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Offline Legion

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #360 on: December 28, 2010, 07:23:55 PM »
i would try simon grayson done well for leeds so far

No. Give Houllier a chance.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #361 on: December 28, 2010, 07:25:16 PM »
Sorry but this bloke is taking us down for sure.  The players don't like him and with every game so are more and more fans.  Get Jol in before GH does any more damage.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #362 on: December 28, 2010, 07:25:57 PM »
He must go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #363 on: December 28, 2010, 07:26:22 PM »
Like many others a few days ago on another thread I voted for "give him the transfer window"
However after today I have a feeling this would be a mistake. We are in a position now where we need established Premier players who know exactly what is involved in a winter relegation battle. And as much as I hate to admit it that is what we are now in.

I fear that Houllier would buy a load of young and unproven foreigners (which I would nt mind in the summer) but this is not the time for that.

Yes, we have had terrible injuries and over the last few games I thought we would be ok when established players came back. However, today has proved that it is not just the injuries that is the problem as it was a close to full strength team.I can handle losing a game..I m a Villa fan after all. But with the manner of our losses and what looks like to me a lack of effort Something drastic has to be done NOW.

Normally I would not want a manager sacked, especially this quickly, but IF he has lost the players ( and evidence would suggest this may be the case) then he has to go. Get someone in who will kick their arses into shape and put the passion back into them. A year ago I would have thrown up at the thought of Sam Allardyce managing my beloved club but we are now in a position where he may be what we need.

I hope Randy has got his finger on the pulse of the club and he will know more than anyone if Houllier has lost the dressing room. If he has, then he must go now so a new man can come in and buy who he wants in the transfer window.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #364 on: December 28, 2010, 07:27:57 PM »
I am genuinely fecked on this one.  I just don't know who I want or what I want.  I am shit scared to be honest, we are in such disarray.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #365 on: December 28, 2010, 07:28:19 PM »
He must go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No. I might be turning into the next Chris Smith (that's a joke, Chris) but I firmly believe that he needs time.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #366 on: December 28, 2010, 07:28:33 PM »
He has to stay. We cannot judge him on games against Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs etc. We all sound so fickle, judge him when he has played teams at all levels of the Premier League with his full strength full match fit team.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #367 on: December 28, 2010, 07:29:25 PM »
He's clueless, he's without passion and he's taking us down.  Get him gone.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #368 on: December 28, 2010, 07:29:35 PM »
Colin Wanker would sort us out short term.

The very fact I've even considered such a thing tells it's own story.

Who's Colin Wanker?

The anagram of Neil Warnock.

I remember the first time a Bury fan told me that - around the time he was still manager at Gigg Lane and appeared on TV wearing a Sheff Utd tie - I nearly pissed myself.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #369 on: December 28, 2010, 07:30:56 PM »
Colin Wanker would sort us out short term.

The very fact I've even considered such a thing tells it's own story.

Who's Colin Wanker?
Neil Warnock

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #370 on: December 28, 2010, 07:31:21 PM »
Steve Fucking McLaren, surely it hasn't come to this

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #371 on: December 28, 2010, 07:32:14 PM »
No. I might be turning into the next Chris Smith (that's a joke, Chris) but I firmly believe that he needs time.

Give him 6 months in Winson Green then, just keep him away from the dressing room.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #372 on: December 28, 2010, 07:32:33 PM »
Seriously, Alex McLeish would turn us into a fighting team. He'd keep us up.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #373 on: December 28, 2010, 07:32:53 PM »
Neil Warnock? No thanks.

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Re: Gerard Houllier
« Reply #374 on: December 28, 2010, 07:32:57 PM »
Martin Jol all day long. 

 


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