LONDON: Blackpool manager Ian Holloway plans to appeal against a £25,000 fine for fielding a weakened side against Aston Villa in Novem-ber.
The Seasiders were punished by the Premier League after Holloway sent out an under-strength team in their 3-2 defeat at Villa Park late last year.
However, Holloway, who threatened to resign over the incident, has vowed to fight the fine as he is incensed with the Premier League effectively influencing which players he selects.
“I am totally confused as to the rules, who is making them and why I am a football manager and I’m not allowed to manage,” he said on Monday.
“How can they dare say my lads who did play are not good enough – which is basically what they are saying?
“I feel totally offended by it. I actually offered (chairman) Karl Oyston my resignation because I don’t understand where I can go.
“He refused it and said he would deal with it and for it not to stop me trying to do what I am trying to do.
“I am glad he hasn’t accepted it but I am very confused and bitter. I feel incensed.
“Absolutely there will be an appeal and I’d like there to be an amendment to the rules.
“Hopefully the League Managers’ Association are on that. They have asked me not to talk about it but I’ve gone and let them down because I feel so strongly about it.”
Holloway believes he is being punished for a precedent applied to other clubs in previous campaigns which should now not exist as clubs have to name a 25-man squad at the start of the season.
“I think it is a total disgrace that I am told who I can pick and when I can pick them,” he added.
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