Holloway plays down dressing-room discussion

23 September 2010 19:01
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway claims reports of a dressing-room bust-up during last week's thrashing at Chelsea are exaggerated. Holloway admits there were heated words but puts that down to a failure of tactics on his part. The newly-promoted Tangerines were 4-0 down at half-time at Stamford Bridge after adopting an unfamiliar defensive approach against the Barclays Premier League champions. Holloway switched to a more recognisable style after the break and, although Chelsea continued to bombard their goal, they avoided further damage. "People are assuming it was an argument, a disagreement - it was not," he said. "It was people saying, `We can't do this', `We can't do that' or `We should be a lot deeper'. "I don't blame them, if they'd have sat there and not said a word I would have thought there was something wrong with my boys."

Source: PA