Mishaps infuriate Holloway

April 3, 2011

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Players only have themselves to blame, suggests Blackpool boss

By Jamie Casey Last updated: 3rd April 2011

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Blackpool boss Ian Holloway blamed ‘unforgivable’ individual errors for their timid defeat to Fulham on Sunday.

The Tangerines went down 3-0 at Craven Cottage as clinical Fulham converted half of their shots on target via a Bobby Zamora brace and a Dickson Etuhu strike.

In contrast, Blackpool mustered up just two efforts on target, but it was their defensive mishaps which left Holloway fuming after an error-prone display.

Striker James Beattie handed Zamora a gift with a misplaced back-pass for the opener, while Craig Cathcart was easily outmuscled in the air for the Fulham man’s second.

And Blackpool had chances to clear before Etuhu thumped in the third and Holloway believes there was only ever going to be one outcome from his team’s display.

“It’s bitterly disappointing from our point of view. I thought the first goal summed it up,” a frustrated Holloway told Sky Sports News.

“Bobby Zamora got a couple of goals that were so easy for him and unforgivable from us.

“If anybody gets a free-kick and they dink it in our box, it looks like they might score.

“That’s not my team, they shouldn’t be doing that and, unfortunately, if you come to this place like that, you’re going to lose.”

Blackpool are now in a precarious position, just one point and one place above the relegation zone, having now lost 16 Premier League games in their debut campaign.

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