Now is the time to stick by the manager

[maddog]

So It's Downstairs Next Then ???

[Wycombe Fox]

Sticking with him is a gamble. But bringing someone else in a much bigger gamble after it clearly didn't work this season.

I understand that maddog, but what I'm trying to understand is, regardless of gamble, what positives have you seen in Holloway to suggest that he won't take us into League 2?

[Basingstoke Fox]

After this though, perhaps our players might not want to play for Ollie?

I dont mind if he stays or goes to be honest, Ive always just wanted the best for our club.

[maddog]

I understand that maddog, but what I'm trying to understand is, regardless of gamble, what positives have you seen in Holloway to suggest that he won't take us into League 2?

I have seen some great results, away from home, thats a positive.

I just see no positives at all in sacking him.

The only reason fans want him out is because their devastated he has took us down, not because he won't take us back up again.

[teblin]

I'm shocked anyone still wants him here.

I like the chap, which is wierd i thought i would hate the manager who did this to our club, but i don't. But the table and results do not lie he is the worst manager ever at the club.

The problems run much deeper than holloway before he came to the club, but he had enough time and money to keep this club out of that divison that we have never played in.

Dowie whether the best choice or not will be our new manager(assuming milan is still here), lets hope he can sort this mess out and get us out of this division fisrt time.

[maddog]

One things for sure though i shall be 100% backing whoever is manager next season. No negativity, being positive all the way.

Someone said to me earlier that perhaps the Leicester fans are to blame for us being relegated.

Milan didn't appoint Warnock because the fans didn't want him, and perhaps Megson would have stayed if the fans hadn't wanted him out right from the start. And sung Megson out etc.

Just a point.

[teblin]

One things for sure though i shall be 100% backing whoever is manager next season. No negativity, being positive all the way.

Someone said to me earlier that perhaps the Leicester fans are to blame for us being relegated.

Milan didn't appoint Warnock because the fans didn't want him, and perhaps Megson would have stayed if the fans hadn't wanted him out right from the start. And sung Megson out etc.

Just a point.

He could've still appointed warnock, wasn't up to us in the end!

We are not to blame far from it!

[maddog]

I'm excited about next season already.

Checking newsnow to see who we have signed, and the OS for info.

Pre-season i just love it.

And when the season starts we will surely actually start to win a lot of football matches.

A promotion season in League 1, as i've always said is better than a shit almost relegation season in the Championship.

Lets just hope we can win the League.

[Suffolk_fox]

I'm excited about next season already.

Checking newsnow to see who we have signed, and the OS for info.

Pre-season i just love it.

And when the season starts we will surely actually start to win a lot of football matches.

A promotion season in League 1, as i've always said is better than a shit almost relegation season in the Championship.

Lets just hope we can win the League.

Maybe even back to back wins?

If anything, our confidence will soar, and that has been sadly lacking for years.

[demon_dog]

I cannot believe that anyone seriously believes that Ollie should stay.

Statistics show that he is our worst ever manager.

I have been following city for over 35 years, I'm sad to say that if Ollie stays I will seriously consider not renewing my season ticket.

As has been already said there are plenty of managers who could do the job, ok the question is who would want it?

Also MM has been proven to be a bad judge of character when it comes to choosing the right man for the job.

I agree with the posts that tout Mike Newell, he could almost certainly do the job, the big question is would Mandy appoint him if he applied?

To get rid of Ollie now makes sense, in that it gives a new manager all of pre season to get to know the players, decide who should stay or go.

He also would have the chance to bring in players he feels are needed during the transfer window.

As long he is no fool, like a kid in a sweet shop with loads of money like Martin Allen was then all the better.

It's time we had someone who could take a good long hard look at the players, ship out the ones that aren't up to scratch and move us on.

[csadfox67]

Good shout Benjani, that's 2 managers who could do it maddog... Newell and Grayson..

have you lost your mind ?

[davieG]

Bond or Newell

Or to put it another way Bung or No Bung allegedly

Who would suit MM the best

[Basingstoke Fox]

Bond or Newell

Or to put it another way Bung or No Bung allegedly

Who would suit MM the best

[maddog]

Bond or Newell

Or to put it another way Bung or No Bung allegedly

Who would suit MM the best

Hey Davie, add an A to your sig.

Thats right fooking mess just doesn't have the same effect

[renards]

Be interesting to see what the Tigers do with Loffreda.

6 months in to his job, massive failure by the Tigers standard, we set our sights a little lower.

Difference with him and Coco is he's played and managed to a high standard previously

[Corky]

One things for sure though i shall be 100% backing whoever is manager next season. No negativity, being positive all the way.

Someone said to me earlier that perhaps the Leicester fans are to blame for us being relegated.

Milan didn't appoint Warnock because the fans didn't want him, and perhaps Megson would have stayed if the fans hadn't wanted him out right from the start. And sung Megson out etc.

Just a point.

How exactly? Milan owns the club, he could have appointed anyone he wanted. If he wanted Warnock so badly he should have backed his own instincts and not listen to those fans who told him not to appoint Warnock. Megson would have gone anyway, he saw a chance to manage a Premier League club and it was too good to turn down.

It isn't the fans fault for us being relegated, we've been loyal and vocal, giving the players full support, at times undeserved. The manager/s and players are to blame. They ultimately are responsible for what the club do.

[maddog]

How exactly? Milan owns the club, he could have appointed anyone he wanted. If he wanted Warnock so badly he should have backed his own instincts and not listen to those fans who told him not to appoint Warnock. Megson would have gone anyway, he saw a chance to manage a Premier League club and it was too good to turn down.

