Tomo Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Just had a text from a Leeds fan. He said all us city fans should get over ourselves and welcome holloway...he also said stay way clear of Warnock - :laugh: ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderup Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 If you simply base the decision as if it was any other business (not football) Ian Holloway has the best record / cv and is available. In recent times he has the best record of getting clubs to the Premier League etc. I would accept that business decision and tuck my small minded-ness under my pillow... Imagine the vitriol after a couple of bad results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 I often wonder whether free speech is all it's cracked up to be. This forum would benefit from anyone suggesting that odious gas cretin as manager receiving an instant ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 28, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Millen has been doing a better job at palace than Hollowhead did. He took over from Dougie Freedman when they were flying high, with easily the best squad in the championship and nearly fecked it up. Done crap in the prem everytime Let's be honest if Utd hadn't loaned their super winger back to them they would have not been promoted. At one point they were walking the league and only scraped through the play offs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 28, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Just had a text from a Leeds fan. He said all us city fans should get over ourselves and welcome holloway...he also said stay way clear of Warnock - lol ! Yeah - ask him if they would accept someone like Steve Bruce as their manager Then he may understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 They wouldnt mate,It would be the right "business" decision. I hated holloway when he was playing for the gas but I think most "bristol footy" fans have a lot of respect for him, including me!What about the customers (fans) leaving in their droves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcityman Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Holloway may well get us out of a mess, he may get us up the table and he may have us winning more than we lose. Holloway could also do a pulis. Holloway will divide the fan base and IMO see us play with gates of well below what we get now. No thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookey Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Must be Holloway - the only choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrenadaRed Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 We are in a mess and need the best manager possible and that is Holloway; we all need to put the past to one side and think about the future. It doesn't sit easy, but nor does awful football and relegation! Location would be good for him, but I am not sure why else he would come though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince82 Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 The only reason Olly would not take the position, would have nothing to do with it being City, or the threat of abuse from City fans, or his so called allegiance to the blue few. It is purely down to what he fears as a "gas head backlash". He has survived death threats and abuse before (mainly from our fans) however his family is very dear to him, and he will never put them at risk again, of recieving such abuse (which he feels might happen, from certain corners of the rovers collective) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolskRed Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Sky Bet Cotterill from 5/2 to 6/1 Holloway from 20/1 to 9/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 I hate the bloke and would never have imagined being happy about his appointment but frankly I'd take him over a lot of the other names being bandied about, like Steve Cotterill, Di Canio etc. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Why the F would Holloway want this job? Possibly alienate his adoring Gas worshippers unless he fails miserably, in which case he would damage his own prospects of future employment. Imo this really isn't a realistic option not just for the fact that it would upset a large portion of our fans but also because it doesn't make sense from Holloways perspective especially as there is bound to be Championship manager posistions up for grabs in the coming months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JammyOne Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 As posted on BRFC forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplyRed Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Holloway can't possibly be given the job - the appointment would be too divisive amongst fans... the Board cannot risk alienating sections of the fans when they have already aliented a large portion by their mismanagement of the club and their incompetence in allowing the club to slide to the depths it has - Holloway would be too risky... Personally, I think he is an overrated charlatan who loves the sound of his own voice, and he doesn't fit my criteria of a manager who would be good for BCFC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 28, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 As posted on BRFC forum. Will the Hollowhead lovers now understand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Will the Hollowhead lovers now understand? Probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Holloway can't possibly be given the job - the appointment would be too divisive amongst fans... the Board cannot risk alienating sections of the fans when they have already aliented a large portion by their mismanagement of the club and their incompetence in allowing the club to slide to the depths it has - Holloway would be too risky... Personally, I think he is an overrated charlatan who loves the sound of his own voice, and he doesn't fit my criteria of a manager who would be good for BCFC... It already has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniro Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 The petty tribalism that leads many City fans to hate Rovers more than they love their own team has always annoyed me. Yes it's fun to take the piss out of the Gas and I used to love singing "Cheer up Holloway" when he was their boss, but that was years ago and we haven't needed to play Rovers in a serious game for ages. Grow up children. Who cares about Rovers? I think he's a hilarious bloke - a real character and one of the few true Bristolian who's ever made it to any level of achievement in any walk of life. (brunel wasn't Bristolian or Cabot - Justine Lee Fuzzface anyone?) Admittedly he comes across as a bit of an idiot but that part of his schtick. He's got experience and passion and some kind of a track record. He's no Alex Ferguson, but let's face it, I don't think we can be too choosy. We've just got rid of a perfectly good coach who was systematically trying to build a new team with no funding. Anyone who takes the job on would be mad after the way the board have treated SOD. We'd be lucky to get a manager who'd had the kind of success Hollowhead had had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Out of work and a proud Bristolian, he must surely be a contender for the job? It would be an absurd and divisive decision. Expect the Board to make it tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplyRed Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Holloway can't possibly be given the job - the appointment would be too divisive amongst fans... the Board cannot risk alienating sections of the fans when they have already aliented a large portion by their mismanagement of the club and their incompetence in allowing the club to slide to the depths it has - Holloway would be too risky... Personally, I think he is an overrated charlatan who loves the sound of his own voice, and he doesn't fit my criteria of a manager who would be good for BCFC... It already has. errrmm... I did say that, didn't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheCulturalBomb Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Holloway would be perfect for me, super character, great determination and knows how to get a team promoted. But I don't think he would come to Ashton Gate to save a team in league one. From the Premier League to League one is such a step down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolBEAT Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 YES YES YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckle_red Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 That'd be me gone forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted November 28, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 I think he's a hilarious bloke - a real character and one of the few true Bristolian who's ever made it to any level of achievement in any walk of life. Oh dear - I almost took your post seriously until I read this line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Aside from the fact we are bristol city who he would never manage, are two leagues below his last job, and are in a relegation dog fight, what else would make this job attractive to an "exhausted need a break from football cant stomach a relegation battle gas loving well off ex-manager"? The view of the Suspension Bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniro Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Oh dear - I almost took your post seriously until I read this line I'm born and bred Bristolian and I can't think of anyone who's made it - including me! Jeffrey Archer - but he was Weston super Mare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 I'm born and bred Bristolian and I can't think of anyone who's made it - including me! Jeffrey Archer - but he was Weston super Mare! One of the most impressive histories of any city in the UK and nobody successful? Must have been luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 If you follow cricket and it's history you might have a better idea of Bristol success. The first sports superstar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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