Holloway's Autobiography - Plymuff are not happy

[James.]

Yeah Raj. Get yourself on Facebook. I want to see what a lunatic like you looks like.

[Alexikokopops]

Yeah Raj. Get yourself on Facebook. I want to see what a lunatic like you looks like.

Think of an Asian Ian Ormondroyd and that's Raj.

[Raj]

Think of an Asian Ian Ormondroyd and that's Raj.

Erm.....Only about 2 foot smaller than him though!!!

I am on facebook guys...you just gotta find me!!!!

P.s ive got more friends on there than real life......3

[Suffolk_fox]

Just had a look at PASOTI and man! Are they bitter little inbreds buggers or what?

If Ollie's football tactics were so bad, why are they so angry at his departure?

Methinks they need more practice at losing managers. They are amateurs, we are professionals....

[Simi]

Just had a look at PASOTI and man! Are they bitter little inbreds buggers or what?

If Ollie's football tactics were so bad, why are they so angry at his departure?

Methinks they need more practice at losing managers. They are amateurs, we are professionals....

How stupid are they really. The irony in that thread about Sturrock leaving Swindon in comical.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Not like u saw us moaning when Megson left... the two-faced money grabbing Judas!

(What I'm trying to say is that Megson WAS a Judas, but cos he's about as much use as a football manger as a custard football*, we ain't complaining. What they actually mean to be saying is, "Waaaaaaaaaaaah, we lost a good manager cos we are a small town club!!!" )

*I'm feeling inspired by Holloway

[Cal]

Plymouth fans need to grow up, This is football..

[Thracian]

It's a good sign really.

It's when the fans of former clubs don't give a shit that I worry.

[lookwhaticando]

It's a good sign really.

It's when the fans of former clubs don't give a shit that I worry.

Bolton fans must have been bricking shits when they saw our reaction to Meggo's "treachery".

[Yaxx]

Bolton fans must have been bricking shits when they saw our reaction to Meggo's "treachery".

Yeah, but he got one over on Man U yesterday!

[rich32]

Take your time to read through this.

'THEY (the Argyle directors) made me believe in where I want to go and how I'm going to get there.

"I don't care how long it takes, I want to work towards making something all shiny and all new and look fantastic. I want to be remembered for that.

"So it's not just what we are going to do this, or next year. I don't care how hard it is and what anybody else is paying players.

"It's not about that. We are going to work hard together and bring in the right people to help us there. I want to be a part of it so much it hurts."

- Ian Holloway, on his appointment in June, 2006.

"Just get your bums on the seats."

- Holloway to fans before Argyle's first home game against Wolves at the start of the 2006/7 season.

"Seriously, I'm not joking either. That beautiful lighthouse up on the Hoe should not be red - it should be green and white and the shutters should be black."

- Holloway on repainting Smeaton's Tower in Argyle colours, five weeks after taking the Home Park helm.

"But the fact of the matter is that I'm a very fully-fledged, proud member of the Green Army."

- Holloway on his allegiance just prior to the Greens taking on his old club, QPR.

"They (the team) are starting to play the way I want them to, and are looking like an Ian Holloway team, which is very encouraging."

- before the Sky-televised clash with Derby County.

"I'm very proud to be involved with this football club and very proud of my boys.

'And I can't tell you how proud I am of all those people who have travelled all this way. I have got a lump in my throat just talking about it."

- Ollie on the Argyle fans who travelled to Barnsley to watch the team draw 2-2.

"Maybe people went into that game thinking we were going to beat Leeds. If that's the case, wake up and smell the coffee. You have to go to earn every point in this division."

- on Argyle's 2-1 home defeat against struggling Leeds.

"Young (Luke) Summerfield is only 18. I remember me when I was 18. I was absolutely useless. I was five stone five and five foot nought."

- on Luke Summerfield.

'I missed my captain out on the training ground. I had to say one or two things to a group of people that I shouldn't have had to say.

"Anybody who has got a dog will understand what I'm on about. When you train a puppy, you need a good role model for it, an already house-trained dog. That puppy will have good habits."

- Holloway on the loss of skipper Paul Wotton to injury.

"I don't want someone here who I can't keep happy.

- on the Tony Capaldi saga, which saw the Northern Ireland international walk out on Argyle when his contract expired, with the club not receiving a penny.

"Somebody, somewhere wants you lot (the Press) to write about things. I don't want to get caught in all of that. Unfortunately, it's happening again. It seems to follow me around and I wish it wouldn't."

