Ian Holloway on the world cup

[palexjones]

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like him or not its good to see someone with common sense and the balls to say it

[P.O.S.]

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like him or not its good to see someone with common sense and the balls to say it

I get what he's saying, but as a professional football manager and "a man of the world", he should know that every 4 years, all southern hemisphere domestic leagues have to put their seasons on hold for months while the world cup is played. But still, awarding the thing to Qatar in the first place is a joke

[H. Pedersen]

I get what he's saying, but as a professional football manager and "a man of the world", he should know that every 4 years, all southern hemisphere domestic leagues have to put their seasons on hold for months while the world cup is played.

Do they? I can't figure out their schedules at all. I know they play about 115 games a season and sometimes have domestic and CONMEBOL games on the same day. Argentina has some bizarre system in place to average out results over three years to stop big teams from going down. And what the heck is an Apertura? Or a Clausura?

[P.O.S.]

I get what he's saying, but as a professional football manager and "a man of the world", he should know that every 4 years, all southern hemisphere domestic leagues have to put their seasons on hold for months while the world cup is played.

Do they? I can't figure out their schedules at all. I know they play about 115 games a season and sometimes have domestic and CONMEBOL games on the same day. Argentina has some bizarre system in place to average out results over three years to stop big teams from going down. And what the heck is an Apertura? Or a Clausura?

Okay maybe not all but definately some do. Brazillian league stopped and South American Champions League finished up for some time, I thought the MLS took a break too during WC2010.

Yeah I've no idea how some of the leagues in South America work but I think it is all geared towards making sure the big teams remain in the highest divisions. I remember a few examples of Brazillian teams being relegated through being woeful all season but suddenly finding themselves staying up on technicalities

[seanworth]

I like Holloway. Mad as a hatter, but is doing a great job and a refreshing change from the crap that comes from many of the managers. Oh did I say he's mad?

[David Lee's Hair]

To put it in gentleman's terms if you've been out for a night and you're looking for a young lady and you pull one, some weeks they're good looking and some weeks they're not the best. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She wasn't the best looking lady we ended up taking home but she was very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much, let's have a coffee

[Gary the Enfield]

My favourite. ''Me and Blackpool are very well matched. We both look better in the dark''

[SonsOfThunder]

I forgot to mention this earlier, but the Asian Cup is usually held during the summer. So the reason Lee is off to the competition in the middle of one of the best Bolton seasons ever is, you guessed it, to accommodate the host nation of Qatar. Perhaps an oman of things to come...

[Gaz Tomorrow]

I like Holloway. Mad as a hatter, but is doing a great job and a refreshing change from the crap that comes from many of the managers. Oh did I say he's mad?

Totally agree! He's a total nut job but a decent bloke who has what a lot of premiership managers lack, passion.