Gerard Houllier

[geysir]

While I am not going to break a habit of a lifetime and place a bet, that sentence by Houllier does indicate he has gone out of his way to be in the know. Why would he even know about the short lived speculation about Deschamps while in the US.
That interview was uploaded on Saturday.

[paul_oshea]

get it over and done with and just appoint venables.

[cheifo]

Anyway most important thing is that Don gets his coaching badge.That Houllier quote could be interpreted as "God only knows what the Paddies are up to."

[Fr. Joe]

get it over and done with and just appoint venables.

I'll second that.

[Bondvillain]

That Houllier quote could be interpreted as "God only knows what the Paddies are up to."

Amen to that.

[Bondvillain]

There is a US podcast interview with McLaren, Houllier and Dr.Joe Vengelos.
About a 1/4 through, Gerard is asked about the Ireland job,
he is clearly irritated and says something like ´yesterday it was Venables and today it is deschamps who knows tomorrow´ Interview terminated.
Houllier podcast

just a small correction, ´yesterday it was Deschamps, today it is me and tomorrow it will be Venables´

Practically word for word, along with one of the betfair watch posts, on the back page of the Star today.

[carloz]

Houllier still very much in the race

http://www.chatsoccer.eu/news/content/view/86/1/

[Deckydee]

Houllier set for Irish hot seat

http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer...304-qqqx=1.asp

[Block G Raptor]

Could Finnan's retirement be an Indicator that Houllier is getting the Job, have they a history of bad feeling from his liverpool day's?

[Stuttgart88]

According to Reder (I think it was he anyway) Finnan had a good relationship with Houllier and it was actually Houllier who signed him.

Did you see Finnan's interview in the Indo?

I'd take it at face value, body was getting tired and more injury prone and he was frustrated at being out of position etc.

[Block G Raptor]

According to Reder (I think it was he anyway) Finnan had a good relationship with Houllier and it was actually Houllier who signed him.

Did you see Finnan's interview in the Indo?

I'd take it at face value, body was getting tired and more injury prone and he was frustrated at being out of position etc.

Probably so. I just thought the timing was a bit strange, I don't believe in co-incidence

[geysir]

There is not one quote anywhere with Houllier saying he is not interested fullstop.

But it could all be a replay of when Delaney had high hopes and gambled everything on getting MON after a reported initial interest from him.
So Houllier could be getting back to France to pack a fresh suitcase of clothes, have a chat with Isabella, the FFA and come to Dublin to sign a contract.

What I don´t want is if Hodgson, Venables and Houllier rule themselves out then the FAI panic under pressure and appoint option Z instead of explaining thing and waiting longer.

[Noelys Guitar]

There is not one quote anywhere with Houllier saying he is not interested fullstop.

But it could all be a replay of when Delaney had high hopes and gambled everything on getting MON after a reported initial interest from him.
So Houllier could be getting back to France to pack a fresh suitcase of clothes, have a chat with Isabella, the FFA and come to Dublin to sign a contract.

What I don´t want is if Hodgson, Venables and Houllier rule themselves out then the FAI panic under pressure and appoint option Z instead of explaining thing and waiting longer.

The Billy and Lawrie show with Dave Beasant as goalkeeping coach, Dinny wise as internatonal consulant and Dave Bassett as chief Karoke singer.

[Jerry The Saint]

I don't believe in co-incidence

That's weird, I was just thinking the exact same thing

[Morbo]

I think Finnan had always intented to retire before the start of the next campaign, this is as good a time as any as he can make it look like the FAI is to blame for his retiriement

[cheifo]

The FAI are already getting bad reports over the lenght of "the process".
Can you imagine the fall out if they blow it with all the main contenders?

[superfrank]

The FAI are already getting bad reports over the lenght of "the process".
Can you imagine the fall out if they blow it with all the main contenders?

When you think about it, England, Scotland and the North all had to get new managers after the end of the qualifying campaign as well and, even though the FAI had a head start of a few weeks, the FAI still have noone in where as the FA moved quickly to get a top manager, the IFA decided to renew their managers contract and now the SFA look to have a pretty impresive appointment on the cards.

[zenokelly]

Sky Sports News are saying that first of all: the FFF had released a statement saying that Houllier is not going anywhere, and secondly that they were talking to him and confirmed: he was going to remain with the FFF.

[Noelys Guitar]

Sky Sports News are saying that first of all: the FFF had released a statement saying that Houllier is not going anywhere, and secondly that they were talking to him and confirmed: he was going to remain with the FFF.

Has this just happened on Skysports?

[geysir]

RTE sports referred to the FFF statement but it was a little different, to the effect of....
Hands off Houllier, he has a job with us, we are not letting him go.

Some feathers have been ruffled if that was an official statement. Could be just a response to all the journalists and desperate punters phoning them up.
"I put my mortgage on him let him go you +*?s"