- on rumours that a group of potential investors were going to sink £5million into buying players.

"Their fitness is great, their stamina is great. Everything is great. Happy Christmas."

- just before meeting title contenders West Bromwich Albion at Home Park in December 2006.

"Good question, but whack, whack oops, our survey says. I would like 20 million players. There you are."

- on whether he was taking advantage of the 2007 January transfer window.

"Scotty (Scott Sinclair) can run with the ball at 40 miles an hour, do about 15 million step-overs and when he gets through he can put the ball in the net."

- on England under-18 international Scott Sinclair, on loan from Chelsea.

"He's still only 24 and when you are a big, strong number nine, you are a bottle of wine. You only had to watch Mickey Evans to see that. In his latter years, he ran less, but he was much more effective. "

- on then record signing Rory Fallon, who joined the Pilgrims from Swansea for £300,000.

"Real Madrid could come in for him now, and he wouldn't want to go there."

- on how happy veteran striker Barry Hayles had been to join Argyle.

"I was thinking that being a football manager is like being a fish - one minute you are in a tank and your tank is everything. Then you find yourself flushed down the toilet and you don't know where you are."

- Ollie on the pressures of management.

"I have just lost and you can ask my mum Jean what I have always been like when I have lost anything.

"I didn't care what it was - tiddlywinks, draughts or a game of chess with my dad. I used to throw things everywhere."

- after the FA Cup quarter final 1-0 defeat at the hands of then Premiership Watford.

"I want to push on to towards the top and that normally takes a lot of cash, as the previous manager (Tony Pulis) was shouting about all the time."

- on his ambition.

"Whatever it takes, I will try to move this club forward, by hook or by crook."

Ollie on looking to the future.

"I can do anything when I believe in it and I get the support of people. I can make an Eskimo believe he needs a fridge."

- on self belief.

"Call yourself an Argyle fan? Well, you aren't an Argyle fan because you aren't bothered. You are waiting for us to do something for you. That isn't right. That isn't the way around it happens."

- on his concern over falling gates.

"Ask anybody who knows me how I feel about Plymouth Argyle and they will tell you the truth.

"If you need me to say it again, I'm in love with the place. It's absolutely magnificent.

"Ask my players who I'm trying to talk into staying here how Ian Holloway feels about Plymouth Argyle. I think they will tell you the truth.

"It's all poppycock, if I'm allowed to use that word. It's absolutely pathetic." - November 13, 2007, on whether there was an truth in the rumour that he was disillusioned with Argyle's management board.

"There's not a scrap of truth in it. "

- when asked on the same day about a possible link with the manager's job at Championship rivals Leicester City.

Lets face the facts...he is a great manager...but can not be trusted...hopefully he will take us up....but dont belive the crap. I understand why the Plym fans are so annoyed with him...he has treated them badly and lied to them...but they should concentrate on their own team now...and we should not respond to their jibes

[davieG]

Take your time to read through this.

'THEY (the Argyle directors) made me believe in where I want to go and how I'm going to get there.

"I don't care how long it takes, I want to work towards making something all shiny and all new and look fantastic. I want to be remembered for that.

"So it's not just what we are going to do this, or next year. I don't care how hard it is and what anybody else is paying players.

"It's not about that. We are going to work hard together and bring in the right people to help us there. I want to be a part of it so much it hurts."

- Ian Holloway, on his appointment in June, 2006.

"Just get your bums on the seats."

- Holloway to fans before Argyle's first home game against Wolves at the start of the 2006/7 season.

"Seriously, I'm not joking either. That beautiful lighthouse up on the Hoe should not be red - it should be green and white and the shutters should be black."

- Holloway on repainting Smeaton's Tower in Argyle colours, five weeks after taking the Home Park helm.

"But the fact of the matter is that I'm a very fully-fledged, proud member of the Green Army."

- Holloway on his allegiance just prior to the Greens taking on his old club, QPR.

"They (the team) are starting to play the way I want them to, and are looking like an Ian Holloway team, which is very encouraging."

- before the Sky-televised clash with Derby County.

"I'm very proud to be involved with this football club and very proud of my boys.

'And I can't tell you how proud I am of all those people who have travelled all this way. I have got a lump in my throat just talking about it."

- Ollie on the Argyle fans who travelled to Barnsley to watch the team draw 2-2.

"Maybe people went into that game thinking we were going to beat Leeds. If that's the case, wake up and smell the coffee. You have to go to earn every point in this division."

