Back Ollie!

[FilboFox]

I'm sorry, but I'm sick of this Ollie bashing... it is pointless.

When Ollie came in, I was really pleased as I can see him being a GREAT manager for Leicester in the future after he has enough time to sort everything out. I can't understand why everyone thought that he would come in and be able to change everything with the click of a finger as it just doesn't work like that.

For one, he came in during the middle of the season and really had no time to get a team together... he knows it as well as we do that there is a lot of dross here that needs to be shipped out and he is doing that, but during the middle of a season when you need to focus on the games as well as the players, it becomes very difficult to do both completely to your satisfaction as it's results that he will be judged on. Therefore, he has basically had to make do with the players he's got whilst adding to that every now and then, as he has. As a consequence, the results haven't exactly gone to plan as some of the players we have just aren't good enough and it's more down to them, I would imagine, than Ollie's failures. I don't think our results under him have been that bad... by no means am I saying we've always been good or even adequate but we've shown some good signs and it's certainly no worse than in the first half of the season. Throw statistics at me all you like but when you come in and have to radically change the team as he has had to do, I think he's doing a decent job... 6 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats isn't too bad considering the crap he has had to deal with in just half a season.

Secondly, a lot of you have been bemoaning his tactics... I can't really see what's so wrong with them. He is looking to get the ball down the wings and get crosses in which is what we have been crying out for for some time now. Yes, it's not quite working yet, but we have seen massive improvements in the performances recently compared to those around the time when Ollie came in and the basic nucleus is there for us to build on. Players need to improve but I think he will, in time, be able to get the best out of them. Stearman is a clear example of a player that has really improved under Ollie's leadership and that should, hopefully, be just one of a lot of players that will get better with time.

Thirdly, some of you don't like the way he blames refs and other things when we lose or don't quite get the result we wanted... simple fact of the matter is, is that he is right most of the time. We have had some SHOCKING decisions made against us since Ollie took over and that we HAVE been playing on a very poor pitch which doesn't help us when we try to play down the wings and with the ball on the ground... that said, its not only that that he focusses on. A lot of the time, HE WILL say that the players just weren't good enough and things need to change. What I think is positive is that he can see the improvements, as can I from when he took over, and he is looking to deal with the things that we just aren't good enough at doing at the moment... one, I'm sure, will be our lack of goals and it's not for want of chances! Ollie can't put them in for them!!!

I think that everyone expected far too much from him when he came in and I really don't think that any other manager would have done a better job than him with the players we have. He has a FANTASTIC attitude and is really determined to get this club back up to the heights we once occupied but it will require more than half a season to achieve that... and more support than he is getting at the moment!

Also, I would just like to point out this. IF Ollie is sacked, the players will just feel completely deflated and it will lead to an inevitable relegation... now, many of you have been saying that Iain Dowie or Billy Davies might come in but can you really see them coming to Leicester if we are to be playing in League 1 next year? Then we'll just end up appointing someone who is completely inadequate for the job and we'll be stuck in League 1 for the next few years as all our best players jump ship to a bigger and better club! Even if we brought someone in quickly to save us, the tactics would have to be completely re-thought out and the players would need to get used to it all over again... that again, wouldn't help us at all and would probably lead to relegation.

All in all, although there are things that could be better, Ollie has done a decent job with us and given a fresh start next year, hopefully in the Championship, we will truly see what he is capable of getting this team, and hopefully some new players to replace the shit here, to do. Sacking him now would NOT be a good decision for many many reasons, most of all because of the fact that he is actually getting improvements in many different areas. All we need to do now is bring them together to give good performances week in week out which I think we can do.

I know MANY of you will disagree with me and will make comments not having read this post fully and its those fans who frustrate me most as they seem to expect instant success when it just clearly isn't going to happen... and YES, half a season is still early on in his reign considering half of that was without ANY significant signings as he had to wait for the transfer window to open... since then its been 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats... that, for me, still isn't bad considering the team and how low the morale was... he's doing a good job of getting the team back into a good frame of mind and all I can hope for is that we push on from here to safety and a good season next year WITH Ollie. Remember... Alex Ferguson was almost sacked at Man Utd before becoming one of the best managers ever.

