Ian Holloway Quotes Of The Year: 2010 Edition
In many ways, 2010 has been the year of Ian Holloway. The man, the mystery, the manager. After securing an impressive win against Cardiff City in the Championship Play-Off Final to earn promotion to the Premier League, Ian Holloway’s Blackpool side has been a revelation to watch this season, opening up teams and playing beautiful attractive football, the way it was meant to be played.
While Blackpool has been entertaining us on the pitch, manager Ian Holloway has been sincere and irreverent off it as witnessed by this memorable quotes of his in 2010:
“Why haven’t they got cameras? The officials can speak to each other easily enough now. Why aren’t we using laptops that are linked up and can give a decision in five seconds? A chimpanzee could do it – with not much training. We might as well go back to being cavemen, grab our girl by the hair, drag her into the cave whether she wants to come in or not because we may as well live in that age. We’ve come forward, haven’t we?”
Reporter: “Ian, have you got any injury worries?” Holloway: “No, I’m fully fit, thank you.”
“In football you need to have everything in your cake mix to make the cake taste right. One little bit of ingredient that Tony [Pulis] uses in his cake gets talked about all the time is Rory [Delap]’s throw. Call that cinnamon and he’s got a cinnamon flavoured cake. It’s not fair and it’s not right and it’s only a small part of what he does.”
“You are talking out of your hat. I would like to say out of your ass, but that’s a donkey and I don’t like having a go at donkeys. If some bright spark from the Premier League, or Barclays Premier League as we’re supposed to call it, wants to come down and have a chat and a cup of coffee…you’ll probably get it chucked in your lap.”
“I am more than happy [at Blackpool] and I am afraid the chairman will need a hell of a tub of cream to get rid of me – I’m like a bad rash and not easily curable.”
“I remember my dad telling me a joke where a boxer sits on his stool between rounds and his trainer says: ‘Come on, he isn’t laying a glove on you’. The boxer replies: ‘You better watch the referee then, because somebody is hitting me.’”
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I’m just getting to know Holloway. It’s refreshing to hear someone speak so candidly about himself, his team and FIFA. Take this quote from a recent article written by Holloway:
“Yeah that’s great. We’ll change the date of the planet’s greatest tournament because you nuggets have given the World Cup to a country where it’s so hot you don’t need a kettle to boil water. Maybe they could do the same with Christmas. My turkeys will be delighted. I’ll go and tell them they’ve got a bit of respite because Fifa have said they’re going to move Christmas this year. The whole thing is ludicrous. They are a law unto themselves these governing bodies. There is no common sense. Ridiculous. Enough said.”
“Sincere”—I think that’s what stands out for me. Yes, he may seem outrageous at times, even insincere, but I think that just comes with being completely open and honest. Nobody can make that stuff up ahead of time. “Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies.”
What I really admire Holloway for is his “We’ll dance with the one that brung us” attitude on the pitch. Blackpool got to the Prem playing a particular style of football and that is what they will continue to play regardless of doomsday prognosticators. I don’t call that stubborn. I call it faith and belief in his players and system.
Blackpool fans should be proud of their team and manager regardless of how this season ends and I for one think they’ll be around next year, no problem.