Leicesterpool Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Holloway may have been the poor sod standing on the touchline at Stoke but he was NOT the reason we went down, that was 100% Martin Allen, 15 signings in the summer NONE of which played in the last game, the dick head destroyed the club and so gets my vote, Mandaric arguably saved the club AND found our current owners and for that he`ll always have my gratitude. A few weeks ago Martin Allen did an interview with BBC five live talking about his time at Leicester, admitting he holds regrets joining the club only coming here for the money. One thing he did say was, alot of players that were signed in that summer weren't his choice. He just said alot of random players would turn up at the training ground and club would fail to tell him they signed them. Plus apparently he was told to play certain players.
wight88 Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Holloway small minded gimp that snubbed pearsons handshake to throw a paddy at the officials conveniently in front of the TV cameras. Chill out and have a sandwich indeed.
davieG Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Holloway may have been the poor sod standing on the touchline at Stoke but he was NOT the reason we went down, that was 100% Martin Allen, 15 signings in the summer NONE of which played in the last game, the dick head destroyed the club and so gets my vote, Mandaric arguably saved the club AND found our current owners and for that he`ll always have my gratitude. Well well have to disagree Holloway had plenty of time and money to save us and clearly didn't care too much about our relegation as for Mandaric he conned his way into the club got us for a song went through a stream of managers and his 3 year plan to get us out of the championship worked except it was the wrong way. His only interest was to make a profit from us and clearly had plans to sell the training ground as for finding our current owners I'd suggest that they found us and he would have sold us to anyone that showed him a profit just like he did with Portsmouth.
SpacedX Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Bryan Hamilton is never remembered that affectionately .
davieG Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 We've certainly had more than our fair share of incompetents but we've also seen a lot worse inhabit the list of potentials whenever we've been looking for a new manager
Fatbloke Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Well well have to disagree Holloway had plenty of time and money to save us and clearly didn't care too much about our relegation as for Mandaric he conned his way into the club got us for a song went through a stream of managers and his 3 year plan to get us out of the championship worked except it was the wrong way. His only interest was to make a profit from us and clearly had plans to sell the training ground as for finding our current owners I'd suggest that they found us and he would have sold us to anyone that showed him a profit just like he did with Portsmouth. The very essence of these forums is good healthy disagreements, I know I`m right but being unable to reveal how I know means that my views are happily sitting there waiting to be shot down :-)
HesNotGudjonsonn2 Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 It is clearly Taylor but I wanted to add a couple of bits about some other suggestions. My memory may be wrong on this but I recall Mark McGhee not just saying Wolves were a bigger club when he left but a few days before Jimmy Greaves asked him on Central Sports Special whether he would be leaving Leicester and he defiantly said No. Also, when it comes to Holloway I just think that he had inherited a shambles of a squad with a lot of Martin Allen's dross and I don't think many managers could have fixed it. I still think at that point the relegation turned out good for us as it rejuvenated us and we regained confidence on our return. Craig Levein just bought a load of people from Scotland who weren't even that great up there. I can't say much about Megson as it was such a short period that I barely remember it but I don't care for someone who uses us as a stepping stone to Bolton Wanderers!!! Anyway, for me it is and always will be Peter Taylor who, in a contrast to Lord Ranieri of Italia, was seen as a positive appointment by the media when he came.....are they ever right?
TJB-fox Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 All that stuff about Allen above is untrue. He was supposedly very aggressive with Mandaric in who he wanted, despite the fact in the 'interview process' he didn't mention any of the transfer recruitment plans he wanted to implement. Also majorly pissed off all the originals and it took a large group of players to actually go to Mandaric and persuade him to get rid. All that stuff about Allen above is untrue. He was supposedly very aggressive with Mandaric in who he wanted, despite the fact in the 'interview process' he didn't mention any of the transfer recruitment plans he wanted to implement. Also majorly pissed off all the originals and it took a large group of players to actually go to Mandaric and persuade him to get rid.
davieG Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 The very essence of these forums is good healthy disagreements, I know I`m right but being unable to reveal how I know means that my views are happily sitting there waiting to be shot down :-) Whatever you may say you know or don't know doesn't change what I've written about Holloway and what I've said about Mandaric speaks for itself and is in the public domain. Hiding behind I can't reveal after all this time frankly holds no water.
Merchant_Banker Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Taylor, mostly because of the disappointment. I thought he would be a great signing, England under 21 manager, surely he would bring in some great young talent from across the world. Instead we got Junior Lewis.