- on Argyle's 2-1 home defeat against struggling Leeds.

"Young (Luke) Summerfield is only 18. I remember me when I was 18. I was absolutely useless. I was five stone five and five foot nought."

- on Luke Summerfield.

'I missed my captain out on the training ground. I had to say one or two things to a group of people that I shouldn't have had to say.

"Anybody who has got a dog will understand what I'm on about. When you train a puppy, you need a good role model for it, an already house-trained dog. That puppy will have good habits."

- Holloway on the loss of skipper Paul Wotton to injury.

"I don't want someone here who I can't keep happy.

- on the Tony Capaldi saga, which saw the Northern Ireland international walk out on Argyle when his contract expired, with the club not receiving a penny.

"Somebody, somewhere wants you lot (the Press) to write about things. I don't want to get caught in all of that. Unfortunately, it's happening again. It seems to follow me around and I wish it wouldn't."

- on rumours that a group of potential investors were going to sink £5million into buying players.

"Their fitness is great, their stamina is great. Everything is great. Happy Christmas."

- just before meeting title contenders West Bromwich Albion at Home Park in December 2006.

"Good question, but whack, whack oops, our survey says. I would like 20 million players. There you are."

- on whether he was taking advantage of the 2007 January transfer window.

"Scotty (Scott Sinclair) can run with the ball at 40 miles an hour, do about 15 million step-overs and when he gets through he can put the ball in the net."

- on England under-18 international Scott Sinclair, on loan from Chelsea.

"He's still only 24 and when you are a big, strong number nine, you are a bottle of wine. You only had to watch Mickey Evans to see that. In his latter years, he ran less, but he was much more effective. "

- on then record signing Rory Fallon, who joined the Pilgrims from Swansea for £300,000.

"Real Madrid could come in for him now, and he wouldn't want to go there."

- on how happy veteran striker Barry Hayles had been to join Argyle.

"I was thinking that being a football manager is like being a fish - one minute you are in a tank and your tank is everything. Then you find yourself flushed down the toilet and you don't know where you are."

- Ollie on the pressures of management.

"I have just lost and you can ask my mum Jean what I have always been like when I have lost anything.

"I didn't care what it was - tiddlywinks, draughts or a game of chess with my dad. I used to throw things everywhere."

- after the FA Cup quarter final 1-0 defeat at the hands of then Premiership Watford.

"I want to push on to towards the top and that normally takes a lot of cash, as the previous manager (Tony Pulis) was shouting about all the time."

- on his ambition.

"Whatever it takes, I will try to move this club forward, by hook or by crook."

Ollie on looking to the future.

"I can do anything when I believe in it and I get the support of people. I can make an Eskimo believe he needs a fridge."

- on self belief.

"Call yourself an Argyle fan? Well, you aren't an Argyle fan because you aren't bothered. You are waiting for us to do something for you. That isn't right. That isn't the way around it happens."

- on his concern over falling gates.

"Ask anybody who knows me how I feel about Plymouth Argyle and they will tell you the truth.

"If you need me to say it again, I'm in love with the place. It's absolutely magnificent.

"Ask my players who I'm trying to talk into staying here how Ian Holloway feels about Plymouth Argyle. I think they will tell you the truth.

"It's all poppycock, if I'm allowed to use that word. It's absolutely pathetic." - November 13, 2007, on whether there was an truth in the rumour that he was disillusioned with Argyle's management board.

"There's not a scrap of truth in it. "

- when asked on the same day about a possible link with the manager's job at Championship rivals Leicester City.

Lets face the facts...he is a great manager...but can not be trusted...hopefully he will take us up....but dont belive the crap. I understand why the Plym fans are so annoyed with him...he has treated them badly and lied to them...but they should concentrate on their own team now...and we should not respond to their jibes

What's new? the only difference between Holloway and any other manager is he says what they say but more poetically, more graphically, more eloquently and more OFTEN.

Any football fan with an iota of brain power will know by now that no one in the football hierarchy can be trusted beyond the next game!

[rich32]

Your right...nothing new...all I'm saying is we shouldnt be taken in by his sh*t thats all

[davieG]

Your right...nothing new...all I'm saying is we shouldnt be taken in by his sh*t thats all

I really do think anyone is all they're doing is enjoying the moment, we know from experience it rarely lasts.

[Trav Le Bleu]

I really do think anyone is all they're doing is enjoying the moment, we know from experience it rarely lasts.

