Liverpool FC Forum

[The_Rock]

During the last 5 minutes of the match against pompey, a close up of houllier was shown, and i am pretty sure that i saw tears in his eyes. He was crying .........  I have critcised him so much but he really seems to care a lot about liverpool.  I can't say that much about his signing though who are digging his grave.

But the reality is that he has to go......or he has to stop picking his lackeys. We missed diouf (he could have been our cutting edge). We missed murphy (ok, we missed his penalty taking skills). But he still picks heskey..... why .....the **** ?

He just have to pick the best 11 on their playing ability not on who is the most loyal to him. Anyway, this loss does not hurt so much as i am pretty much sure we will not beat arsenal (certainly not on this form) in the next round. So can focus on Uefa cup and 4th placing if anything is to be salvaged this season.

Its time to build for next season. Its time to get rid of dead weight.

a)Owen - has to go. He is turning into a liability. Our whole system of play is catered around him. And the system sucks. Should sell him before he loses his pace.
b)Hyppia - although he did ok today, he seems to have lost it. He is so slow, he makes the other defenders look bad. He was the best defender a few seasons ago. Now he is not even the top 5 or 10 defender in the premeirship.
c)Heskey - Enuff said.

And as for houllier, he cares about liverpool, but that is not enuff. Bye houllier, Thanks for the treble, I will never forget that season, but it is time to move on.

ps : If wolves go down, we should buy alex rae. He could be our Gary Mac next season.

[Supermarius]

here here!

[82-1074641017]

He doesnt care about Liverpool, if he did he would have resigned a long time ago.

Roberts

[THEBARON]

I do believe that he cares for the club but is too stubborn to realise that he is not the right man to take us forward.
I think he desperately wanted to be the man to restore us to our greatness when he took charge and I think his warmth and affection for the club and city was genuine. Once he was in single charge and with his selected players his tactics were pretty clear, a strong defence and counter attacking. His first full season saw us reach 4th with the best defence to boot.
I think that the success of the following season overwhelmed him and gave him a greatly inflated view of his own managerial skills. The Treble wasn't part of his 4 year plan and may have changed his outlook and planning.
Then  we had his illness. His recovery and gradual return to work was without question warmly received by the supporters and city. When we finished 2nd to Arsenal ( and above the mancs ) with our best league season in years his position looked untouchable.
Unfortunately  things have gone pear shaped since save for a cup win against the mancs and an unbeaten run at the start of last season.
Baffling tactical substititions , playing players out of position , keeping faith with certain favourites , an early exit from the champions league , a home cup defeat to a lower league team with only 10 players , losing to a Scottish team over 2 legs for the first time, going 11 league games without a win ..... this was the reality of last season.
This season has seen us getting knocked out of both domestic cups before the quarter final stage , one of them at home ; we have never been in any realistic contention for the league and are facing a major job in trying to make the top 4.
There has to be no room for sentiment. I don't expect Houllier to quit so the board must act!

[Puddy Heskey]

I know hindsight is useless.But he should have spent that 100 million on maybe 3 or 4 players.Big players.GOOD PLAYERS the average female soccer hater has heard of.He made maybe 2 good signings i would have said.But now im not even sure of that.Even with the sh##e there we have a team that could do well if the chance just went in.We really need to use the wings more.

[Thor Viking]

The Rock : don`t even think about signing Alex Rae ! And Wolves don`t go down ! They have 6 matches at home - thats 18points !   

[Owzat]

He doesnt care about Liverpool, if he did he would have resigned a long time ago.

Roberts

You could say the same for the board for not getting rid of Houllier sooner (one way or another)

[REDTILLDEAD]

if gh cared enough... he would resign!!

[supersub]

spot on Baron

[greenred]

was he crying for the club or for himself?I know what I think.

[jedwards]

GH should go now and the club should sell Owen, they should cash in on him, and use the money wisley, it's about time the club should turn to bring back John Toshack to manage the team.

[supersub]

Interesting you mention Tosh,because he's spending more and more time in the media spotlight.......