[ASH17LCFC]

No, i'm sorry but LOOK AT THE LEAGUE TABLE FFS !!! Open your eyes and wake up. We are going down if we stick with him and that as simple as i can put it.

We lose today and that will be that.

BILLY DAVIES BLUE AND WHITE ARMY !!!

[FilboFox]

Clearly you haven't a clue about football... we may be in this league position but its not completely Ollie's fault. The players have been terrible at times and its THEY not Ollie that need to take the heat. What is more worrying is if you can't see the improvement that we have been making...

Billy Davies may have done well at Derby but he WOULD NOT have done any better here and by the sounds of what people said at Derby after he left them, he sounded like a very strict and passionless manager... we need someone who motivates and will get the players going and Ollie IS THAT MAN!

[foxer]

Couldn't agree more. Give him time with his squad over the summer break. He will ensure we will stay up this season, and We will be a decent mid table side by next year.

I'm always going to be behind him. He talks a lot of sense-though he talks that sense in a very round about way most of the time!

[FilboFox]

I'd also like to say that our fight against relegation this year was on the cards WELL before Ollie ever came to this club... so for me, although the league table doesn't read well for us at the moment, Ollie is not the one to blame for that.

Like I said, 6 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats... now take that and compare it to the other teams in the league from exactly the same point as when Ollie took over and I'll bet you find that we aren't in the position we find ourselves in currently...

Yes, its only 24 points and x2 is 48 which would see us relegated but you have to take into consideration that for much of that time, like I said, he was waiting for the transfer window to open and also then had to get the team to gel and many MANY things had to be organised, which takes time... something Ollie hasn't had.

[STUHILL]

I hate Ollie bashers BUT not because they bash him!! They have every right to BUT they bash us for supporting the manager! I don't see Ollie as some god or anything. But I don't see how sacking him now will do us any good. It's not like we are 5 points adrift at the bottom of the table. We have a real chance here, and I'm still positive Ollie and the players can do it. Bringing someone in now, even Billy davies would be so crazy and i think Milan knows that. I'm not going to say 'Lets get behind Ollie' etc etc!! I hate all that, but I'm behind him and will be right until the end of this battle we have!!

[ASH17LCFC]

Clearly you haven't a clue about football... we may be in this league position but its not completely Ollie's fault. The players have been terrible at times and its THEY not Ollie that need to take the heat. What is more worrying is if you can't see the improvement that we have been making...

Billy Davies may have done well at Derby but he WOULD NOT have done any better here and by the sounds of what people said at Derby after he left them, he sounded like a very strict and passionless manager... we need someone who motivates and will get the players going and Ollie IS THAT MAN!

A manager having passion doesn't mean they are any good. Look at Wenger, Davies would do ahell of alot better job then Ollie.

Billy Davies only cares about winning, not making jokes and being on soccer am.

Improvement ... Is that some kind of sick joke ?

[Thracian]

I'm sorry, but I'm sick of this Ollie bashing... it is pointless.

When Ollie came in, I was really pleased as I can see him being a GREAT manager for Leicester in the future after he has enough time to sort everything out. I can't understand why everyone thought that he would come in and be able to change everything with the click of a finger as it just doesn't work like that.

For one, he came in during the middle of the season and really had no time to get a team together... he knows it as well as we do that there is a lot of dross here that needs to be shipped out and he is doing that, but during the middle of a season when you need to focus on the games as well as the players, it becomes very difficult to do both completely to your satisfaction as it's results that he will be judged on. Therefore, he has basically had to make do with the players he's got whilst adding to that every now and then, as he has. As a consequence, the results haven't exactly gone to plan as some of the players we have just aren't good enough and it's more down to them, I would imagine, than Ollie's failures. I don't think our results under him have been that bad... by no means am I saying we've always been good or even adequate but we've shown some good signs and it's certainly no worse than in the first half of the season. Throw statistics at me all you like but when you come in and have to radically change the team as he has had to do, I think he's doing a decent job... 6 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats isn't too bad considering the crap he has had to deal with in just half a season.

Secondly, a lot of you have been bemoaning his tactics... I can't really see what's so wrong with them. He is looking to get the ball down the wings and get crosses in which is what we have been crying out for for some time now. Yes, it's not quite working yet, but we have seen massive improvements in the performances recently compared to those around the time when Ollie came in and the basic nucleus is there for us to build on. Players need to improve but I think he will, in time, be able to get the best out of them. Stearman is a clear example of a player that has really improved under Ollie's leadership and that should, hopefully, be just one of a lot of players that will get better with time.

