Comolli Sacked

[Catrin]

What's the gist of the interview? Got no sound at the moment. Cheers

"It isn't my fault. All the scouting and stats can be fine but if the player isn't mentally up to it..."

[Kenneth]

ie sabermatics is bollocks.

[Lecter]

"It isn't my fault. All the scouting and stats can be fine but if the player isn't mentally up to it..."

Surely part of a scouts brief is to find out things like how he trains, whats his temperament/mentality like etc......

[sean_lfc]

"It isn't my fault. All the scouting and stats can be fine but if the player isn't mentally up to it..."

Cheers pal!

Rafa used to bang on about mentality literally every time he opened his mouth, didn't see him having too many problems!

[Catrin]

Didn't Houllier tell Lee Bowyer to do one over doubts about his attitude?

[Mostar]

Interesting interview.

I got the feeling that he wasn't referring to any of our players when he made "not mentally strong" comment.

It seems to me now that I have seen the interview he was talking about Bentley.

[little dave hedgehog]

Didn't Houllier tell Lee Bowyer to do one over doubts about his attitude?

trying real, real hard to imagine houllier telling lee bowyer to do one.

[RichC]

Surely part of a scouts brief is to find out things like how he trains, whats his temperament/mentality like etc......

For such huge outlays in investment you simply must research more than if he's a good player and would fit into our system.

[Le Chef]

trying real, real hard to imagine houllier telling lee bowyer to do one.

It was Thommo who told Houllier to pull it

[Yozza]

It was Thommo who told Houllier to pull it

Yeah it's in Thommos autobiography

Bowyer was supposed to be on his way to Anfield for talks; when Thommo rang him to see where he was he was off playing snooker or something instead - cunt faced little rat - Thommo rang GH to tell him to pull it

Missed a bullet on that racist little mother****er; hate the cunt with a vengeance - how Houllier thought he was ever worthy of a red shirt is beyond me

[Fredo]

Great finish that. Superb by Stevie.

[Fredo]

Craig with his white Adidas top rocking to the Luis Suarez song.

[Yozza]

Wrong thread mate

[dom9]

I wonder if he was alluding to Carroll.

[marcus50bucks]

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Damien Comolli - "People only have to look at Spurs to see how I transformed them into a top quality side and attracted big players"

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Damien Comolli - "West Brom, Reading & Manchester City in particular are proof that a Director of Football works well"

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Damien Comolli - "When looking at a player you have to consider age, their potential, form and their attitude"

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Damien Comolli - "You have to choose the right player, its not always about the best players but players that will fit your team better"

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Damien Comolli - "They're where two occasions when we found the right player data wise, but it came back to bite us as they were a failure"

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Damien Comolli - "One of the main problems is buying a big player from a small club, not many of them can handle it mentally"

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Damien Comolli - "It doesn't matter how much you scout a player, you can never be sure 100% he will be a success"

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Damien Comolli - "You will always get signings that fail, I put as much energy into a player being a success as possible"

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Damien Comolli - "I look in the mirror and ask 'Have I done exactly the best I can do' and the answer is yes but sometimes we get it wrong"

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Damien Comolli - "British players are more aggressive, and the main difference in signing a British player than one from abroad"

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Damien Comolli - "If you take a British player and a non-british player who are both on the same level, then the British player is the one"

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Damien Comolli - "The main attribute we look for in a player is pace, I like Alonso but as proven the other night he is not quick enough"

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Damien Comolli - "The first thing that needs to be done is bench mark your squad against the top 5 EPL teams, then sign players"

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Damien Comolli - "When you work at a small club with a small budget, offering contract extensions are dearer than buying a new player"

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Damien Comolli - "I'm not surprised by anything in football, Chelsea paid very very big money for Raul Meireles at the age of 29"

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Damien Comolli - "Age is a major factor in signing a player, but Spurs signed Parker for £5million as he was who they needed short term"

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Damien Comolli - "Clint Dempsey is a very very good player, and I'm a huge admirer but he is 29 and in the last year of his contract"

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Damien Comolli - "If a fee was reasonable and small, if I was at a club in the PL I'd still look at signing Dempsey"

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Damien Comolli - "We are focusing on academy players and grass roots football, but being realistic the campaign won't change the PL"

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Damien Comolli - "If clubs allow their academy to have more time on the ball, England will go in the right direction like France, Spain etc"

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Damien Comolli - "However clubs only focus roughly 20% of their time on training their academy players to have more time on the ball"

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Damien Comolli - "I'm looking forward to the Euros in the summer, and we will see what happens after then for me"


Oh dear glad we moved him on.