A fuming Simon Grayson has told the Blackpool Gazette that his side can have no complaints if he made 11 changes for the clash with Doncaster Rovers tomorrow night.
The Seasiders were humiliated this weekend, going down 3-0 at home to MK Dons in a defeat few expected. With Doncaster in excellent form, Grayson is concerned he needs to address the issues currently facing his side.
They’ve won just one of their last six matches and have shipped six goals in two games, prompting the former Leeds boss to give his players an angry warning.
“When you lose a game 3-0 at home and you play as poorly as we did, I can make as many changes as I want and nobody can come knocking on my door,” he raged.
“I will address that. As a manager your thought process starts straight after the game and I will probably change the team around 25 times between now and Tuesday night. Whoever goes out will have to put more pride into the shirt because there wasn’t enough of that on Saturday.”
He also claimed that his players will need to up their game if they’re going to get anything from the game against Darren Moore’s Rovers.
“If we play like we did on Saturday then there’s not a chance (of a Blackpool victory). We’ve got to make sure we stop the opposition and we are solid as a group.”
Grayson’s side started the season brightly, but have struggled to settle in recent weeks and are currently ninth in the table, with 12 points from eight matches.
Our View
Grayson definitely needs to address the slump. He has a good squad of experienced professionals, but perhaps they’re not responding to the manager’s messages.
The worry for me was always his past record. He did well at Preston, granted, but he’s struggled to impress since. His spells with Bradford and Sunderland were wholly uninspiring and perhaps he wasn’t the best man for the job.
That said, if they get a win tomorrow night, he’ll be the toast of the town once more. The players that get left out might not be so happy though.