Thirdly, some of you don't like the way he blames refs and other things when we lose or don't quite get the result we wanted... simple fact of the matter is, is that he is right most of the time. We have had some SHOCKING decisions made against us since Ollie took over and that we HAVE been playing on a very poor pitch which doesn't help us when we try to play down the wings and with the ball on the ground... that said, its not only that that he focusses on. A lot of the time, HE WILL say that the players just weren't good enough and things need to change. What I think is positive is that he can see the improvements, as can I from when he took over, and he is looking to deal with the things that we just aren't good enough at doing at the moment... one, I'm sure, will be our lack of goals and it's not for want of chances! Ollie can't put them in for them!!!

I think that everyone expected far too much from him when he came in and I really don't think that any other manager would have done a better job than him with the players we have. He has a FANTASTIC attitude and is really determined to get this club back up to the heights we once occupied but it will require more than half a season to achieve that... and more support than he is getting at the moment!

Also, I would just like to point out this. IF Ollie is sacked, the players will just feel completely deflated and it will lead to an inevitable relegation... now, many of you have been saying that Iain Dowie or Billy Davies might come in but can you really see them coming to Leicester if we are to be playing in League 1 next year? Then we'll just end up appointing someone who is completely inadequate for the job and we'll be stuck in League 1 for the next few years as all our best players jump ship to a bigger and better club! Even if we brought someone in quickly to save us, the tactics would have to be completely re-thought out and the players would need to get used to it all over again... that again, wouldn't help us at all and would probably lead to relegation.

All in all, although there are things that could be better, Ollie has done a decent job with us and given a fresh start next year, hopefully in the Championship, we will truly see what he is capable of getting this team, and hopefully some new players to replace the shit here, to do. Sacking him now would NOT be a good decision for many many reasons, most of all because of the fact that he is actually getting improvements in many different areas. All we need to do now is bring them together to give good performances week in week out which I think we can do.

I know MANY of you will disagree with me and will make comments not having read this post fully and its those fans who frustrate me most as they seem to expect instant success when it just clearly isn't going to happen... and YES, half a season is still early on in his reign considering half of that was without ANY significant signings as he had to wait for the transfer window to open... since then its been 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats... that, for me, still isn't bad considering the team and how low the morale was... he's doing a good job of getting the team back into a good frame of mind and all I can hope for is that we push on from here to safety and a good season next year WITH Ollie. Remember... Alex Ferguson was almost sacked at Man Utd before becoming one of the best managers ever.

Comparing Holloway to Ferguson is hardly realistic.

Ferguson achieved near miracles at Aberdeen so there was some previous indication that patience might well pay off with the guy.

Holloway is not a novice manager yet has honestly achieved little.

Fourteen points in nine games with Holloway players plus an inept cup defeat is relegation form in any league and our consistent lack of goals - with more strikers than ever - is alarming.

I've seen points woefully surrendered, far too many goalless 90 minutes and far too many games lost that we should have won, partly because of lousy or highly suspect tactics.

More questionable signings have come along and the blinkered focus on experience was just the policy which got us in trouble last season when we failed to win a game in March and only belatedly, when the damage has perhaps been done, have we finally signed a 19-year-old winger who looks like he at least knows what the job's about.

Yet even that's ironic at this late stage seeing as we already had one who's been tormenting Division One defences almost all season and who's probably a far better marksman than Etuhu anyway.

And you wonder why some of us are less than impressed.

I'll be happy when the personable quip-a-minute Holloway starts:

a) Picking more players capable of scoring/making goals.

b) Gets his team moving backwards and forwards as a single unit instead of one with great gaps.

c) Starts making substitutions which have a specific purpose and improve our performance.

d) Stops his blinkered reliance on experience and increases the teams's collective speed and movement.

e) Starts getting more people attacking the box consistently.

f) Stops making counter productive press comments which are either critical of players or which offer excuses to deflect from our shortcomings.

g) Gets a genuine and talented free kick specialist to replace Shush because fast, accurate, cleverly aimed and varied free-kicks/corners are a vital and relatively certain source of goals which we've voluntarily done ourselves out of.

h) Gets a specialist forwards coach who can get people attacking the near post, making late runs into the box, arriving late at the back post, working better as partners, making cross-over runs, anticipating and expecting low crosses, improve the mindset and balance of players when they shoot and who can organise much more imaginative and threatening dead ball kicks.

