Ian Holloway has today spoken out about the ‘Project Big Picture,’ the plan that involved taking football in a whole different direction – and he wasn’t happy about it.
Ian Holloway Unhappy With Project Big Picture
Ian Holloway Experienced in Football Management
Holloway has managed nine teams in a managerial career that has spanned nearly 25 years, with his first role coming in 1996 with Bristol Rovers. He has gone on to manage in both the Championship and the Premier League and is currently in charge of Grimsby Town in League 2.
Having spent so much time in the English leagues, he no doubt has a strong opinion on the project that was proposed by both Liverpool and Manchester United.
Power Handed to the Biggest Clubs
‘Project Big Picture’ would have seen power handed to some of the biggest clubs in the Premier League and would also have seen a reduction of clubs in the top tier from 20 to 18 teams to name just two things that the project would have put in place.
Now, Holloway has spoken out to Sky Sports about the proposal which has since been turned down. He said: “I am saying I don’t trust the people who were supposed to do it.”
“That Was Project Awful Picture”
“Rick Parry going and talking to two American-owned football clubs, Liverpool and Manchester United, that ain’t right, is it? Even the Premier League themselves kicked that one out.
“Project Big Picture, or whatever it was? For me, that was Project Awful Picture.
“Someone should now go in, because he’s done that, and actually say, ‘Well that’s not right, that looked dodgy. Let’s have look’. Take control of it, because we need it to happen right now.”
Fortunately for Holloway, the plan was unanimously turned down, even though Rick Parry defended the idea.
It means that, for now, the Premier League and English football will remain as it is.
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