There was something strange,that happened last Thursday,which I would like to comment on.
Half-time whistle blows and the score is Marseille 1 Liverpool 1;more importantly we have just had a player sent-off and we are down to 10 men.How and what is the manager Gerard Houllier going to say to his troops to rally them,re-organise them and generally lift them for the next 45 crucial minutes.............Any manager worth his salt would be in the dressing-room talking to the lads,giving the final instructions,detailing the game-plan..you know G-ing up the lads.Our manager,where was he?.....well of course!....he's in the Channel 5 T.V. van watching replays of the sending off and penalty decision so he can get his bloody excuse sorted.I say there is a time and place for everything but half-time at such a crucial point in the match is not the time for watching telly when your a football manager.