It isn't the fans fault for us being relegated, we've been loyal and vocal, giving the players full support, at times undeserved. The manager/s and players are to blame. They ultimately are responsible for what the club do.

It was just a thought, the fans have been great

But who knows where we would be had the fans publicly backed Warnock? Or if the fans hadn't sung Megson out and virtually pushed him out of the club.

[davieG]

Hey Davie, add an A to your sig.

Thats right fooking mess just doesn't have the same effect

[maddog]

Thats better

Bring back the sinking boat only make it sunk, or half sunk.

Or have Milan bucketing the water out.

[Legend_in_blue]

I think you have to give IH at least until Christmas. Yes, he has taken us down but the fact of the matter is he was given very limited time in which to bring players into the club, at a time in the season when anybody half decent would have turned a blind eye to us looking at our league position.

He did what he could, it didn't come together and he was still left woefully short on the wings - despite trying to rectify this area of the team. And that wasn't down to his bad management. That was down to the total shambles at the start of the season.

If you look at our setup for next season, we look extremely strong. We just need a leader - on and off the field.

Defence, along with the wings, is where I would look to bring in a few acquisitions.

[Basingstoke Fox]

I suppose if we keep him its, You got us into this mess, NOW YOU GET US OUT!!

[gibbom]

After thinking about it we really should keep Holloway for next season. He knows the players and i can't see any new manager coming in and getting us promoted straight away. No good managers will want to come to us now. Ollie got QPR promoted from League 1 so he is our best bet.

Name me a good alternative that will get us out of League 1 in one season?

Davies and Allardyce won't want to come here now.

Now is the time for stability, i know some fans are saying get rid of all the losers that took us down but we shouldn't let them escape.

They are all under contract and can get us out of this mess.

Our strikers in League 1 now look superb, Fryatt, Howard, Campbell, Hume could all bag 20 goals easily in my view.

I'm angry and devastated Ollie has took us down but we should stick with him. He knows the players and may even learn from his mistakes and sign players who are hungry to play for the shirt. I'm sure he will bring in more youngsters too.

If we do stick with Holloway i think we can storm League 1 and come 1st but sacking another manager could leave us in more relegation trouble.

If Dowie does come in and starts badly, signs the wrong players like Allen, we may end up in exactly the same predictament as this season.

Stick with Ollie and we will come straight back up.

well said mate,at least im not the only one who agrees that we should keep holloway,it's inconsistancy that's cost us this season,and changing managers every 5 minutes hasn't helped

[Thracian]

After thinking about it we really should keep Holloway for next season. He knows the players and i can't see any new manager coming in and getting us promoted straight away. No good managers will want to come to us now. Ollie got QPR promoted from League 1 so he is our best bet.

Name me a good alternative that will get us out of League 1 in one season?

Davies and Allardyce won't want to come here now.

Now is the time for stability, i know some fans are saying get rid of all the losers that took us down but we shouldn't let them escape.

They are all under contract and can get us out of this mess.

Our strikers in League 1 now look superb, Fryatt, Howard, Campbell, Hume could all bag 20 goals easily in my view.

I'm angry and devastated Ollie has took us down but we should stick with him. He knows the players and may even learn from his mistakes and sign players who are hungry to play for the shirt. I'm sure he will bring in more youngsters too.

If we do stick with Holloway i think we can storm League 1 and come 1st but sacking another manager could leave us in more relegation trouble.

If Dowie does come in and starts badly, signs the wrong players like Allen, we may end up in exactly the same predictament as this season.

Stick with Ollie and we will come straight back up.

Who'd get us out of Division One?

Beaglehole (who knows all the players), Newell, Joe Royle, plus any number of others, I'm quite sure.

In fact almost any self-respecting manager with Leicester's resources should be able to lift us out of Division One, especiually with the players already contracted to the club.

Holloway is never going to stop being cautious and I'd guess that's the single characteristic that has been most responsible for his having an indifferent managerial career so far.

What with his ill-judged press comments, his poor psychology, his indefensible tactics...it's not a case of Holloway changing a bit but more of getting a brain/personality transplant.

Managing for six months and finishing with the worst win percentage of any manager in our history despite the sort of support Mandaric has given is incomprehensible. But it wasn't down to bad luck, there were reasons some of which I tried to explain before the damage was done.

But did he change? No. And so many of the reasons for poor returns were apparent in yesterday's sorry offering. Only one thing was absolutely vital and that was scoring. We didn't just fail to score but we failed to put many potential scorers on the pitch (yet again) and mustered very few shots worthy of the name.

How anyone would want Holloway ahead of the people I've mentioned, or almost anyone else, I just don't understand.

So long as Mandaric doesn't decide to sack another new manager a few weeks into the season the opportunity is there now for a proper new start and one that's backed with some proper planning.

And that planning should be in its embryo stage already.

[SamL]

No.

I was one for stability, but he's got to go. He had more than enough time to turn things around and he didn't do it.

He didn't get performances out of his players on a regular basis.

New league, fresh start.

Fcuk off Holloway, Holloway, Fcuk off Holloway LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA.

[wurmer]

No.

I was one for stability, but he's got to go. He had more than enough time to turn things around and he didn't do it.

He didn't get performances out of his players on a regular basis.

New league, fresh start.

Fcuk off Holloway, Holloway, Fcuk off Holloway LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA.

I can't actually believe he hasn't got rid of him yet, the useless 'David Brent' of the footballing world...