The Kaiser

Toblerone any day of the week

Milka Alpenmilch.

Top drawer.

Bit petty isn't it?

I'd rather Pemberton genuinely believes it to be the best team to put out. He's in charge now.

Agree. Good luck John.

I would love a win today of all days.

2 decade long grudges are not things that should hold us back.

Those who don't rate his record as a manager fine. But to not want someone because he supported and played for Rovers and said a few things a long time ago?!

Di Canio - Sheff Wed

Danny Wilson - Crawley

Neil Warnock - Portsmouth

Steve Cotterill or Ian Holloway - Bristol City

That's how it will go

Fair shout though I cant see Warnock at Portsmouth.

I'd take Holloway for us.

Relegation not failure? of course it is.  That is just an excuse peddled out.  Notice Swansea stayed up and have improved, enabling them to up their budget.  It is about being aware of tactics, which he isn't, going hell for leather is all well and good, but they lost so many points from winning positions  because of bad decisions from the boss.

 

Relegation is failure, no matter how you want to dress it up.

I think your personal views of Holloway are clouding you on that one.

Blackpool's stint in the Premiership under him was impressive and they played some nice football - shook up some of the big boys.

All on a budget of 1/100th of them.

3 relegations, not so fine, like I say mixed bag, but negatives (such as courting other teams twice) out weigh the positives.

 

Then add his dislike of City and City fans into the mix, and it sure is a match made in heaven!

The Blackpool relegation from the Premiership is hardly a failure.

In fact they did bloody well under him in the top tier for the budget they had in comparison.

3 promotions....

Fine by me.

My wife is certainly enjoying a guy from her hometown absolutely ripping the heart out of the English top-order.

Maybe we can see some turnaround...

The blokes a flat out cock. Why would you want him as manager?

Because he could do a good job for the club as manager.

Do you have the same take on Gengis Ghan, Hitler, Mao........ You weren't born when they inflicted their regimes on people.

Plenty of us were born and witnessed the sag ******* goading and insulting us, I would be totally shocked if he even considered managing us, should the board be stupid enough to offer him the position.

Godwin's Law (1990)

"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison being drawn upon or involving Adolf Hitler or Nazis approaches. Given enough time, no matter what the subject or the scope somebody will make a reference to Hitler"

This he gets very very personal towards city fans when there are no cameras or sound recorders around.  Naivity when he was young allowed himself to show part of his true colours

So only when no cameras are around eh?

I'll go with what I have seen him say and how he has behaved.

And I applauded him when he came out at AG and he applauded the stand back by the way.

Pretty sure you (like me) did and said some things in the past that we regret. Particularly 23 years ago.

Or there is something more recent -

"Will it mean a bit more to you if you do it today?"

"Why?"

"Beating Bristol City and being a Rovers man?"

"I'm a Blackpool man. Bristol City are a good side and its going to be tough. They're a team from my hometown, he's got them playing some nice stuff and good luck to them. We just need to be firm and keep our heads. They're just opponents, nothing more."

Ian Holloway

Blackpool v Bristol City

Stewart, Walsh and Ward are completely different.

 

Anyway, moot point he pretty much stated he would never join us, he dislikes us enough not to come, and for his own safety (unfortunately)  he shouldn't come.

Marcus Stewart spent his whole childhood supporting Bristol City FC.

He then chose to play for Bristol Rovers.

It's the same thing only opposite.

For goodness sake, are we basing it on a silly thing he said in the heat of the moment when a fair few of us weren't even born?

Would be delighted at his appointment - should it happen.

He is a professional. You do a job for money.

Ask yourself - if you found yourself out of work - would you not take a job on offer, because you may 20 years ago have not liked the company???

I know I would. If I was a football coach, I would happily work for Bristol Rovers or Cardiff City if the money is right.

Ask Marcus Stewart, ask Alan Walsh, ask John Ward etc

I would very much support the appointment of Ian Holloway.

There is only one reason I would not want him at this club and that's because he once said "the only good city fan is a dead city fan" I'm from a family where bcfc runs through our blood, many of my family members are now no longer with us. Holloways previous comments Say to me that he's happy their dead, a couple of less city fans in the world. If he was appointed I would be done with this club. First off I would be down at Ashton Gate within 10 minutes voicing my displeasure. Any City fans that would support his appointment are a disgrace to this club. The guy is absolutely vile and it would turn into another pulis situation.

That is unbelievably over the top!

The guy is a professional football manager and if he wants the job he should get it.

He'll be a lot better than the idiot we just sacked.

Not true.

He is a professional football manager.

I would manage anybody if in the same shoes - including Bristol Rovers or Cardiff City - if the money was right.

I would support his appointment,

The fans shouldn't even be split right now.

We just thankfully removed an inept clown who was taking us down - we should all be bloody grateful!!!

Pre-match interview, Blackpool v Bristol City

"Will it mean a little bit more to you Ian beating Bristol City?"

"Not at all. They're a good side. Why?"

"Being a Rovers man from Bristol."

"I'm a Blackpool man. Bristol City are a good side from my hometown and good luck to them. I have nothing more than a professional desire to beat them to keep us in the play offs"

The years have mellowed him. He's a professional football manager and I think he'd do a decent job,.

I agree his players let him down big style, get a grip this nothing to do with the fans whatsoever, it's everything to do with 2 wins in 18 this season and being in a relegation spot.

Utterly abysmal decision. Really bad

Will probably get some meathead like Warnock in now

Because his record is terrible....

Why are the club having a press announcement at 12 ?

 

Surely the bulletin on the website and the email says it all ?

 

They have already said Pembleton will be in charge for Saturday so it's clearly not a case of quick appointment ?

They also said Docherty would be in charge last time, then he was fired the next day/

Appleton is favourite at 3/1,

But the day of a sacking, bookies have no idea whatsoever unless its a done deal (Barker to Pompey)