yep houlier did his best and thats all he could do
but to b honest, i had my doubts when he was appointed whether he'd win the league and i was right, but i mean i think he won too much too soon, that season they finished 2nd i thought right he maybe could win the league but signing players when u see them in a world cup is not sensible as remember diouf this was his first world cup, so its something to play your ***** off for, definitely 2002 was the start of the demise, when he signed mediorce players and from then that was it