Bad Bob wrote:Good thread...it's fun to revisit the old debates sometimes!
No question, Houllier made some dubious transfer decisions in his time but Ciggy's list of good Houllier buys in the initial post (Hamman, Hyypia, Henchoz, Riise, Finnan, Kewell...and I'd add Dudek for his Istanbul heroics alone) got me thinking...
Who would you rather have in charge of the LFC transfer kitty, GH or Jose Mourinho? Think about it...who has Jose brought in over the last two years?
1) Carvalho (solid but not great as a defender, although he is a world-class w.anker...Gallas should be playing in the centre instead)
2) Ferreira (solid but not a world-beater...better than Johnson, though)
3) Del Horno (a feckin' joke! Bridge is better.)
4) Essien (has quality but has underperformed this season and the system doesn't get the best from him)
5) Maniche ( )
6) Jirosek ( )
7) SWP (paid silly money for a lad that rarely makes the bench, probably so his rivals wouldn't sign him...lunacy)
8) Drogba (infuriating but fairly effective, TBH...perhaps Jose's best signing)
I may have missed some but the point is that Jose's signings have not set the league alight. Indeed, were it not for the established quality in the side already (Terry, Galas, Cech, Lampard, Duff, Cole, Crespo, Gudjonssen, Makelele, Robben)...where the feck would Chelsea be now? The guy seems to be a good motivator and gets his team playing as a cohesive, hard-to-break-down unit, but his eye for talent in the transfer market has been appalling. He's lucky that Roman doesn't feel the financial pinch when his transfers fail.
Given the quality, longevity and ongoing importance of some of Houllier's buys (noted above)...I'd definitely give him a transfer kitty ahead of Jose!
stmichael wrote:just on the players who are out on loan, le tallec is suderlands top scorer this season....
with 5 goals
0asis wrote:I find it highly amusing that after two year of him leaving, some people still find it nessecary to bring up Ged's mistakes. The way hordes of Liverpool fans keep mentioning him (his bad points might I add) you'd think there was some sort of weird obsession with him. For your information Diarra wasn't a flop if you had seen him play you'd realise what a good player his is, obviously Ged never rated him and he left for Lens. And I believe Diouf was bought for £10million and then sold for £5million, correct me if I'm wrong.
You can blame Houllier for the financial state we are in now but if it wasn't ged it would of been someone else. And if the board cannot supply Benitez with suffiecent funds then they need to question there ability to supply for the future of the club and if they can't then sell up.
Yet another pointless discussion about Houllier which is high, wide & not at all handsome.
Houllier=LFC wrote:Is that Diarra the same person who is highly sought after in europe now?
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