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Ian Holloway resigns
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JJ McClure
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So he'll be of to Leicester, Sturrock will go back to Plymouth and Swindon will ??
eastlondonseagull
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Simon Morgan
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Wonder how 'Ollie' will get out of this one, after constantly moralising and slagging off the role of money in football today. Prick.
Life After Bobby
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Yes Leicester are bigger - not least with an average attendance almost double that of Plymouth. 22,720 v 11,967
But i think you've answered your second point in your second sentence!
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Bevendean Hillbilly
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Disappointing that,thought more of him than that.
Still Brighton Fans know more than most what it like to have popular Managers lured to the Midlands by cash! we bounced back only a few short years later.
Still Brighton Fans know more than most what it like to have popular Managers lured to the Midlands by cash! we bounced back only a few short years later.
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
Plymouth are 6th in table one place outside playoffs, he is loved at the club
WHY WOULD HE LEAVE
(except of course the obvous money!)
WHY WOULD HE LEAVE
(except of course the obvous money!)
Scotty Mac
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Plymouth are 6th in table one place outside playoffs, he is loved at the club
WHY WOULD HE LEAVE
no challenge? maybe he thinks he cant take them any further
Stinkers Bridge
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Well, I just hope he has a nice time up at Leicester and that, ultimately, football is the winner.
Tubby Mondays
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Its not certain that hes going to Leicester. He might have resigned so that he can devote more of his time to the search for Little Maddie.
That's a lovely thought. I don't think any of us really expect to get on with our lives until that poor little girl is found.
Storer68
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Could still end up as assistamt manager at Colchester.
oh sorry , that jobs already taken.....
oh sorry , that jobs already taken.....
- Jul 7, 2003
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Strange one, as I just read his book and he came across like he felt he was very much at home back in the West Country. He certainly played up to that in front of Plymouth fans, and he looked as though he was the perfect manager for them.
Disappointing as a football fan to see people like Holloway professing love for their club one minute, then buggering off the second someone offers you more money. Mandaric was adamant yesterday that no approach had been made for Holloway: trying to avoid any claims of illegal approaches??
I bet Argyle fans are thoroughly disillusioned by this, and I don't blame them.
Disappointing as a football fan to see people like Holloway professing love for their club one minute, then buggering off the second someone offers you more money. Mandaric was adamant yesterday that no approach had been made for Holloway: trying to avoid any claims of illegal approaches??
I bet Argyle fans are thoroughly disillusioned by this, and I don't blame them.
- Jul 7, 2003
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From the report below, it suggests Holloway has already talked to Leicester. Yet if Plymouth have refused to give him permission, surely any such approach would be against the rules? Even though he's resigned, Argyle haven't seemingly accepted it yet, therefore he remains their employee so can't talk to other clubs yet. I accept it goes on, but Plymouth must have a reasonable claim against Leicester (once again Milan Mandaric's banging on about loyalty applies only to people who leave his employ at their behest, and not to people who he poaches from other clubs or who he fires).
Ian Holloway is set to become Leicester City's new manager despite Milan Mandaric's emphatic denials that the Plymouth boss was even in his thoughts.
Holloway held talks with chairman Paul Stapleton yesterday and left training to his assistant Tim Breacker after Leicester supremo Mandaric asked for official permission to speak to the former Queens Park Rangers boss.
It comes 24 hours after Mandaric, who is looking for his fourth manager of the year, said: 'I haven't asked Plymouth for permission to talk to him and I have no intention of doing so. These rumours keep on cropping up but Ian Holloway is not in my thoughts.
'I will keep on working to bring the right person in who can get us on a winning streak straight away.
'Ian Holloway will not be the next manager of Leicester and I am still looking around for the right candidate to take this club into the Premier League.'
However, he is believed to have made a quick turnaround and wants 'Ollie' in for Saturday's trip to Bristol City — so long as Leicester can iron out a compensation package of around £230,000 for the colourful 44-year-old.
Mandaric, who returned from California on Monday, has spent the last month searching for a new boss after Gary Megson left for Bolton after just six weeks in charge, and Martin Allen departed earlier in the season.
Joe Royle and Peter Reid have already been interviewed for the position but former Everton boss Royle ruled himself out for personal reasons.
Plymouth are considering a return for former manager Paul Sturrock should Holloway's compensation be resolved.
Sturrock, 51, once voted Plymouth's Manager of the Century, is in charge at League One Swindon.
Ian Holloway is set to become Leicester City's new manager despite Milan Mandaric's emphatic denials that the Plymouth boss was even in his thoughts.
Holloway held talks with chairman Paul Stapleton yesterday and left training to his assistant Tim Breacker after Leicester supremo Mandaric asked for official permission to speak to the former Queens Park Rangers boss.
It comes 24 hours after Mandaric, who is looking for his fourth manager of the year, said: 'I haven't asked Plymouth for permission to talk to him and I have no intention of doing so. These rumours keep on cropping up but Ian Holloway is not in my thoughts.
'I will keep on working to bring the right person in who can get us on a winning streak straight away.
'Ian Holloway will not be the next manager of Leicester and I am still looking around for the right candidate to take this club into the Premier League.'
However, he is believed to have made a quick turnaround and wants 'Ollie' in for Saturday's trip to Bristol City — so long as Leicester can iron out a compensation package of around £230,000 for the colourful 44-year-old.
Mandaric, who returned from California on Monday, has spent the last month searching for a new boss after Gary Megson left for Bolton after just six weeks in charge, and Martin Allen departed earlier in the season.
Joe Royle and Peter Reid have already been interviewed for the position but former Everton boss Royle ruled himself out for personal reasons.
Plymouth are considering a return for former manager Paul Sturrock should Holloway's compensation be resolved.
Sturrock, 51, once voted Plymouth's Manager of the Century, is in charge at League One Swindon.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Holloway is a tiresome, tedious bumpkin who is far too interested in thinking up lots of quirky little quotable quips for his press conferences to amuse all his reporter friends and come across as a great "character".
He won't last five minutes with mandaric.
He won't last five minutes with mandaric.
Buzzer
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All the while that Maddie's missing, her yummy mummy gets press coverage.
I can go for that.
As long as Kate McCann doesn't speak.
plymouth nige
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Looks like another spot of gardening leave is on the cards from what I can gather down here! I've heard that they are not going to accept his resignation.
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