MartonBornandBred
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Will be speaking to Graham Liver just after 9am. . He’s published a new book. Appears he’s moved home 48 times.
think he did get plenty of grief at the time. It was ten years ago so Critch is more fresh in the mind.Doesn’t get the same grief as Critch but left us in exactly the same manner, in fact worse in some ways as he left on the morning of a match - despicable. Hero turned villain for me.
Yep, he's been on BBC Breakfast, SSN that I've seen. And no doubt a few other programmes as well.Prostituting himself around the media outlets to sell his book already heard him on Talksport the old Ollie sparkle has gone he's become a boring old man.
The really odd thing is that it completely juxtaposed the shit show that was developing off the field.He gave us attacking football to a mystical dimension. Even now, it still seems like an unreal dream what we witnessed during those 3 seasons under him.
Never before and never since has a team just gone all out attack like that with centre halves belting down the left wing etc. It was amazing to watch - kamikaze but incredible entertainment and something I will be forever thankful for to have been able to witness.
Didn't listen but if he did it just highlights his lack of appreciation for the impact the filth had on the fanbase. There's ways of saying thing, e.g. personally I found the relationship worked for me at the time however I am aware that things changed after I left.Just reiterated that Koko was probably the best chairman he ever worked for.
Maybe such craziness off the field gave scope for Ollie's mad approach on the field?The really odd thing is that it completely juxtaposed the shit show that was developing off the field.
Yep love him for what he did, the memories.I just dont get the love he has for Karl Oyston. Its bizarre. He was an absolutely awful Chairman who should have been nowhere near a Community Asset like BFC.
I think Ollie just appreciated the straightforward nature of his relationship with Karl Oyston and I can understand that.
He gets plenty of grief in any thread related to him.Doesn’t get the same grief as Critch but left us in exactly the same manner, in fact worse in some ways as he left on the morning of a match - despicable. Hero turned villain for me.
I’m not saying he would have agreed with every decision or that Ollie didn’t seek to do what he could to improve his squad. I doubt any manager will agree with every decision… I just think that they understood each other and there was a mutual respect between them.If this was the case, particularly at the end, why did he feel compelled to find a new job?
Why did Ollie feel the need to go around Karl and speak to VB early on?
He didn't seem to appreciate the way Karl handled the Barry Ferguson signing saga either.
Yep.Homecoming game he was guest on FL show and said fans should never have boycotted short memories some of you lot.
He got roundly booed the first time he visited with Palace afterwards, a Matt Phillips winner for us if I remember correctly.He did the best any manager has done in my lifetime, fantastic attacking football, taking League One players all the way to the Prem, and giving us all two trips to Wembley and a fantastic 3 years.
He tarnished his status with us by not speaking out against the O's and siding with them rather than the supporters, even though he was shafted too in the end.
He left as any manager treated like that would do, with his stock high and wanting to be backed. I certainly wouldn't boo him if he returned for a game at Bloomfield Road, and he'd get a decent round of applause.
Superbly put.I think Ollie just appreciated the straightforward nature of his relationship with Karl Oyston and I can understand that.
Karl was a dick, who ultimately drowned in his own hubris, but he was also a maverick and an innovator who drove sone positive changes in football. To a large extent, it was arguably the rest of football and the associated madness that was at fault, as opposed to a chairman who tried to run a club within sustainable parameters.
Unfortunately, much of Karl’s ‘modernisation’ was seemingly driven more by self interest and bloody mindedness as opposed to a genuine desire to do the best for the club and ultimately we were as much of a casualty as a beneficiary of his approach.
Ollie and him found a way to work together.. I think to sone extent, they got the best out of each other (in a weird kind of way).
I don’t see any need for Ollie to say what we want him to say just for the sake of it… He has his version of events and that’s fine
He did - I'm thinking now plenty of water has passed under the bridge. He shouldn't be booed if he returned.He got roundly booed the first time he visited with Palace afterwards, a Matt Phillips winner for us if I remember correctly.
Rubbish.Doesn’t get the same grief as Critch but left us in exactly the same manner, in fact worse in some ways as he left on the morning of a match - despicable. Hero turned villain for me.
I think I read/heard that Ollie said he was the best chairman because he knew where he stood with him - no false promises, if the answer was a no, then he said no,and I can see that. In the end too many no's and IH had as much as he could.I just dont get the love he has for Karl Oyston. Its bizarre. He was an absolutely awful Chairman who should have been nowhere near a Community Asset like BFC.
And reduced wages on relegationAmazingl one thing KO did has been adopted by virtually every club - the 'option' on a players contract.
Totally agree how someone on here can compare his leaving to how Critchley left us is mind blowing.When clubs were sniffing around Ollie Karl said he would personally drive him there. Ollie had asked for a 3 year contract to feel secure and move here permanently. He felt after taking us to the Prem and 2 championship play off finals he had done enough to warrant it.
He wasn't backed for the striker he wanted in that last transfer window but depending on folks agenda all that is forgotten.
Exactly!I'll always be grateful to Ollie for what he did at the club. Performed miracles and all under the Oystons. I don't blame him for leaving.
And that he sent him a Christmas card last year, but didn't get one back & is disappointed they're not still in tuuch with each other = that says it all for me.Just reiterated that Koko was probably the best chairman he ever worked for.
Very different circumstances. Imagine handing your boss a wad of cash and him giving you a few pennies to spend. I’d have told them to stuff it as well!Doesn’t get the same grief as Critch but left us in exactly the same manner, in fact worse in some ways as he left on the morning of a match - despicable. Hero turned villain for me.