Got to say, I think it's a pretty poor decision myself, I'd be very surprised if they didn't appeal. I mean, what would have happened if the team he put out that night won 3-0? It's a farce that a manager cannot do what he likes with regards to team selection. As Holloway rightly points out, 4 top flight matches in 4 days is a big ask for even the bigger sides in the division, let alone one battling relegation.
Certainly don't remember there being any punishment handed down. In fact, I seem to remember more or less the opposite happening, with the MOTD pundits etc... saying how understandable it was given that they had the CL final coming along in the next few days. The whole thing is just shows once again how the FA are just a group of morons, I mean, I'd love to see what would happen if one of the big sides threw out a weakened team. I can recall Arsenal doing it loads of times over the years actually.
Well,to some extent. If there was an obvious attempt made to actually throw the match then obviously some intervention would be needed, as things couldn't be allowed to descend into farce. That said, it would be a nightmare trying to determine where to draw the boundaries on that sort of issue.
Let's say for argument's sake I'm the Blackpool manager.
Yes, but his point is that clearly it shouldn't be your prerogative if you are attempting to fix the game.
Yeah, this was basically what I was getting at. Plus the fact that I don't think you could find many professions in the world where an individual can exercise their "perogative" to make a decision which is so illogical that no reasonable person would ever be likely to make without be called to answer for it.
It's about 5 minutes long. Working for me.
Lol. Fair dos.
