Soccer: Tension mounts for Houllier

GERARD HOULLIER would have done better staying at home in bed, nursing his flu, and leaving the shouting and bawling to Phil Thompson.

Instead he chose to witness a Liverpool horror show that has left their ragged season at a critical juncture. The calls for Houllier’s head have increased, the phone-ins are red hot and he surely would have winced if he heard one enraged punter demanding that fans ‘break him’ by making his life intolerable.

The club will not sack him, Liverpool do not do such things having not axed a manager for close to 50 years. Sources inside the club maintain he still has the support of chairman David Moores and the board.