Planet Swans ArchivesThe Blackpool boss had earlier crticised Craig Beattie for allegedly diving in the first half, but Holloway says that the whole Swansea team were going down ‘like a sack of ‘taters.’
He was also angered by the team not giving the ball back to a Blackpool player after the ball was put out of play for an injury.
“Footballรขโฌโขs about challenges, itรขโฌโขs a manรขโฌโขs game,” Holloway told Wales Online.
“I know (Leon) Britton is little, but youรขโฌโขve got to stand up, havenรขโฌโขt you?
“I had to calm down when Alex Baptiste cleared the ball because it must have been the wind that sent their players down like a sack of รขโฌหtaters.
“Iรขโฌโขm looking at some foreign players who have taught our lot to do it. But I donรขโฌโขt do that and none of my players dive.
“You have to stay on your feet and I thought the referee spoiled the game to a point with some finicky decisions.
“If weรขโฌโขre not careful football will very soon be a non-contact sport. Players will be fancying around and you wonรขโฌโขt be allowed to touch them.
“They got so many free-kicks given to them by a fussy referee, but when youรขโฌโขre away from home that happens.
“You need the mentality of a police horse to put up with it!
“I was disappointed by that (not giving the ball back),” stressed Holloway.
“In this country what we do is when you kick it out you kick it back. They did it once, they didnรขโฌโขt do it the second time.
“Thereรขโฌโขs a few seconds left so itรขโฌโขs a case of: รขโฌหOh, Iรขโฌโขm sorry.รขโฌโข Rubbish. I donรขโฌโขt like that.
“Itรขโฌโขs a sport รขโฌโ and you shouldnรขโฌโขt have to gain an advantage like that.
“I wouldnรขโฌโขt like to have scored a goal like that myself.
“I spoke to Paulo and he said he wasnรขโฌโขt very happy about it. My team would have done it twice, I wouldnรขโฌโขt have to remind them.”
