Why the long faces about Houllier?

[kipeye]

I never rated Houllier at Liverpool-he did not seem to be able to handle the players or press well and made some very poor signings. (Did he not swap Carew for Baros with us as well? Probably not as it would have been mentioned)
We have a couple of players who played under him and I will wait to see how this plays out as neither found favour with him then.
He did do a good job at Lyon but there is no great comparison in this and I am not sure being recently involved with the French team is anything you want to put on your C.V.
That said, like most, I will get behind him like every other manager we have had (most of whom I have tended to be over -enthusiastic about), but retain the right to say "well I am not surprised it turned out badly".

[junxs]

I didn't really have a strong opinion either way, but I've just been looking at his transfer record for Liverpool (can be seen here ) and it's absolutely dreadful. Thats not to say he's a bad coach or tactician but I'm not expecting any great things in the market.

He broke the 10m barrier 3 times..
Djibril Cisse July 2004 14,000,000 
Emile Heskey March 2000 11,000,000 
El Hadji Diouf   July 2002 10,000,000 

Hardly set the world alight those 3.

[pmk1981]

i can see a 12,000,000 bid going in for n'gog in janurary ;-(

[Concrete John]

I am not sure being recently involved with the French team is anything you want to put on your C.V.

You know, with everything else going on I had forgotten all about that!  So he was involved when the cheese-eating juggler decided rules don't apply to him? 

I'm with pmk1981 now - fuck him and the onion covered bicycle he rode in on. 

[Oscar Arce]

Houllier is yesterday's man and this appointment reminds me so much of Graham Taylor's second spell, I think it will send us backwards but I hope I am wrong.

[jembob]

I didn't really have a strong opinion either way, but I've just been looking at his transfer record for Liverpool (can be seen here ) and it's absolutely dreadful. Thats not to say he's a bad coach or tactician but I'm not expecting any great things in the market.

He broke the 10m barrier 3 times..
Djibril Cisse July 2004 14,000,000 
Emile Heskey March 2000 11,000,000 
El Hadji Diouf   July 2002 10,000,000 

Hardly set the world alight those 3.

I find it difficult to believe that the Blues paid £6M for Heskey. In defence of Houllier's record, he did make some good signings and you can't expect every player to be a success. There's no real science to determine whether or not a player will settle at a club but that said there are a couple of overpriced, dodgy acquisitions there.

When I was skiing in France in January, a local lad saw my Villa hat and asked about Carew. He was a Lyon fan and said that Carew had become a real problem at that club and everybody knew that he'd be out on the town every night whether there was a game or not. JC may have settled down a bit now but judging what this French lad told me, everybody was glad to see the back of him in France. Houllier signed Baros in the first place and they probably had a good relationship so it's hardly surprising the swap deal was done.

[Malandro]

Despite the trophies he won at pool, they never really came close to winning the league and I'm afraid they did have the resources at the time to do it.

Having said that, if he's appointed, I'll enjoy the ride.

[dave.woodhall]

I am not sure being recently involved with the French team is anything you want to put on your C.V.

You know, with everything else going on I had forgotten all about that!  So he was involved when the cheese-eating juggler decided rules don't apply to him? 

I'm with pmk1981 now - fuck him and the onion covered bicycle he rode in on. 

If you want to get banned, keep it up.

[greenwichvilla]

Acodding to SSN L'Equipe in France saying he's been appointed on a two year deal.

[Olneythelonely]

Despite the trophies he won at pool, they never really came close to winning the league and I'm afraid they did have the resources at the time to do it.

Having said that, if he's appointed, I'll enjoy the ride.

Do you mean apart from the time they finished runners up?

[Concrete John]

I am not sure being recently involved with the French team is anything you want to put on your C.V.

You know, with everything else going on I had forgotten all about that!  So he was involved when the cheese-eating juggler decided rules don't apply to him? 

I'm with pmk1981 now - fuck him and the onion covered bicycle he rode in on. 

If you want to get banned, keep it up.

I'll take this as proof that trying to write in a sarcastic/mocking tone of voice really doesn't work on the internet!

[The Situation]

He's already 'unofficially' been appointed, the board for whatever reason are trying to wait as long as possible to 'officially' appoint him which sounds like it'll be on either Thursday or Friday. Silly really as you'd think Houllier would want as many training sessions he can have before our game on Monday against the mighty Stoke working with new players and sorting out tactics etc...

[dave.woodhall]

I am not sure being recently involved with the French team is anything you want to put on your C.V.

You know, with everything else going on I had forgotten all about that!  So he was involved when the cheese-eating juggler decided rules don't apply to him? 

I'm with pmk1981 now - fuck him and the onion covered bicycle he rode in on. 

If you want to get banned, keep it up.

I'll take this as proof that trying to write in a sarcastic/mocking tone of voice really doesn't work on the internet!

Not really, no.

[Oscar Arce]

Wether it's Houllier or not, this appointment has to be the most dithering in the history of football, even I am bored with it now so god knows what everybody else in football thinks.

[dave.woodhall]

He's already 'unofficially' been appointed, the board for whatever reason are trying to wait as long as possible to 'officially' appoint him which sounds like it'll be on either Thursday or Friday. Silly really as you'd think Houllier would want as many training sessions he can have before our game on Monday against the mighty Stoke working with new players and sorting out tactics etc...

Try getting the press to turn up on an international day.