In defence of Houllier

[dave.woodhall]

And a defender scored his first goal for years. Of course, we might not have been in that position had a certain forward not scooped the ball over from eighteen inches (approx) then got sent off.

[TheSandman]

And been our best player before hand.

[dave.woodhall]

And been our best player before hand.

Which makes it even more infuriating.

[tarzansbrother]

And a defender scored his first goal for years. Of course, we might not have been in that position had a certain forward not scooped the ball over from eighteen inches (approx) then got sent off.

Heskey was brilliant and not only missed a sitter but let us down by being sent off. It was was up to our manager to show his metal after that and he showed nothing. Albrighton,Fonz etc there where lots of changes that could have happened. I travel tomorrow to Sheffield with little hope but will still enjoy it.

[dave.woodhall]

I agree that he should have brought someone on after they scored. But in the last minutes it doesn't matter who's up front because they all have an equal chance of scoring. Except possibly Tony Cascarino.

[imull43]

The problem is we expect him to sort this mess out in 3 months?? Dunn was playing rubbish so he got droped which we all agreed with then 3 weeks later everyone has a go at GH for not playing him???

[SashasGrandad]

Yeah and he played Ashley Young as Centre half for the last 10 minutes against Sunderland.

And at one point Barry Bannan was alongside him!

[tarzansbrother]

For me the title of this thread says it all. People continue to defend Houllier looking at his previous track record which is good but happens to be years ago. He is old and has health issues, oh and half the squad dont want to play for him. For me a young vibrant manager like Lambert would shake these over paid wankers up and give new ideas. He would be on half the wage as well something our owner would approve of.

[dave.woodhall]

There are several reasons to defend the manager apart from his record - finding a replacement being the biggest. I'd also love to know why Randy has gone from philanthropist to supposed miser.

[Risso]

There are several reasons to defend the manager apart from his record - finding a replacement being the biggest. I'd also love to know why Randy has gone from philanthropist to supposed miser.

So would I.

[tarzansbrother]

There are several reasons to defend the manager apart from his record - finding a replacement being the biggest. I'd also love to know why Randy has gone from philanthropist to supposed miser.

Paying Players who have hardly played £40k a week can be the only reason. Something which Lerner let our previous manager do.

[dave.woodhall]

There are several reasons to defend the manager apart from his record - finding a replacement being the biggest. I'd also love to know why Randy has gone from philanthropist to supposed miser.

Paying Players who have hardly played £40k a week can be the only reason. Something which Lerner let our previous manager do.

The optimum word being 'supposed.' There's this perceived idea that he doesn't want to spend/wants to get money back. There's as yet no proof of it.

[tarzansbrother]

There are several reasons to defend the manager apart from his record - finding a replacement being the biggest. I'd also love to know why Randy has gone from philanthropist to supposed miser.

Paying Players who have hardly played £40k a week can be the only reason. Something which Lerner let our previous manager do.

The optimum word being 'supposed.' There's this perceived idea that he doesn't want to spend/wants to get money back. There's as yet no proof of it.

The Curtis davies situation sums up where we are . Big fee aint playing for us, little return and rumours he cant play another game as his contract needs to be improved. Not Houlliers fault i accept.

[Risso]

Other than selling Milner.

[dave.woodhall]

The Curtis davies situation sums up where we are . Big fee aint playing for us, little return and rumours he cant play another game as his contract needs to be improved. Not Houlliers fault i accept.

Rumours that have been flatly denied on more than one occasion.