The 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.’<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“Football\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about challenges, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s game,” Holloway told Wales Online.<\/p>\n
“I know (Leon) Britton is little, but you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to stand up, haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you?<\/p>\n
“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 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctaters.<\/p>\n
“I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m looking at some foreign players who have taught our lot to do it. But I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do that and none of my players dive.<\/p>\n
“You have to stay on your feet and I thought the referee spoiled the game to a point with some finicky decisions.<\/p>\n
“If we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not careful football will very soon be a non-contact sport. Players will be fancying around and you won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be allowed to touch them.<\/p>\n
“They got so many free-kicks given to them by a fussy referee, but when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re away from home that happens.<\/p>\n
“You need the mentality of a police horse to put up with it!<\/p>\n
“I was disappointed by that (not giving the ball back),” stressed Holloway.<\/p>\n
“In this country what we do is when you kick it out you kick it back. They did it once, they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do it the second time.<\/p>\n
“There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a few seconds left so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a case of: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcOh, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sorry.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Rubbish. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like that.<\/p>\n
“It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sport \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and you shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to gain an advantage like that.<\/p>\n
“I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like to have scored a goal like that myself.<\/p>\n
“I spoke to Paulo and he said he wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t very happy about it. My team would have done it twice, I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to remind them.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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