F.a.o. Ian Holloway

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

It is not covid per se, obviously, it is the manner in which we as a club have dealt with it. The covid clause in the contract is the main example, but as a club we did not seem to be alive to the fact that the season was going to start with or without covid, with or without fans and we got left well behind.

Some of that is Ollie's fault; he should have seen the drawbacks of the covid contracts and the slow start but when he says covid has hampered us, it has more than most because of the way the club is run at board level.

I get that Lew. But he should be clearer. It’s still looks like he’s trying to avoid admitting he made a mistake (I can’t believe that a decision like that was taken without him being on board).

The problems we have faced this season is the same as every club in the country.

How we have dealt with them is not the same.

So who's fault was that ?

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I get that Lew. But he should be clearer. It’s still looks like he’s trying to avoid admitting he made a mistake (I can’t believe that a decision like that was taken without him being on board).

He is in a very difficult position though really. I am sure what he wants to say is " the board insisted on a covid clause and that led to all my first choices rejecting me" but of course he can't.

I agree with you though - how did he agree to it? Surely the minute the first target rejected us, he should have gone back and said we won't attract players of sufficient quality with that clause so we must change tack. I guess he was caught between a rock and a hard place, seeing the obvious advantage of still having a club when all this is over, and perhaps delaying his real plans for a season.

Had the season been curtailed due to covid, it would have been a fantastic decision all round. Sadly for us, it has proved to be the wrong choice.

We have a get out out of jail card though - the January window. We must get in the players we need on proper money and Fenty will just have to take the hit or his money might never be repaid.

Quoted from grimsby pete

The problems we have faced this season is the same as every club in the country.

How we have dealt with them is not the same.

So who's fault was that ?

Hope you've changed your phone number Pete  

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

He is in a very difficult position though really. I am sure what he wants to say is " the board insisted on a covid clause and that led to all my first choices rejecting me" but of course he can't.

I agree with you though - how did he agree to it? Surely the minute the first target rejected us, he should have gone back and said we won't attract players of sufficient quality with that clause so we must change tack. I guess he was caught between a rock and a hard place, seeing the obvious advantage of still having a club when all this is over, and perhaps delaying his real plans for a season.

Had the season been curtailed due to covid, it would have been a fantastic decision all round. Sadly for us, it has proved to be the wrong choice.

We have a get out out of jail card though - the January window. We must get in the players we need on proper money and Fenty will just have to take the hit or his money might never be repaid.

Yeah. I agree. He can’t really slag off the decision. He should just be clearer if that’s what he meant about it being down to Covid. We tried but it didn’t work out.

Hopefully we can get the squad sorted a bit in January and address the pay issues.

CLEARER???? You don't have to be rocket scientist to work out what Hollo0way means when he says covid.....

Quoted from oochiad

CLEARER???? You don't have to be rocket scientist to work out what Hollo0way means when he says covid.....

It flipping well isn’t clear. Otherwise there wouldn’t be so many people complaining about it.

He can't state the bleeding obvious can he........I don"t wish to argue with you but to me its been obvious that he's had his hands tied all along. We all want the same thing.....Hopefully IH will still be here and get things sorted in January. UTM!

Quoted from oochiad

He can't state the bleeding obvious can he........I don"t wish to argue with you but to me its been obvious that he's had his hands tied all along. We all want the same thing.....Hopefully IH will still be here and get things sorted in January. UTM!

If it was bleeding obvious he wouldn’t have been questioned on it. You might be inside the strange world of Ian Holloway’s head but you’re pretty rare.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Hope you've changed your phone number Pete  

The tight sod never rang me he told me to ring him.