Trav Le Bleu Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Find below a list of quotes I came across on Wikipedia - some are just genius... I like the guy already! "I'm as chuffed as a badger at the beginning of the mating season." "To put it in gentleman's terms if you've been out for a night and you're looking for a young lady and you pull one, some weeks they're good looking and some weeks they're not the best. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She weren't the best looking lady we ended up taking home but she was very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much, let's have a coffee" - on the "ugly" win against Chesterfield. This is perhaps Holloway's most famous quote. "It's like the film Men in Black. I walk around in a black suit, white shirt and black tie where I've had to flash my white light every now and again to erase some memories, but I feel we've got hold of the galaxy now. It's in our hands." - Holloway on QPR's financial situation. "It was lucky that the linesman wasn't stood in front of me as I would have poked him with a stick to make sure he was awake." - Holloway states his opinion about the linesman's performance in a game against Bristol City. "I call us the Orange club - because our future's bright!" - on QPR's potential. "He's been out for a year and Richard Langley is still six months away from being Richard Langley, and I could do with a fully fit Richard Langley." - on midfielder Richard Langley's injury rehabilitation. "It's all very well having a great pianist playing but it's no good if you haven't got anyone to get the piano on the stage in the first place, otherwise the pianist would be standing there with no bloody piano to play." - after being criticised for using defensive players in midfield. "I am a football manager. I can't see into the future. Last year I thought I was going to Cornwall on my holidays but I ended up going to Lyme Regis." - asked whether QPR would be able to beat Manchester City. "You can say that strikers are very much like postmen: they have to get in and out as quick as they can before the dog starts to have a go." "I always say that scoring goals is like driving a car. When the striker is going for goal, he's pushing down that accelerator, so the rest of the team has to come down off that clutch. If the clutch and the accelerator are down at the same time, then you are going to have an accident." "I've got to knock that horrible smell out of my boys, because they smell of complacency." "I have such bad luck at the moment that if I fell in a barrel of boobs I'd come out sucking my thumb." "Every dog has its day, and today is woof day! Today I just want to bark!" - Holloway after securing promotion to the Championship. "When my wife first saw Marc for the first time, she said he was a fine specimen of a man. She says I have nothing to worry about, but I think she wants me to buy her a QPR shirt with his name on the back for Christmas." - on QPR's new Danish striker Marc Nygaard. "Paul Furlong is my vintage Rolls Royce and he cost me nothing. We polish him, look after him, and I have him fine tuned by my mechanics. We take good care of him because we have to drive him every day, not just save him for weddings." - on veteran striker Paul Furlong. "We need a big, ugly defender. If we had one of them we'd have dealt with County's first goal by taking out the ball, the player and the first three rows of seats in the stands." - after a defeat against Notts County. "You never count your chickens before they hatch. I used to keep parakeets and I never counted every egg thinking I would get all eight birds. You just hoped they came out of the nest box looking all right. I'm like a swan at the moment. I look fine on top of the water but under the water my little legs are going mad." "There was a spell in the second half when I took my heart off my sleeve and put it in my mouth." "I don't see the problem with footballers taking their shirts off after scoring a goal? They enjoy it and the young ladies enjoy it too. I suppose thats one of the main reasons women come to football games, to see the young men take their shirts off. Of course they'd have to go and watch another game because my lads are as ugly as sin." - about the new rule restricting footballers from removing their shirts during a match. "Sometimes when you aim for the stars, you hit the moon." "I believe in what I am doing totally and once people speak to me they do too - I could sell snow to the Eskimos." "We've got a good squad and we're going to cut our cloth accordingly, but I think the cloth that we've got could make some good soup, if that makes any sense". - Despite popular belief, Holloway was in fact misquoted as saying "soup" but actually said "suit". "I want to try and spread the support with my Bristol connection. Rovers are in the bottom division so why can't I try and convert some of them into Argyle fans? We're in the West Country so it's not that far away. Only two and a half hours away in a slow car, an hour and a half in a fast one - or 10 minutes in a rocket! As long as you aimed it right, you'd be down here really quickly. Don't land it on the pitch, though, because you'd ruin it!" "It was a bit cheeky wasn't it? But I don't think it was that bad. It would have been worse if he'd turned round and dropped the front of his shorts instead. I don't think there's anything wrong with a couple of butt cheeks personally. (...) If anybody's offended by seeing a backside, get real. Maybe they're just jealous that he's got a real nice tight one, with no cellulite or anything." - on Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton mooning Everton fans "Hasney's bust his hooter. He can smell round corners now." - on an injury sustained by central defender Hasney Aljofree ""Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with a famous bird. Can you imagine if Posh was called Lady Beckham? We'd never hear the end of it!" - on rumours about a possible knighthood for David Beckham. "If I was in there I wouldn't try to be everybody's friend. I'd have to say 'Excuse me, hang on a minute, I think you're wrong there. Don't raise your voice at her like that, don't get like that. It's just an Oxo cube, we got it wrong and we're all in this together'. It's like the Witches of Eastwick. They need Jack Nicholson to come in and sort them right out." - on the bullying of Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother 2007. "We threw everything at them. The kitchen sink, golf clubs, emptied the garage and threw it at them. Unfortunately, it was not enough, but at least my garage is tidy." - after Argyle's defeat to Watford in the FA Cup quarter-final, 2007. "I've lasted five years at two clubs and I tell you what, that's an absolute miracle. Is it something to do with my management, or is it my good looks? No, it can't be that, because I've got a face like a robber's dog." "If you look at it in acting terms I've been on Eastenders all my life and now I'm King Lear." - on being appointed Leicester City manager I wonder if he realises he's buried in Watermead Park
Master Fox Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Anyone else ever read the thing floating about with quotes from Ian Holloway? Well good!
