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# Premier League would like to see us relegated, says Blackpool manager Ian
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Holloway
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## Blackpool manager Ian Holloway has made the astonishing claim that the
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Premier League would be "relieved" to see his club relegated.
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![Premier League would like to see us relegated, says Blackpool manager Ian
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Holloway][1]
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Take a bow: Blackpool manager Ian Holloway is in a fighting mood as he takes
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his entertaining side to Manchester United with a chance to enjoy a Premier
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League party Photo: AFP
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[![Mark Ogden][2]][3]
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By [Mark Ogden][4] 10:30PM BST 18 May 2011
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He also said he was insulted by suggestions the only way his side could beat
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**[Manchester United][7]** at Old Trafford on Sunday was if the champions
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fielded a weakened team.
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Holloway, who bemoaned the "mad" and "surreal" world of top-flight football
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during an explosive press conference on Wednesday, remains angered by the
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Premier League's decision to fine Blackpool £25,000 after he fielded an under-
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strength team at Aston Villa last November.
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But with **[Blackpool][8]** facing United with their **[Premier League][9]**
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future hanging by a thread, Holloway claims the game's authorities will shed
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no tears should the Lancashire club be relegated.
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"They will be relieved if we lose and get relegated." Holloway said. "Then I
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am not badgering all these people who don't do their jobs very well. They will
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be relieved because I won't then be sat here saying what I am saying.
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"Already, our division is saying we can't beat Manchester United. It does us a
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massive disrespect. They think we can only beat United if they are weak. What
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a load of baloney. Unfortunately, that is what we are dealing with.
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## Related Articles
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* [Never lost for words][10]
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19 May 2011
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* [Holloway: Blackpool have to be perfect][11]
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18 May 2011
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* [Ferdinand keen to maintain momentum][12]
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17 May 2011
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* [Holloway antics mean Blackpool may miss out][13]
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16 May 2011
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* [Blackpool 4 Bolton 3][14]
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14 May 2011
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* [Fan's Countdown stunt][15]
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13 May 2011
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"I am glad I don't go to work thinking that, otherwise I would never have got
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promoted last year. That attitude offends me. I take it as a personal insult
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that, if we beat United, they might get fined because we are supposed to be
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crap. I don't understand. Aren't we capable of winning?"
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As he prepares to face the biggest, most daunting challenge of his managerial
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career, it was fitting that Holloway arrived to discuss Blackpool's fate
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having seemingly dressed himself as Rocky Balboa.
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Wearing a body-warmer, jogging bottoms and hooded top, he appeared ready for a
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fight on Blackpool's behalf. But he goes into Sunday's clash with United,
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where Blackpool could be relegated with a victory or survive with a defeat, in
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the role as the undisputed people's champion.
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"Someone in the gym came up to me last night and he said, 'Fantastic, thanks
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for entertaining us'." Holloway said. "It takes something to speak to someone
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on the treadmill beside you when you're running and can hardly breathe to say,
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'Well done!' At first I didn't get it, but that's great.
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"We live in the world of money and we are the club with the least in the
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history of it, yet we have played some fantastic football and have the chance
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to stay up.
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"The disappointment if we go down would be massive. It's too hard and too
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emotional to put into words."
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Having taken six points off Liverpool, secured five away victories and given
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United the fright of their life when leading 2-0 before falling to a 3-2
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defeat against the champions at Bloomfield Road in January, Blackpool have won
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many admirers.
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Yet there have been too many seven-goal thrillers in tangerine this season.
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Too many points lost by a failure to grind out results and, in Holloway's
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words, "shut up shop".
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"My contingency plan is exactly the same as it has been for the last two
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years," Holloway said. "We're going to try to outscore this lot in front of us
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and when we've got one goal, let's go and get another one because we are no
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good at shutting up shop.
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"Our shop never closes. It could be those late-night openings which cost us
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our position because we've conceded a few late goals, haven't we?
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"Blackburn away, 2-0 up, how important was that one? How important are the two
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points which got away at Tottenham? But for us to go Old Trafford on Sunday is
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fitting. I think we deserve it and I think we deserve a crack at trying to do
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the impossible.
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"I wouldn't pick any other game or team than United. I want this one because I
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believe it's set up for us to have a tremendous day.
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"Imagine what it might mean if we are celebrating at Manchester United. I
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imagine them having a party and us having a party with them. It would be in
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keeping with our journey so far to do it there because, realistically, our
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journey is a bit special."
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Holloway believes the build-up to Blackpool's date with destiny has been
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marred by negativity, however.
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A meeting of the club's first-team squad was called on Tuesday to inform the
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players who would be retained and which unlucky ones would be released this
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summer. Seven players are to be released, including two, who Holloway would
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not name publicly, who could be involved at Old Trafford.
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And despite taking Blackpool to the brink of survival against all the odds,
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Holloway admits he has been angered by his chairman, Karl Oyston, being asked
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whether his manager's position would be safe should the club be relegated.
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"That question gets to me." Holloway said. "It's brilliant, isn't it? I'm
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watching TV with questions being asked about my future, and some bloke patted
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me on the back and said: 'Well done, you've still got a job'.
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"The question was asked because West Ham sacked their manager. But we're not
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West Ham. We have got 39 points with a budget of £10 million, so I find it
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quite hilarious to be honest.
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"The chairman has backed me right from the time of my interview two years ago,
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and that's how it should be. I never undermine my chairman, and he never
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undermines me.
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"This whole industry is unreal, but I don't know any other, so I'm having a go
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at it. This week, of all weeks, I've had to tell seven of my players that we
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will be releasing them.
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"All the contract options, which we do so cleverly, have had to be taken up as
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if we were still in the Championship, and because the rules state players have
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to be told by the third Thursday in May, we had to tell them this week.
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"We contacted the league and tried to get it pushed back a week, but were told
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there's no leeway on that, which is just great. It's been hideous.
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"So amongst all this wonderful euphoria from playing so well and giving
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ourselves a chance by beating Bolton last Saturday, we have had to tell
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certain players they no longer have a contract or that we've taken up options
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that will see their wages cut. So now we'll see whether I'm any good as a
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motivator this weekend!"
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But despite United's 13-month unbeaten record at Old Trafford, Holloway is not
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giving up hope. "We know we can beat them because of what happened here [in
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January], but as Fairground Attraction sung: 'It's got to be perfect!' We
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could win and go down, or lose and stay up, so it promises to be a crazy day.
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