tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354971713619823814.post5880874666800730478..comments2023-04-16T11:45:16.666+01:00Comments on Up the 'Pool: Why Ian Holloway's departure was inevitableOneDaveBamberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369953596412108795noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354971713619823814.post-17302553175418994762012-11-04T23:32:36.792+00:002012-11-04T23:32:36.792+00:00Holloway is a good motivator and took someone else...Holloway is a good motivator and took someone else's team and gave them belief. He was unable to sustain that due to his complete lack of tactical ability. The defence has not improved on iota. Out of 40 odd players I reckon anyone could take a chance on one or two being decent. A very lucky manager but once his luck ran out ...............Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354971713619823814.post-19452876469368255352012-11-04T21:51:04.782+00:002012-11-04T21:51:04.782+00:00Im a palace fan,I was very surprised to hear that ...Im a palace fan,I was very surprised to hear that holloway was going to be manager a good choice but i feel he has left Blackpool in the lurch a bit,but whether that was because of the chairman I don't know. He's done the opposite to freedman going from a team in 11th as they were to a team in 4th. I can't understand why freedman left palace,there's more to that than meets the eye,but he's left a good team to go to what I think is a mediochre team,I think with him there must be money involved I may be wrong,but freedman is a palace legend,do holloway has got a lot to follow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354971713619823814.post-87500599164831142202012-11-04T18:49:01.810+00:002012-11-04T18:49:01.810+00:00Let me first say what a great read this article is... Let me first say what a great read this article is. I agree with everything that's been said here.<br /><br /> Having been raised in Lytham as a boy, and an ex-South Stand season ticket holder, I consider myself a Blackpool fan still, even though I now live thousands of miles away. I have watched Blackpool from afar and have been amazed at the roller-coaster ride that the last few years have been.<br /><br /> I believe that Holloway took this club to the English Premier League way before ownership was ready, and probably way before they wanted. The Oyston family have always regarded any business of theirs as a slave to the family and this is no different, and before I get any nay-sayers hammering me for "talking about stuff I know nothing of", trust me, I'm aware of the business acumen of The Oystons.<br /><br /> Holloway was a special character of almost "cartoon" like status. A media darling, he called a spade a shovel and was prepared to tolerate the Oyston dictatorship provided it produced success, but as with all dictatorships, they end up killing the goose that laid the golden egg.<br /><br /> Handled properly, Holloway would have stayed. He wasn't someone that was a spender. He was frugal and let's face it, he had an eye for talent. His teams couldn't defend worth a damn but they were very attractive to watch. However, like the rest of us, there comes a point where we realize that we're getting the shaft, and that's where Oyston screwed himself.<br /><br /> More of an issue now, is where to go from here. Thompson will get the job until the end of the season. Why? Because he comes cheap. Whether he saves the club from relegation is immaterial, because as I said earlier, ownership doesn't care where the club plays, as long as they get "their piece of pie". For me, they have to find a manager whose got the experience to survive in a tough League, but sadly, that same type of personality wouldn't tolerate "Potter" for a minute.<br /><br /> I picked Blackpool for automatic promotion this year. It's a relegation fight now with the players and coaches completely on their own.<br /><br /> Again, a great article. So well written in fact that I have linked to it on my own site.Soccer Limey in Americahttp://www.soccerlimeyinamerica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354971713619823814.post-3942693801005761402012-11-04T15:32:30.121+00:002012-11-04T15:32:30.121+00:00Great intuitive article and as ever cuts through a...Great intuitive article and as ever cuts through a lot of the wilder accounts and comment on the tinternet. I feel Ollie's success was certainly down to a perfect storm for some part and the subsequent experiences of those involved in the glory year(s) would also suggest the same (Adam, Vaughan, DJ). Ollie worked wonders for the Pool but some of his behaviour (fawning over KO and slagging the fans off) I am afraid will forever taint his achievements. It's a real shame he couldn't figure out and manage a more dignified exit, but this really points to his lack of intelligence and integrity. Alas both qualities in very short supply in football nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354971713619823814.post-83283468495347785902012-11-04T06:48:08.157+00:002012-11-04T06:48:08.157+00:00Ian Holloway was being found out he was a lucky ma...Ian Holloway was being found out he was a lucky manager not a good one.We should have never been promoted to the Premiership the results of other teams aswell as our own just fell into place.He left Blackpool because he realised his inadeguancies as a manager were going to be highlighted.<br />Crystal Palace in the longer term are going to be very disappointed in him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354971713619823814.post-92133306691137877902012-11-04T04:25:32.956+00:002012-11-04T04:25:32.956+00:00Great Article working under such constraints with ...Great Article working under such constraints with so little backing must be sole destroying. After the miracle of getting to the Prem Ollie, the fans, the club deserved so much more.<br />With a bit of investment he would have had a great chance to make sustained progress. <br />:( So sad but expectedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354971713619823814.post-73857345441149762112012-11-03T13:37:42.573+00:002012-11-03T13:37:42.573+00:00As usual a very good bit of writing and analysis. ...As usual a very good bit of writing and analysis. Spot on. It is so frustrating when you think that relatively small amounts of investment in players would have transformed our fortunes both in the Premiership and last season. But so far KO can point to Grayson; Parkes and Holloway. All fantastic managers and all of whom have over achieved. He probably feels that there will be another one around the corner. Without taking anything away from Ollie, Simon Grayson must be the one that we most to thank for. Getting out of those awful lower leagues with no money; and then he and Tony keeping us out of them. But thanks to Ollie we now look up rather than down. Forever grateful - no hard feelings. Good luck to Ollie - until we play him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354971713619823814.post-39974979787234224972012-11-03T12:11:53.881+00:002012-11-03T12:11:53.881+00:00I'm a palace fan and this appeared on my news ...I'm a palace fan and this appeared on my news feed. I have to say, this is an amazingly written piece.<br /><br />I have always had a soft spot for your team and town since I had an ill fated love affair with a female from Poulton. However, I have to say, it doesn't seem fair that a club with supporters of such quality, has to endure a chairman/board that lack in passion for the club.<br /><br />I honestly believe IH wouldn't of left had he had full backing from your board. I'll be the first to admit I'm glad he did join us, but in a perfect world he shouldn't of left.<br /><br />I wish your team the best for the future and here is hoping your next manager will do you proud.Andy Ogdenhttp://www.twitter.com/whatami5noreply@blogger.com