Gerard Houllier

[Jimbo]

Holt's piece is astoundingly naive and simplistic. I'm struggling to believe any editor would let that fly. Even for The Mirror.

[The Situation]

Ignore whatever Oliver Holt has to say - he's a Man City fan.

[Greg N'Ash]

ah come on they know its bollocks. Just trying to sell papers. probobly comes with a villa badge split down the middle to denote a crisis

[Californian Villain]

Ignore whatever Oliver Holt has to say - he's a Man City fan.

Holt is also big mates with MON - his piece is just the latest in a line of "MON was great and Villa were lucky to have him" style propaganda.

[Dave]

Quite. i'm also pretty sure we've spent as much as any club in the premier since GH was appointed

I hope that this is tongue in cheek, considering no club has spent anything since Houllier was appointed.

It it's not then I part company with Greg's mentalism here and now.

[Greg N'Ash]

Quite. i'm also pretty sure we've spent as much as any club in the premier since GH was appointed

I hope that this is tongue in cheek, considering no club has spent anything since Houllier was appointed.

It it's not then I part company with Greg's mentalism here and now.

tongue very much in cheek. what do you take me for?

[Dave]

Quite. i'm also pretty sure we've spent as much as any club in the premier since GH was appointed

I hope that this is tongue in cheek, considering no club has spent anything since Houllier was appointed.

It it's not then I part company with Greg's mentalism here and now.

tongue very much in cheek. what do you take me for?

Fair's fair Greg, you do have a considerable history for rather "out there" viewpoints. The above post made seriously wouldn't even make it into your Top 100 craziest posts.

[Greg N'Ash]

*refers honourable member to signature*

[Brian Taylor]

The desire to be rid of Houllier is bloodlust. He is a nice guy and Randy engaged him on positive merits in his character as much as past achievements.
Nice guy and past performance is obviously not good enough for the rank and file in these dreadful economic times. Instant success or call the tumbril is the order of day.
If he#s invited out at this stage it is truely madness on Randy and co's part. If he leaves I could almost understand it. Overall he needs a year to sort matters after the state they were left in. The old squad members have mixed affiliations as Carew in particular demonstrates. Maybe Pires is sapping his authority and influence? Something is amiss in the state of Denmark for sure.
We gave Houllier the invitation. If he had any sense he merely took a sabbatical from his job with the French FA and can always go back to it.
Incipient madness is creeping into football and life in general reflects it.
What we need is a good War to put the thinking straight and get matters into a proper perspective.

[taylorsworkrate]

The desire to be rid of Houllier is bloodlust. He is a nice guy and Randy engaged him on positive merits in his character as much as past achievements.
Nice guy and past performance is obviously not good enough for the rank and file in these dreadful economic times. Instant success or call the tumbril is the order of day.
If he#s invited out at this stage it is truely madness on Randy and co's part. If he leaves I could almost understand it. Overall he needs a year to sort matters after the state they were left in. The old squad members have mixed affiliations as Carew in particular demonstrates. Maybe Pires is sapping his authority and influence? Something is amiss in the state of Denmark for sure.
We gave Houllier the invitation. If he had any sense he merely took a sabbatical from his job with the French FA and can always go back to it.
Incipient madness is creeping into football and life in general reflects it.
What we need is a good War to put the thinking straight and get matters into a proper perspective.

That would make sense if Houllier hadn't alienated half the dressing room and the vast majority of the fans.

[Brian Taylor]

I forgot the to add the Villa is above all normal considerations, of course.

The desire to be rid of Houllier is bloodlust. He is a nice guy and Randy engaged him on positive merits in his character as much as past achievements.
Nice guy and past performance is obviously not good enough for the rank and file in these dreadful economic times. Instant success or call the tumbril is the order of day.
If he#s invited out at this stage it is truely madness on Randy and co's part. If he leaves I could almost understand it. Overall he needs a year to sort matters after the state they were left in. The old squad members have mixed affiliations as Carew in particular demonstrates. Maybe Pires is sapping his authority and influence? Something is amiss in the state of Denmark for sure.
We gave Houllier the invitation. If he had any sense he merely took a sabbatical from his job with the French FA and can always go back to it.
Incipient madness is creeping into football and life in general reflects it.
What we need is a good War to put the thinking straight and get matters into a proper perspective.

That would make sense if Houllier hadn't alienated half the dressing room and the vast majority of the fans.

Yes. and he should have half of those out, if given the chance, to re-establish his authority and AV in the league.
There is a War going on..who will win? The players or the management? The players need to win on the park..

[Shrek]

No moaning about how unreliable the links are, I'm just the messenger.

http://astonvilla-views.com/2010/12/28/rumour-randy-has-asked-houllier-to-leave-avfc-houllierout/

[taylorsworkrate]

Don't know whether it means anything, but I can't find any online bookmakers quoting prices on Next manager to leave.

I tried to have £50 on Skybet at 4/1 earlier, but they only let me have £27.50
Now theres no odds. 

[Brian Taylor]

If he has gone it is a dreadful state of affairs.
Something more deeply wrong here. 
There will be no transfers in Jan, worth a damn, if he has departed.

[KevinGage]

Much as I enjoy your writing style (very HST if I may say so) I'd be far more concerned if supporters weren't  calling for GH's head at this point.

We can put our own players down more than most in the land, but this is no Dog & Duck XI, no dismal collection of journeyman pro's who could only hope to gain some sense of achievement or even a decent sequence of results by overachieving.

This is a team that finished 6th, 6th and 6th in one of the hardest leagues in the World - and possibly underachieved in doing that.

Now we're scrambling about with the likes of the Olbiyun, B-lose and other dross at the arse end of the table.

Something would be seriously, seriously remiss if Villa fans were in cruise control and actually felt this level of decline was acceptable.