Reds legend calls for Houllier exit

Last updated : 23 February 2004 By Chris Maxwell
The disenchanted Scot, an integral part of Bill Shankly's early Liverpool side, feels that five years at the helm has proved long enough for Gerard Houllier following Sunday's FA Cup debacle at Portsmouth.

St John, speaking on Radio 4, said: "We're having the same conversation now we had a year ago. It would make me so happy to say I was wrong then and that things are so much better now, but they're not.

"Liverpool have had a shocking year. Have we moved forward? The answer is no. For years Liverpool fans have been proud of their teams, who played attacking football with fire and aggression.

"But fans now don't get turned on by his team - they sit there like zombies and boo them off at the end. The fans are so disgusted - and I think if there was a change tomorrow they'd be happy.

"I think five years is long enough for anybody - especially when you have a so-called five-year plan. That plan was to win the league, not the FA Cup - but you need binoculars now to see the teams at the top, they are so far away."