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Has anyone else listened to the latest Open All Rs podcast? It's an Ollie special.
His main point is supporters must get behind Ainsworth and the team to help them avoid relegation. Absolutely fair enough, and it sounded like he was back in the dressing room at halftime 1-0 down.
But after a while, his stream of consciousness becomes something of a convoluted diatribe about anything and everything. He must have taken 90% of the conversation. I love the man, as we all do, but when he's like this I can't help wondering if he's okay.
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 16:10 - Apr 5 with 6579 views
Listening now. Started off by immediately persuading me go on Friday . Got no money but made me think that the team need us whether they deserve our support or not .
They do need us loud and passionate on Friday and by hook or by crook I’ll be there .
But after a while he just starts contradicting himself . Telling us as fans to ‘stop moaning ‘ and then spends over an hour moaning about everything at the club . It’s bizarre frankly .
You can’t tell the poor sods who spend their time and money week in week out that they ain’t entitled to moan at this bunch .
I know his point is more of a rallying cry to us and that’s a good thing . But Ollie, who I love by the way , is rambling nonsense at times . Strange
[Post edited 5 Apr 2023 16:25]
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 17:11 - Apr 5 with 6406 views
As I said , I love Ollie from being his apprentice when he was a player to him being a manager and a character but I thought he didn’t try to understand yours or anyone else’s points that were being made .
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 17:26 - Apr 5 with 6340 views
He just cannot understand the point of view of a supporter, well Ollie I will enlighten you. I f we don't turn up, players and manager aren't needed or required. Simple as. We just want to be entertained, and guess what allowed to entertain out own opinions.
Please for the love of god lets us have that, we all work very hard all week to be able to support this team do not question our integrity.
I love the man for everything he given of himself for this club, but if anyone ever doubts what being QPR'd means then listen to this podcast.
I really think and needs counselling, he sees no validity in anyone's opinion bar his own and I am worried for him, his mind seems to still be playing the same record that nearly started a riot at Millwall. His comments about people touching each other during the pandemic shocked me. As a cancer patient during the pandemic I had much more important thing to worry about other than other people touching each other.
Someone maybe could have suggested a re-record or god forbid 'lost' that recording all together.
I did take away one thing. he won't ever be back as manager.
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Chairman of the Junior Hoilett appreciation society
Is there a QPR podcast that just calmly discusses recent matches? I want to hear a discussion on our tactical set up/performance against Wigan, not an hour long rant about why I need to get behind these bunch of c@nts even more.
Is there a QPR podcast that just calmly discusses recent matches? I want to hear a discussion on our tactical set up/performance against Wigan, not an hour long rant about why I need to get behind these bunch of c@nts even more.
I very much appreciate this point. Ollie was supposed to join for 15mins give us his take on the squad/Ainsworth - then jump off and we’d chat over Wigan, assessment of squad, look to Preston etc.
But my word did Olly take it off the rails. Couldn’t get a word in from start to finish and didn’t get to discuss over the needed topics. Upon completion, there is no way Ollie would re-run so we’re stuck.
Tangent doesn’t come close, but hopefully things don’t head that west again.
Thanks for your feedback.
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 18:36 - Apr 5 with 6110 views
I very much appreciate this point. Ollie was supposed to join for 15mins give us his take on the squad/Ainsworth - then jump off and we’d chat over Wigan, assessment of squad, look to Preston etc.
But my word did Olly take it off the rails. Couldn’t get a word in from start to finish and didn’t get to discuss over the needed topics. Upon completion, there is no way Ollie would re-run so we’re stuck.
Tangent doesn’t come close, but hopefully things don’t head that west again.
Thanks for your feedback.
Charlie, no reason to explain.
I love your work on Rangers. We're lucky to have you. I think we're all wise enough to take Ollie as he is, for better and for worse.
Keep up the good work and here's hoping the next episode gives you happier events to discuss.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
I very much appreciate this point. Ollie was supposed to join for 15mins give us his take on the squad/Ainsworth - then jump off and we’d chat over Wigan, assessment of squad, look to Preston etc.
But my word did Olly take it off the rails. Couldn’t get a word in from start to finish and didn’t get to discuss over the needed topics. Upon completion, there is no way Ollie would re-run so we’re stuck.
Tangent doesn’t come close, but hopefully things don’t head that west again.
Thanks for your feedback.
Love the stuff you, the other guys on the podcast, Clive and others do for qpr on media front. Some great podcasts and articles etc. For a small club, we are spoilt.
As for this podcast, quite liked it at first but thought he was then pretty rude and condescending to you to be honest. Couldn’t really take what he was saying seriously after that.
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 20:14 - Apr 5 with 5808 views
Thank you Charlie, Finney and Chris for the podcasts you do.
I remember watching a documentary some time ago that Holloway was in and it was discussions around anger which Ollie admitted to struggling with.
I think he is a genuine QPR fan these days and clearly he is peed off with our current situation.
Fair enough but unfortunately on this pod, it was a bit of a runaway.
Everyone has their day.
Perhaps Ian has been reading a few moans on here. Can't say at games people are not behind the team. We all want them to do well but there are plenty of ways to skin a cat and its clear Holloway is an ex manager.
