I hope this fine doesn't lead to the resignation of one of the funniest men in football - Ian Holloway. Back in November when it was first suggested that a fine was on the cards, Holloway said he would resign if the Premier League did decide to punish the club.
I can't say I blame the guy, a managers job is to pick the team and why should the Premier League be interfering and telling him who he can and can't play.
All the players in the squad against Aston Villa were in Blackpool's designated 25-man squad which clubs must now name at the beginning of each season. Who are the Premier League and their team of jumped up, over-paid cronies to say that those players aren't good enough?
Not only is it an insult to Ian Holloway who has signed the players on the basis that he believes they can win matches for the team, but to the players who, let's face it, are basically being called shit by the Premier League.
To suggest that a team who expect to be fighting to survive in the Premier League this season, and who will need all the points they can get, would have deliberately lost a game is beyond stupid.
Richard Scudamore needs to take a long hard look at the way his organisation is regulating its clubs. You can not tell a team who they can and can not play. It defeats the object of having a manager and like Holloway said - his chairman doesn't tell him who to play, why on earth are the Premier League sticking their oar in?
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