined up ......

[Risso]

Bet we would have a few players on board now if Houllier was in charge. Mcallister mentioned earlier that he had a list completed of who he was going for in the summer and i bet he had a few european starlets lined up ......

Bet he didn't.  There was no sign that he had any knowledge of any starlets while he was here, the only decent players he brought in were from the Premier League.

[pauliewalnuts]

Bet we would have a few players on board now if Houllier was in charge. Mcallister mentioned earlier that he had a list completed of who he was going for in the summer and i bet he had a few european starlets lined up ......

Bet he didn't.  There was no sign that he had any knowledge of any starlets while he was here, the only decent players he brought in were from the Premier League.

He only bought two players, one of whom came from that there Europe and is hardly worthy of deeming "not decent".

I think there are plenty of things to have a go at Houllier over, but that sounds a bit like having a pop for the sake of it.

Oh, and there was at least some indication he was looking to that market in the approach for Fofana.