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by **Dalglish** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:25 am

O'neils the main man then on the basis that he gets "fired" up ?

So its going to be a toss up between him and Strachan ....thats if the bomb squad manage to deuse either of them before the interview .....

My choice ...... Alan Curbishley

by **daddyo** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:37 am

Dalglish wrote:O'neils the main man then on the basis that he gets "fired" up ? So its going to be a toss up between him and Strachan ....thats if the bomb squad manage to deuse either of them before the interview .....

My choice ...... Alan Curbishley

Why? What does he have that Houllier does not?

by **JohnBull** » Sat May 22, 2004 9:58 am

Two things - something between his ears & something between his legs

by **SantaGiveHoullierTheSack** » Sat May 22, 2004 5:49 pm

Well said...

by **lakes10** » Sat May 22, 2004 8:36 pm

hi i am new to this site but do you all Martin O’Neill would be the right man for us anway

by **JBG** » Sat May 22, 2004 9:34 pm

The main rumours I have heard are Alan Curbishley and Steve McLaren.

Personally I don't think either guys are up to the job.

McLaren gets praised to the high heavens by the likes of Alex Ferguson and Sven Goran Erickson but frankly his results don't particularly reflect his reputation.

Curbishley has done a wonderful job but I get the feeling that he is the kind of guy that thrives at a smaller club but would be overwhelmed at the likes of Liverpool.

I could see both guys doing ok for us but ultimately we would do no more than thread water under Curbishley or McLaren.

My choices are O' Neill and Mourinho: either of would be great.

I don't think the Mourinho Chelsea deal is done yet and I can see Chelsea being a disaster in the long term under Abramovich as he will interfere too much in first team affairs and transfer policy and will go through coaches faster than Jesus Gill. Chelsea could be Inter Milan all over again.

I think the Chelsea job could be a disaster for Mourinho if it didn't work out and he'll have noticed how Ranieri was treated.

I think Otmar Heitzfeld would be a better option for Chelsea at the moment as he is hugely experienced and is used to interference from above from his days at Bayern.

Fingers crossed we'll get Mourinho and let Chelsea have Heitzfeld!!

by **mistyred** » Sat May 22, 2004 9:40 pm

What about after euro 2004? Big phill scolari?.

by **JohnBull** » Sun May 23, 2004 1:24 pm

It has become routine in football that at the end of each season there's a massive clear out and a massive ship-in.
The loser in this is consistency of spirit and style and this doesn't matter too much on the continent where teams are unrecognisable from one season to another.
In the English league the most successful club EVER and the also-rans like the mancs,Leeds,Forest under Clough,Gooners etc were all based on consistency of the playing staff with just one or two additions coming in a season and keeping the winning style.
It's the English way and it works. Fergie got a bit carried away over the past couple of seasons and seemed to think he was infallible, made big changes and FA Cup or no FA Cup they are losing the plot and will find it very hard to get back to where they were.
We need to establish a style again and this is where I fell out of favour with Houllier who, despite all his claims, showed no sign of having a final picture he wanted to achieve. When the going got tough we kept looking like a rudderless ship and in typical continental fashion he chopped and changed , more in hope than judgement.
The revolution will take 4 or 5 years and be it under Curbs/O'Neil/McClaren or whoever, it must be done in the traditional ways and I do not think that there is a foriegn manager capable of doing it at Anfield.
WE taught them the modern game and they've little to teach us now!

by **greenred** » Sun May 23, 2004 4:16 pm

Yeah,them johnny foreigners know nowt.That Wenger bloke is useless.

by **anfieldadorer** » Mon May 24, 2004 5:22 am

May 24, 2004

Benitez's agent Manuel Garcia Quilon told BBC Sport: "Nobody from Liverpool has been in contact with him."

Did he say: "Not a chance!" or "Come and grab me, quick!"?

by **banana** » Mon May 24, 2004 11:02 am

Johnbull you are full of ******. The times when english teams were brits only and when all team were managed by brits are over. Talent does not have nationality or boundaries. Talent is everywhere. If you limit the search for talent to britain you also have to lower your ambitions for this club.

by **JohnBull** » Mon May 24, 2004 5:22 pm

If you were to go down to the Academy and have a look at the potential there you could see what I'm talking about.
There are kids there better than the ****** being brought in just to keep the idiots like you happy. The future must be built on homegrown talent who are playing for more than their wages.

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