Sack the Manager?

[oodman]

We went 1-0 down. And i hardly saw the prat get up off his seat and motivate the team. He is ruining our club :-(. We are a laughing stock

[eastie]

If randy doesnt act tomorrow then we are stuck with ged i fancy and the rest as they say is history.

[Des Little]

He's clueless and devoid of passion.  He would motivate me one bit and it's clear the same applies to the team.  He's going to take us down.

[Ethnic Tours]

Based on what? He's not been afraid of getting rid before has he?

Trouble is, it's all left to friend-to-everyone, but got no balls Faulkner.

[Pete3206]

Send for Trevor Brooking, maybe Alan Shearer?

Last minute appointments are disastrous, they never work. Like it or lump it, we've got to stick with what we have and see it through. Despite the abysmal performance yesterday, we have the quality to keep us up. Whether these players have the stomach for it, is a different matter.

Whatever happens, we'll hopefully see the back of Houllier and Cackallister at the end of the season. 

[eastie]

Pete, neither brooking or shearer had ever coached or managed before- of course they failed.

[Pete3206]

Pete, neither brooking or shearer had ever coached or managed before- of course they failed.

Good point. What experienced club manager would commit career suicide by taking on the Villa job at this stage?

[PeterWithesShin]

There is no point sacking him unless RL has someone lined up ready to take over immediately that he believes can do a better job of keeping us up than GH can. The pool of potential replacement managers at this stage of the season seems very slim pickings.

Who is actually out there to take over?  Realistically they have to be out of a job for us to approach them before sacking GH and have experience of a successful relegation fight.

[pauliewalnuts]

Slightly off tangent, but - if we stay up - I strongly fancy Houllier to be replaced by Moyes in the summer.

[Risso]

I just wonder if this two week break might have come at an inopportune time for Houllier.....

[pauliewalnuts]

I just wonder if this two week break might have come at an inopportune time for Houllier.....

If he's still here past Monday night, I reckon he's here till the end of the season.

As I said elsewhere, Randy should be franctically sounding out possible short-notice replacements now. I bet he isn't, though.

[brontebilly]

Slightly off tangent, but - if we stay up - I strongly fancy Houllier to be replaced by Moyes in the summer.

If we stayed up, in the summer we would have a pick of manager to choose from. Coyle, McLeish, Moyes, Hughes etc Just saved from relegation the only way we could go is up. Still a decent group of individual players there too.

But McClaren, Hughton and Allardyce are available now. Id prefer McClaren, his experience with England will have taught him humility plus his stint in Europe will have taught him a lot. Allardyce though would certainly save us from relegation even now and take us back to MON levels. Could his football be stomached long term - well Id prefer long ball at Old Trafford rather than pretty passing at Doncaster anyday. Hughton has previous with sorting out toxic dressing rooms and might accept the role with Houllier as technical director.

[cdbearsfan]

I'm not sure a short-term replacement is the way forward. If we want to attract a manager of sufficient calibre, we will need to back them long-term. Otherwise only the likes of Venables or Curbishley would bother.

[PeterWithesShin]

I just wonder if this two week break might have come at an inopportune time for Houllier.....

If he's still here past Monday night, I reckon he's here till the end of the season.

As I said elsewhere, Randy should be franctically sounding out possible short-notice replacements now. I bet he isn't, though.

Who though? I've tried thinking of who we could get at such short notice who would stand a good chance of keeping us up. When the best i've come up with is Allardyce I realised that replacing GH isn't as easy as just saying "sack him" (which is the side of the fence i'm leaning over).

[SteveD]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/beleaguered-houllier-receives-villa-backing-2247808.html

According to a senior boardroom source, he's going nowhere...

Given the protracted farce in appointing him in the first place, I have little confidence we could act and line up a replacement over the next two weeks in any case. We're in it together.