I liked Houllier for the most part, he dragged up into the modern era, which needed to be done and he won us trophies, that said by the end it was time for him to go, the stuff he did after he left trying to claim the CL success was down to him was fairly classless and he should have kept his mouth shut IMO even if he genuinely believes that
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I too liked Houllier for much of his tenure, he had the character of what we needed at the time. A head master approach to start to drag the club into the modern era, yet he was still steeped in the history and culture of our unique club. I don't think there was anyone else out there that had the same mix of skills and links to the club. A reformer that hadn't experienced Anfield in the 1960s/70s might have tried to change too much and a bootroomer would probably of continued the mistakes of Roy Evans.
My memory of him was tainted for a period with his shameless attempts to jump on the Istanbul bandwagon. But that's mellowed over the years.James Philip Milner Fanclub #1
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The football was gradually worse with every season under him. At least with Riy there we still had a bit of our pass and move, but Houllier soon saw an end to that."Its not about the long ball or the short ball, its about the right ball." Bob PaisleyComment
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It became, defend defend defend - hoof over the top for Owen to chase, etc.
It was a shame as the early seasons were exciting.Comment
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