Absolutely... a charming rogue who seduces you, wines and dines you, flatters you and nicks your wallet is highly preferable to one who clubs you from behind, sticks the boot in to make sure, nicks your wallet and gags and binds you leaving you in the gutter for the next ne'er-do-well to find.

ie... Holloway - Megson

[Bryn]

Plymouth fans can keep on spouting all they like, because they look really, really pathetic. I'd think that no matter what club I supported. In fact I'd be ashamed to be an Argyle fan right now.

[Leonisco]

Plymouth fans can keep on spouting all they like, because they look really, really pathetic. I'd think that no matter what club I supported. In fact I'd be ashamed to be an Argyle fan right now.

Well done Burnham, you're now famous on PASOTI.

Link (6th post down).

Bunch of wankers.

[Wezleylowski]

Is anyone remotely bothered about Plymouth? They are an oscure mediocre football team with no history or aspirations. They have had there manager poached by a bigger club with more potential. Oh and there fans are wank too

[COYGs]

Is anyone remotely bothered about Plymouth? They are an oscure mediocre football team with no history or aspirations. They have had there manager poached by a bigger club with more potential. Oh and there fans are wank too

I think you should be more ashamed of your bunch of under performers and poor management since your relegation out of the top flight, As you can guess I am a Plymouth Fan

First of all not everybody is bitter and twisted with Holloway, as a person who has a few times shared a few drinks with him in his Old Local (The Millbridge) he is a decent man, many of Plymouth fans will say that he betrayed them and to a extent he did, however, some also realize that he done a decent job on the field and at the end of the day that is what counts.

A few things you might want to know about him and what your in store for (if you have not already heard)

He will play a regulation 4-4-2 with Two pacey strikers up front and look to play the game on the deck and not in the air, he is also likely to keep or sign any player who is described as a Target Man as he likes the option of throwing A Target Man on if you are hcasing the game late on.

Ollie will look to play a real high line with the back Four and although it does succeed be prepared to get frustrated when you lose a couple goals by playing this way.

Plymouth have improved the Away form since Ollie arrived and we have had a lot of good results and plenty of goals on the Road, in his last 10 away games we won 5, Lost 2 and Drew 3 whilst Scoring 16 goals, this goes to show he likes to play attacking football.

Ollie is a big moaner when things do not go his way, he will blame Refs and Luck at every opportunity and defend his players on everything possible, discipline is not his strong point and you will see a lot of yellow cards flying about due to the players aggressive in your face approach (which is not a bad thing). whilst on Discipline we have seen 3 of our players arrested, One was arrested for Sticking a Glass pitcher over the Club Captain Paul Wottons head during a pre season tour to Austria (requiring over 100 stitches) resulting in the player being sacked, One player arrested Twice for Fighting down the town and another player more recentely being arrested for (Suppossedly)Bottling a Club Doorman which is yet to be concluded.

You will hear the Man Ollie big up your area and club and everything about it, this is the norm for most managers but expect a bit more from Ollie, Also be prepared for him to Promote everything about your club through various media routes, he is a big fan and vice verso of Soccer am and likes to get himself into the media spotmlight as much as possible, this is all very good for your club but after a year it will wear off and start to annoy the hell out of you

Ollie is very approachable and will spend time with fans and have a drink no problem at all, he is definately a working class man and likes to mix with your average normal day Character, he has a lot of time for his wife and family and speaks his mind.

From a Transfer point of veiw he has a decent pedigree although Gary Penrice does his scouting for him and always has done as you will find out soon. He has used the loan system well for us and had Two outstanding youngsters In Scott Sinclair and now Lee Martin who have done a great job for us, he has also aqquired the services of 2 outstanding players for our club in Marcel Seip (Dutch) and Peter Halmosi (Hungarian), these Two are the best players we have ever owned ourself IMO.

The one thing that seemd a problem with us and prevented us finishing in the play offs last year was the evedent amount of Drawn games, like I mentioned earlier he likes to attack and this can backfire, on a number of occasions we were turning 1-0 or 2-1 winning positions into draws due to the open approach.

When Ollie joined us from QPR we were told that the brains were really in the head of his coaches and Ollie just done the talking, this seems to be quite accurate and I expect that his backroom staff will follow him to you (which I would not want as they are fantastic).