I've every reason to believe Holloway is a determined man who's at least capable of learning.

So far that's my main source of comfort together with the fact that we do at least look as if we can play some football on occasions now.

But not often enough to start handing out more than momentary praise. Cos there's much room for improvement yet.

I hope he comes through though. I'd far sooner have him than Dowie or Davies so I hope he learns from his mistakes and starts getting the results which will cement some real progress.

[FilboFox]

A manager having passion doesn't mean they are any good. Look at Wenger, Davies would do ahell of alot better job then Ollie.

Billy Davies only cares about winning, not making jokes and being on soccer am.

Improvement ... Is that some kind of sick joke ?

1 BIG difference between Arsene Wenger and Billy Davies... Wenger is an outstanding manager... Davies is a good one and I can turn your argument back on you! Being a calm manager doesn't make you a good one... Ollie DOES a hell of a lot better than Davies would. And as for him only caring about winning, all managers want to win... but the team has to be good for them to do it... Leicester are NOT a very good team any more and we have to start again and Ollie can do it.

And YES... we have improved... if you can't see that then you are blinded by your ridiculous hatred of Ollie as our manager!

[FilboFox]

Comparing Holloway to Ferguson is hardly realistic.

Ferguson achieved near miracles at Aberdeen so there was some previous indication that patience might well pay off with the guy.

Holloway is not a novice manager yet has honestly achieved little.

Fourteen points in nine games with Holloway players plus an inept cup defeat is relegation form in any league and our consistent lack of goals - with more strikers than ever - is alarming.

I've seen points woefully surrendered, far too many goalless 90 minutes and far too many games lost that we should have won, partly because of lousy or highly suspect tactics.

More questionable signings have come along and the blinkered focus on experience was just the policy which got us in trouble last season when we failed to win a game in March and only belatedly, when the damage has perhaps been done, have we finally signed a 19-year-old winger who looks like he at least knows what the job's about.

Yet even that's ironic at this late stage seeing as we already had one who's been tormenting Division One defences almost all season and who's probably a far better marksman than Etuhu anyway.

And you wonder why some of us are less than impressed.

I'll be happy when the personable quip-a-minute Holloway starts:

a) Picking more players capable of scoring/making goals.

b) Gets his team moving backwards and forwards as a single unit instead of one with great gaps.

c) Starts making substitutions which have a specific purpose and improve our performance.

d) Stops his blinkered reliance on experience and increases the teams's collective speed and movement.

e) Starts getting more people attacking the box consistently.

f) Stops making counter productive press comments which are either critical of players or which offer excuses to deflect from our shortcomings.

g) Gets a genuine and talented free kick specialist to replace Shush because fast, accurate, cleverly aimed and varied free-kicks/corners are a vital and relatively certain source of goals which we've voluntarily done ourselves out of.

h) Gets a specialist forwards coach who can get people attacking the near post, making late runs into the box, arriving late at the back post, working better as partners, making cross-over runs, anticipating and expecting low crosses, improve the mindset and balance of players when they shoot and who can organise much more imaginative and threatening dead ball kicks.

I've every reason to believe Holloway is a determined man who's at least capable of learning.

So far that's my main source of comfort together with the fact that we do at least look as if we can play some football on occasions now.

But not often enough to start handing out more than momentary praise. Cos there's much room for improvement yet.

I agree with those points... I also think there is significant room for improvement as well BUT we HAVE made some improvements since he has been in charge... you can't expect all of those things to happen at once and like I said, trying to instigate them all during half a season without pre-season is VERY tough.

Some of the points you make though I disagree with such as the tactics and substitutions one... sometimes they work and sometimes they don't but its the players who have to take the blame as the tactic ought to work well with the players we have. Substitution-wise, I don't see how they are bad... putting more strikers on towards the end is a good thing as it gives us more up front OR if he is replacing the other strikers, it gives us fresh legs to run down the defenses.

