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3rd place. Worst champions ever.
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That was surely about Houllier wanting to have his ego massaged. When Wenger moved Kolo Toure from midfield to centre back he was hailed as some kind of genius. Ged couldn’t resist trying to do the same.Originally posted by Roboklopp View PostIgor at centrebackNever knowingly optimisticComment
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Have to agree with you there. Houllier got lucky with a **** treble. UEFA win was awful....embarrassing even. I hated the way Evans got shafted. Phil Thompson did a great job while Houllier was sick but didn't get any credit. ****in hated the stories of him gate crashing 2005 and claiming it was his team!Originally posted by Patricks_Berger View Post
It was Rafa's win...all the way.I love SarahComment
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Never heard this before, where is that from? Is it like a real story or just some crazy fan theory/conspiracy doing the rounds?Originally posted by brightred View PostComment
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He probably went down to congratulate the team but was reported as gatecrashing.Originally posted by Darkon View PostComment
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Embarrassing?!Originally posted by brightred View Post
He went into the dressing room and a few times since has kinda claimed some credit for it. In fact there's some new documentaries at the moment, building up to the World Cup (I saw them on Now TV)....there's one series called Godfathers of Football, and Houllier is the focus of one of them. It's just a sit down interview about his career. In that he says "one of the players told me in the dressing room in Istanbul that this win 'is down to you boss, and our experiences in winning the UEFA Cup in 2001'"Originally posted by Darkon View Post
He's claimed varying degrees of credit several times.
“When the team played in Istanbul I was invited into the changing room and it was a great emotional moment.
“I felt shy sitting in the corner and some of the players came and hugged me – practically all of them did – and they said ‘this is your team, this is our team’.
“And funnily enough, apart from two players, they had been signed or developed under me.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Haha **** off Ged. He was responsible for the worst football I can ever remember from a Liverpool team, we were shocking to watch."Its not about the long ball or the short ball, its about the right ball." Bob PaisleyComment
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The thing is most of what he says is fair enough, he just ruins it all by gatecrashing the credit for Istanbul. For one thing, he would never have coached a team that came back from 3-0 down at half time. Also doesn’t the six trophies he talks about includes the Charity shield?
The Liverpool chairman once told me ‘you put the club in to the 21st century in terms of facilities and culture and training’. We finished fourth, third, second, fifth and fourth in the Premier League – but the title was too far. One year we had 80 points and finished second to Arsenal. My regret was not winning the league.
“But if you said ‘win silverware’, well we won six trophies. If you say ‘we have to leave a legacy’ we did that too in terms of players and culture.
“Players progressed. Michael Owen won the European Footballer of the Year, the Ballon d’Or.
“The same way Cristiano Ronaldo won it because of the Manchester United environment, Owen won it because of the Liverpool environment.”Modifying post.Comment
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Utter nonsenseOriginally posted by brightred View Post
It was a fantastic year - one of the best as a LFC fan.....What do you mean it could've been anyone? Name me one person who's got a grudge against penguins
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Couldn't agree more, I still have amazing memories of that yearOriginally posted by Yozza View Post
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I over stated it, sorry.Originally posted by Yozza View Post
Not a **** year year but not the best either. I was born in 1969. Grew up with winning everything year after year. Just don't think that that treble and the manner in which we won in was the best.
There are better trebles!I love SarahComment
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