Our talisman has left the building.....

 

The man who did the impossible by getting us in and nearly keeping us in the premiership has gone. Us Pool fans are suffering a mixture of emotions at the moment. The majority of us loved the guy. He brought a brand new exciting style of football which made people worldwide take notice of Blackpool FC. Unfortunately towards the end of his 3 years with us you could see that enthusiasm he created within the club and fans was no longer there. His constant battles with the chairman finally wore him down and that takes some doing with an optimist like Ollie. Yes, I firmly put the blame totally at the door of the chairman. Time and time again, Ollie worked hard to put together names of players he wanted to sign to make us a consistent, potent force, only for the chairman to scupper the negotiations. We then ended up with players even Ollie couldn’t do anything with and so now we’re struggling to maintain a mid-table championship place. Saturday’s demoralising 4-1 defeat by a very ordinary Derby County side proved how far we’ve dropped since the start of the season.

I wish Ollie all the very best because he did as much as he possibly could to improve Blackpool FC and for that I will always be eternally grateful.

I would like to see Owen Coyle take over as the new manager, because he is a born winner. I know Steve Thompson wants the job, but I feel he will not be able to get the best out of the current players or the experience to attract the type of player we need. I also feel he hasn’t the strength to take on the chairman.

Watch out for the next thrilling episode of who takes over from our departed talisman…….