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[Modo]

Houllier also took credit for winning the Champions League the year after he got sacked.

 

[ctlovesred]

Haven’t seen a report of his actual injury?

 

[mark1975]

Found this. Some of what Houllier says is argued to be an overstatement. I'm sure he's said elsewhere that the reserve coaches told him not to bother because Gerrard had so many injury issues. But this speaks of growing pains, even if Houllier exaggerated things.

Houllier: I'm pleased I spotted him very quickly. I saw an academy game and asked him to come with the pros immediately. I'm pleased we did that because Sammy Lee once said: 'You saved his career.' We sorted out his back problems [and] his growing problems gradually. That's why we were very progressive with him in his participation in the games. I remember we had to fill [out] his body and to be extremely cautious in some areas. But you could feel that he was going to make it. The attitude was right and he had a great desire to improve. He was listening and taking on board what you would say to him.

Rob Palmer (commentator): Houllier has probably told you he bigged him up and made his career. But the truth was that at the time, Houllier wasn't big on him. If you do your research and look back, after a while Houllier sent him back [to the academy]. I think he needed some persuading from the academy staff that he was good enough to be part of the first-team. I was the man that was always asking questions in the news conference at the time and I think it'd be fair to say that Gerard took a while to be won over by Stevie G in the very, very early days.

Roberts (fan): Houllier is quite sort of funny in that he always takes the credit for Gerrard. He talks about how he gave him the captaincy -- and he did give him it really young. But it was absolutely no secret that Gerrard was going to make it.

Rob Palmer is one of our patrons in work, his son has CP and was once one of our attendees. They both do a lot for our charity, great guys. His lad went on to go to Uni and now works for the BBC.

 

[Beamrider]

Houllier also took credit for winning the Champions League the year after he got sacked.

Funny isn't it. Don't see Klopp taking credit for Arne's success, but we do see Arne crediting Klopp for leaving him a strong squad to work with. Which is how it should be.
Houllier was never the same after his heart problems, it was like he developed a messiah complex and started to believe he could do no wrong.

 

[King Binny]

New name to the shortlist - Wesley

Mercado da Bola: Wesley em alta no Flamengo: seleção à vista e Liverpool no encalço

Dos maiores ativos do Flamengo, Wesley vive um momento bastante especial na carreira. A começar por ter à vista a primeira convocação à seleção brasileira principal.Dorival Junior está decidido a incluir o lateral-direito na lista para os jogos contra

www.uol.com.br

Article stated Wesley is about to receive his first call-up to the Brazilian National Team. "Dorival Junior decided to include the full-back in the squad for the games against Colombia and Argentina, in the World Cup qualifiers. The matches will take place on March 20 and 25, respectively."

It also mentioned that Aston Villa and Bournemouth made offers for him last year which were rejected by Flamengo. Will cost at least €30m.


View: https://x.com/AnfieldSector/status/1892980386583429490


"Wesley is the leader in duels won (138) among all Brazilian defenders in the world since Filipe Luís (yes, the ex-Chelsea player) took over at Flamengo! "

View: https://x.com/SofascoreBR/status/1890487674995441885

"Wesley under the command of Filipe Luís at @Flamengo:
• In 18 games, 12 wins, 5 draws and only 1 defeat.
• Furthermore, despite having won 146 duels and made 37 tackles, the full-back only received 1 yellow card during the period.
Is he the best full-back in the country? "

View: https://x.com/R10Score/status/1891570814627217657


His latest assist:


View: https://x.com/centraldanacao/status/1890954405295358363

 

[StevieM]

Certainly got our modus operandi down pat in the twee” - we’ve approached then with “a view to evaluating a deal”.

The evaluation will probably recommend some “monitoring”.