We were already in trouble when he came in and had to work with the same squad that had got us into that mess. The season we went down co-incided with the majority of senior players' expensive contracts expiring and he was forced to sell our 2 best players ... Peter Crouch and Jermaine...
Holloway may have been manager when we went down but he didn't get us relegated ... imho that was down to Gerry Francis and Iain Dowie. He managed us through one of our darkest periods, took us to a playoff final and then promotion the following year. I thought he did well with Bristol Rovers...