Gerard's gaffes

[Chris Smith]

The sermon pieces are just killing us. They need to be on the pitch at Bodymoor practising their sermons until they're sick of them.

You're preaching to the converted here.

[Salsa Party Animal]

GH should hire from  Martin Laursen, Dion Dublin and Sami Hyypia to work on our defence (and help out our attack Dublin)

[eastie]

Mr houllier is taking the players away to improve spirit- they are going paintballing followed by a trip to watch spurs v ac Milan - according to today's paper.

[VillaAlways]

Mr houllier is taking the players away to improve spirit- they are going paintballing followed by a trip to watch spurs v ac Milan - according to today's paper.

That has made me feel very depressed

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Mr houllier is taking the players away to improve spirit- they are going paintballing followed by a trip to watch spurs v ac Milan - according to today's paper.

That has made me feel very depressed

I know.

Emile Heskey taking never ending shots at a gargantuan Richard Dunne. And missing by a mile.

[eastie]

Who will shoot gh and Gary mac 1st I wonder?


Gerard Houllier is taking his under-pressure Aston Villa squad away on a morale-boosting bonding trip.

Villa have suffered back-to-back losses, crashing out of the FA Cup at Manchester City and losing at Bolton in the Premier League.

The 3-2 defeat at The Reebok Stadium, where Ashley Young had a penalty saved when Houllier's men were leading 2-1, has left Villa in relegation danger once more.

So boss Houllier is organising a midweek trip to a hotel and spa, where the players can enjoy activities such as paint-balling.


Houllier has also arranged for his squad to watch tomorrow's Spurs-AC Milan game on TV.

Former Lyon manager Houllier, 63, is a big fan of Champions League matches and hopes the game will inspire his squad.

Villa's next match is a huge derby at home to fellow top-flight strugglers Wolves on March 19.

Houllier's men are in a need of a tonic after star winger Marc Albrighton admitted the Bolton defeat left Villa "all devastated".

"The boys can't believe we lost the game," he said. "We had chances to win two or three games.

"We can't really understand how we didn't get the three points. I still can't get my head around the fact we didn't win the game, let alone draw it."



Read more: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Gerard-Houllier-is-taking-his-under-pressure-Aston-Villa-squad-away-on-a-morale-boosting-bonding-trip-as-the-spectre-of-relegation-begins-to-loom-again-article7116

[luke25]

GH should hire from  Martin Laursen to work on our defence

A thousand Yes's

[Risso]

Houllier should employ [insert name of former defender] to coach the defenders, and [insert name of former striker] to coach the forwards.

Inclination or ability to do the job apparently unimportant.

[MoetVillan]

paintballing?  I can see a comedy accident looming up, in a PJ and Duncan Biker Grove stylee.  Just our frigging luck.

[Percy McCarthy]

Houllier should employ [insert name of former defender] to coach the defenders, and [insert name of former striker] to coach the forwards.

Inclination or ability to do the job apparently unimportant.

God help us if it's Steve Simms and Simon Stainrod.

[garyshawsknee]

Destroy all applications made by a B.Gallagher and G.Penrice.

[ColinMac]

An FA Cup QF place would have done wonders for team morale.

[Chris Smith]

Mr houllier is taking the players away to improve spirit- they are going paintballing followed by a trip to watch spurs v ac Milan - according to today's paper.

That has made me feel very depressed

Perhaps you need a short break, I know just the place they have a spa and you can go paint balling.

[Shrek]

Id hire Martin Laursen straight away, he loves the club aswell which can only help.

Does anybody know if West Ham have improved defensively since Wally Downes arrived?

[TheSandman]

An FA Cup QF place would have done wonders for team morale.

Had that happened I doubt we'd be having this discussion too. Possibly even if we lost with a full strength team.