Please don't take all us Plymouth fans as idiots due to a number of fans who are just bitter and twisted due to a couple lies (we have all told white lies have we not?). I understand the game and just like us Poaching a manager of some club smaller than us you will do the same to clubs that are smaller than yours. I have always had a soft spot for leicester and there fans after your efforts in the premiership with what is basically the same sort of difference between our clubs now in terms of finance, you always had to sell your best players and had the unfortuanate situation of Martin O Neil being stolen from you which leads me to the main objective of Money, it has ruled our game for a decade and will continue to do so. however, it is the results on the pitch that count at the end of the day and you have to respect that Plymouth are at this moment in time a better team than Leicester, if your club is managed properly then that should not remain the situation but in the mean time we will just continue to progress each season in the manner we have for the last Six and watch all the other mismanaged clubs fall below us.

Good night

[Greenwalker]

Is anyone remotely bothered about Plymouth? They are an oscure mediocre football team with no history or aspirations. They have had there manager poached by a bigger club with more potential. Oh and there fans are wank too

HAHAHA i cant belive what your saying!!! Look at your league position and then look at ours. How the hell can you say we have no aspirations? You may have history but all that makes you is failures, Simple as. Just cause you have a class manager does not mean you will suddenly become a good team? You bunch of northerners are all mouth.

[lcfc_jme]

HAHAHA i cant belive what your saying!!! Look at your league position and then look at ours. How the hell can you say we have no aspirations? You may have history but all that makes you is failures, Simple as. Just cause you have a class manager does not mean you will suddenly become a good team? You bunch of northerners are all mouth.

You're a complete ****ing moron. People like you are the reason away fans don't get accepted on messageboards. You should be more like COYGs - the man (sorry if you're a lass, btw) talks sense and seems to be decent. To me and quite possibly many others, you come across as a bitter 12 year old who's just crying over spilt milk that your manager feels he has a better chance of managing in the Premiership here than at Home Park. For God's sake you pathetic little kid, we have more money than you, and will continue to have this in our favour for a while to come considering our chairman and the fact we pull in on average 11,000 more fans than you each week. Money rules football, we have money, you don't. End of.

[The Reverend]

HAHAHA i cant belive what your saying!!! Look at your league position and then look at ours. How the hell can you say we have no aspirations? You may have history but all that makes you is failures, Simple as. Just cause you have a class manager does not mean you will suddenly become a good team? You bunch of northerners are all mouth.

You make me laugh, sometimes you say some constructive things, and other times you are a cokrot.

And we are not Northerners! We may be Northern to you (who isnt), but we are'nt Northerners. We are from the Midlands!

And some good points COY or whatever your name is. Constructive for once from an Argyle fan.

[Greenwalker]

You're a complete ****ing moron. People like you are the reason away fans don't get accepted on messageboards. You should be more like COYGs - the man (sorry if you're a lass, btw) talks sense and seems to be decent. To me and quite possibly many others, you come across as a bitter 12 year old who's just crying over spilt milk that your manager feels he has a better chance of managing in the Premiership here than at Home Park. For God's sake you pathetic little kid, we have more money than you, and will continue to have this in our favour for a while to come considering our chairman and the fact we pull in on average 11,000 more fans than you each week.

What the hell, are you having a laugh? I have been posting on this forum sensible posts for a few days now and all i had was abuse!! You leicester fans are all hypocrites, seriously. Get a life and grow up. As i have said before i dont give a shit hes left, he was a good manager and im happy for him. You lot jsut come across as a load of northerners who think they know everything. Money doesnt rule football, Results do and so do league positions. And you want to know what? we are higher then you.

[Wezleylowski]

Good post mate. You are one of the few Plym fans that are not bitter and for that I salute you sir. You clearly have good knowledge of the game, it's just a shame that all of your other supporters dont. What Holloway did to you by saying that he loved Plym and everything about it was wrong , but everyone has ambitions and IMO Plymouth was a one way cul de sac. In the long run Leicester will be a top team for years to come and for Plymouth there is doubt that they will be. Holloway is chasing his dreams, you cant knock him for that.

[The Reverend]

What the hell, are you having a laugh? I have been posting on this forum sensible posts for a few days now and all i had was abuse!! You leicester fans are all hypocrites, seriously. Get a life and grow up. As i have said before i dont give a shit hes left, he was a good manager and im happy for him. You lot jsut come across as a load of northerners who think they know everything. Money doesnt rule football, Results do and so do league positions. And you want to know what? we are higher then you.

Just shows you that Holloway thinks the Argyle playing staff are not good enough to mount a real promotion challenge dont it?