Holloway doesn't want stars in their eyes

18 September 2010 14:00
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway hopes his side have learned from their heavy defeat at Arsenal not to get star-struck when they take on Chelsea on Sunday. The Seasiders face the league leaders and champions at Stamford Bridge having been thrashed 6-0 at the Emirates Stadium on their previous visit to London last month. It was a chastening experience and one Holloway feels his team could suffer again if they let themselves become overawed by the stature of the players they are lining up against. "What we've got to realise is that, yes, we are out there and if you get a bit star-struck you end up looking at the person who is taking you on, rather than just watching the ball and dealing with it," Holloway said. "I felt we did that at Arsenal after the first goal went in. We were fine until then, but then all of a sudden we had let six in. "I'm still proud of what we tried to do, but we got a lot wrong that day. We didn't get tight enough, we didn't get close enough and if we do those things again, it could be very similar on Sunday."

Source: PA