Why the long faces about Houllier?

[Concrete John]

Now, we're appointing a manager whereby the whole country is thinking, "oh, how interesting...yawn".

That was pretty much the reaction when we appointed Brian Little.

[freakypete]

give houllier a chance

[Bosco81]

Not when you've finished 6th 3 seasons running in the richest league in the world, we're a bit higher up the food chain than Soton.

[BannedUserIAT]

I'll hold my hand up and say I wasn't exactly jumping with joy when I heard Houllier mentioned but the more I read and the more I hear about him, the more I realise that he's a more knowledgable, more up-to-date version of MoN.

He seems to have the man-management skills that MoN supposedly had, has a far more varied CV which illustrates experience from the bottom to the top, as won more than MoN and, most importantly, whereas MoN took time out when his wife got sick, Houllier continued his footballing education.

I think he'll look at Villa as a club that, like Liverpool when he took over, has so much unrealised potential. Potential that he'll no doubt feel he can make very good use of. And he brings with him experience from the playing pitch to the board-room.

People on here (and, yes, me included) weren't overly impressed with the idea as we hoped for a significant improvement on O'Neill. The way I see it, we're getting one!

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Now, we're appointing a manager whereby the whole country is thinking, "oh, how interesting...yawn".

That was pretty much the reaction when we appointed Brian Little.

True, though it did mean a lot to Villa fans.

[not3bad]

Here is a list of my reactions to the appointments of Aston Villa managers in recent history:

Graham Taylor (1st) - Ah...
Josef Venglos - Uh?
Big Ron - Yay!!
Brian Little - Yay!!
John Gregory - Ugh!!
Graham Taylor (2nd) - Hmmm...
David O'Leary - Yay!!
Martin O'Neill - Yay!!!!
Gerard Houllier - *scratches chin*

[Bigmelonface]

I think he could do a decent job.

However just to put this into perspective take a look at his signings while in premier league.

[Small Rodent]

Yes, agree. Houllier wouldn't have been in my top hundred potential managers for Aston Villa before MON.

Go on then. Name all one hundred...

[Namaste]

Here is a list of my reactions to the appointments of Aston Villa managers in recent history:

Graham Taylor (1st) - Ah...
Josef Venglos - Uh?
Big Ron - Yay!!
Brian Little - Yay!!
John Gregory - Ugh!!
Graham Taylor (2nd) - Hmmm...
David O'Leary - Yay!!
Martin O'Neill - Yay!!!!
Gerard Houllier - *scratches chin*

And look where those two recent "Yays" got us!

Mr. H is the best qualified manager there and we can hopefully benefit from that. We should support him and the team more so now than ever before.

[Heald Green Villa]

He gets a good write up in the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/2010/09/why_houllier_deserves_respect.html

Not saying that's the be all and end all, but give the guy a chance whenever he gets here

[DB]

Here is a list of my reactions to the appointments of Aston Villa managers in recent history:

Graham Taylor (1st) - Ah...
Josef Venglos - Uh?
Big Ron - Yay!!
Brian Little - Yay!!
John Gregory - Ugh!!
Graham Taylor (2nd) - Hmmm...
David O'Leary - Yay!!
Martin O'Neill - Yay!!!!
Gerard Houllier - *scratches chin*

And look where those two recent "Yays" got us!

Mr. H is the best qualified manager there and we can hopefully benefit from that. We should support him and the team more so now than ever before.

Dolly never got a 'yay' free me, even when the pug nosed twat was being unveiled at the press conf.

[Concrete John]

He gets a good write up in the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/2010/09/why_houllier_deserves_respect.html

Not saying that's the be all and end all, but give the guy a chance whenever he gets here

Is posting this article the new "Why didn't Barry take the penalty?"

[Olneythelonely]

Because he was off the pitch at the time.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Here is a list of my reactions to the appointments of Aston Villa managers in recent history:

Graham Taylor (1st) - Ah...
Josef Venglos - Uh?
Big Ron - Yay!!
Brian Little - Yay!!
John Gregory - Ugh!!
Graham Taylor (2nd) - Hmmm...
David O'Leary - Yay!!
Martin O'Neill - Yay!!!!
Gerard Houllier - *scratches chin*

And look where those two recent "Yays" got us!

Mr. H is the best qualified manager there and we can hopefully benefit from that. We should support him and the team more so now than ever before.

Because MON was so bad? Not like we finished well in the league and made a cup final and semi-final FA Cup?

[johnny from donny]

The thing is I always associate Houllier with his reponse to Gerrards red card for trying to break George Boateng's leg ; "He is a very good actor."  Whatever you may think of Boateng,  that accusation was unwarranted and insulting and I lost all respect for Houllier at that precise moment.
Right now I'd struggle to find a manager that I  wouldn't rather have instead of him.