Ian Holloway to Southampton

[G.T.P]

Now that is one of the funniest quotes i've ever seen.

got a bigger acheivment then bigun?

[IHLC]

got a bigger acheivment then bigun?

Yep. I once balanced 73 ten pence pieces in my foreskin.

[BennyBoyRs]

I personally think it's a very plausable move. Southampton are a bigger club as well, and Ollie could easilly get them back to CCC football.

There is as much chance of this happening as there is of a top class premiership forward, who's more than capable of shining in the Champions League, dropping down to play for a CCC club...

...Oh, wait...

[stanley75]

Who would the "other" prem manager be I wonder (assuming that it's true that 2 applied). Do they mean of current incumbents? If so, I can't really see another candidate. Holloway's application looks very plausible given the circs. Though I'd imagine the Villa job will freeze top level moves (till Houllier decides one way or anther anyway). Who else would be planning to go from the Prem do we think? ( while I can see some may be nearing the exit involuntarily I don't see another obvious "jumper"!)

[WeAreQPR12]

Sam Allardyse

[G.T.P]

i seriously dont believe a single word of two premiership managers in jobs have gone for the south coast club job. its rubbish.,
might be two managers who last managed in the prem like phil brown.
its all crap rumour talk imho.

[baz]

Could be as damaging to his career as leicester, very strange to, at the pinacle of your career, having finally got the chance to manage at the highest level, leave after 6 weeks to drop two divisions

[Goddard]

Martin O'Neill, Phil Orange, and Nigel Adkins at Scunny are the bookies favs.


Personally, I think Adkins will go there.

[stanley75]

I also wondered if it really meant two managers with Prem experience. In which case the net is much wider. Indeed our own Neil is in the frame. And it is close to home for him.



Maybe Coppell has "got over it" and fancies moving to a town full of sailors and various other shirt-lifting types.
:pleasantsuprise:

Allardyce too ambitious to drop. His ego wouldn't stand it. He thought he should have got the Engl;and job ffs. Perhaps Martinez getting retaliation in first? But really these (and no others) make sense so I think it is BS

[80sCasual]

he aint gonna drop down two divisions after performing the biggest miracle in football history.
cop on please.

Another way of looking at it is he may want to leave Blackpool on a high, showing what a miracle he had achieved, it's not going to be nice being the manager of a team who gets spanked every week and relegated to where Southampton will probably be next season anyway if he takes over, he can then push on with them to the Prem with a better chance of survival and funds.

[G.T.P]

Another way of looking at it is he may want to leave Blackpool on a high, showing what a miracle he had achieved, it's not going to be nice being the manager of a team who gets spanked every week and relegated to where Southampton will probably be next season anyway if he takes over, he can then push on with them to the Prem with a better chance of survival and funds.

that is a romantic way of looking at it mate, but seriously here, no man on the planet in his postion after doing what he did would deny himself the pleasures of taking his sundlay league club to the emirates and stamford bridge every other week.
its very likely it will be the last time in his life he will ever get to go to those places without paying

[Nodge70]

Apparently the other current Prem manager is Avram Grant

[Ginger Ninja]

Um....

They don't currently have one. He died.

Currently being looked after with the full funding of his trustees....

i thought the guy that died was the owner of southampton, and cortese was the chairman??

[stanley75]

Blimey - really! That's shocking. Grant must have an eye to his back (always!) but that is premature and a half isn't it?!

If true, they do like mixing up that Pompey/Saints managerial whirlgigy don't they! Pay back for Rednapp perhaps! I can't see anyone (anyone at all) wanting Grant! Like a fat Paul Hart. With slightly worse grasp of the language

[qprjames]

Not a chance!!! This will probably be his only opportunity to manage in the premiership and theres no wayn he will swap that for league one.