All in all though, I still think that he is doing a good job... BUT I have to say that some signings have been real dud's... Howard = Donkey... that is perhaps the only real area that he WILL need to improve on but given the summer I think he'll have more time to assess players and not rush into trying to find a quick fix to this crappy team.

[Raj]

Ollie is the sort of mamanger you'd love to bits.

IF your team is doing well and you are winning games.

I can understand why people get pissed off with him writing blogs and appearing on TV and so forth.

However i dont agree with the fact that a change in manager NOW will do anyone any good.

Stability and all that,his own players in and everything!!!

Although i do wish at times he would be a little bit more anonymous.

[teblin]

the thing that makes me wonder about ollie, is that we do have good players infact very good players for this division at the club, and we still are lingering aroung the wrong end of the table. Most teams in the division would take the likes of oakley, Clemence, Howard, Kisnorbo, campbell and even hume off our hands. You compare the team this season to that of last and abilty wise is is far better.

I like ollie think he has something about him, but his record has been simply not good enough and even he would have to admit that. As he and alot of other managers say this is a results business and if ollie doesn't start getting them he will be gone, sooner rather than later too. A win tonight will see us a good way to staying up, a loss and ollie is in danger and so is the club.

Ollie may be the man to take us forward but would you except going one large step backward first? I certainly wouldn't.

[C-man]

People go on about how Holloway should stop moaning about bad luck and poor refereeing decisions, but if you look at his reign so far, there have been quite a bit of both. I don't think anyone can deny that we look a better side now than we did before Holloway took over, and if our strikers could put the ball in the back of the net, we'd be up the table. Equally, there have been some poor performances in there aswell, but consistency has been our problem all season. Thats why we almost beat Chelsea and then didn't win a game until Ollie took over.

Cardiff City (D 0-0) - Don't know how we didnt win - Schmeichel and the woodwork combined to keep us out. (-2)

Southampton (L 1-2) - Ridiculous penalty decision cost us a point. (-1)

Burnley (D 1-1) - Lucky to get a point. (+1)

WBA (L 1-2) - Great last minute goal denied us a point. (-1)

Ipswich (L 1-3) - Disgraceful decision by the referee may have cost us a point. (-1)

Charlton (D 1-1) - Last minute goal denied us a win (-2)

Norwich (D 0-0) - Fortuitous point (+1)

Palace (W 1-0) - Lucky last minute winner (+2)

Blackpool (L 1-2) - Unlucky last minute winner (+2)

Coventry (L 0-2) - Poor refereeing decision ultimately set us on our way to defeat (-1)

Preston (L 0-1) - if ever a team deserved not to win it was Preston (-1)

Bristol City (D 0-0) - Just wouldn't go in against the league leaders. (-2)

Obviously part of football is luck, and most of the time it evens it out. Unfortunately ours seems to have evened itself out in the form of a 4-0 win against Norwich.

And clearly the above situations are purely hypothetical but we should have another 4 points there which would see us with a slightly healthier points tally of 45, leading to more confidence and more games won.

Anyway, my point is Ollie should stay in my opinion and we should build over the summer, whichever league we're in.

[Fat Ron]

I'm sorry, but I'm sick of this Ollie bashing... it is pointless.

Ollie bashing, thats sick

[ibbosuk]

I'm sorry, but I'm sick of this Ollie bashing... it is pointless.

When Ollie came in, I was really pleased as I can see him being a GREAT manager for Leicester in the future after he has enough time to sort everything out. I can't understand why everyone thought that he would come in and be able to change everything with the click of a finger as it just doesn't work like that.

For one, he came in during the middle of the season and really had no time to get a team together... he knows it as well as we do that there is a lot of dross here that needs to be shipped out and he is doing that, but during the middle of a season when you need to focus on the games as well as the players, it becomes very difficult to do both completely to your satisfaction as it's results that he will be judged on. Therefore, he has basically had to make do with the players he's got whilst adding to that every now and then, as he has. As a consequence, the results haven't exactly gone to plan as some of the players we have just aren't good enough and it's more down to them, I would imagine, than Ollie's failures. I don't think our results under him have been that bad... by no means am I saying we've always been good or even adequate but we've shown some good signs and it's certainly no worse than in the first half of the season. Throw statistics at me all you like but when you come in and have to radically change the team as he has had to do, I think he's doing a decent job... 6 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats isn't too bad considering the crap he has had to deal with in just half a season.

