Mr Logic

They will chant for Shearer, especially if it doesn't go our way.

Yep, but the last thing you should do, assuming you are sane, is listen to mob rule.

Rob Stewart and Alex Hayes

 

Didier Deschamps

Flattered: Didier Deschamps is favourite to become manager

 

The odds on Deschamps, 39, taking the helm at St James' Park plunged from 80-1 to 2-1 yesterday although suggestions the former Monaco and Juventus manager was already flying to Tyneside for talks with Newcastle's billionaire owner, Mike Ashley, were wide of the mark.

Are all journalists taught that as a stock phrase or is Oliver moonlighting under another name?

To be honest, the worst thing about Desailly is the commitment issue - will he hang around for long, and will he work with our academy.

 

 

Not another favourite? 

 

Eh?

http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/images/055/foot_desailly220.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Didier_Deschamps.jpg

 

 

Brothers aren't they?

I hate it when the number of users tips the server over. I always think something has happened.

"Souness takes over again :( [pages: 1 2 .. 41355 41356]"

 

 

Don't even joke about it.

Page numbers looked realistic enough though if it did happen..

 

So do people prefer the promise of good football over a proven winner?

Oh yeah..

Wonder what fantasy he is typing right now regarding Deschamps as the new favourite for the job.

The water-carrier comments was sour grapes from a bruised ego after Deschamps had recieved plaudits from the French press regarding his contribution to the national side.

A couple of interesting points in this article about both Deschamps and Houllier.

http://lyon.theoffside.com/team-news/lyon-likes-juventus-manager-didier-deschamps.html

I'd like to be excited but quite a few of our French connections have failed badly.

Somebody please convince me that this will be different to Rangers who were also excited about Le Guen.

Only thing I could say is at least Deschamps knows English (British) football. Don't believe le Guen had a clue except for what he might have seen on telly.

If the first thing he does is bring in two players that can thread a pass he'll get my undying support.

(Edit: Moncur is frequently found to say things that prove he doesn't have his finger anywhere near the pulse of your average Geordie.)

Oliver uses the telephone as a literary device more often than J. D. Salinger.

 

he must be extra grateful to people to who fix telephones then

Houllier favourite in the betting now.

Houllier is sacked after 1 year in Newcastle...

 

Look at all the s*** he bought in Liverpool....

....and won 6 trophies with.

No spik Inglez?

Houllier's transfer record is absolutely abysmal in English football - compare it to Mark Hughes (who i'm not overly excited about either and it's ludicrous).

 

Cheyrou

Salif Diao

Sinima Pongolle (and that other lad who came with him)

Smicer

Cisse

Traore

 

He wasted so much on those players as well, they weren't cheap buys. He made allardyce look like a genius!

 

Can someone please prove me wrong with a list of all the decent players he brought to Liverpool (under 35, so Litmanen and McCallister don't count!) and kept there (failing to secure anelka when they had him on loan, another error). I'm genuinely asking here, as i'd like to have my mind changed if it's likely he'll come in

 

In

Date  Player              From              Fee

 

1998

July  Vegard Heggem        Rosenborg        £3.5m

Nov  Jean-Michel Ferri    Istanbulspor      £1.5m

 

1999

Jan  Frode Kippe          Lillestrom        £700,000

      Rigobert Song        Salernitana      £2.72m

Feb  Djimi Traore        Laval            £550,000

May  Sami Hyypia          Willem II        £2.6m

June  Titi Camara          Marseille        £2.6m

      Stephane Henchoz    Blackburn        £3.75m

      Sander Westerveld    Vitesse Arnhem    £4m

July  Vladimir Smicer      Lens              £3.75m

      Erik Meijer          Bayer Leverkusen  Free

      Dietmar Hamann      Newcastle        £8m

 

2000

Mar  Emile Heskey        Leicester        £11m

June  Markus Babbel        Bayern Munich    Free

      Bernard Diomede      Auxerre          £3m

July  Pegguy Arphexad      Leicester        Free

      Gary McAllister      Coventry          Free

      Nick Barmby          Everton          £6m

Aug  Christian Ziege      Middlesbrough    £5.5m

Sept  Gregory Vignal      Montpellier      £500,000

Nov  Danny Sjoland        West Ham          £1m

Dec  Igor Biscan          Dynamo Zagreb    £5.5m

 

2001

Jan  Jari Litmanen        Barcelona        Free

May -

July  John Arne Riise      Monaco            £4m

      Milan Baros          Banik Ostrava    £3.4m

Aug  Chris Kirkland      Coventry          £6m A

      Jerzy Dudek          Feyenoord        £4.85m

Nothing really jumps off the page at you.

Houllier quotes from 2004

Houllier admits his decision to join Lyon this summer was swayed by not facing the task of rebuilding the club the way he had to with Liverpool.

 

"I don't think I would have had the strength to do with Lyon what I did with Liverpool," he added.

 

"When I signed there, after Shankly, (Bob) Paisley, (Joe) Fagan, (Kenny) Dalglish or (Graeme) Souness, people started to hear the name Houllier and it was a cultural shock for them.

 

"I totally changed the club's approach and way of working and Benitez is the first one

to admit it.

 

"I had three objectives when I joined: winning trophies, have an influence on the club in terms of style and make the players progress.

 

"In the end we won six trophies and we got the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League four times.

 

"We created new facilities and re-did everything from scratch.

 

"As far as the players' progression is concerned, (Michael) Owen was voted European Player of the Year and a lot more reached new heights in their careers.

 

"But now I must say I would not have the strength to rebuild a club again. That is why (Lyon president Jean-Michel) Aulas' comparison of his club with a Formula one car suited me.

 

"The club is already on the right track, there is a quality team. The key is to jump into the car and drive it fast."

If he's a genuinely interested contender I guess he's changed his mind about the bold comment.

All sounds almost professional, except perhaps this bit - 'However, we are not currently a Champions League team, and in six seasons out of the last ten we have finished in the bottom half of the Premier League.'

That shouldn't be a detractor but a positive. We should have done better and with you at the helm we would have done - and now will if you come on board. Saying we can't get a top manager because we haven't achieved as much as we could have hardly seems apt somehow.

This thread is going to be immortalised on football message boards up and down the country. 

You will remember where you were when you first heard the news for the rest of your life.

http://i10.tinypic.com/73295pe.jpg

We need to move on.

Agreed, it's time for Shearer.

It's hard to imagine two people less deserving of the opportunity. Keegan walked out on us, and Shearer has kept us dangling on a string for the last few years.

Dangling on a string? I don't recall Shearer asking anyone to hold onto anything, never mind a bit of string. If you've been dangling on a string it's because you chose to - don't blame Shearer for that.

The script (romantic version) is tailor-made for him. New owner, transfer kitty, 2nd time lucky. Complete what you just failed on last time.

I know it's wrong. But it just feels right. 

 

I think I'm going mad.

Head says one thing heart another? Go with the heart every time.

Keegan would probably make the ideal interim manager if the club were going to wait until the summer. Otherwise probably not the right choice. I see quotes attributed to him today on both BBC and Sky, not sure if they're a re-hash of earlier comments though.