Gerard Houllier

[brian green]

East that is why I said Lerners not Randy Lerner.   He did inherit the money and has used it well but most importantly his father must have taught him the value of a dollar and not to fritter the family fortune away.   As for Uncle Doug the biggest financial killing he ever made was selling us the shares in Villa.   What did we pay?   Was it eleven quid?  The cheque I got for my shares was so derisory it remains pinned on my study wall.   My son never bothered to open the envelope with his in.

As for my point about KMac I agree that we did look shambolic at times during the handful of games he took charge of but at least with Kevin you knew he was learning the ropes and his managerial skills would improve.   As for this incumbent he was supposed to be the finished article and as has been posted many times in the Houllier thread he has shown us nothing whatsoever and blundered from one catastophic cock up to another.   Oh, and we paid twelve million for the man from Allo Allo.

[eastie]

Hughton was jols assistant at spurs- offer jol the job with hughton as number2 on a 3 yr contract and we might be in business but randy is far too much of a ditherer to do something like that.

[WikiVilla]

My biggest fear is that regardless of performances and results, the board are going to stick with Houllier & McAllister even if it means going down

[jonzy85]

The more this season goes on the more I cant help seeing the similarities between us and Newcastle when they went down.

Houllier and Joe Kinnear both past their sell by date. However, the squads are similar in that they should be far too good to go down.

Throw in the fact that there isnt the customary bottom of the table for the season team a la Derby, Watford, Pompey etc. this season, means that there are 3 relegation positions very much up for grabs.

Also all of the teams around us seem to be able to get the odd very good win, like Wolves last night, whereas the only 2 good results that stand out under GH are draws V Man Utd and Chelsea. When you consider how bad both teams were when we played them, perhaps we even got a little too carried away by those results.

Getting very worried...especially as we arent even being linked with players where we would have to spend some money.

[eastie]

Take your points brian but we can't afford to have a manager who is learning like kmac- we need someone to come in now with experience but also a man manager- I d go for jol with hughton as his number 2 like at spurs but I do think big Sam would keep us up , just wouldn't be nice to watch- jols teams play good football .

[N'ZMAV]

I might not want Allardyce, but I want us to be in the Premier League next season, and Allardyce would give us more chance of that than Houllier.

[eastie]

I don't think allardyce would come on a 4 month contract though- he would surely want at least 2 years.

[N'ZMAV]

as would I.

[badluckeric(gates)]

Never thought i'd say this but in the current situation the answer is Allardyce. My god did I just say that?

[mallo]

Hodgson might become available but I think we need a quick fix and Allardyce would keep us up - then get someone decent in for next year. This is incredibly depressing. Unfortunately I just can't see Randy pulling the trigger.

[WikiVilla]

Allardyce is certainly NOT the answer

[paulcomben]

Allardyce is definitely not the right man. Hodgson will be available before the SHA match.

[Olneythelonely]

He wants Allardayce, easy to say when you dont have to pay to watch his fucking teams play. Not that the last ten minutes were much different.

Ooh get you Mr Betterfanthanyow.  I don't "want" Allardyce, I just think that as a caretaker boss until the end of the season he'd be a much better bet than Houllier.

I'm trying to think of what would be worse, having that fat twat as manager or being in the Championship. I certainly don't want to watch that type of football every week.

[PeterWithe]

He wants Allardayce, easy to say when you dont have to pay to watch his fucking teams play. Not that the last ten minutes were much different.

Ooh get you Mr Betterfanthanyow.  I don't "want" Allardyce, I just think that as a caretaker boss until the end of the season he'd be a much better bet than Houllier.

On reflection that does sound a bit arsey, apologies. Still you do want him and I think that would be a mistake, he'd want £20m to bring in more players who may not be wanted by the bloke we appoint in the summer.

I think Kmac can get 20-25 points out of this team despite taking some drubbings on the way, and then we can have a clear out of the treacherous fuckers in the summer.

[eastie]

I think kmac would have no chance of keeping us up, houllier has a slim chance with these players-randy must be concerned that the gates are dropping fast and the fans will stay away when such abysmal displays are given.