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Ian Holloway on the Championship

vancouveraddick
vancouveraddick Posts: 1,674
edited August 2007 in General Charlton
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/6929172.stm

He's tipping West Brom and Sheff Utd for automatic promotion and reckons Pards has a tough job on his hands at our place. I can't see Sheff Utd doing that well, but I hate Robson so I'm probably biased. I love the fact Palarse don't even get a mention at all.

Also, probably been put on here before but this is Holloway at his best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YBgp_LaPWc

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  • leftbehind
    leftbehind Posts: 8,581
    funny man
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,990
    He certainly is. Down here in Oggyland, they all love him (at Plymurf Argyle), sense of humour and all.

    I'm quite happy to see his comments. He might well be right and that's okay, as it'll take a bit of pressure away from us - and we can come from outside the promotion positions and stride away to lead the pack after Easter. ;-)
  • Charlton Dan
    Charlton Dan Posts: 4,937
    I cant see WBA running away with anything myself and would have them down as playoffs at best.

    They've lost Kamara, Koumas and look like losing Davies. That's the spine of their side! Add to that the experience of Chris Perry and you've got a huge hole right down the middle that needs to be replaced with equal quality and then bed in.

    Even if Davies doesn't go, how happy will he be spending another season at this level when he feels he should be in the Prem?
  • MCS
    MCS Posts: 8,404
    wba are looking to sign that morrison from boro, quality player he is.

    agree with dan tho, i cant see them doing that well, 2nd at best for them, but i would think they will come 3rd and lose the play offs!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,161
    Just read Brom are trying to sign Pele for £900k.

    Im sure he'd sell shirts, but isn't he a bit past his best nowadays......???
  • Charlton Dan
    Charlton Dan Posts: 4,937
    [cite]Posted By: AFKA Bartram[/cite]Just read Brom are trying to sign Pele for £900k.

    Im sure he'd sell shirts, but isn't he a bit past his best nowadays......???

    He wants to break Romario's record
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,365
    [cite]Posted By: AFKA Bartram[/cite]Just read Brom are trying to sign Pele for £900k.

    Im sure he'd sell shirts, but isn't he a bit past his best nowadays......???

    With his previous ventures into the world of advertisment I'm sure he could keep them up at least
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,161
    two signings for West brom today, defender Carl Hoefkens from Stoke for £750k and midfielder James Morrison from Boro for £1.5m
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,365
    Morrison is a good signing for anyone in this division
  • MCS
    MCS Posts: 8,404
    edited August 2007
    morrison, great little player he is, good signing! they will do well if he stays fit! that kid has done us a few times already and he is only young !

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  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,610

    Interesting interview by Holloway, breath of fresh air or moronic to slag your own fans off? I'm leaning to the latter.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    The guy's an idiot . He's living off one lucky year.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,188
    cafcsinger said:


    Interesting interview by Holloway, breath of fresh air or moronic to slag your own fans off? I'm leaning to the latter.
    Definitely the latter

    Especially moronic to slag your fans off for leaving early on a weeknight... I'm usually asleep by 10pm yet attending Charlton tonight means I wont be home till nearly 11pm - It'll be a worse situation for others who wont get home till later and have to be up for work earlier the next day... Sorry Ian but you lot in Football need to realise this factor in normal people's lives!!
  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    It is up to fans to do what they want. I don't leave early, even when we have been five goals down. But if they want to leave it is their choice.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,343
    From what I heard QPR were pretty poor, how early is he talking about?

    Maybe next game a lot of fans won't bother turning up to show unappreciated they are?
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,283
    Does he realise how stupid he sounds?

    He's moaning because the fans left early, "our boys need you, you should've stayed", yet seemingly he's forgetting they managed to turn it round from 0-2 to 2-2 after half the fans had already left.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,539
    edited November 2017
    A great article from Rory K Smith in the New York Times a couple weeks back on how old British managers, not foreign managers, create a glass ceiling for younger coaches. Holloway is a great example of this. Like Allardyce and Moyers mentioned explicitly in the article, he keeps getting hired despite limited success in days long gone.

    The Biggest Obstacle for Young British Coaches? Old British Coaches https://nyti.ms/2jbHEiK
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,343
    I agree with him. Unless you really have to catch the last train home (which at 10pm is not likely, unless you are getting a connecting train elsewhere & I reckon it would be less than 100 fans doing this) then stay until the end. You usually have 1 home game every other week, maybe 2 in 10 days if you count midweek games, so that's 100 mins (counting added time) so why not see it all. You don't leave a film or a play 10 mins early, so why a football match. If its that bad then stay until the end & show your displeasure by booing. I wonder how those fans felt last night leaving after 85 mins & getting back to their cars or turning on their phones 10 mins later to find out they've got a point.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,678
    Broke my heart when Millwall sacked him.
  • HandG
    HandG Posts: 2,138
    golfaddick said:

    I agree with him. Unless you really have to catch the last train home (which at 10pm is not likely, unless you are getting a connecting train elsewhere & I reckon it would be less than 100 fans doing this) then stay until the end. You usually have 1 home game every other week, maybe 2 in 10 days if you count midweek games, so that's 100 mins (counting added time) so why not see it all. You don't leave a film or a play 10 mins early, so why a football match. If its that bad then stay until the end & show your displeasure by booing. I wonder how those fans felt last night leaving after 85 mins & getting back to their cars or turning on their phones 10 mins later to find out they've got a point.

    If the game is still competitive, I would never leave before the final whistle and can't understand people that do-imagine missing a last minute winner in an important game. On the other hand, if we're 5-0 down with 20 minutes to go, I'm beating the traffic and not sticking around just to make myself feel a bit better by giving the players a good boo off. Not that it would make me feel any better come to think of it...............

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  • SOTF
    SOTF Posts: 1,155
    edited November 2017
    QPR were absolutely terrible. If I was him I would have kept my mouth shut knowing he'd got away with one.

    QPR never looked in the game until Brentford's keeper made a dreadful mistake dropping an uncontested corner followed by Brentford's winger pathetically pulling out of a 50/50 challenge right before their equaliser.

    Brentford gifted them an early Christmas present. This wasn't an earned draw.

    If I had been at a London Derby involving Charlton, already pissed off that the game was on a Monday night and witnessed a performance with such little passion or enthusiasm, I'd have left early too.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,465
    That Holloway bloke talks a lot of sense ;-)

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