Gerard Houllier

[Greg N'Ash]

gotta say delpth has never particuarly impressed me. I don't think he's any better than some of our youngsters if i'm honest and what we paid for him seemed steep in the extreme. However, its hardly fair to judge him on 1 game back from a serious injury. Agree it was a very odd decision though to play him against spurs

[pestria]

I know this should be about Houllier but would we be in this position if Randy had spent some Pounds when it mattered on getting or retaining certain players re:Milner.

Randy did - he bought Ireland ....

[sfx412]

The reality is we are far from the sort of club who can keep players wanted by clubs with more attractions.
Throwing cash at the likes of such players would not work given a chance of joining a club with more chance of trophies they will.
Randy via Mon spent at least 140 mill on players, many of whom spent more time in the stands than on the pitch, even the most benevelent owners want some sort of return, wasting more to keep the odd player is pure idiocy and using such as a whipping stick disengenuous to the efforts hes made.

[Chris Smith]

The truth is Houliier might be a shit manager. However, with everything that has happened with injuries and sulking players since he took over we're not in a position to judge.

We were nowhere near as bad against Spurs as some have tried to pretend, we made plenty of chances but our old failings of lack of a killer instict and defensive frailties undid us. We're not that far away from being a good team.

[TonyD]

Yes we have had loads of injuries.   But playing Hogg and Delph is plain stupid.   Okay if there was few games to go at the end of the season and we are safe to stay up.  But we are in free fall.   I now have real doubts about GH.

[TheSandman]

I'm fully behind Houllier, but the selection of Pires against Arsenal, and Delph the other day does worry me a little. I don't think those kind of risks are really necessary when we find ourselves up against the wall in terms of league postion.

They're the kind of decisions I'd expect of a young manager struggling to cope with pressure, not someone with the experience of Houllier.

Considering that he played quite well it is somewhat unfair to single him out. I'd be more worried by the use of 4-4-2 which allowed Spurs to play through us with very little actual gain in an attacking sense considering how poor Gabby was and has been. I'd have brought in NRC for Gabby and tried to stop the Spurs tide. For me Delph should be our first choice midfielder alongside Petrov and NRC.

[villa1]

It was surprising to see Delph on the teamsheet. With hindsight though, I thought he was one of our better players on the night.

[koreanmeatballs]

Why are we so unmotivated again...

[Salsa Party Animal]

i would let him bring hot french players and get rid of few players then fire him and give our new manager better players and no primma donnas

[KRS]

Time to say au revoir to GH I'm afraid. The rest of the season is a mission to stay up...as much as I hate to say it, we need someone like Fat Sam to help us grind out results and stay up. Either the players don't want to play for GH or they aren't good enough for his style of play...either way, he's got to go now before it's too late.

[Sexual Ealing]

The truth is Houliier might be a shit manager. However, with everything that has happened with injuries and sulking players since he took over we're not in a position to judge.

We were nowhere near as bad against Spurs as some have tried to pretend, we made plenty of chances but our old failings of lack of a killer instict and defensive frailties undid us. We're not that far away from being a good team.

You're right, of course, about injuries etc.

But his story has been written, and it doesn't end well. It's not the modern way to allow him to overcome this start.

My problem is that we seem to be getting worse, rather than better, with each day in his charge. Allow him a window? He's had Sept-Jan to manage what he had and he's made a resounding failure of it.

I don't think we need to buy Bruno Cheyrou before we end it, do we?

[Cuz]

Why aren't they trying!! He has to go

[eastie]

I hold up my hands and accept i was wrong in saying houllier could get it right - we are a shambles and today were awful - decide now randy to appoint jol and give him the money to spend in jan or we are going down- houllier has clearly lost the dressing room and chants from away fans of " fuck off houllier "show how far things have slipped!

[Cuz]

I'd take Big Fat Sam at the moment at least he may get the players to compete, can't see GH giving the players a rollocking he looks like a frail old man who's growing a worry hunch

[TonyD]

We are a shambles.   Getting worse by the game. 

Bye, bye GH.