Day Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Ian Holloway will be sacked by Crystal Palace today after just one victory in his opening eight Premier League games, ITV Football understands. The club have called a press conference for 5:30pm this evening. The final straw for Ollie was Monday night's humiliating 4-1 defeat at home to Fulham, when Palace started the match brightly and took a deserved early lead. Holloway was appointed at Selhurst Park on November 3rd 2012, less than one year ago, and guided them to promotion against all the odds, via the Championship play-offs. Given the circumstances and his extremely tight budget, many will feel Holloway has not been given a fair chance to turn things around at the club. Chairman Steve Parish described Holloway as "categorically the right man" to lead Crystal Palace before their defeat to Fulham More to follow. http://www.itv.com/sport/football/article/2013-10-23/crystal-palace-sack-ian-holloway-after-one-premier-league-win-in-eight-games/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnieronalde Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Ian Holloway will be sacked by Crystal Palace today after just one victory in his opening eight Premier League games, ITV Football understands. The club have called a press conference for 5:30pm this evening. The final straw for Ollie was Monday night's humiliating 4-1 defeat at home to Fulham, when Palace started the match brightly and took a deserved early lead. Holloway was appointed at Selhurst Park on November 3rd 2012, less than one year ago, and guided them to promotion against all the odds, via the Championship play-offs. Given the circumstances and his extremely tight budget, many will feel Holloway has not been given a fair chance to turn things around at the club. Chairman Steve Parish described Holloway as "categorically the right man" to lead Crystal Palace before their defeat to Fulham More to follow.http://www.itv.com/sport/football/article/2013-10-23/crystal-palace-sack-ian-holloway-after-one-premier-league-win-in-eight-games/ Now THAT would be an injustice and a half. Not exactly Holloways biggest fan but he doesn't deserve to be sacked under any circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inter politics Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 No he didn't (I don't really agree with any sackings under a year or two) but they were in a better position before Holloway went there last season and they squeezed into the play-offs and won. To be fair his style seems to work in the play-offs but I doubt his all-round abilities as a manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Palace have no chance of staying up... They're one the worst sides ever to be promoted and barely strengthened in the summer.. In fact, in losing Zaha and Murray out for the year they're probably weaker.. They should keep Holloway, he'll give them a chance of going up again next season Bizarre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 they did sign about a million players in the summer. Dwight Gayle cost about 8 million to. he's spent money, made them worse.. not bad going. The again, I don't like him - comes across so bitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormantonRam Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 A top Championship manager, Wonder who they will get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 they did sign about a million players in the summer. Dwight Gayle cost about 8 million to. he's spent money, made them worse.. not bad going. The again, I don't like him - comes across so bitter. He comes across as a mardy little boy who can't take responsibility for his own inadequacies. Like most managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB BIGGS Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 No he didn't (I don't really agree with any sackings under a year or two) but they were in a better position before Holloway went there last season and they squeezed into the play-offs and won. To be fair his style seems to work in the play-offs but I doubt his all-round abilities as a manager. I think you're right. The other point that crops up again is that it's becoming suicide for managers to win promotion to the Premiership. Reading and Soton got the knife sharpened last season, Cardiff look to be sharpening it and now Palace. What do they expect? Changing Managers can work sometimes but it's mainly a short term fix ( see Sunderland). As Bris says, bizarre. I wish them all the worst - and I'm no particular fan of Holloway either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormantonRam Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Now THAT would be an injustice and a half. Not exactly Holloways biggest fan but he doesn't deserve to be sacked under any circumstances. Did Davies ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 May be they could get Paul Jewell in to turn things around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardifframs Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Did Davies ? Yes,yes and yes. I always thought he engineered his way out of dcfc,by constantly criticising the board. Wasn't up to the job,so talked his way out. (Allegedly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 At least I don't have to watch him being 'hilarious' and having a 'personality'. Camera whore. Palace will deffo beat our record now. Honeymoon period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts_ram Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hahaha this is the most ridiculous piece of football "management" in ages, Palace were beaten by Fulham yes, Kasami and Sidwell will never score the same type of goals again if they played till they're 90, they've got beaten by Liverpool, Southampton, Man Utd, Swansea, Tottenham all of whom will be challenging at least for Europa cup competition places and the guy gets sacked absolute farce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pej1956 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 At least I don't have to watch him being 'hilarious' and having a 'personality'. Camera whore. Palace will deffo beat our record now. Honeymoon period. No-one will ever beat our record! 11 points all season, would be equalled by an average Div 1 side. 1 win and 8 draws Palace will get between 15 and 25 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 No-one will ever beat our record! 11 points all season, would be equalled by an average Div 1 side. 1 win and 8 draws Palace will get between 15 and 25 points. Tread lightly on my dreams would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Thank God this happened after we got McClaren. Otherwise we would be sweating over Holloway landing our way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts_ram Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 That Steve Parish looks an almost big a knob as the old Palace chairmen Simon Jordan is it a pre requisite of the job to look a total tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 They are ***** and he signed some awful players in the summer. Not surprised he's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobram Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Getting promotion seems to work against managers in the long run. Seen it quite a few times teams go up and then they can't cope because they are literally out of their league (like we was) and the manager gets sacked. Palace were always going to struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormantonRam Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 That Steve Parish looks an almost big a knob as the old Palace chairmen Simon Jordan is it a pre requisite of the job to look a total tool Holloway wasn't sacked, Parish asked him to reconsider according to Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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