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by **L-type** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:30 pm

well at least the pitch looks nice

by **Judge** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:47 pm

jonnymac1979 wrote:Just found this on the internet.

You just have to wonder why don't you?

Can anyone get Houllier to explain to me why he did this?

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Thank God these days are behind us now.

wow, what quality in the top pic

who's that loser at the bottom

just joking

by **109-1105722616** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:04 am

somebody told me that the money houllier wasted could of paid for a new stadium

can somebody please work it all out and tell how far from the truth it is

by **maximus** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:59 pm

marklfc wrote:somebody told me that the money houllier wasted could of paid for a new stadium

can somebody please work it all out and tell how far from the truth it is

Up to July 2003:

Liverpool transfer dealings under Gerard Houllier (appointed sole manager 12.11.98):

IN: Ferri (£1.5m), Kippe (£700,000), Song (£2.7m), Traore (£550,000), Camara (£2.8m), Hyypia (£2.6m), Meijer (free), Henchoz (£3.5m), Westerveld (£4m), Hamann (£8m), Smicer (£4m), Heskey (£11m), Diomede (£3m), Babbel (free), Arphexad (free), McAllister (free), Barmby (£6m), Ziege (£5.5m), Vignal (£500,000), Sjolund (£1m), Biscan (£5.5m), Litmanen (free), Riise (£4m), Baros (£3.4m), Dudek (£4.85m), Kirkland (£6m), Anelka (loan), Xavier (£800,000), Le Tallec and Simana-Pongolet (£6m for both), Diarra (free), Cheyrou (£4m), Diao (£4m), Diouf (£10m), Luzi (loan), Finnan (£3.5m), Kewell (£7m). TOTAL: £116m.

Stadium is costing approx. 120 million

by **stmichael** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:04 pm

maximus wrote:
marklfc wrote:somebody told me that the money houllier wasted could of paid for a new stadium

can somebody please work it all out and tell how far from the truth it is

Up to July 2003:

Liverpool transfer dealings under Gerard Houllier (appointed sole manager 12.11.98):

IN: Ferri (£1.5m), Kippe (£700,000), Song (£2.7m), Traore (£550,000), Camara (£2.8m), Hyypia (£2.6m), Meijer (free), Henchoz (£3.5m), Westerveld (£4m), Hamann (£8m), Smicer (£4m), Heskey (£11m), Diomede (£3m), Babbel (free), Arphexad (free), McAllister (free), Barmby (£6m), Ziege (£5.5m), Vignal (£500,000), Sjolund (£1m), Biscan (£5.5m), Litmanen (free), Riise (£4m), Baros (£3.4m), Dudek (£4.85m), Kirkland (£6m), Anelka (loan), Xavier (£800,000), Le Tallec and Simana-Pongolet (£6m for both), Diarra (free), Cheyrou (£4m), Diao (£4m), Diouf (£10m), Luzi (loan), Finnan (£3.5m), Kewell (£7m). TOTAL: £116m.

Stadium is costing approx. 120 million

frightening. absolutely frightening.

We finished 2nd in 2001-02 & 2002-03 season we went 13 games unbeaten.

Anyway do you want to know? It really is quite simple and heartbreakingly we STILL haven't fully recovered from it, although we are making strides in the right direction.

The answer = Houllier lost the plot. As he accused Stevie of once doing, he himself started to believe his own hype.

Reasons:

Liverpool had just finished 2nd, above Man U for the 1st time in god knows how long and only an amazing last 12 games or so from Arsenal stopped us making it 19. Risse had been a revelation in his 1st season, Fowler had been sold to Leeds for a laughable £11m (thanks Ridsdale), Anelka had slotted in nicely.

Then...

GH returned 'fully' from his illness a different person, after worryingly IMO costing LFC a CL semi place with his mystifying Hamann substitution. Then that summer he didn't go to the world cup for the 1st time in ages, maybe he should have. We were all expecting Anelka to be signed permanently, we were hoping the club would find the cash for the available Duff, Terry was apparently unhappy at a pre-russian skint Chelsea and available for £5millionish.

Houllier did the following:

Let Anelka go.
Annnounced £12m was too much for Duff.
Didn't follow up on Terry.
Signed Diouf (who?) for £10m
Signed Diao (who?) for £5m
Signed Cheyrou (who?) for £4m

Allowed Redknapp to leave early on a free
Allowed Jari L to leave early on a free
Gary Mac retired
He didn't replace any of them

Add to this the best right back in the league (Babbel) had his career finished, out of sentiment (understandable but oh how costly) GH failed to replace him.

To summarise in 2 short months GH set the wheels in motion to RUIN EVERYTHING he had done so well to build up over the previous 4 years.

So there you go, in a nutshell. It genuinely makes me weep. :down:

by **Chrissy** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:43 pm

The scary thing is that houl keeps returning to anfield to commentate for a radio and we keep playin c.r.a.p!!!

by **Judge** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:06 pm

John Barnes' Granny wrote:i'll give em pearl necklaces

wtf

by **adamnbarrett** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:34 am

What a waste of money. We could nearly buy half the Chelsea squad with that money he wasted.

by **davesaraver1** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:18 pm

20 million worth of tallent did someone say i could think of another word to replace talent

by **BringBackTiti** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:15 pm

class

by **2520years** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:53 am

I don't know what happened to Diao. In his first few games he looked really good. I guess some managers/coaches make players better and some make them worse. Look at the number of goalkeepers we've ruined. They all come looking great (James, Dudek and Kirkland), and within six months they can't take crosses and are prone to silly mistakes. Maybe now the goalkeeping coaches have changed, so will the performance of our keepers.

by **Woollyback** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:47 pm

just look at houllier, he's got white socks on

and as for diouf, he's got his pants rolled up, he thinks he's a gangsta :laugh:

by **116-1104673748** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:43 pm

He got sick of life.

by **flower football** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:23 pm

yeah thats funny lol

by **DrLiverpool** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:56 pm

is stu the red still around?

he wouldnt approve of this

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