Hmm, who else comes into that category? Let me see, I'll name two managers who focused less on tactics and more on players and motivating them:
Alex Ferguson
Shanks
boll##ks... theres more to being a manager than motivating. I won't name them all i will just give u food for thought
Attracting good and young players. (Kewell from under United and Arsenals noses )
Developing talent. (Owen, Gerrard, Murphy, Hyypia, Carragher)
Reconising good/great players. (Kewell, Hyypia, Hamann, Kirkland, think about the current french national team... alot of those kids Henry, Vieira, Zidane, Gallas)
Tactical awareness (cup treble says all that needs to be said)
long term vision (look at the france national team and the average age of our squad... speaks for itself)
theres a few Houllier WIPES THE FLOOR with O'Neil. You are deluding yourself if you think he'll ever be anything special, Ferguson is one of the greatest managers ever and O'Neil isn't even fit to be mentioned in the same breath to be honest. are you irish by any chance?
stu_le_red is a Houllier fanatic.To blame injuries this season for our position in the league and our lack of ideas on the field is an insult to our big squad that GH has assembled.Only Chelsea have a bigger 1st team squad.On stu and GH's calculations we only have 11 players and the rest of the squad are not good enough,but they are players GH bought so his credibility at spotting talent or nuturing it must come into great doubt.To claim a victory over Yeovil as "magnificent" is incredible and one can only assume that GH and stu have low standards for the beautiful game and already they have been achieved,even if it was 3 years ago.I posted back in April how lucky that treble was and yet GH failed to address the weaknesses in that team but continued on his defence at all costs policy.We gradually fell further and further,behind yet lady luck always managed to paper over the cracks for Houllier.Well the sands of time are fast running out and to claim we are 1 or 2 players away from Arsenal or Manu doesn't wash.Owen will be off at the end of the season,that is for sure,even if we manage to scramble to the top of the premier league division 2 and qualify for the champions league.St.Michael's body language this season tells a 1000 stories;he does not want to play for monsieur Houllier,and I'm sure there are other players who feel the same way
Right i am not a Houllier fanatic i am an LFC fanatic. I am very open and even minded and know how to judge and what to judge. You clearly haven't read the fact i have stated he puzzles me with team selections at times and that i also said he has made mistakes in the transfer market.
To blame injuries is a pretty damn good excuse like i've said considering its been Dudek, Kirkland, Finnan, Carragher, Henchoz, Riise, Murphy, Hamann, Diao, Gerrard, Kewell, Cheyrou, Owen and Baros. Arsenal and United wouldn't be where they are if they'd had the same injury lists... i'm not saying we're as good as them squad wise but they wouldn't be as far ahead i will garentee it. When you only have people like Biscan to cover and you are putting out a midfield with a misfit forward and Smicer in the side then you aren't going to win every game.... get over it.
AGAIN!!! i say we have only twice had Hamann, Gerrard and Kewell in the same side... its never once been with Owen, Baros, Carragher, Finnan etc who are all long term injuries. THESE ARE MAJOR PLAYERS and we aren't chelsea or United so we can't just buy someone to replace this lot... it aint gonna happen.... PERSPECTIVE.
The way you say i have low standards is damn right f##kin insulting you arrogant.... (i'll stop there) Who the f##k do you think you are? i'm not being funny but f##kin grow up. My standards are f##kin realistic and sensible and i don't need...... very nice internet blokes.... who've probably never spent a penny on the club in his life telling me otherwise... i go home, away, europe home and away, cup finals, the lot so i know what the team is capable of and i can see that at full strength we aren't far off the big three... if we are off them at all. don't ever question my passion pride or standards for this club coz it simply won't wash and will only succeed in seriously offending me. Your assessment of the treble being luck... You make your own luck... end of story... don't believe in luck at all... its all boll##ks... Man United don't get there results by luck... they didn't win the europian cup because they were lucky.... its about being the best.. doing whats right and making your own fortune... stan collymore's goal against blackburn... lucky? if he doesn't shoot he doesn't score... im a realist... nothing else. fate maybe? luck? no chance.
Also your point about us being defensive. Thats balls also... we should have stayed defensive then we wouldn't need a centre half to replace Henchoz. Now because we push higher up the pitch we need a player with pace at the back. The side that got 80 points in the league wasn't lucky either... imagine the same team playing the same way... but Kewell on the wing instead of Smicer... thats 10 points if u ask me.
and IF Owen doesn't want to play for us... he can go. We'll cope... we always have and always will.