We are behind Ainsworth. And obviously we want our players to perform.
Actually would be brilliant if ex managers and players were present under a pseudonym on this forum and we could probably pick out Ollie pretty easily I would think
The ultimate "wearing your heart on your sleeve" fan !!!
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Ollie is one of a kind and there's no doubting the confidence he has in Gareth. He makes up in passion what he lacks in historical accuracy and he rambles on about all sorts of stuff and his mind goes off on tangents (ADHD?) but there's nothing really to argue with the main point that he kept coming back to. Namely complaining about board / players / everything can wait till the season has finished, for the rest of the season we just need to get behind the team and help them get the points needed to stay up. I liked the definition of confidence he gave, he was spot on with that. Top bloke and he genuinely loves QPR.
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 21:37 - Apr 5 with 5534 views
I love Holloway and in among his rant he made some good points and also spoke some absolute nonsense as well about doing away with passing the ball and just lumping it etc. He lost the plot a bit at Charlies question which I thought he completely misunderstood as a dig at Ainsworth when it clearly wasn't.
At least he cares I suppose and although I get what he's saying about fans getting behind the team we really have been to be fair, they've had a very easy ride from the fans
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 21:41 - Apr 5 with 5525 views
I love Holloway and in among his rant he made some good points and also spoke some absolute nonsense as well about doing away with passing the ball and just lumping it etc. He lost the plot a bit at Charlies question which I thought he completely misunderstood as a dig at Ainsworth when it clearly wasn't.
At least he cares I suppose and although I get what he's saying about fans getting behind the team we really have been to be fair, they've had a very easy ride from the fans
He didn’t misunderstand it at all. He wanted to answer a different question.
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 22:01 - Apr 5 with 5479 views
I love Holloway and in among his rant he made some good points and also spoke some absolute nonsense as well about doing away with passing the ball and just lumping it etc. He lost the plot a bit at Charlies question which I thought he completely misunderstood as a dig at Ainsworth when it clearly wasn't.
At least he cares I suppose and although I get what he's saying about fans getting behind the team we really have been to be fair, they've had a very easy ride from the fans
One of the reasons he got fired was because of his lump it football style, bang it long to Matt Smith, who wasn’t even a hold up striker. Which the fans had simply had enough of. He really doesn’t get that.
His footballing philosophy - be direct and work hard - is loud and clear in that interview. And it’s no surprise that he backs Ainsworth to the hilt - they are two peas out of the same pod.
Like Ainsworth, he preferred older pros and functional footballers. And as for him regularly taking credit for bringing through the youngsters, that is simply not true. Chair didn’t get a look in till last game of the season if I recall correctly. He criminally under-used what he had in the younger ranks at the time. Another reason he didn’t get to keep his job.
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 22:13 - Apr 5 with 5426 views
Is there a QPR podcast that just calmly discusses recent matches? I want to hear a discussion on our tactical set up/performance against Wigan, not an hour long rant about why I need to get behind these bunch of c@nts even more.
Hoops and Dreams weekly preview podcast is sensible and good. Dave Barton and James from oop north excellent. And it's only 15 minutes on average. 2 thumbs up.
LAranger
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 22:27 - Apr 5 with 5386 views
One of the reasons he got fired was because of his lump it football style, bang it long to Matt Smith, who wasn’t even a hold up striker. Which the fans had simply had enough of. He really doesn’t get that.
His footballing philosophy - be direct and work hard - is loud and clear in that interview. And it’s no surprise that he backs Ainsworth to the hilt - they are two peas out of the same pod.
Like Ainsworth, he preferred older pros and functional footballers. And as for him regularly taking credit for bringing through the youngsters, that is simply not true. Chair didn’t get a look in till last game of the season if I recall correctly. He criminally under-used what he had in the younger ranks at the time. Another reason he didn’t get to keep his job.
In his last few games he put Joel Lynch up top on occasions !!!
One of the many bizarre moments encapsulating all that being a QPR fan can be all about !!!
Like many, I thought he had some good points. A) the players - atrocious or not - are unlikely to perform even though they are fully deserving of a rendition of 'you're not fit to wear the shirt...' B) the importance of team balance - Taarabt and Routledge/Smith etc functioned so well because of the mix with Hill, Derry, Faurlin etc.
Couldn't listen to the whole thing though. Ian cannot see the situation from a fan's perspective. At one point I was longing for one of the hosts to stop or interupt him and say 'actually Ian, it's been utter dross, so tell me why and how we should go on being beacons of positivity?'
For my two cents worth, I couldn't give a toss how GA plays the game in these last seven matches. Just get the points to keep us safe and then have the summer to do your work.
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Ollie on Open All Rs on 23:16 - Apr 5 with 5284 views
His Stanley unwin ogdens nut gone flake Speech patterns aggravate the shit out of me and i end up jutting my chin out in rage like mussolini in the back of his kubelwagen at his interviews.
Great Bloke but i'd rather listen to Stephen Fry recite his anecdotes of His 5 hour dinners in Le Chalet de la Forêt with Elton John over the hors d'oeuvres.
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