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[mrcool2003]

well clearly he was the wrong choice thats the whole thing about it

[LFC #1]

you weren't saying that whwn we won the treble, made the 1/4 finals of the CL and finsihed 2nd in the league.

yes he made mistakes in his last 2 seasons, tbh he made a lot particularly in the transfer market. but to just dismiss him as being ****** and should never have appointeed him is absolute garbage, show some respect.

And b4 one of you dipsticks starts saying you must be a Houllier fan, I was happy to see him go and bring in the change that was needed, but you still have to repsect the man a little for his exploits in turning us into a very good side from the spice boys he took over whwn he was appointes, unfortunatley the last 2 seasons were poor and he left us in a bit of a hol, but let's hope Rafa can bring us out of it.

[Woollyback]

you weren't saying that whwn we won the treble, made the 1/4 finals of the CL and finsihed 2nd in the league.

yes he made mistakes in his last 2 seasons, tbh he made a lot particularly in the transfer market. but to just dismiss him as being ****** and should never have appointeed him is absolute garbage, show some respect.

And b4 one of you dipsticks starts saying you must be a Houllier fan, I was happy to see him go and bring in the change that was needed, but you still have to repsect the man a little for his exploits in turning us into a very good side from the spice boys he took over whwn he was appointes, unfortunatley the last 2 seasons were poor and he left us in a bit of a hol, but let's hope Rafa can bring us out of it.

here here Scottie boy

[Alonso_Rulz]

terrible forum where everything keeps repeating the same thing! it suckss to tok abt GH

[The Ace1983]

Houllier was a great manager for us... until he went clinically insane. Yes he got us the treble, yes he got us to the q-finals of the CL, but he also ruined our squad, made terrible, terrible decisions and cost us our fine reputation. Lets look at some of the players he bought in (and I mentioned this the other day) and think about it. Cheyrou, Diarra, Vignal, Kvarme, Luzi, Diomede, le tallec, diao, diouf, biscan and many more. The only decent signings he ever made were Hyypia, Henchoz and Smicer. He bought Kewell and sucked the skill out of him, brought in Anelka and refused to play him, never formed a settled team and spent over £100m on the aformentioned trash. He relied solely on Owen upfront and decided that wingers were too adventurous for him. He was not only a bad manager, but a plague and curse that has left us struggling for forth. If Hansen or Lawrenson want someone to blame for Liverpool's decline, they need to look no further than the bug-eyed frenchman that I'll be happy if I never see again.

[bigmick]

This subject has been done to death on here guys. Overall I would side with the 'wasted years' camp, but if you are going to criticise then try and be a touch more fair. To talk about decent signings and not include Hamann, Finnan and Baros is delusional. He made some desperate errors of judgemant and I believe his reign was calamitous towards the end but I have been guilty myself of lack of respect towards a man who almost gave his life for the club. We have a new manager. Other people are entitled to discuss Houllier till the cows come home but for me at least, its time to walk on.

[Santa]

For me one of the saddest things is that when it comes to managers we always seem to talk about ,Shankly or Houlier with the occaisional reference to Dalgliesh,Souness and Evans and yet the greatest manager we ever had (IMO) hardly gets a mention .
Bob Paisley , Shanks may have laid the foundation but Bob built the House .

+1

[Santa]

Keeping Milan a distance 3rd choice was insane. We could see how (a shaven) Milan got fit and showed his promised from the 2nd season onwards, yet he presist with the donkey even when he is not producing. He was too afraid to drop Owen even when he was going through a bad spell. His team formation is so negative that we often see the team clinging on to a slim one goal lead against struggling oppositions (which explains his poor record against lower oppositions). He discourage creativity, play players out of position and thus many of them lost their form. We beat the likes of Barca and Roma by playing negative football. Although results goes our way, how many of us will be proud that we win with such tactics?

All being said, I would rather not talk about him on this forum if possible.

BTW. ATL is not a bad signing. I would give him a chance to impress. Judge him in a season or two...

[zarababe]

This thread is toilet, and everyone is dumping in it

so true.. is this another Roberts "sh*t" thread...   

[Sean]

I remember being at the Nou Camp for the 0-0 draw against Barcelona in the champions league in March 2002.  For the day and night of the match the most prominent sound in the city was of Liverpool fans singing "allez allez allez Gerard Houllier".  Indeed if Houllier had retired at that time because of poor health, I reckon he would now be remembered as a Liverpool legend.  It's goes to show how you can go from hero to villan in football very easily.

[Big Niall]

Funny that you think his best game was one when his team didn't even score - glory days?

Can't believe somebody mentioned smicer as a success, he's hardly the fine winger in the tradition of Heighway or Barnes is he?

If I hear one more guy saying "he gave his life for the club" - no he didn't. Nobody says that about souness.

[maximus]

just been thinking then, imagine if all houlliers signings became exceptionally good players and liverpool won the league with diao, diouf, biscan, cheroyu and all other players he signed.
we would owe houllier an apology

Just imagine your auntie had b@llocks, you would be calling her uncle!! What a stupid post   

[109-1105722616]

just been thinking then, imagine if all houlliers signings became exceptionally good players and liverpool won the league with diao, diouf, biscan, cheroyu and all other players he signed.
we would owe houllier an apology

Just imagine your auntie had b@llocks, you would be calling her uncle!! What a stupid post   

i was just messing about

[bigmick]

was just messing about

Just for a change like? Dapioneer.

[109-1105722616]

why dont you get the mods to change my name to that, that will make you well happy