Ian Holloway delivers a fantastic rant about Premier League fine

Blackpool manager and press conference entertainer Ian Holloway last week followed through on his theatrical promise to offer his resignation if the Premier League fined him for fielding a "weakened team" in a close 3-2 loss to Aston Villa in November. Club chairman Karl Oyston refused to accept Holloway's resignation, so now, against Oyston's wishes, Ian has spewed another one of his trademark melodramatic performances when questioned on the matter.

His points are sound and his frustration is genuine. "How am I a manager?" he asks in regard to some faceless panel deeming his team selection too weak. "I don't feel a manager anymore."

"It's a disgrace," he says. "What would have happened if we won 3-2? Would they have fined me then? If not, why not?" After all, it would have been the same squad and even with the result as it was, it's not like Blackpool lost 5-0.

Holloway goes on to express how he's tried to win every match this season and question why he's doing his job when he has outside forces ruling how he can do it. He points out that even big clubs rotate their squad, but since they've been in the Premier League longer and have more money, their teams are deeper and more experienced. "How have I weakened the league? I'm trying to enhance it," he says. Like him or not, you can't dispute that.

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