Dan Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Too young to really remember Taylor too well but if I wasn't it'd surely be him. Probably Sven for me. Every single thing about his second season here represented so much I resent about the game. I don't think he was particularly bothered about Leicester, we just fell into a trap.
Spiritwalker Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 A few weeks ago Martin Allen did an interview with BBC five live talking about his time at Leicester, admitting he holds regrets joining the club only coming here for the money. One thing he did say was, alot of players that were signed in that summer weren't his choice. He just said alot of random players would turn up at the training ground and club would fail to tell him they signed them. Plus apparently he was told to play certain players.Heard this at the time, players turned up at training and Allen had no idea they had signed. I also heard Jimmy Floyd Hasselbankwas sent packing by Allen when he turned up without his knowledge. David Pleat for me has to the most unpopular I can't remember any other Leicester manager needing a police guard during games.
Eastwellfox Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Megson. With us for two minutes and then threw us aside for Bolton. Discusting and where is the plonker now?
Nickfosse Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Don't really do hate, but the worst Leicester teams I have seen were managed by Pleat, Megson and Taylor. I recall appalling displays by all 3. Pleat wins. We couldn't even keep the ball from a throw in with him and were utterly useless. I came over from Birmingham one night to watch us play Wolves under Megson and it was one of the dullest experiences of my life. To be fair, I don't blame Taylor as much as Elsom for appointing him. I was living in Southend at the time where he'd lived and managed. He'd been an utter disaster and was granted a mercy sacking in the end. We appointed him on the basis of coaching the England under 21s which bares little relation to club management (see Ranieiri and Greece for further details). He had no history of success at club level. I remember calling my brother on the day he was appointed and hollering "NO"'! Please NO! Not that I always have such insight. I thought than when we sacked Pearson we'd tumble like a pack of cards.
Finnegan Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Obviously Taylor. I can assume you'd only vote Holloway if you're too young to remember Taylor. Holloway took us down, yeah, but we were shit for years and he adopted everyone else's mess. Taylor took over what was basically akin to the current team, blew probably the modern equivalent of about £50m on rubbish (by the same ratio, that's probably about £25m on Akinbiyi), changed everything, got us relegated and started the series of events that lead to Holloway's above relegation. It took us a decade to recover from Taylor.
Izzy Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Obviously Taylor. I can assume you'd only vote Holloway if you're too young to remember Taylor. Holloway took us down, yeah, but we were shit for years and he adopted everyone else's mess. Taylor took over what was basically akin to the current team, blew probably the modern equivalent of about £50m on rubbish (by the same ratio, that's probably about £25m on Akinbiyi), changed everything, got us relegated and started the series of events that lead to Holloway's above relegation. It took us a decade to recover from Taylor. Nope, disagree. I voted Holloway but remember Taylor only far too well. It's a close call for me but Taylor had an impossible job following MON and we were only going to go backwards whoever was in charge. MON was an impossible act to follow. You say Taylor blew £50m on rubbish but the board sanctioned the spend. He was shite and out of his depth but Holloway will always be remembered as the Manager who took us down to the third tier of English football for the first time in our existence. That alone gets him my vote.
ceredigion Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Holloway. I can forgive managers who've got us relegated from the top tier. Can't forgive the one who got us relegated from the 2nd tier. A special circle all of his own in Dante's Inferno awaits him.
foxes_rule1978 Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Taylor, he dismantled one of the best sides we had, replaced them all with Sunday league standard players and wasted a lot of money in doing so
Stevosevic Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Has Taylor ever spoken about his time here? Does he actually know how much he f**ked up?
Clever Fox Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Nope, disagree. I voted Holloway but remember Taylor only far too well. It's a close call for me but Taylor had an impossible job following MON and we were only going to go backwards whoever was in charge. MON was an impossible act to follow. You say Taylor blew £50m on rubbish but the board sanctioned the spend. He was shite and out of his depth but Holloway will always be remembered as the Manager who took us down to the third tier of English football for the first time in our existence. That alone gets him my vote. if you follow that logic we shouldn't be top of the league but we are. different Managers bring different things to a club as we're witnessing now. But you are right about the Board. The main reason Mon left was because they wouldn't give him the funds to take us to the next level. Admittedly he was drawn by Celtic but would have stayed if given the funds. They then brought in that fool Taylor gave him 30 million to spend on dross and allowed him to dismantle a very good team. That's why it has to be Taylor The others in their defence were always fighting something wrong within the Club.
Dan Posted 6 December 2015 Posted 6 December 2015 Surely our relegation under Taylor was more Taylor's fault than the relegation under Holloway was Holloway's?
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