by azriahmad » Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:06 am
Houllier will still be around the next season just as sure as the fact that we will still be the same frustrated yet utterly loyal fans as we are today.
The irony of it is that Liverpool have been playing the same dour and defensive style of football during the Houllier era but where it has served Liverpool well during the early years of Houllier's reign, it has been severely inadequate in the recent years.
Stu keeps saying that Houllier is a good manager, perhaps he is but for me I am not convinced that he will ever deliver us the Premiership title. He may have laid a good foundation for the future development of young talents but that is what he is good at - building a good foundation, just as what he did for France - and he is not quite the man who can take the team to the summit.
The Liverpool board of directors are an incredibly patient and tolerant lot and they will never sack Houllier. If they collectively think that Houllier will eventually deliver while playing this dreadful defensive way, it just shows that they have little passion and understanding what the fans want. Not all defensive minded teams are utterly boring, AC Milan is one good example of how a defensive team can be successful but they are still a notch or two above Liverpool. As a long time fan for over 20 years, the present playing style is mediocrity personnified.
To all pro-Houllier fans, please just take this as an opinion of a frustrated long-time fan.