Gerard Houllier

[Villa'Zawg]

Dalglish, who has taken over at Liverpool a decade after he left his last managerial position, at Celtic, will presumably know all about the differences having seen Roy Hodgson, his predecessor, given only half a season to try and put his stamp on the side, but nevertheless Houllier has told him that he will have little time to assert himself and that even to lose one game plunges the club into crisis mode.

“I think that Kenny will see a change. Many things have changed, not only the press. They are more numerous, but there are other things. It is more difficult. There is no time for patience now. No time for time. If you lose a game there is a crisis, and a crisis can affect the players.”

That might be the case with Liverpool but in fact, Gerard, not all clubs and owners have lost the virtue of patience.

Indeed, the Frenchman has taken a team which, minus James Milner, finished in the top six for four years running, into the relegation zone for the first time since 2003, and yet his owner Randy Lerner continues to give his support – even when supporters called for Houllier’s head and players undermine him – although Houllier continues to contest suggestions his relationship with certain players is strained.

Houllier explained, for example, that Robert Pires’ revelations about the Villa dressing room being “strained” and “highly charged” were ramped up by the media.

“He was taken out of context,” Houllier said. “He came to see me and said he had told the radio he was unhappy not to play. I told him that I am glad he is not happy not to play. If he was happy, he would not deserve to be on the bench.”

The Telegraph - Clicky

[VillaAlways]

You think that they could have printed the correct result !!

[JUAN PABLO]

You think that they could have printed the correct result !!

that just proves how much the media get things wrong and how much bullshit they make up..

[Risso]

He was taken out of context,” Houllier said. “He came to see me and said he had told the radio he was unhappy not to play. I told him that I am glad he is not happy not to play. If he was happy, he would not deserve to be on the bench.”

I don't care if he's a manic depressive and suicidal; or comes out having necked three E's and a load of Prozac, he doesn't deserve to be in the squad because he is old and shit.

[koreanmeatballs]

Might as well dig this up.

If he has failed in his attempt at signing J2M after flying out there to meet him, before a huge game for us then it is almost laughable. Just how shit was that sales pitch?

This couldn't have inspired much confidence with Randy.

Lose against them and I reckon that he will be gone by 6pm Monday.

[Legion]

He won't be.

[rutski]

i dont think he will be gone either, and many on here need to grow up and support the lads instead of bitching continually. Ged will be here for a good while yet!

[koreanmeatballs]

We lose to them, the abuse he is going to get come the Man City game, especially if they go one or two up will be awful. I think it's fair to say from polls on certain sites and chants at certain games he has already lost a good chunk of the fans.

I don't think Randy will want to watch his investment implode.

[Legion]

If we win?

[koreanmeatballs]

He probably gets to the Wigan game, if he fucks that up then the crowd will turn again.

Fickle I must admit but his truly awful PR and general management so far has ensured this. He needs to pull a few players out of the bag and go on a bloody good run sometime soon to repair the damage (polls on certain web sites and chants at certain games show the damage done.)               

[Lowendbehold]

David James' column in The Observer today about managers (and Houllier & Grant specifically) worth a read:

http://bit.ly/h9EYxy

Really good read there.

Abit worrying though, he seems to indicate that Houllier has always had a problem with player disliking him.

He also has the opinion that success early in the managers tenure usually means you have time when things get abit rough. Houllier is on thin ice then Jamo!

Does anyone seriously think any of the Man U players would want to go out to dinner with Ferguson?

[ROBBO]

Some posters just do not get it. Houllier is here to get Lerners dream back on track and that is going to incur a lot of pain. I can imagine after his first few weeks Lerner asking him what he thought of his very expensive squad and Gerard replying shit m'lord.

[KevinGage]

Lerner might well have had an expansive, root and branch overhaul of the playing staff and coaching methods lined up, content enough that safety wouldn't even be an issue this season.

But at a certain point pragmatism has to kick in. I'm not sure what the tipping point for them is, but I'd imagine anything less than four points from the next three games would make GH's job virtually untenable.

Unless Lerner favours the finger in the ear 'I'm not listening' approach to business, and I doubt that.

[Brend'Watkins]

£18 million on Bent, £6million on Makoun suggests to me that Randy is backing Houllier.  he's here for the rest of the season so let's get behind him.

[PaulWinch again]

I think he'll be here a good deal longer than the end of the season, he is being backed by the board and needs to be backed by the fans.