Houllier ~~~ Benitez
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Anybody ever wondered if Benitez is Houllier's twin brother??
Look at the similarities... The receding hairline.. The beer belly... The same boring tactics... The same lousy new players... The same lousy new young players... Always buying from his native land (Houllier buys French... Benitez buys Spanish)... The same nonsense...
By the way... I've been a Liverpool fan for 14 years...
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And before redknapp?Originally posted by mett:Anybody ever wondered if Benitez is Houllier's twin brother??
Look at the similarities... The receding hairline.. The beer belly... The same boring tactics... The same lousy new players... The same lousy new young players... Always buying from his native land (Houllier buys French... Benitez buys Spanish)... The same nonsense...
By the way... I've been a Liverpool fan for 14 years...
Before there was Gerrard, there was Redknapp...
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Jan Molby... no other...
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shame u've being lfc fan for so long and yet couldn't tell a good manager from shitty ones.. obviously u dont have much knowledge on football rather than being only a 'fan'.. both managers makes good buys, but the difference protrudes when houllier wastes all his talents whereas benny transforms them into gold. being a good tactician is not good enough to being a good boss, you need to know your players well. compare the squad of lfc winning the uefa and the champs league, i dont see any drastic improvements within the squad, so what really comes handy would be the coach's quality and knowledge bout his players, maximising his every player, and thus achieving the maximum.
jeese i only replied cuz i'm a lfc fan too, and i dont see y u sill dont get it..
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Dude... I'm happy that a fellow kopite is willing to argue on this subject. Granted, Benitez has done more than what Graeme Souness, Roy Evans and Gerard Houllier have done.. Granted, he has won us the European Cup last yr... which I must say was the proudest, happiest and most emotional night of my Liverpool fan life...Originally posted by letx:shame u've being lfc fan for so long and yet couldn't tell a good manager from shitty ones.. obviously u dont have much knowledge on football rather than being only a 'fan'.. both managers makes good buys, but the difference protrudes when houllier wastes all his talents whereas benny transforms them into gold. being a good tactician is not good enough to being a good boss, you need to know your players well. compare the squad of lfc winning the uefa and the champs league, i dont see any drastic improvements within the squad, so what really comes handy would be the coach's quality and knowledge bout his players, maximising his every player, and thus achieving the maximum.
jeese i only replied cuz i'm a lfc fan too, and i dont see y u sill dont get it..
wadeva..
Having said that, can't you see the bigger picture? He is slowly embracing the path taken by our previous manager, Houllier. Remember those Roy Evans days? During the Spice Boys era? Those boys hardly won anything in terms of trophies. What they did win was the constant support of the fans for their fluid passing and attacking grace. Success did not come as expected but they did get 2nd most of the time. Compared with that team, I'd gladly choose that team over the current one. More for what it represents. It represents that flowing system passed down from Shankly to the boot room boys. And it sure as hell is much more entertaining than this current crop.
All i can say is, I can tolerate this team as long as they produce the results. But given the choice, I'd welcome back Roy Evans or Kenny Dalglish any time. -
i suggest rafa to clone Ian rush and John barnes
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y dun u say clone pele or maradona? 2 of the game greatestOriginally posted by ^_____^:i suggest rafa to clone Ian rush and John barnes -
cos their not liverpool heroes
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a great manager with a group of average players is sometimes better than a team of superstar players coached by a lousy manager
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I liken Benitez to Felix Magath and Arsene Wenger, the 'professsors' of coaching.
The wild men of coaching would be Martin O'Neal (Sent of in his first champions league match in Turin) and Luis Aragones (calling Henry 'that black shit')...anymore insane jokers?
The calm and dignified include: Marcello Lippi (smokes and does nothing else during a match)
Managers who love the spotlight: Giovanni Trapattoni (easily excitable at press conferences with hand gestures and facial expressions) and Javier Clemente (always swearing at reporters and the press) -
well said.. u've captured the soul of footballOriginally posted by numby:a great manager with a group of average players is sometimes better than a team of superstar players coached by a lousy manager
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Benitez has been hailed as saviour of liverpool..
but wasn't Houllier being hailed as the man to resurrect liverpool too ?
Especially after winning the treble...
hmm.. wonder if Rafael will do a "Houllier" and turn another corner ?
P.S. They ain't do any much better this season in the EPL compared to the last..
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Benitez won us the big one, while Houllier consistently won us small ones, but they both have 1 thing in common. They suck in EPL.