Listen to Ollie on the earthquake and lookalikes

The Leicester manager gives his inimitable views on football and life in general in his weekly column.

This week he speaks of his delight at signing Lee Hendrie and the continuing battle against the drop.

He also gives his views on the earthquake, his ever-expanding girth and yet more manager lookalikes. Please don't send any more in - we've got more than enough to be going on with!

I'm delighted. I found out he was available this week. I phoned him up and he was a breath of fresh air. We had a bit of a laugh

His Dad's a Gashead (Bristol Rovers) legend and I said to him 'Anybody who's connected to the Gas'll do me, son!'

He's a wonderful fella. He played the reserves for a full 90 minutes on Wednesday and he was the most enthusiastic person out there.

In our current plight, you need people who are going to want the ball and be creative with it and I think it's a fantastic coup. I'm delighted to have him.

Sheffield United have got a few players in that position and they were happy to let him go, but I think their loss is our gain. I've had a touch there.

I never panic. Unfortunately we haven't got the most resilient group because of all the changes.

Everybody's looking around thinking is Milan going to change it again, but I don't think so. He wouldn't be letting me get Lee Hendrie and helping me try and build a team if that was the case.

Hendrie could be the key

We all knew what the problems were going to be here, although I didn't anticipate it being quite like this. But this Championship is a killer. Anybody can beat anybody - look at Preston and Stoke the other night.

We've been competing in games lately, even against Coventry, and you've got to keep going. Five more wins would take us past 50 points, which is normally enough to keep you up, but I think we can win even more than that.

I think it's going to turn for us - we need to get the rub of the green a bit more often, but the harder you work the luckier you become.

We've got some tough games, 12 cup finals if you like, but I love this time of the season. Life is about finding out about yourself and you only do that when you're under the most pressure. The fans have been superb and that will help us in the end.

Unfortunately I've just lost my goalkeeper for three weeks so I'm going to have to do something about that. It never rains, it pours, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

It certainly did! I wish I'd been in the middle of something and then it might have moved for my wife as well!

What about that, eh? I thought it was an unbelievable gust of wind building up at first.

I was still awake, lying in bed, having a chat with my wife and then suddenly we felt this thing and wondered what the heck it was. So we both got back up, asked the girls if they felt anything and they said yes.

England was quaking all over

Then we put the radio on to see if we could discover what it was. But we didn't find out until the morning.

We were in St Albans when that oil depot blew up at Hemel Hempstead and it felt very similar to that. lt was a strange thing to experience in our country.

I said to our lads 'We lost a game of football last week but what about that bloke who got hit by a chimney?'

Poor fella, wandering around minding his own business, there's an earthquake and a chimney falls on him. I mean come on, that is bad luck.

I was moaning about a dodgy penalty last weekend, but I'm a lot happier than that poor bloke.

I'm very pleased someone outside the Big Four has won a trophy. It's nice for Tottenham to win something.

I've heard really good things about their manager from someone who works there. He simplifies things and has sorted out their diets. He's brought in some stability and a few rules and that's the secret.

I thought Zokora should have passed when he raced through, though. Good gracious me, I wouldn't have been happy if I was the bloke next to him!

Report says the average British man thinks his waist is three inches smaller than it actually is.

I've been size 32 for years but I've got an horrendous hip to waist ratio which is getting larger.

Ollie's not the biggest football man around

I can still get in my 32s but I've got a bit of an Eddie Kelly coming over the top. It looks like I've got a Michelin Man growing there.

I hate to say it but I'm getting middle-aged spread. It's a nightmare but I'm going to start doing a little bit of exercise again.

The job I've got is taking up an awful lot of my time physically and mentally, so my poor old fitness regime has gone by the by a little bit.

KilkennyBlue: "Hi Ollie, struggling to think of a boy's name for a baby due next month. Any ideas? Fancy being a Godfather?!"

Boys' names? Ooh, that's the hardest thing ever. I think it's really difficult until you see them or hold them because you don't know what they're like or what their character is.

I wouldn't worry about it too much, and whatever you do, please don't argue about it. A child is such a precious gift and to try and get that name right is pretty scary.

I lost my dad three months before my first child was born. He was going to be called Jacob and ended up as William after my Dad.

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So I've always quite liked Jacob - it gets shortened to Jake, but I like Jake as well. A lot of people don't like names being shortened, although Ian can only really get shortened to Ee! And anyway most people call me Ollie now.

I quite like the name Oliver as well, because I like being called Ollie, although that's a bit of an old-fashioned name.

Godfather? Good gracious me! I'd be honoured!

Valliant_Effort: "Arsene's a dead-ringer for Parker from Thunderbirds!"

Ollie: "Ha ha, yeah like that. If he puts a grey suit on, he is a ringer, isn't he?"

Milans_Cheque book: "What about Skinner from The Simpsons?"

Ollie: "Ha ha ha ha!"

Quite remarkable

Lee Bettles: "Professor Yaffle - the woodpecker from Bagpuss.

Ollie: "That is very, very good."

Lee also blots his copybook by saying you look like Uncle Fester! Ed.

I do, yes! I'm having that. What a handsome dude he is! I love it when he puts the old lightbulb in his mouth - 'Hey, Mortitia'! Fantastic.

donny-ad: "Rafa Benitez and the cartoon bloke with the goatee from the Kwikfit adverts."

Ollie: "Oh yes, I'm having that! Someone told me one the other day - if you stick a fez on Capello you get Tommy Cooper!"

Rotherham789: "Gus Poyet and Cornelius from Planet of the Apes."

Ollie: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!! Yeah, I like that one!"

Rotherham789: "And how about Mick McCarthy and Sam the Eagle from the Muppets?"

Ollie: "Yeah, good one - I'm sure Mick'll like that one too! It's the eyebrows."

Mifsud is a CCFC fan: "How about our new man Chris Coleman and Spock from Star Trek?"

Ollie: "Yes, very good. Logical one that one!"

GraymeadYNWA: "Gillingham manager Mark Stimpson looks a bit like Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter films."

Ollie: "Yeah, but a slightly longer nose." (Which one? Ed)

stevebarnes: "Avram Grant looks like Fat Tony from the Simpsons."

Tractor_Boy1: "Avram Grant and the old lady from Monsters Inc."

Porkygaz: "It's amazing how many Avram Grant lookalikes there are, but his twin has to be Boss Nass the Gungan Leader from The Phantom Menace."

Never see 'em in the same room

JamesBlade: "Lawrie Sanchez and Gok Wan off How To Look Good Naked."

Ollie: "Ha ha ha! I've got the best lookalike ever - his name's Keith Brookman and he works for Bristol Rovers and he is an absolute ringer for Arsene Wenger.

I know that's boring because not many people know him, but I'm telling you, he is his double. I'll try and get a picture of him so people can judge for themselves."

JamesBlade: "Another one - Alan Curbishley and Droopy Dog."

WIGHT88: "Mark Hughes and Ailsa Stewart (Alf's wife) in Home and Away."

Ollie: "Ha ha ha! You lot are going to get me in trouble with my fellow-managers!

No more please! We'll try and get a gallery of the best for next week. Ed.

We've got Cardiff on Saturday and my old mate Davy Jones - I love playing them, they always play nice football.

Then it's Preston, who got a fantastic result the other day against Stoke, who had so many chances. I've never seen a game like it but the Preston keeper was brilliant.

It's a great division - anyone can beat anyone. If Manchester United go to a club in the bottom three it's a case of how many they're going to score. It's not like that in the Championship, but that's sport and I'm loving it.

Ian Holloway was talking to Chris Charles.