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Ollie: It's Gollum v Mrs Doubtfire!
by Bill Anderson and Andy Mann
Leicester City and Crystal Palace clash at the Walkers Stadium tonight (7.45) - and the live cameras might be torn on which action to concentrate.
On the field, City will be looking to end Palace's 15-game unbeaten Championship run.
Off it, there will be the touchline antics of City boss Ian Holloway prowling around near opposite number, Neil Warnock, who is a similarly colourful personality.
However, Holloway baulks at the notion that he and Warnock are two of a kind. “You're joking, aren't you?,” he said. “He's got hair, I haven't. I'm Gollum from Lord of the Rings and, when Neil's got his glasses on, he's Mrs Doubtfire, so we will have a bit of fun.
“We do have a passion for the game and Neil epitomises that. Like him or loathe him, he is effervescent and in your face, just like his teams. I am trying to mould my team into my personality which is always to be bubbly and enthusiastic.”
Holloway is also quick to emphasise that he is an up-and- coming manager, while Warnock is the old warhorse who, he suspects, once orchestrated a dastardly deed.
He said: “Once, one of his players punched me in the stomach before a game. I think it was on Neil's orders. I didn't retaliate in the tunnel, but, on the pitch, I tried to, missed the player and got someone else. It all went off on the touchline and I just winked at him.
“He moans at refs, I don't - even though we have had a few weird ones and it is all a bit of fun. I like people who care about what they do and he certainly cares and is very good at it.”
Warnock, however, feels they share similar outlooks on the game.
He said: “I texted Ollie when he got the Leicester City job and wished him the best.
“We have followed a similar path and have both managed at Plymouth. I think he is like me in that he is a grafter and wants his team to graft. He hurts when they don't and I hurt when my lot don't.”
Warnock once commented that City were “immoral” in going into and out of administration the season when Micky Adams' side beat his Sheffield United to automatic promotion.
“It was how I felt,” he said. “It wasn't aimed personally at Leicester. They have changed that now and you can't do it.”
Those comments lingered long in the memories of some City fans when he was linked with the manager's job last year.
Warnock said: “I have a lot of time for Leicester. I think the stadium, the fans and crowd are fantastic. It's as good as anything in the league in terms of volume. It lifts the players and I always think they have a chance.
“I like Milan Mandaric. I have had one or two conversations with him. He is like me. He is passionate and wants success yesterday.”
mrs doubtfire
by Bill Anderson and Andy Mann
Leicester City and Crystal Palace clash at the Walkers Stadium tonight (7.45) - and the live cameras might be torn on which action to concentrate.
On the field, City will be looking to end Palace's 15-game unbeaten Championship run.
Off it, there will be the touchline antics of City boss Ian Holloway prowling around near opposite number, Neil Warnock, who is a similarly colourful personality.
However, Holloway baulks at the notion that he and Warnock are two of a kind. “You're joking, aren't you?,” he said. “He's got hair, I haven't. I'm Gollum from Lord of the Rings and, when Neil's got his glasses on, he's Mrs Doubtfire, so we will have a bit of fun.
“We do have a passion for the game and Neil epitomises that. Like him or loathe him, he is effervescent and in your face, just like his teams. I am trying to mould my team into my personality which is always to be bubbly and enthusiastic.”
Holloway is also quick to emphasise that he is an up-and- coming manager, while Warnock is the old warhorse who, he suspects, once orchestrated a dastardly deed.
He said: “Once, one of his players punched me in the stomach before a game. I think it was on Neil's orders. I didn't retaliate in the tunnel, but, on the pitch, I tried to, missed the player and got someone else. It all went off on the touchline and I just winked at him.
“He moans at refs, I don't - even though we have had a few weird ones and it is all a bit of fun. I like people who care about what they do and he certainly cares and is very good at it.”
Warnock, however, feels they share similar outlooks on the game.
He said: “I texted Ollie when he got the Leicester City job and wished him the best.
“We have followed a similar path and have both managed at Plymouth. I think he is like me in that he is a grafter and wants his team to graft. He hurts when they don't and I hurt when my lot don't.”
Warnock once commented that City were “immoral” in going into and out of administration the season when Micky Adams' side beat his Sheffield United to automatic promotion.
“It was how I felt,” he said. “It wasn't aimed personally at Leicester. They have changed that now and you can't do it.”
Those comments lingered long in the memories of some City fans when he was linked with the manager's job last year.
Warnock said: “I have a lot of time for Leicester. I think the stadium, the fans and crowd are fantastic. It's as good as anything in the league in terms of volume. It lifts the players and I always think they have a chance.
“I like Milan Mandaric. I have had one or two conversations with him. He is like me. He is passionate and wants success yesterday.”
mrs doubtfire
