Cascarino on Holloway:-
Cascarino told the Times: “Kenny Dalglish shouldn’t look to his past glories for inspiration when he returns to the Anfield dugout on Sunday for the Merseyside derby. He should look at Ian Holloway.
He continued: “Holloway has pointed the way for all managers of small or struggling clubs.
“I’d love to see him get the Liverpool job eventually. He couldn’t do any worse than Roy Hodgson, and at the very least the football and the press conferences would be far more interesting.
“He's a maverick, he's adventurous and he's brave – in short, he has exactly the qualities that Liverpool are lacking.
“Maybe Holloway is the man to reinvigorate Joe Cole.
“Despite his unique character, much of what Holloway has done is basic good management: get the players to buy into your tactics and make them a determined and happy unit.
“Talk them up – like he did by emphasising the value of Charlie Adam, his captain.
“Praise them and defend them, as Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger always do.
Beginning at Anfield against their bitter rivals Everton, Cascarino believes Liverpool need to adopt the breathtaking attacking football adopted by Holloway’s side in order to drag them out of the mire they currently reside in.
He explained: “Yes, Liverpool were without Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. But should that really have made a difference for a club of their resources and stature, compared to Blackpool’s?
“So Dalglish needs to get Liverpool running out on Sunday with chests puffed out and on a mission to attack.
“Tell the team how good they are, not how bad. Shake off all the defensiveness of the Hodgson era. Go all out for victory, from the first whistle. Why not give Cole the responsibility to create? Make him believe he can be the inspirational force that Liverpool sorely need.
"Dalglish must prove that life will be very different under him than Hodgson, but if it’s 0-0 at half time, what will be a deafening Anfield roar could start to go quiet.
"So King Kenny should take inspiration from the Emperor Holloway. Fearless, attacking football. It sounds crazy, but Liverpool really do have a lot to learn from Blackpool."
