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One thing I'm really looking forward to this season is Holloway's post-match interviews, he's brilliant. Here's a few choice quotes from an interview with him in The Mail today-

"It’s a jigsaw, we need far too many pieces and the picture isn’t on our box lid. We were expecting a different box."

"I feel like I’m a fella who was selling the Big Issue last week with my dog sat by me looking pretty hungry and I just picked up a winning Lottery ticket."

"As for all the DVDs I’ve had from agents, I’ve put them on a big line in my garden to scare off the hordes of crows after my chickens’ food."

"I was fuming at first when people said we wouldn’t get 10 points. But when I got the fixture list I said, “My God, where are we going to get 10 points from?"

He's come out with some belters over the years and being on BBC every weekend will be great.

yea, whenever I've seen an interview with him it's put a smile on my face at the very least, if not had me cracking up.

I'll be looking for blackpool's results/post match interviews every week

Yeah! Also one of the few football people whose columns in different publications have always been well worth the read. Not only funny but very symphatic and intelligent. I'm a fan.

I've got masses of respect for him as a manager for the way he completely changed his MO. He was a kick and rush man until a couple of years ago, then completely changed his mind following an enforced break from the game, he did his homework and came back as Mr total football.

On top of that he's a real character and likeable too unlike the character that the press all love, dodgy Arry.

he has an autobiography out thats supoosed to be good, isnt his wife and kids deaf and he does a lot of work for the deaf charities? at least he will be intresting most managers in premiership are dull as fuck eg hughes and mancini!

one funny guy indeed. i would love blackpool to stay up (north west and probably will be the best away game ever in prem history for most fans in terms of non football)

paulh wrote:one funny guy indeed. i would love blackpool to stay up (north west and probably will be the best away game ever in prem history for most fans in terms of non football)

Love him and hope the club do well but I hate the town with a passion, I can't imagine me going there on purpose even to see City

irblinx wrote:I've got masses of respect for him as a manager for the way he completely changed his MO. He was a kick and rush man until a couple of years ago, then completely changed his mind following an enforced break from the game, he did his homework and came back as Mr total football.

On top of that he's a real character and likeable too unlike the character that the press all love, dodgy Arry.

The way he's got together a bunch of no mark players & got them into the Prem with fuck all money, but playing proper football, is an absolute credit to him. Unfortunately blokes that get teams up by playing football always seem to lack the financial backing to sign anyone who could help them stay there. Owen Coyle at Burnley being the latest example.

Holloway will be great fun while he's here though unlike phoney Harry.

One of his best, I think it was about a striker he had, who was going through a barren spell (but don't shoot me if I'm wrong). "He's so unlucky at the moment, if he fell into a barrel of diddies, he would come out suckin' his thumb."

Is it just me or does he look a bit like the guy who played Freddy Krüger?

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Ian Holloway

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irblinx wrote:

paulh wrote:one funny guy indeed. i would love blackpool to stay up (north west and probably will be the best away game ever in prem history for most fans in terms of non football)

Love him and hope the club do well but I hate the town with a passion, I can't imagine me going there on purpose even to see City

I am with irb on this. holloway is superb, blackpool is a toilet. shameful, booze britain stag and hen pity party. on a good night.

s1ty m wrote:I am with irb on this. holloway is superb, blackpool is a toilet. shameful, booze britain stag and hen pity party. on a good night.

a mate of mine had to live there for two weeks whilst he took driving lessons. he's not been the same since.

and he failed the test the fucking clown. epic fail.