Jesus Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Touching. But hes still a gashead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 A touching tale and shows Holloway as a genuinely sensitive person... but it doesn't change the fact that he's footballs most famous gas head and if you take that tribalism out of football you don't even have the Premier League. If you start to value success over those tribal lines then we're a hairs breadth from some horrible MLS franchise system where teams are moved on the whims of owners and created due the contractual obligations of fading stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 His dad had a lucky escape at 18 years old ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I lost my Dad in '91, he was 51. Bet H*lloway would be welling up listening to that story.............. I've got 3 children, they are my life too Didn't read the rest, it's called life. I don't want that G*s ***** anywhere near my football club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 His dad had a lucky escape at 18 years old ! That's uncalled for, quite unpleasant. I'm sure you don't really mean that, being glad that someone's Dad passed away, just because of the team he supports/played for. How many times have we stood up for other teams in hard times, respected their struggles despite past battles? It's just football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 That's uncalled for, quite unpleasant. I'm sure you don't really mean that, being glad that someone's Dad passed away, just because of the team he supports/played for. How many times have we stood up for other teams in hard times, respected their struggles despite past battles? It's just football. Read it again - Holloway's Dad had a trial for Bristol Rovers when he was 18, joining the navy and not signing for them was his lucky escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Major Isewater Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Read it again - Holloway's Dad had a trial for Bristol Rovers when he was 18, joining the navy and not signing for them was his lucky escape. Thank you Noggers,at least you realise it was all done in the best possible taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Horsman Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Everybody's life is touched by tragedy at some stage. To me this is just another 'Look at me I'm Ian Holloway' episode. My dad died when I was 15 and he was only 38. So what? Bloke is a raging self-publicist and makes Bristol and Bristolians look daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Everybody's life is touched by tragedy at some stage. To me this is just another 'Look at me I'm Ian Holloway' episode. My dad died when I was 15 and he was only 38. So what? Bloke is a raging self-publicist and makes Bristol and Bristolians look daft. Like we need help ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Like we need help !No but, yeah but, no but, yeah but, no but. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted December 2, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 That's uncalled for, quite unpleasant. I'm sure you don't really mean that, being glad that someone's Dad passed away, just because of the team he supports/played for. How many times have we stood up for other teams in hard times, respected their struggles despite past battles? It's just football. Massive WHOOSH for you Sam!! Bored of all this Skeletor nonsense now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Everybody's life is touched by tragedy at some stage. To me this is just another 'Look at me I'm Ian Holloway' episode. My dad died when I was 15 and he was only 38. So what? Bloke is a raging self-publicist and makes Bristol and Bristolians look daft. Indeed. I mean look at us - 2 Crap football teams 1 Crap rugby team 1 Crap cricket team 0 Performance arenas 0 Metros, but any amount of crap public transport 1,000s of NIMBYs and Greens 1 Buffoon in clown trousers for a mayor How could anyone make that look daft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I think we all know he loves his drama. When I was 8 my Grandmother died, I saw through the side bay window in the hospital, my Dad, crying. It was the only one tear, running slowly down one cheek. It was the only time I ever saw him cry. He was the strong silent type, emotionally private. I went in and touched his hand. He said that was the proudest he'd ever been of me, abiding with him that day. It's an abstract from my futu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 It's an abstract from my future book, do you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted December 2, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 It's an abstract from my future book, do you like it? extract? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 extract?Something like that, a random paragraph taken as a taster to titalate the tastebuds of the potential consumer. Being a clown, like Hollowhead, I have full license to talk bollox if I like. It makes me a 'character', apparently. Sadly it doesn't qualify me to be the next sag manager given the number of times I've stated I despise them with all my heart. Personal sentimentality is also irrelevent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Thank you Noggers,at least you realise it was all done in the best possible taste. My apologies - I misread the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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123456789000 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 So where can we vote for Holloway to win X Factor / Britain's got Talent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Admin phantom Posted December 2, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 You are indeed the new messiah. He's not the Messiah, he is a very naughty boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted December 2, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Can't see that persauding anyone that a diehard sag should be allowed to manage us, it just sounds like the sort of tale that many people could tell. As for the quotes of him being gracious to us, well he could be from the Prem, I doubt if that would have been the case if we'd been there as well. So I retain my tribalism, my utter abhorrance at the thought of him in our dug out, the tradition of rivalry, without which football will truely become a sanitised 'product' given over to advertising men and financiers, who will undoubtedly increase the bullshit 'Americanisation' of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I think it would almost worth getting him here just to see the blue few in tears at their idol's betrayal. But no, I don't really think we should. Would alienate too many people. Not me personally, but a high percentage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I think it would almost worth getting him here just to see the blue few in tears at their idol's betrayal. But no, I don't really think we should. Would alienate too many people. Not me personally, but a high percentage. Are you forgetting how the blue few castigated him, booed him mercilessly, and in the end hounded him out of their club when he was their manager? They wouldn't be in tears at all, they'd be laughing their heads off at us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Are you forgetting how the blue few castigated him, booed him mercilessly, and in the end hounded him out of their club when he was their manager? They wouldn't be in tears at all, they'd be laughing their heads off at us. Well they boo anyone, Noggers. Even their heroes. Had SOD managed them you'd not have been able to hear the tannoy announcements through the volleys of abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderup Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Can't see that persauding anyone that a diehard sag should be allowed to manage us, it just sounds like the sort of tale that many people could tell. As for the quotes of him being gracious to us, well he could be from the Prem, I doubt if that would have been the case if we'd been there as well. So I retain my tribalism, my utter abhorrance at the thought of him in our dug out, the tradition of rivalry, without which football will truely become a sanitised 'product' given over to advertising men and financiers, who will undoubtedly increase the bullshit 'Americanisation' of the game. Unfortunately, those of us who retain that feeling of 'tribalism' (not violence for the beige brigade) are becoming persona non gratis in today's game. I reckon the highlighted bit is exactly where the game is heading / is already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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