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Brave Houllier spells it out: 'I'm Going Nowhere'

Besieged Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier has bravely stood up to the cowardly critics of his tenure of success at the club by insisting: "I'm going nowhere."

The past few weeks have been notable for a growing chorus of dismay directed at the debonair Frenchmen claiming that he is not the right man for the Anfield helm — despite the club's recent vast improvement which has resulted in one or two wins.

Houllier's supporters have pointed out his long record of near-unbroken success: almost taking France to the 1994 World Cup Finals; signing Bruno Cheyrou; and an excellent second-half performance in the first leg of the recent FA Cup Tie against Portsmouth. His pedigree, they maintain, is unequalled.

Despite this apparently awesome record, the sullen legions of ex-Reds' players continue to mutter discontent from the golf courses surrounding Southport. Many demand an immediate replacement of the tousle-haired Frenchman with a manager who at least looks like he might one day win the Premiership.

But speaking yesterday from the Cardiothoracic Centre in Broadgreen, Houllier made his position very clear: "I'm sick of all the negative views expressed. I've listened to all the rubbish talked on all those Radio City phone-ins and I want to make something very clear: I'm going nowhere do you understand? Nowhere. Just like the team. As long as I'm at Anfield, no-one is going anywhere — at all, do you hear? I've spent five years at this club building the foundations of success and I'll be buggered if I'll have all that ruined by a relentless ascent of the Premiership league table. Nope, we're all staying exactly where we are, thanks very much."

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