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May 24, 2004
YES!! Finally! Houllier is leaving Liverpool! :
posted by StarFucker to soccer at 02:34 AM - 10 comments
Count your blessings, at least Peter Reid isn't on the market at the moment!
posted by Pete at 07:57 AM on May 24, 2004
How did I know SF would race in to post this news? Will the new boy come from the EPL, Spain, Portugal, the team's own past or be a bold move like grabbing a youngster like Dennis Wise?
posted by billsaysthis at 12:02 PM on May 24, 2004
Yeah, who would be a good candidate? I would prefer Ranieri.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:42 PM on May 24, 2004
Waitaminute. Looks like Quieroz is now available.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:46 PM on May 24, 2004
Good news: Houllier has gone. Bad news: Ron Atkinson's back in management. Good news: At least they sold Emile Heskey first... Bad News: ...two years too late. Good News: Michael Owen will now sign a new contract. Bad News: So will Bruno Cheyrou. (feel free to carry this on...)
posted by salmacis at 03:39 PM on May 24, 2004
Oho! Liverpool go for Mourinho. And after reading this, I'd be pleased as punch if they get him.
posted by worldcup2002 at 06:31 PM on May 24, 2004
A couple of things have been getting on my nerves about this. First, the absolute insistence that he hasn't been sacked and is leaving with dignity intact. What utter cobblers; it is as plain as the nose on Phil Thompsons face that he didn't want to go. Only the day before, he had been insisting that he was 100 per cent certain that he was staying. If being allowed to make a complete tit of yourself is leaving with dignity, I need a new dictionary. Second, Rick Parry's statement that reaching the champions league is a minimum standard, rather than a goal. Well, he has set the bar pretty high now hasn't he, the arrogant tit? What happens if they finish 5th next year, apart from me laughing my bollocks off?
posted by Fat Buddha at 02:41 PM on May 25, 2004
What happens if they finish 5th next year, apart from me laughing my bollocks off? I think you know the answer to that without asking.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:37 AM on May 26, 2004
And the new manager is Benitez?
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:04 PM on May 26, 2004
Hurrah. Now watch as Liverpool appoint an as-yet-unheard-of Thai manager.