RMB Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Did he say no signings in January? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfee Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Whilst I will withhold judgement on Houllier himself, I do think the bits in the press and that Press conference have conveyed a future that has been dampened down a lot. Houllier seems he's on the same songsheet as the board with their updated plan for the future. * We belong 7-12th * We need investment * Unlikely to be much money * We will struggle to compete * We'll mostly go for cups It's not all bad. It's sensible, progressive and sees us try to keep a pace without risking everything. All good - just not quite the dream we were sold four years ago. Now the plan looks like survival with cups rather than reaching for the stars. Funny i could have sworn he said the aim in his 3 years is the top four... or am i joining in with the rest of the misquoters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Let's hope the FFF don't mess him (and therefore us) about. I hope his confidence in his good relationship (working relationships often sour very quickly, I think we know) with them stands up. Otherwise, decent press conference but not less than I'd expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Why has the press conference stopped being broadcast on SSN?? It ended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjamesk Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Sounded to me like he was saying K-mac was not one bit happy about being passed over for the managers job. How did you work that out?! :?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 if the income is to be increased expect season ticket price rises which i dont mind tbh success doesnt come cheap and we cant continue to run the club like a charity offering cut prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 He nearly dug himself into a hole with his long 'I love Villa Park because I used to batter Villa when I was Liverpool manager' thing but other than that I was suitably impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Did he say no signings in January? Not at all. ..Some fans only hear what they want to hear sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaRoy Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Did he say no signings in January? No, he said the quality of players available in January is not usually as good. Needs time to access squad before making decisions on signing players, 3 /4 months away afterall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisNichollsToe Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Seemed very coy when it came to cash, looking very unsure before answering.Ridiculous question to ask tbh. I understand why they ask it, but the answer is never going to take the form of "if there are any selling clubs out there, we have £20m in the bank. Please remember that when we come calling in January". He answered it well enough. Ridiculous question, i agree. But i would rather Faulkener answer it, which im sure he will before the end of the conference. We wont improve without strengthening. Houllier admitted that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted September 10, 2010 Visiting Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2010 Whilst I will withhold judgement on Houllier himself, I do think the bits in the press and that Press conference have conveyed a future that has been dampened down a lot. Houllier seems he's on the same songsheet as the board with their updated plan for the future. * We belong 7-12th * We need investment * Unlikely to be much money * We will struggle to compete * We'll mostly go for cups It's not all bad. It's sensible, progressive and sees us try to keep a pace without risking everything. All good - just not quite the dream we were sold four years ago. Now the plan looks like survival with cups rather than reaching for the stars.You got all that from that interview? Houllier said the team is good enough for Europe, and the aim is Europe, how does that mean 12th? :? What he did say was that we are slightly behind the top 5 clubs, and we are looking to bridge that gap in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSufferingVilla Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Good to see we have a realistic manager unfortunately some of our fans still believe we should live up to our "massive" global brand and "enormous" fanbase, spend a couple of hundred million in January and win the league while playing football like the Harlem Globetrotters play basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Looks like it's the French FA's fault and not Houllier's. Take note kids...stop getting your knickers knotted! Amen to that, brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Why has the press conference stopped being broadcast on SSN?? It ended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammy Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Philosophy of progress and performance and pleasure aparrently! :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cizzler Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Sounded to me like he was saying K-mac was not one bit happy about being passed over for the managers job. At the end of the day, we lost SIX nil to a newly promoted side and got dumped out of Europe. I would have been petrified if we had K Mac as full-time manager. Even the most naive football fan could see that our centre mids were destroyed by Newcastle's, yet he picked the same for Everton. Ireland's injury is one of the main reasons we scraped that win. Houllier has my backing. Let's not use his honesty as a stick to beat him with. He has a contract with the FFF and will see that out with integrity before fully sinking his teeth into this job. Good luck Gerard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Sounded to me like he was saying K-mac was not one bit happy about being passed over for the managers job. How did you work that out?! :?: That was my take on it too. Maybe Big Mac is more than happy to go back to the reverses though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingzen Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Whilst I will withhold judgement on Houllier himself, I do think the bits in the press and that Press conference have conveyed a future that has been dampened down a lot. Houllier seems he's on the same songsheet as the board with their updated plan for the future. * We belong 7-12th * We need investment * Unlikely to be much money * We will struggle to compete * We'll mostly go for cups It's not all bad. It's sensible, progressive and sees us try to keep a pace without risking everything. All good - just not quite the dream we were sold four years ago. Now the plan looks like survival with cups rather than reaching for the stars. Some nice selective 'glass half empty' interpretation of his words there. I suppose we shouldn't mention: * Wants to progress year on year * Has a target of champions league place and silverware over the next 3 years * Said there was money but thought we have a very good squad and that January wasn't always the best time to buy * Said that money on it's own can't buy success and that we also have other weapons in the bag Etc., etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Great I get a big picture of Stevie Me as well as an article on dirty 'Arry on the front page of the OS. Great work, AVFC.co.uk :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I assume he'll at least be watching the Stoke game on TV or something? Or at least, the players need to believe that anyway. Hopefully they'll all be playing for their places despite the fact that he wont be actually in the dugout until the Wolves game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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