Blackpool Football Club

Well, thank goodness the transfer window is out the way. I suppose it does have its good points, but it don't half create a lot of anxiety for clubs, managers, players and more importantly, us fans. We've had the Charlie Adam, "is he going/is he staying" nonsense for months now. Well, he's staying albeit a bit begrudgingly, at least until the summer when our premier league fate will be known. I know I have given our chairman, Karl Oyston, a bit of stick in the past, but I've got to give credit where it's due. He stood firm and stopped Adam leaving the club despite bids from Liverpool, Aston Villa, Birmingham and at the last minute from Spurs. I mean some of the bids were laughable, but that hasn't stopped the club selling their best players in the past. Since he took over, Karl has turned the club around financially, so that we no longer have to sell our players, something unthinkable in the past. Having said that, he can be an absolute pain at times with his tight-fisted approach, which has left many a proposed move dead in the water. This latest saga put an unbelievable amount of pressure on the chairman to let Adam go, mainly from the player's agent and the player himself when he put in a transfer request in prior to the window opening. Even Adam's father chipped in saying Blackpool were a "cheapskate" club by blocking his son's move to Liverpool. Nothing about how  the club helped to resurrect the player's career and gave him the chance to prove his previous club wrong in selling him. Since Ollie came to the club, Adam's profile has gone through the roof with the way he has moulded the team around him. Still, I am glad he is still with us and with the important signings Ollie has managed to bring in. We're up against the Hammers tonight, who are playing for their survival, so I anticipate a free scoring game. Let's hope we can get some points on the board. COME ON YOU SEASIDERS.