Secondly, a lot of you have been bemoaning his tactics... I can't really see what's so wrong with them. He is looking to get the ball down the wings and get crosses in which is what we have been crying out for for some time now. Yes, it's not quite working yet, but we have seen massive improvements in the performances recently compared to those around the time when Ollie came in and the basic nucleus is there for us to build on. Players need to improve but I think he will, in time, be able to get the best out of them. Stearman is a clear example of a player that has really improved under Ollie's leadership and that should, hopefully, be just one of a lot of players that will get better with time.

Thirdly, some of you don't like the way he blames refs and other things when we lose or don't quite get the result we wanted... simple fact of the matter is, is that he is right most of the time. We have had some SHOCKING decisions made against us since Ollie took over and that we HAVE been playing on a very poor pitch which doesn't help us when we try to play down the wings and with the ball on the ground... that said, its not only that that he focusses on. A lot of the time, HE WILL say that the players just weren't good enough and things need to change. What I think is positive is that he can see the improvements, as can I from when he took over, and he is looking to deal with the things that we just aren't good enough at doing at the moment... one, I'm sure, will be our lack of goals and it's not for want of chances! Ollie can't put them in for them!!!

I think that everyone expected far too much from him when he came in and I really don't think that any other manager would have done a better job than him with the players we have. He has a FANTASTIC attitude and is really determined to get this club back up to the heights we once occupied but it will require more than half a season to achieve that... and more support than he is getting at the moment!

Also, I would just like to point out this. IF Ollie is sacked, the players will just feel completely deflated and it will lead to an inevitable relegation... now, many of you have been saying that Iain Dowie or Billy Davies might come in but can you really see them coming to Leicester if we are to be playing in League 1 next year? Then we'll just end up appointing someone who is completely inadequate for the job and we'll be stuck in League 1 for the next few years as all our best players jump ship to a bigger and better club! Even if we brought someone in quickly to save us, the tactics would have to be completely re-thought out and the players would need to get used to it all over again... that again, wouldn't help us at all and would probably lead to relegation.

All in all, although there are things that could be better, Ollie has done a decent job with us and given a fresh start next year, hopefully in the Championship, we will truly see what he is capable of getting this team, and hopefully some new players to replace the shit here, to do. Sacking him now would NOT be a good decision for many many reasons, most of all because of the fact that he is actually getting improvements in many different areas. All we need to do now is bring them together to give good performances week in week out which I think we can do.

I know MANY of you will disagree with me and will make comments not having read this post fully and its those fans who frustrate me most as they seem to expect instant success when it just clearly isn't going to happen... and YES, half a season is still early on in his reign considering half of that was without ANY significant signings as he had to wait for the transfer window to open... since then its been 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats... that, for me, still isn't bad considering the team and how low the morale was... he's doing a good job of getting the team back into a good frame of mind and all I can hope for is that we push on from here to safety and a good season next year WITH Ollie. Remember... Alex Ferguson was almost sacked at Man Utd before becoming one of the best managers ever.

10 Defeats in 22 games, averaging 1 per game and you think he is the man for us?

.....People like you will only be happy when we are relegated!!

[Manwell Pablo]

I can remember a time when calling for a managers had after less than 6 months would be seen as madness but I guess those times are gone . This country will end up like Spain soon, each club going through about 2 managers a season on average.

[Stevosevic]

Never wanted him in the first place and i don't think we will have to put up with him much longer.

[Master Fox]

Too long, boring!!

[Raj]

I can remember a time when calling for a managers had after less than 6 months would be seen as madness but I guess those times are gone . This country will end up like Spain soon, each club going through about 2 managers a season on average.

Or in our case,6 a season!

[Ric Flair]

I don't want Holloway out right now, but I don't rate him that highly as a manager. I always thought he was a motivator and that he'd get his teams playing with passion and a never say die attitude. He has done that at most of the clubs he's been at, but not at ours yet. Hopefully given time he can do that. But what worries me is the lack of goals we have scored under Holloway, given the teams he picks. Gone are the 7 defenders in a team, but it's made no difference in the goals for column.

