Gerard Houllier

[puppyfeat]

A good indicator is to do the BBC predictor. I would be shocked if anyone seriously has us in the bottom 3. I get us in 7th on 51 points. 20 points away from L'pool in 6th and teams being relegated on 34 points.

Scuse me while I go change my pants.

[WikiVilla]

How the fuck did we allow Mcallister anywhere near first team coach role!!??
He failed pathetically at Cov and Boro and Leeds so how was he ever qualified to do the villa job?

As for Houllier he still thinks it's the early 90s, I hate seeing his passionless face and motionless body on our bench

He has to go now before it's too late

Randy get some balls and do it

And where the fuck is that general bloke now the wheels are off ?

[villa1]

GH looked frozen the other night. Just sat there on the bench, looking glum.

[WikiVilla]

Lerner / Krulak
Wake up, smell the coffee
Get rid of this baffoon and his wing man now

[eastie]

West ham winning so we could easily be in the bottom 2 on new years day- what a total cock up in the 5th year or randy's grand plan- I would like to hear mons reason for leaving as I don't think randy deserves all the plaudits he gets on here- i think his and mons first 3 years were good but something badly went wrong- was it the credit crunch or has  randy lost belief in the top 4 dream?

Time to act mr Lerner - we need a new manager and fast !

[Irreverent ad]

A good indicator is to do the BBC predictor. I would be shocked if anyone seriously has us in the bottom 3. I get us in 7th on 51 points. 20 points away from L'pool in 6th and teams being relegated on 34 points.

Scuse me while I go change my pants.

Did you honestly have us in the bottom 3?

[Irreverent ad]

West ham winning so we could easily be in the bottom 2 on new years day- what a total cock up in the 5th year or randy's grand plan- I would like to hear mons reason for leaving as I don't think randy deserves all the plaudits he gets on here- i think his and mons first 3 years were good but something badly went wrong- was it the credit crunch or has  randy lost belief in the top 4 dream?

Time to act mr Lerner - we need a new manager and fast !

West Ham drawing.

[Cuz]

I don't see the point in getting rid of Houllier now, we need to give him January to get rid of the deadwood, trouble makers and those that think they are to good for us.

If we get a new manager it will take him time to work out what we now know and that is alot of players are past it, not good enough and don't care, but also we have some very very good young players in Lichaj, Bannan, Albrighton, Clark and Delph.

I am as disappointed as anyone with results and lack of passion but think we need to get behind the team and manager and see where we are at the end of the season.

I admire your positivity and optimism but fear 'The Championship' is where we will be at the end of the season if we carry on with Houllier...

Don't get me wrong I am abit fearful of that, but without saying we are to good to go down, we aren't that bad. Lets just see what January brings I think it will surprise a few people and show the Chairman ambition and commitment is still there.
Its all very well rattling on about what a collection of good young players we have; i do it myself, but in truth We are not winning games

[achilles]

Not sure if it's houllier, more like it's McAllister. A Coventry fan told me he completely F"*^ed up cov by his tactics and he would do the same to us. Good player but no coach or Assistant manager.

It looks like a combination of all of them. I must say that I was willing to give Houllier the benefit of the doubt but my opinions of him have changed very quickly. My reasons being:

1. There was no bounce when he arrived. Normally players make an effort to impress a new manager but after Houllier's appointment there seemed to be little improvement. apart from Heskey.
2. When behind at half time, we have not come out for the second half with a have-a-go performance. Today was a typical example of being down 3-0 but coming out after the break with no apparent plan to get back into the game.
3. Some team selections have been bizarre and on a par with MON.
4. If we were in a transition between MON's direct style and fantastic, flowing football then there may be a case for giving them time but it's not apparent what is going on or what they are trying to achieve.
5. Player morale is clearly atrocious and we don't even seem to have many positives to talk about.
6. Despite having a dreadful injury crisis, our main problems so far have been with experienced players seeming to be disorganised. Rather than improving the quality of our play, the whole set up looks to be a real shambles.
7. Houllier has shown that he cannot get much out of the players that are fit.

I hate to call for people to be sacked, but we need to cut our losses and save what's left of a difficult season. The plain fact is that under Houllier we have got 13 points from 14 games in a relatively poor Premiership and that cannot be allowed to go on.

Good post.

[john e]

i cant believe people on here wishing for sam Alladyce actually wanting him !!

'oh he will be our savoiur, our hero. keep us in the promised land of the prem'

he plays shit football, absolute shit, not even Newcastle fans could put up with him, but some of us panicky lot actually want him,

we wont go down with Houllier or Alladyce, but we will be in a very  very bad place with big sam

[puppyfeat]

A good indicator is to do the BBC predictor. I would be shocked if anyone seriously has us in the bottom 3. I get us in 7th on 51 points. 20 points away from L'pool in 6th and teams being relegated on 34 points.

A good indicator is to do the BBC predictor. I would be shocked if anyone seriously has us in the bottom 3. I get us in 7th on 51 points. 20 points away from L'pool in 6th and teams being relegated on 34 points.

Scuse me while I go change my pants.

Did you honestly have us in the bottom 3?

Well I sure don't see us finishing 7th FFS! Forget your silly prediction games Nostrodamus, look at the table and the teams that are around us and ask yourself in all honesty how many of them are worse than us. West Ham are picking up, Fulham had a good away win today, Blues have 2 games in hand and have more fight about them and a manger with some passion and tactical nous. Frankly I think there's only Wolves that look worse than us right now, and I don't see Houllier being capable of turning us around. The players need a confidence and morale boost and a sense of direction which they haven't had all season, and they'll only get that from someone else now as far as I can see.

[WikiVilla]

During the shambolic period that was Billy McNeill at least the guy whilst incompetent showed some passion

In Houllier and McAllister there is zero

They're lik rabbitts caught in the headlights or startled deer

They've turned the club we all love into an embarrassment

[Cuz]

i cant believe people on here wishing for sam Alladyce actually wanting him !!

'oh he will be our savoiur, our hero. keep us in the promised land of the prem'

he plays shit football, absolute shit, not even Newcastle fans could put up with him, but some of us panicky lot actually want him,

we wont go down with Houllier or Alladyce, but we will be in a very  very bad place with big sam

His Blackburn team played some good stuff against us in the CCSF at Villa Park, and at least he's current he has that Prem knowhow that GH has lost whilst being away from the Prem for 5 years, believe me i don't know the answers but i know that we cannot continue like this

[koreanmeatballs]

Got to go for me.

He's meant to be an experienced manager, why then isn't he managing the players he has?
If it's true that these players can only play kick and rush football then why doesn't he just play that system? It's a results business and all that, we need results.

What was that interview on Sky all about? Looked like he was going to cry. If he hasn't got any passion why should the fecking players? Why should he get our passion and support when he can't show it for our club.

What an absolute mess we are in.

Get Jol in and try and get him to persuade Hughton to be his assistant (something Houllier couldn't do with his first two choices)

[TopDeck113]

I still can't believe I'm hearing the refrain "we won't go down."  Are people crossing fingers and touching wood as they say it?

We're losing matches for fun, we're conceding goals and never looking like pulling them back, and the much touted Get Out of Jail card, i.e. We'll be all right when the injured players come back, is looking what I always thought it was: a straw to clutch to. 

There is something rotten in this appointment. We didn't even have the dead-cat bounce that clubs in dire straits usually have with a new manager.  F*ck me, even the worst manager in my Villa-supporting career - Billy McNeill - managed to improve on what had gone before in his first half a dozen games or so.