Holloway's summer dealings were certainly a disaster. The key difference though when he managed Blackpool was he didn't lose his best 2 players for the start of the new season, albeit Blackpool did miss their first choice goalkeeper to injury for much of their Premier League campaign. Palace's...
If you look at Holloway's managerial career, his best spells have tended to be at clubs where there is no major expectation and he builds that mentality of 'they all think we're a small club and we'll show you'. But when he manages at a bigger club with players with bigger egos, he seems to come...