Top bloke, and a classy manager, he has done well for Jonjo in his loan spell with the seasiders. He also took Paul Ince's son Tom although i think on a permanent basis and he also has done himself no harm under the guidance of Ian.
Just look how he handled the fact he Tom is Paul's son and that many players fail to fill their fathers footsteps in this interesting article.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ian-holloway-this-ince-isnt-like-his-dad-ndash-but-hes-good-2374740.html
Got me to thinking there seems to be a lot of classy managers in or coming from the Championship, look at Swansea's good football due to Brendan Rodgers etc. And i think we should be putting more of our talented youngsters out on loan to them myself. Ian was definately gutted in losing Jonjo but i think we have some other talented midfielders that he could take on loan like Coady and Suso and could also blossom under his Ians guidance and character.
Who would you like to see on loan, and at which club and why etc type of football or manager.
Personally id like to see Sterling at Blackpool on loan, i know he is only 16 but i don't think Ian would burn him out and play him every game. They play a kind of 4-3-3 under Ian which i think Raheem would fit in well to and Ian likes to help develop future England stars such as Jonjo and i believe Raheem can be another.
Overall i think we should be giving our more talented youth a shot out on loan, giving more playing time to the lads on the u-18/reserves bench or squad. The Championship has to be better then the reserves/U18 leagues surely and in the first team squad working with an actual first team manager and staff can only be an improvement surely. Not ruling out the lower half premier league clubs either.
Ian Holloway
posted on 5/12/11
Very interesting article and good one i may add, it's true that the likes of Holloway and Rodgers bring out the best in young players and help them develop, but that is down to their footballing philosophy. They both like their teams to go out and express themselves, trying to play total football, the problem sometimes though is that most succesful teams (with the exception of Barcelona) place a lot of emphasis on being tactically aware and having a solid base as too not get beat, eliminating their chance to wonder around the pitch at any given time and ultimatley stifling their development as they are not then ready to go into the Liverpool system.
posted on 5/12/11
Shelvey works hard and when i first saw him play he had a very good understanding of the game already. Holloway played him in a more advanced role for Blackpool which he benefited from and scored 6 goals in 9 games.
I agree with you in terms tactics and defensive duties but these generally get better with age and experience and i would'nt worry too much about it at a younger age. I also believe its better to learn things one at a time starting with the basics.
posted on 5/12/11
They both like their teams to go out and express themselves, trying to play total football,
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I think thats a brilliant philosophy myself especially for young players, you want them to go out and express themselves show you what they can do, only then you can see what they are best at and what not so good at which you can then focus to work on with them.
posted on 5/12/11
Sterling might benefit from a spell at Blackpool, he is beginning to stagnate in the reserves for some reason.