Ian Holloway

[nevthelodgemoorowl]

Oh dear, and I had my heart set on a Maori Manager who would ring out the inspirational Haka prior to each and every game.

 

KA MATE! KA MATE!

KA ORA, KA ORA!

KA MATE! KA MATE!

KA ORA, KA ORA

TENEI TE TANGATA PU'RU-HURU

NA'A NEI TIKI MAI WHAKA-WHITI TE 

[bladeshater]

Holloway would reignite the passion in the club and especially the fanbase appoint Paul Hurst as first team coach  

Edited December 2, 2018 by bladeshater

[Kew Owl]

8 hours ago, Socialist_Owl said:

Would fully support Ollie.

My QPR supporting friends in general say that, at QPR, he built a good reputation as a man manager and motivator, getting the best out of what players he had at his disposal, but that, tactically, he was pretty inept and some of his substitutions during matches were, to put it kindly, bizarre.

 

So he'd be an improvement on Jos in some areas, but not others

 

 

[darra]

On 01/12/2018 at 23:22, TrickyTrev said:

Give him a deal until May and then take it from there.

He seems like a good choice bearing in mind we'd not have any compo to pay. Said in the media that we should be playing attacking football with the squad we've got so could hit the ground running. I'd give him a decent contract with a nice bonus dependant on where we finish.. Finally I think he likes us.

[matthefish2002]

Feel Holloway is manager with his best days behind him.

Didn't he move from Blackpool because he didn't want to work up North?

I like him a bloke though.

[Bluesteel]

Not sure he’s a manager who sorts a defence out and grinds a win which is probably what we need.

[Bannofan]

Holloway might get a new manager bounce, but he's a dinosaur with some very outdated methods. 

 

This is going to be the problem with sacking Jos...who will come in?  It's either going to be a complete unknown again or a journeyman merry go round manager with as many sackings as successes on his CV. 

 

Whoever it is, I can't see the entire fanbase doing can't cartwheels of joy to be honest.  

[punkskaphil]

Millwall fans absolutely hated him when he was their manager. Our office cleaner is a Millwall ST holder and he reckons Holloway was one of the worst managers they've ever had and the fans at one stage were actually hoping for relegation in order to force him out.

[Ever the pessimist]

I am not a fan, but would prefer him to what we currently have. 

[fife_owl]

I like Holloway - but it’s all pointless.  Chansiri has appointed Jos and we are stuck with Jos until he walks.

 

 

[optimisticowl]

On 02/12/2018 at 06:58, kobayashi said:

Village idiot...no thanks.

 

Finish last in the league and they call you an idiot.

 

Finish last in medical school and they call you a doctor.

 

Funny old world, isn’t it?

[Beighton Owl 87]

I would love this appointment one of football's big characters and yes people will look at what he achieved at Leicester and Millwall but he also took Blackpool to the premier league as well as Palace and won promotion with QPR. I would say he's the best out there we could hope to attract to our club at the minute the mess we are in.

[Owls Loyal]

I think Ian Holloway would put a smile back on everyone's faces.

 

Under Luhukay the players look so miserable

[StudentOwl]

He'd get us attacking and be an energetic presence.

There's no doubt he'd be a bit of a wildcard appointment, but I'd rather see us as some sort of attacking unit rather than a series of individuals. At least then we might get more than 2 or 3 shots on target in a game... all taken from 20+ yards

[Guest LittleG]

4 hours ago, Bluesteel said:

Not sure he’s a manager who sorts a defence out and grinds a win which is probably what we need.

Not sure we have a defence that can be sorted which limits our options of grinding a win. Not one decent full back on our books.

[Lord Snooty]

 

Couple of things in our favour Re: Holloway

 

1. For some reason...he really seems to like us as a club. For a non Wednesday chap he doesn't half seem to take on the mantle of a fan when talking about us.
2. He's one of the only ones daft enough to take on the conditions.
3. He's out of work and we would have to pay and compensation to his current employers.

I don't mind him. I don't actually know how good he is. But he's a positive egg. And by God, our tanks are low on that.

Fun press conferences too which seems to have become a bit of a prerequisite among fans for any potential gaffer. 

 

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

As per my noble Lord above. I don't dislike him at all, and he has often spoken eloquently about SWFC and the fans in the past.

 

I posted in another thread and suggested Mark Warburton as a potential replacement should it come to that. Did exceptionally well at Brentford, and circumstances and regime changes went against him at Rangers and Forrest.

 

 

[cross owl]

On 01/12/2018 at 23:40, Rhubarb n Custard said:

Ok, if we are all in agreement can we start singing his name at the Rotherham game next week

 

 

 

 

  Just sing this continually

 

  Oliver's Army https://g.co/kgs/2tEMcd

 

  

[Guest]

On 01/12/2018 at 23:51, frastheowl said:

 

Out of all the out of work managers who’d actually come to us right now, I think Holloway could be the best of slim pickings. 

 

Did a a underrated job with QPR last season, has always had an affinity with Wednesday, plays a brand of football which excites fans and is more than adept at working on a shoestring budget and finding value for money. 

 

He’d take it on a short term deal I reckon also. 

Just shows how far we have sunk. Looking at managers like Holloway as a quick fix. FFS. Ok

[handworth52]

if he turned up for a job interview looking like a scruff/tramp like he looked Saturday then no thanks , someone plz buy him a decent blade and shaver for xmas.