Raj Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 He sounds like a right fcuking twat! ONLY JOKING!!!
davieG Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 I sound like a right fcuking twat!ONLY JOKING!!! That's honesty for you!
Caoimhghin Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 "If you look at it in acting terms I've been on Eastenders all my life and now I'm King Lear." - on being appointed Leicester City managerI wonder if he realises he's buried in Watermead Park I also wonder if he knows that Leicester is derived from Caer-Leirion, which, supposedly, can be roughly translated to Lear's Castle or fortress. However the River Soar used to be named Leire, which is more likely where Leicester gets its name from. A bit of trivia for you all!
Basingstoke Fox Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 video of "not the best looking lady" *edit* fogot the video! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fB9rI7p7vmk
Strokes Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 I have such bad luck at the moment that if I fell in a barrel of boobs I'd come out sucking my thumb
Webbo Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 I also wonder if he knows that Leicester is derived from Caer-Leirion, which, supposedly, can be roughly translated to Lear's Castle or fortress. However the River Soar used to be named Leire, which is more likely where Leicester gets its name from.A bit of trivia for you all! and thanks for the trivia
Raj Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Leicester used to be called Ratae Coritanorum (im think!) in Roman times(i think!)
He's not bald Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 I also wonder if he knows that Leicester is derived from Caer-Leirion, which, supposedly, can be roughly translated to Lear's Castle or fortress. However the River Soar used to be named Leire, which is more likely where Leicester gets its name from.A bit of trivia for you all! Makes sense,the Trent must have been called the river "scum" and that's where fo**st get their name from!
Staf Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Cant wait to see some of his interviews he sure is a funny guy
Caoimhghin Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Leicester used to be called Ratae Coritanorum (im think!) in Roman times(i think!) Yep, quite correct. Caer-Leirion was long before that circa 500BC give or take a few years. Makes sense,the Trent must have been called the river "scum" and that's where fo**st get their name from! thumbsup.gif I shouldn't laugh, but I will, nice one!
David O'Leary Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 I have such bad luck at the moment that if I fell in a barrel of boobs I'd come out sucking my thumb What a legend
Raj Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Leicester used to be called Ratae Coritanorum (im think!) in Roman times(i think!) Yep, quite correct. Caer-Leirion was long before that circa 500BC give or take a few years. see who said i was a stupid thick bastard. I do remember something from school. Back when school was proper tough and you had to do proper exams like O levels!! Not like the wimps nowadays doing silly GCSE"s.....fcuking girls!
davieG Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 see who said i was a stupid thick bastard.I do remember something from school. Back when school was proper tough and you had to do proper exams like O levels!! Not like the wimps nowadays doing silly GCSE"s.....fcuking girls! Is that part of the core curriculum or an optional extra, I presume it's vocational and not theoretical.
Raj Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Is that part of the core curriculum or an optional extra, I presume it's vocational and not theoretical. I dont know...i dont understand what you are saying Davie!!! Just cos i said i took O Levels doesnt mean i passed any!!! Actually i do....and the answer is ...I WISH it was part of the Curriculum!!!!!!!
davieG Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 I dont know...i dont understand what you are saying Davie!!!Just cos i said i took O Levels doesnt mean i passed any!!! Nah you're just jealous that they get to fook girls in the GCSEs - shame you and I missed out!
Raj Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Nah you're just jealous that they get to fook girls in the GCSEs - shame you and I missed out! Bloomin too right!!! The Youth of today!
Alexikokopops Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Leicester used to be called Ratae Coritanorum (im think!) in Roman times(i think!) It's Caerlŷn in Welsh.
Raj Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 It's Caerlŷn in Welsh. What is Caerlŷn in Welsh,my charming young clever friend???
Caoimhghin Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 What is Caerlŷn in Welsh,my charming young clever friend??? Caerlŷn==Leicester Remember the Welsh are just the remnants of one of the original occupants of Britain, they were forced into the enclave that is now Wales by the Romans and others. So really the Welsh are one of the true Brits! Not like the mongrel lot that occupy this land now, like the Angles and Saxons (Anglo Saxons or Germans if you like) etc.
Raj Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 Caerlŷn==LeicesterRemember the Welsh are just the remnants of one of the original occupants of Britain, they were forced into the enclave that is now Wales by the Romans and others. So really the Welsh are one of the true Brits! Not like the mongrel lot that occupy this land now, like the Angles and Saxons (Anglo Saxons or Germans if you like) etc. And us Asians!!!
Caoimhghin Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 And us Asians!!! I wouldn't dream of forgetting you Asians, like I wouldn't dream of forgetting us Paddys, just another member of the melting pot which is this enriched multi-ethnic diverse City/Country.
Raj Posted 23 November 2007 Posted 23 November 2007 I wouldn't dream of forgetting you Asians, like I wouldn't dream of forgetting us Paddys, just another member of the melting pot which is this enriched multi-ethnic diverse City/Country. too true. Live and let live. all about integration and accepting one another Oh and swapping the Family Stand for the Kop too....
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