Gerard Houllier 'I Like Liverpool' Gaff?

This is a transition season for you and playing your youngsters now where MON wouldnt will in the long term be a great thing for Villa. However the thing i find puzzling last night about Villa is the fact that you seem to be playing every single youngster possible except your best one - Delfouneso

yeah i'm kina with huddersfield. the fonz needs consecutive starts.

Oh and yes I did make the journey and wasted 10 hours of my life, a tank of petrol and the price of two tickets to boot ! £180 refund ? " I like Liverpool" my backside, total idiot.

Maybe now everyone including Randy will see what a great job MON did? Did we lose against the Blues? What was the last score at Liverpool? That comment has made me really really really reeeeeeeeaaaaalllly mad, can't always be Mr Niceguy GH!! Friends off the pitch who cares!! We cross that line and it's war for 90mins, that's how we do it at Villa mate

People talk about Houllier's words being put in context. Sadly, the context is that he's been talking about his love for Liverpool since he arrived. He feels he has been wronged because Benitez got the glory for Istanbul and he is on an agenda to cement what he sees as his true legacy at Liverpool. The man is using Villa. FFS Randy - sack him NOW !

Comments like this are a disgrace to our football club. We showed no fighting spirit last night and were outplayed by an average Liverpool team missing their 3 best players. It's just unacceptable I'm afraid and it does make you wonder whether he is just using us to fulfull his own personal agenda with Liverpool. All Villa fans were baffled by his appointment and this is how he tries to endeer himself? Au revoire back to France now!

Totally agree with the article. A foolish thing to say at the best of times.

Of course I read them, I approve them after I post lol

It's the counter point to him doing a great job, which he didn't, because he repeated the same mistakes - what it boils down to is Monny was great for half a season and woeful for the second half. Nothing to do with how he left.

And I know I'm saying this more tongue in cheek, but maybe Houllier is having Monny's second half of the season first to get it out the way.

It also conveniently ignores the fact he'd long lost the team as evidenced in pre season and yet again, another end of last season when we fell away oh so expectedly, so this season would've been a nightmare anyway even if O'Neill had stayed. Granted we'd probably have picked up an extra draw or so by now, but the Monny party was over and it bugs me when people think it would've been much, if any, different.

Now if he'd only send the CHQ's to the right house, must work on that PMSL

Much appreciated mate, I'll email you lol

First mistake though, I'm comparing and contrasting, and was responding to the 'great' comment, which clearly and impartially is Monny's first half of a season was good, the second half less than satisfactory. So tongue in cheek or not, suggesting Houllier has reversed our overall season form or whether due to the problems we had prior to the last manager leaving - if we judge from the mood in the camp and pre season performances - whether Monny staying would've seen much difference when you factor in injuries (many running from pre season and not down to the training as blamed) , has merit in the debate and has no basis in my thoughts on either manager.

Add to that, I don't believe I've actually expressed my opinion on whether Houllier should've been appointed, should stay appointed either due to results or his comments after the match last night (I'm actually that biased that Houllie is the Messiah and Monny was a naughty boy that I was the first to point his daft comment out on the forum).

As for the comments themselves, if you check out the full report as linked you can see the context, hence why I described it as daft. Admittedly I don't think it would've had less of an impact if he'd have added 'as opposed to losing to Blues because I don't like them' on the end, but all managers are on a slippery slope when perceived to disrespect the fans. As said last night, and repeated above, however an innocent comment he is damned, will he recover from it? Certainly not if we aren't convincing in the next few matches, but quite possibly not even if we are...as this sort of thing isn't forgiven or forgotten. It may not be a patch on the comments on DOL or MON when attacking fans and twisting things, but you only need look at the forums to see it's had a completely undesired effect as many of those prepared to give Houllie time to work with the team and make changes when possible in the transfer window have pulled their support.

Any better for you? lol

If he's to go it has to be based on the results so far, although I still think he'll turn it round with time. He shouldn't however go for a daft comment. Either way, he wasn't in my top 20 even once his name was entered into the hat so if he stays I think he'll turn us round, do a lot of good long term BUT I don't see him breaking the ceiling like O'Neill couldn't. If he goes hopefully we'll get the long term appointment most of us seemed to want, and we can rebuild properly. I'm not going to cry either way. For me he hasn't had long enough to be judged properly, but I wouldn't miss him if he left.

Might still be on the fence for you, but it's how I feel - I also don't think with the anger around his comments and behaviour last night he'll recover from this with the fans, he's lost too many before he really got going.

Also been a decent chat on the forum about the PR aspect, club are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Seems they've gone for don't address it which I think is a mistake, and I'm not looking forward to Albion.

JF why didn't I get a helicopter?