If we don't score first and usually it has to happen in the first half, then we won't score in a game and certainly won't win the game. If we go a goal behind, that's game over as well. So the motivating and never say die attitude is yet to be seen from Holloway, which given his shortfalls in other areas such as inventiveness and tactics, means he's under achieving and I hope to dear god that doesn't cost us our Championship status because he's got to shpoulder some of the blame just as the players and the chairman have to.

Let's get behind Ollie and the lads though, we need to be united in these final 9 games and try and scrape surivial yet again, even though staying in this league shouldn't be a massive challenge but it seems to be each season. But that's not worth bickering about now, time for the post mortem once the season has finished, right now we've got a war to fight. Prepare some Richard Stearman Missiles and Lee Hendrie Worm Burners. Fire up the Hayles.

Ian Holloway's Blue & White Army.

[ibbosuk]

People go on about how Holloway should stop moaning about bad luck and poor refereeing decisions, but if you look at his reign so far, there have been quite a bit of both. I don't think anyone can deny that we look a better side now than we did before Holloway took over, and if our strikers could put the ball in the back of the net, we'd be up the table. Equally, there have been some poor performances in there aswell, but consistency has been our problem all season. Thats why we almost beat Chelsea and then didn't win a game until Ollie took over.

Cardiff City (D 0-0) - Don't know how we didnt win - Schmeichel and the woodwork combined to keep us out. (-2)

Southampton (L 1-2) - Ridiculous penalty decision cost us a point. (-1)

Burnley (D 1-1) - Lucky to get a point. (+1)

WBA (L 1-2) - Great last minute goal denied us a point. (-1)

Ipswich (L 1-3) - Disgraceful decision by the referee may have cost us a point. (-1)

Charlton (D 1-1) - Last minute goal denied us a win (-2)

Norwich (D 0-0) - Fortuitous point (+1)

Palace (W 1-0) - Lucky last minute winner (+2)

Blackpool (L 1-2) - Unlucky last minute winner (+2)

Coventry (L 0-2) - Poor refereeing decision ultimately set us on our way to defeat (-1)

Preston (L 0-1) - if ever a team deserved not to win it was Preston (-1)

Bristol City (D 0-0) - Just wouldn't go in against the league leaders. (-2)

Obviously part of football is luck, and most of the time it evens it out. Unfortunately ours seems to have evened itself out in the form of a 4-0 win against Norwich.

And clearly the above situations are purely hypothetical but we should have another 4 points there which would see us with a slightly healthier points tally of 45, leading to more confidence and more games won.

Anyway, my point is Ollie should stay in my opinion and we should build over the summer, whichever league we're in.

So according to you we are the unluckiest team thats ever kicked a football?

I would say good teams make there own luck.

An average of 1 point per game over 22 games is not down to misfortune is it.

Holloway has spent MILLIONS, had 22 GAMES to improve us, we lay in 21st place, 2 points above a team in the relegation zone, who also have 2 games in hand on us, and as stated we manage an appalling 1 point per game!

That in itself is damning evidence that we should ditch Holloway right away.

But the real pisser is that you are fully prepared to see this team fail like its never failed before and get relegated to Div 1, then keep a manager who has got us relegated 3rd level of English football for the first time in our 104 year history?

I cannot take your post seriously.

[Dr The Singh]

At this moment in time, i'm not bothered whether it's Holloway or anyone else in charge, we need points!! We need to back whoever is in charge and the team!!!

[ibbosuk]

At this moment in time, i'm not bothered whether it's Holloway or anyone else in charge, we need points!! We need to back whoever is in charge and the team!!!

Points!! aren't coming under Holloway so why back him...........???????????

[Sniffer-Clarke]

10 Defeats in 22 games, averaging 1 per game and you think he is the man for us?

.....People like you will only be happy when we are relegated!!

Your spot on there mate, that guy who says there is nothing wrong with holloways tactics must have trouble with his brain assuming hes got one.

Can anyone on the forum tell me of any other manager thats been at leicester with any worse stats than holloways and the money hes had to spend [ with the exception of p.taylor ]

[Raj]

Points!! aren't coming under Holloway so why back him...........???????????

Surely its too late now to get another manager to get these players to win matches.

Other have failed so why should a new manager do any better with so little time.

wouldnt it have an adverse effect on the players if we appointed another new manager?

Im not agreeing or disagreeing with you.just asking.

I personally am at the point where i couldnt care less who the Boss is!!!