JohnBull wrote:The reason we won so much in the 70s & 80s was because a system had been developed by Shanks and Paisley.
There were improvements to the basic system but it worked and was copied by every successful team in Europe.
Things started to go wrong when the smart-****** came in and thought that they knew better - that they could change the system and go for the total football of Brazil or Ajax or whatever.
Shanks knew that apart from being a simple game, most footballers are simple anyway. Keeping the gameplan simple makes sense. Don't give them anything to think about - just give them a job to do and stick to it!
John Bull are you so determined to get the last word in ? you blatantly overlook
Obvious signs that the argument is closed ,Leon’s post being the opportune moment to
Put this debate to bed ,we are all entitled to our differing opinions however debatable they may seem , but yours are just bordering on ludicrous, to call Houllier Le prique is hateful and malicious and doesn’t warrant any space on this forum, in fact some of the vile names Houllier has been described as would be better suited to mass murderers and rapists ,