Nigel Reo Coker on Exit - “I didn’t know who was in charge.."

[Summers]

You don't see how respected he is? Or how incredibly knowledgeable he is on the subject of football?

Really?

He didn't re-invent the wheel with us, but his stature and knowledge are there to be seen.

[dave.woodhall]

We'll never know, which is why it will be debated for a long time.

[PeterWithesShin]

Had GH been able to stay and be reasonably backed by Randy I reckon it would have been interesting.
In part because there's nothing like signing a reasonably cheap young foreigner you've never heard of as you can dream that they will be the next superstar. Whereas you sign the likes of Hutton, Stone, Merson, McCann, Collins etc (i've tried to be fair and cover a few of our managers!) you pretty much know exactly what you're going to get.

[Holte L2]

Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers are leading the race to sign Barcelona starlet Oriol Romeu.
 The Catalan giants want to tie him to a new deal well before his current contract comes to an end in 2012.

However, his impressive performances in the holding role for Barcelona B have attracted widespread interest.


December 2010   .

p.s at least Houlier was trying to get some decent players in . 

You forgot to quote your source. A quick Google reveals it to have been the Daily Mail and nowhere else. Nothing to see here.

Would of loved to have seen what Houllier would of done for Aston Villa. Really think he could of took us to another level. His knowledge of players all over europe is impeccable and he was highly respected .......

Just like his knowledge of Jean Makoun?

[Shrek]

Makoun should be in our midfield now.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Makoun should be in our midfield now.

I like him but he doesn't/can't tackle. Where would he fit into our midfield?

[Chris Smith]

Makoun should be in our midfield now.

I agree he'd be perfect now, just not on match days.

[Dave]

Makoun should be in our midfield now.

I like him but he doesn't/can't tackle. Where would he fit into our midfield?

He's also good at passing, which is more likely the reason that he doesn't fit into our current midfield.

[Clampy]

Makoun should be in our midfield now.

I agree he'd be perfect now, just not on match days.

I'd say the same about Warnock.

[pauliewalnuts]

Had GH been able to stay and be reasonably backed by Randy I reckon it would have been interesting.

Certainly more interesting than it is nowadays. And I say that as one who was never enamoured by Houllier, it's just that, 15 games into this season, looking back, he was like Pep Guardiola.

[SoccerHQ]

Can't see why McLeish is being blamed, we released NRC on June 1st and didn't appoint McLeish until two weeks later.

If NRC had really wanted to stay with us, he'd have signed the deal offered when he was playing well early on under GH.

It's not like he got anything better from moving on either.

[Shrek]

Can't see why McLeish is being blamed, we released NRC on June 1st and didn't appoint McLeish until two weeks later.

If NRC had really wanted to stay with us, he'd have signed the deal offered when he was playing well early on under GH.

It's not like he got anything better from moving on either.

The piece says Mcleish decided not to keep him.

[Shoody]

GH should have stayed. He [apparently] enquired for Nacho (now at Spanish Man-City-alike Malaga) at Left Back.

He had already contacted Cabaye (as the player has said himself) for a possible move.

Amalfitano (now at Marseille), was shown around the club and Villa Park.

Sure we were linked with Stephane Ruffier who is a good keeper (34 matches, 13 clean sheets) now a St Etienne (concede I would prefer Given, but Ruffier would've been a good buy)

Delph looked promising in his stints at both midfield and Left back during Houllier's reign.

better football under Houllier too. We were crap. But it had and end-goal. Id rather be a shit Arsenal than a shit Stoke.

He was also linked with Adil Rami (joined Valencia), played Clark, played Baker, supposedly was going to get Gardner involved (obviously)  as well as one of the youngsters (cant remember if it was Graham or Grealish).

             Ruffier
New   Rami   Clark Nacho
              Petrov
       Cabaye   Makoun
Amal.                     Gabby
               Bent

Bench: Gardner, Albrighton, Bannan, Delph, Baker etc etc

Would have been vastly better than watching the tripe we play now. Having said that Gabby would not have been in the form he is in now and players like Ruffier and Amalfitano may have struggled to adapt..

But we bought british/proven in england players (Nzogbia and Hutton) and they have struggled to adapt too. It's swings and round-a-bouts but Houllier had me excited.

[SoccerHQ]

Can't see why McLeish is being blamed, we released NRC on June 1st and didn't appoint McLeish until two weeks later.

If NRC had really wanted to stay with us, he'd have signed the deal offered when he was playing well early on under GH.

It's not like he got anything better from moving on either.

The piece says Mcleish decided not to keep him.

That could be the article writer's interpretation of the situation and I believe he's wrong.

You might aswell blame McLeish for releasing Friedel, Carew, Salifou, Pires etc. then as they all were released on the same day as NRC.

[john2710]

NRC did nothing to warrant being paid £40k a week for 3 years, thought he was better than what he actually is & is now plying his trade at the mighty Bolton. A few decent performances at the end of the season didn't warrant him being offered a new contract.