Message From Houllier

[Pat McMahon]

We need to get behind the manager and give him  a chance. He has had no pre-season, no time to work on tactics, an awful injury list and an inherited squad. He comes across as extremely thoughtful and very respectful to the club and our tradition (I am in Shanghai and have heard no interviews since all of your you tube and BBC video bobbins are banned / unavailable here, so do not include the stuff from Monday night).

I see no point in even thinking of switching manager now. We need a real show of unity and a 1970s Ron Saunders era 110% vocal support on Saturday, but I fear the worst if we concede the first goal.

[remy]

I switched off just after the 3rd goal when Downing skyed a ball high into the night air.

I wasnt very happy along with the other Villans around at the gutless, shambolic and disgraceful 'performance' so I dont think I was in any kind of mood for a light hearted joke from the manager about losing to Liverpool.

I think the response to our new manager after the Anfield debacle has been virtolic with message boards (official and unofficial) bombarded so fair play to the club to appease the customers...sorry supporters by issuing a contrite statement.

Where MON started making the right noises at the beginning of his tenure and then it imploded, perhaps Hou has started badly and will give us a period of success.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Where MON started making the right noises at the beginning of his tenure and then it imploded, perhaps Hou has started badly and will give us a period of success.

I'm just hoping it's a wake up call and he now realises we are a club with serious ambitions and where 110% effort is expected.

[WikiVilla]

Let's judge him on results not his words.

Win the next two games and this will be forgotten, however a loss against the baggies and it could get ugly

[monkeyboy]

While my jury is out re GED - and whatever the fek we've been doing on the training ground opposite defensive structure and responsibilities, it probably could be worse:

Just took these gems from a barcode site:

"As much as I dislike the fact that Alan Shitdrew is about to made manager I just pray that he proves everyone wrong including myself and becomes a decent manager for us....hating every second of this, I could have been sick when I heard Chris was sacked! The only reason why Shitdrew is being appointed is that he and Ashley are best of buddies!!"

and


"If Barton and Carroll were to set about him as he turns up and hospitalize him for 6 months we might get a better manager in who can keep us up come May 

Time for positive thoughts like this "

Priceless!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Let's judge him on results not his words.

Win the next two games and this will be forgotten, however a loss against the baggies and it could get ugly

It's not and nor should it be about one game, it's about the team and the effort they put in. Obviously a win would be great but if we put in a performance like the Man Utd game, where we sweated blood and created lots of chances, I think most will see it as a positive sign. Three points would be great though.

[WikiVilla]

Agree to an extent after ManUre I felt lifted even though we'd lost 2 points the team and especially the kids did us proud.

I would love to see a couple of ugly wins now though, keep it tight at the back and win the next two 1 nil

[Rigadon]

Let's judge him on results not his words.

Win the next two games and this will be forgotten, however a loss against the baggies and it could get ugly

It's not and nor should it be about one game, it's about the team and the effort they put in. Obviously a win would be great but if we put in a performance like the Man Utd game, where we sweated blood and created lots of chances, I think most will see it as a positive sign. Three points would be great though.

It shouldn't be, but in this case it is Im afraid.  Anything less than 3 points against the Albion and he's almost in an untenable situation as the louder, less patient amongst our numbers will turn very vocal and very ugly.

While I don't necessarily agree with this point of view, it will be the very real situation.  Only a string of wins can really save Houllier's potential long-term stint here.  Spirited draws won't keep him here or us up. 

[Clampy]

My one of several gripes with Houiller the other night was the total lack of passion from either him or McCallister when we were 2-0 down. They were both sat there shivering like two old men waiting for a bus. You wanted one of them to be on the touchline geeing the players on, waving them forward, telling them to keep the ball, etc.

It depressed me to be honest, and dose'nt hold well for the future next time we're 2-0 down away from home, which judging by the run of games we have after Wigan, could well happen.

[Villa'Zawg]

Let's judge him on results not his words.

Win the next two games and this will be forgotten, however a loss against the baggies and it could get ugly

It's not and nor should it be about one game, it's about the team and the effort they put in. Obviously a win would be great but if we put in a performance like the Man Utd game, where we sweated blood and created lots of chances, I think most will see it as a positive sign. Three points would be great though.

Really? A performance without the result against the Baggies could be good enough? I'm surprised.

[KevinGage]

Problem is even if we win the West Brom and Wigan games it might only buy him time now. Next time we hit a dodgy patch or lose a game we're expected to win those comments will be dragged up again.

He needs a strong second half to the campaign.

[Shrek]

If we win our next two games, we will have NRC and Heskey fully fit, so that is a massive plus, BUT we have to win them which we do not look like doing.

[brian green]

A manager with a 12 million pound contract should not have dodgy patches.   We must have consistency.   I wish I could see Houllier delivering it but I can't.   He is Doctor Josef Venglos II. 

[JJ-AV]

We'll smash the Baggies, win awkwardly at Wigan and have a really good performance against Spurs but unfortunately only come away with a point and everything will be all right again.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Let's judge him on results not his words.

Win the next two games and this will be forgotten, however a loss against the baggies and it could get ugly

It's not and nor should it be about one game, it's about the team and the effort they put in. Obviously a win would be great but if we put in a performance like the Man Utd game, where we sweated blood and created lots of chances, I think most will see it as a positive sign. Three points would be great though.

Really? A performance without the result against the Baggies could be good enough? I'm surprised.

Wake up, he's gone, get over it. If we only manage a draw on Saturday but put in a top level performance, I'll be happy. What I won't accept is another piss poor effort from the team and a manager that showed zero passion or interest, getting up from his seat, having a look around and sitting down again, without opening his mouth. Once again for the hard of thinking, 3 points will be great but as sad as it is to admit, the Albion are more than a half decent team and we'll need to produce something special compared to Monday to beat them.

Oh and just for the record, Martin O'Neill is a c**t for leaving us the way he did.