LONDON -- The phone lines to Liverpool radio stations have been red hot this week. The knee-jerk reaction in the wake of one point from the last 18 has been that Gerard Houllier has lost the plot and Phil Thompson must go.
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With Liverpool experiencing its worst run for 19 years and suffering the ignominy of a first-round, Champions League knockout, supporters were hardly going to keep quiet or offer rational comments.