january 11th
13.15 – Houllier says “…it will be difficult to catch up with them (Arsenal), particularly because they seem to be very lucky with referees at times.”
Popular Liverpool site says “It’s nothing to do with the fact that Arsenal have a much better squad than his or that they play free flowing attacking football. Instead the boss believes that luck is on their side and that’s why they have such a lead over his team which has dropped down the Premier League table”
Shove it up your hole, Houllier. You’re fooling nobody, not even your own fans. If you want to talk about being lucky with referees, how come not one of the referees in the last 2 years has seen any of Henchoz’s goalkeeper impressions? How come Steven Gerrard didn’t get sent off for this? What about when the referee gave a penalty to Roma, then changed his mind and gave a corner in the UEFA cup? How come Milan Baros got away with standing on an Everton player’s head (well, it got overshadowed by the even luckier Gerrard decisions above)? If we’re so lucky with referees, how come Dennis Bergkamp got sent off against Liverpool last season even though he didn’t touch Carragher? How come Giovanni van Bronckhorst got sent off against Liverpool last season for nothing at all? Perhaps before you open your big fat mouth Sir, you should put what’s left of your brain in gear. If I was Liverpool fan, I would be embarassed by Houllier now. As I’m an Arsenal fan, I just think he’s a wanker who’s lost the plot.
He doesn’t make too many headlines, but it’s nice to see Oleg get some recognition for his fine performances. Is Nigel Martyn the man to take over from David Seaman? His agent says “He would probably be on the bench initially, but he feels – as he is three years younger than David Seaman – he could play for Arsenal for two or three years.” Funny how the BBC website has his age at 32, then. Anyway, do we need replace Seamo with a bloke who is also looking at his best days pass him by? No thanks. Ashley Cole talks about Arsenal, England and ..er….being a man.
Not as much of a man as Patrick Vieira though, apparently.
Finally, ouch.
