Has Houllier addressed the Midfield?

[Rashid]

My first post to this very intelligent fora....

 

Has Gerard Houllier improved on the midfield he inherited? Has he addressed the issues? Has he replaced Macca? Or even found us our new John Barnes? Lets have a look at what he came into and what he has now.

 

In 1998 his best midfield was this one:

 

Macca Redknapp Ince Berger

Smicer Redknapp Hamann Berger

Smicer Gerrard Redknapp Berger

Smicer Gerrard Hamann Berger

Murphy Gerrard Hamann Berger

Gerrard Hamann McAllister Murphy

Murphy Gerrard Hamann Riise

Gerrard Hamann Diao Murphy

 

2002 is the one above.

 

Lets be honest here, please. Is this midfield (Gerrard Hamann Diao Murphy) better than the one we had in 1998? My opinion is that it is stronger physically but it is not better overall.

 

Discuss

[Kopite]

Well said Igor Biscan, just posted the exact same on another forum.

 

Rashid - king of the armchair critics, have you fallen out with Duncan then? Boohoo.

[Guest Vic Hart]

liverpool keep progressing but your record never changes

 

I see no mention of Cheyrou

[Rashid]

Vic Hi mate,

 

I am changing and the progress being made is excellent. Cheyrou for me will be a star too but he needs games. Some playersd have come in and out of the side but the Hamann, Gerrard and Murphy axis has been ever present in the side for the last 2-3 years. It is doing well, now we have Diao in there. In all this I just feel we could do with a little more creativity in the wide areas. Like Macca used to give us.

[Steve]

I take it you are referring to Ray Kennedy there, or are you being really cruel to Macca and putting him behind Mark?

[Guest BENITO]

Mcmanaman would certainly be challenging for the right wing berth in an all time Liverpool 11, the majority of the players you have stated are obviously left wingers, but his main rivals for the right wing slot are presumably only callaghan and to a degree mcdermot when he was fielded there. Both of whom had the luxury of playing in marvelous Liverpool sides gone by. McManaman however had the misfortune to play in the Souness and Evans era where his talent although it shone brightly was never harnessed to the level it might otherwise have done.

[Kopite]

Thank you James. I have just discussed this with a 50 year old Red, and he was of the same opinion as you and me. There were a whole host of players better than Macca who played in Red.

 

He pointed out that Ian Hutchinson (ex-Chelsea player who passed away recently) said that Peter Thompson was a better winger than George Best, but Best had a better all-round game. Peter Thompsons used to beat the fullback, stop, let him get back in position, and then beat him again. Peter was a right-footed left winger who was kept on the right because of the great Ian Callaghan.

 

Rightly you have pointed out that between 1995 and 1997 McManaman was the once ray of sunshine (with Robbie) in that team, and then he faded badly.

[Chris]

The key word there Rushian was "almost".

 

 

And on the Barnes thing, Will we ever replace him? Is it possible? I tend to think not

[Guest BENITO]

Sorry to be a yes man but he is a fucking gob shite!!

[Guest Swan Red]

Chris,

 

Colin did call goldenvision but at least place the reply in context. A person makes a reasonable request and gets abused by goldenvision Colin then responds in kind.

 

Try at least to criticise him for posting regarding the actual thread you are responding in rather than take totally unrelated quotes out of context.

[Chris]

That was simply one example

[Chris]

Whether you were her or not, we matched the IP adresses and you posted as Leena Kahn on a number of occassions.

[Guest james]

I find it hard to believe that Leena would have been Kopite. Surely some mistake. Maybe Al Campbell can back him up then?

 

How can he have other aliases on a registered forum anyway?

[Guest Swan Red]

Not based upon his performances in the time between the farce over barcelona and his actual leaving, Rashid.

 

I have no hesitation in acknowledging how good a player McManaman was at times but I would not want him back and I would not have him in my greatest 11.

[Kopite]

For the last time I am not Leena, hopefully Al Campbell will back me up on this one as we used to wind "her" up on MSN.

[Rushian]

ritchie - you only have to look at the number of cache.pol.co.uk posters on here to realise people how easy it is to spam and get another poster blamed.

[Chris]

But the IP Adresses were EXACTLY the same, surely that means it was from the same computer?

[Kopite]

Yeah Ritchie, I went to all the trouble of ensuring Al Campbell and me were signed in at the same time as "Leena". You give me far too much credit.

 

Notice you have never posted here before, how odd.

[Guest Jonathan Hall]

Not that i am either, never heard of her.

[Chris]

John you are fucking too much mate!!!

[Guest John B]

"John you are fucking too much mate!!!" Surely not a go at my insatiable appetite for fat bints - wooooooo hooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

[Gav]

[4) I think TLW has ascended to second place in the LFC fanzine ranks,]

ahem .....mr Brennan...the number one being ?????

[Rashid]

Kopite,

 

Why are you posting links to these forums on y.n.w.a and ridiculing certain posters? Jesus man get a fucking life.

[Guest John B]

the Sweaty Fat Fucks page refers to WOMEN.

[Kopite]

If anyone wants to read the "offending" post on ynwa please follow this link:

 

Click here