You couldn't make it up

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Our midfield that year was awful and we had no target man. He brought in Oakley and Howard, who were in theory good signings and just what we needed. Unfortunately their morale was through the floor because of what had been happening at Derby.

Granted he could have done better, but that side was really screwed before he arrived.

I'm with Svenfox and the others who lay some considerable part of the blame for our relegation at Holloway's door. We were certainly not amongst the three worst squads in the division that year, and I followed our decline with mounting disbelief.

This was the season we beat Villa at Villa Park, walloped the eventual champions WBA 4-1 at the Hawthorns, and put three past Chelsea at Stamford Bridge before losing at the last gasp.

It wasn't all Holloway's fault, of course. And clearly he has some managerial talents: getting a tiny and broke outfit like Blackpool into the Premiership at all was a small miracle. But he was out of his depth with us, and we suffered a humiliation as a result.

Like him and/or respect him.... or not, some of his comments are a breath of fresh air in the 'politically correct' society we find ourselves in today.

A good manager for a smaller club with lower aspirations. The Leicester job (with the pressure that came with it) was always too much for him. Wrong bloke at the wrong time.

As to blaming him for being 8th - incredible!
Those Blackpool fans should look at a board that has let most of their good players (Adams, Gorks, Hoolahan) and spent the square root of b' all, despite all the riches the Premiership brought. They are the ones who lack ambition.

I feel sorry for them.

prawnsandwich: I notice you didn't include 'dj' in your list of good players?!!

Midtable when he took over, relegated at the end of the season. We'd stayed up for 2 seasons running with squads of a similar standard.

It wasn't all his fault but to absolve him from alll blame is ridiculous. He was the manager long enough to have an effect. Much like last season - he had long enough to sort out the defence (their only weakness in terms of a reegation scrap) but it didn't get a jot better all season.

He's done well at Blackpool though, they are still playing good football, and they still look to have a decent chance of the play-offs this season.

I blame holloway for us going down. I've moved most of that season out of my head now. All I will say is that if we had kept megson, we would have stayed up. We had more than enough chances to put points on the board with Holloway but poor tatics and the inability to accept when the team was playing badly did for us. I hated the way everything was a joke to him. But he went away after city and improved as a manager

I too used to think Holloway's comments "a breath of fresh air". It was when he was still cracking jokes and playing the fool as we circled the plughole at gathering speed that I changed my mind.

True, but it's not our problem anymore and, sorry, I can't help liking the guy. Wouldn't want him back here at any price but I think he's honest, if somewhat misguided.

Quite deliberate Montreal.

I list him amongst the most calculating mercenaries in the game. The Blackpool board couldn't have kept him even if they had wanted to.