Ollie hits out at transfer window

Ollie hits out at transfer window

Published Jan. 12, 2011 7:15 a.m. ET

Eleven managers have left their positions across the four professional divisions in the past fortnight. Holloway believes clubs are acting too hastily and that the reopening of the transfer market for a few weeks mid-season is exacerbating the situation. He said: "Thank God some of these chairmen haven't got the atomic bomb button because the world would have been blown up by now. "They get knee-jerk reactions, thinking about the transfer window. "They think, 'Do we want this? It might be better to give someone else the transfer window so we can bring players in...' "It's instability all the time. Good clubs do things in the summer. "I think it has made it worse and some of the sackings have been ridiculous." Holloway feels Liverpool, his team's opponents in a rearranged Premier League clash on Wednesday night, are one of the clubs to have acted too quickly. The Anfield giants parted company with Roy Hodgson after a difficult six months in charge on Saturday and immediately replaced him with club legend Kenny Dalglish. Holloway is a huge admirer of Dalglish but is still saddened by Hodgson's departure, so soon after he replaced Rafael Benitez in the summer. Holloway said: "I think Roy is a scapegoat, listening to some of the Liverpool supporters. "There were problems above Roy for at least a year and a half - Rafa cited some of those problems. "I just think it is very convenient to blame Roy Hodgson. "Roy is a fantastic manager, a lovely man. He is just very polite and wouldn't want to upset anyone. "But Kenny is the man they trust and maybe they should have had him in the summer." The Seasiders have made a huge impression in their first season of top-flight football for 39 years and beat Liverpool at Anfield in October. They go into Wednesday night's match, originally scheduled for Boxing Day but moved due to severe weather, trailing the mid-table Merseysiders only on goal difference. Holloway wrote off his side's FA Cup chances on Saturday - making nine changes for a third-round defeat at Southampton - to concentrate on the encounter, viewing the Premier League as exciting as any cup final. He said: "I can't wait. How can there every be a bad time to play Liverpool? "I want my team to play well against Liverpool. We have got a cup final every week and it is outstanding."

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