Fergie signed Djemba Djemba, Kleberson, Forlan and Veron, all failures but he'd earned the time to make ammends of course. All managers make mistakes in the transfer market and many times it's not their fault. Veron was a fantastic footballer and still is, player of the year he won again in South America, he just didn;t work in the Prem.
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Houllier just made 3 bad signings in 2002 summer, Diouf, Diao and Cheyrou. The fact all 3 were bought the same summer and he also persisted with a man pretending to be a footballer in Traore along with the modern view of Heskey gives him a bad rep in the transfer market.
He'd done well for the first 3/4 years before the 2002 world cup.
EDIT: Stupid cookie picture made me hungry. I'm now eating an M&S chock chip cookie.
Raver the point is many supporters turn on managers and pick at little things like transfers, tactics etc.. despite the fact they know **** all about football management.
The smart people accept the flaws with the merits. All managers have them, even Houllier. But even if he does well people will turn on him and he'll be gone in the usual mangerial window of less than 4/5 years.
Once you accept that, then it's a little easier to get by in the latter years of a manager reign.
Personally I support all our managers unless they go downhill badly. I only turned on DOL during his final season in charge. I was more praying for us to avoid relegation during GT mk2 than turning on him. I never turned on Gregory, Little or Ron. Was too young to have much hate before that.
He signed a 4 year deal in 2006, so I'd say there was a contract extension beyond 2011.
Also he is 6 foot
EDIT: He signed a contract extension in 2008 until 2013. We'll have to fork over a club record fee to get him me thinks.
That was a fun season, especially the run at the end. Unfortunately it was never the same once Barry got tapped up by Benitez.
Didn't we draw 4-4 with Spurs and Chelsea and beat Blues 5-1. Crackin fun to be had.
Thanks Dirk, that sounds simple. How would I use Kies then to get the Froyo update when it comes out later this month? I may just be best waiting for Froyo then rooting.
You want to see the trouble it was to root an X10. I think they might have a better method for it now.
Incidently, how can you unlock an X10? I want to unlock it and sell it to my mate who's on a different network.
To be honest it's the level of trouble it takes to root the x10 that has put me off doing it. I'm sure it's a lot easier to do on the galaxy s. But it still voids your warranty doesn't it?
I mentioned in my f365 mail today "despite media reports he has got a 90% approval rating in a poll on one villa message board"
The VT word is out people, don't worry
This is what I concluded about many peoples opinion, you're far from the only person to do
First opinions are based on little info and a lot of preconceptions and a good dose of emotion. Some people blindly stick to their first opinion rather than admit they were hasty, I've been hasty quite a bit in the past month.
But real opinion comes after considered reflection
To be fair the question was are you happy with his appointment. It's fair enough that some are not happy. I'm glad it's a low number because we need to support our new manager.
I'm actually excited with what he can do with this team. Basically he's got this team for the season with maybe a signing in January but nothing big enough to make a huge impact. January is very hard to make signings in.