The replacement for MON...?

[the weatherman]

I remember Houllier came to Liverpool as a joint manager with Roy Evans at that time and it caused untold problems, whether this situation would work better will be interesting....

[KevinGage]

Kevin does Sven's record in the last ten years hold him up as one of Europes best couchs.  I THINK NOT!!  He did a avenge at best job with England, and with the exeption of his one year at City where he had a lot of money to spend he has done nothing of any note since.  Now I am not saying he is a worse couch than AC [i will keep this up to annoy you ], just than given what we need right now AC would be better.  And serously what would be the point in bring someone in who will likely bugger off in a years time, thats hardly forward thinking!

But whatever it looks like we might have our man, its a bit out of left feld, and repesents a gamble, but lets go with it and see where it leads us.

I can't think of any set of circumstances that would make Curbishley a good, progressive  choice for us.

Short of a freak accident wiping out every coach and manager in world football except for Curbs. And DOL.  And even then I'd have to think about it.

[Toronto Villa]

It should not be Curbishley under any circumstances.

[JJ-AV]

Managed to get a few quid on GH at 10/1. I cannot see him being anything but the Manager- that is what he board want in place and that is what his cv will be about.

Where?!

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

I'd be gutted if we were landed with someone like Curbishley.  Awhile ago I suggested that if we got rid of O'Neill, then the likes of Curbishley would be in the frame.

"Nonsense!" cried the antiMONites, "we'll get Mourinho!"

Yeah..like fuck we will.

Nobody did, but you carry on.

I'm pretty sure there were a few people who thought that getting Mourinho was a realistic proposition.

Seeing what actually is available is grim and depressing.  If it hadn't been O'Neill who had just left, he'd be the outstanding choice right now.

[Mazrim]

I could see a team of Houllier as a director of football tasked with getting the whole footballing side of the infrastructure of the club ship shape, Kevin MacDonald as first team coach preparing the squad and a manager like Moyes working great together.

Like Moyes would take a job with those restrictions.

What restrictions? Houllier would do all the behind the scenes work, KMac the donkey work on the training ground leaving him to do what he does best.
I dont think for one minute it would happen but its a nice thought anyway. For me.

With an ex-Liverpool manager as his boss and coaching staff imposed on him.

Not necessarily his boss. More like a head of another department. And I doubt whether he'd give a toss about the Liverpool/Everton thing as he would be manager of Aston Villa. Also a lot of managers would love to have K Mac as their coach so why would he have a problem with it? He could still appoint other coaches. MON didnt appoint K mac after all. Anyway, its just a fanciful scenario. Nothing more.

I do have doubts about Houllier being physically well enough to manage in the Premier League again.

[PeterZ]

Managed to get a few quid on GH at 10/1. I cannot see him being anything but the Manager- that is what he board want in place and that is what his cv will be about.

has been working as a TD with the French FA

think he said a while ago about becoming international manager - maybe he doesn't want the day to day stress of club management

out of Lyon three years now - could probably have got a club manager job before now so I'm guessing he will be DOF not manager

[Monty]

All bringing in Houiller in a directorial role does is to further strengthen the case for appointing Klinsmann as head coach/manager.

[Dante Lavelli]

I remember Houllier came to Liverpool as a joint manager with Roy Evans at that time and it caused untold problems, whether this situation would work better will be interesting....

From memory, Houllier was appointed above Roy Evans.  I think that will always cause problems.  In this instance - if true - GH and K-Mac would be able to agree what the boundaries are for each role, thereby avoiding some of the previous problems.

[Toronto Villa]

I don't think KM wants to be a manager, even though he finally threw his hat in the ring. maybe this is the compromise where he keeps an elevated status while working with an experienced former manager who will look after a lot of the stuff that he wasn't so keen on doing.

[atomicjam]

Managed to get a few quid on GH at 10/1. I cannot see him being anything but the Manager- that is what he board want in place and that is what his cv will be about.

Where?!

Ignore that-got carried away it was 5/1 @ Betfair

[Gregorys Boy]

Fine if you want to keep putting words in my mouth then thats up to you.  Don't get me wrong if everything was ideally I would go with someone like Jol, but I am just being a little more realistic than some of you.

And the reason I think Curbs would be a decent choice is because he would be already taking over a top six club, who wouldn't need the major works like when O'Neill took change.  I also think it is a little unfair to assume he couldn't do the job just because he has only managed at West Ham and Chalton, best on his performances at those clubs doesn't he deserve a chance at a bigger club.

[Dante Lavelli]

All bringing in Houiller in a directorial role does is to further strengthen the case for appointing Klinsmann as head coach/manager.

That would be too many layers of management for me.  Klinsmann and Houllier would have too many of their own ideas and I'm not sure they'd always be on the same proverbial page as each other. 

[atomicjam]

I am not saying it would be my choosen manager, but I could see Houllier being the next Manager. I think his personality would appeal to Randy, he has won a few cups & leagues (although I think Lyon always won their league in those days). He has worked with youth players and has premier league experience. And although Moyes odds reducing yesterday shows just relying on odds is a crap idea, Houllier's odds have dropped recently.

Atomicjam in gets a prediction (probably) right for the first time, well, ever.

[Monty]

All bringing in Houiller in a directorial role does is to further strengthen the case for appointing Klinsmann as head coach/manager.

That would be too many layers of management for me.  Klinsmann and Houllier would have too many of their own ideas and I'm not sure they'd always be on the same proverbial page as each other. 

On the contrary, they are definitely on the same page when it comes to style of play and youth development. This would mean Houiller could get on with the job of running the scouting network, overseeing the youth program etc. The important thing for me would be that both Klinsmann and Houiller would have to agree on a player before signing him. If one has power to force through a signing without the other person's consent then it wouldn't work - if there is equality then it could.