Premier League Match Time: Blackpool Vs Wolves
It's Premier League Match time at Bloomfield Road with Blackpool looking forward to hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers in what will only be their 6th home game, in match week 14, on Saturday, November 20.
Cathcart was absolutely outstanding in the back-line against West Ham in match week 13, a game that ended in a goalless stalemate.
He received admirable support from Eardley, while there were creditable performances from Evatt, Crainey, Vaughan and the redoubtable Adam.
Ian Holloway has been at the brunt of criticism for his whimsical selection policy.
The Blackpool manager rested 10 players in the previous game against West Brom, ostensibly to keep them fresh for the West Ham game, seen by Holloway as the fore-runner to a late-season relegation battle.
For all their freshness, the Seasiders lacked the attacking flair we have got accustomed to seeing from them this season.
Contrast the scoreless meeting with West Ham against the 45 goals witnessed in their first 12 games, and you get the picture.
Wolves never recovered from a Stearman blunder in the opening minutes of their game against Bolton, in match week 13.
The game ended 3-2 in Bolton's favour despite a fightback from the Wanderers that saw them reducing the margin twice, after being 3-0 down.
Hahnemann had a bad day at the office under the crossbar, underscored by his poor distribution, and his cause was not helped greatly by a below par performance in the back-line by Stearman and debutant Mouyokolo.
There was a case for going with just the one striker while boosting the mid-field, a formula that has worked for the Molineux squad this season.
But McCarthy, on the day, chose to go with a 4-4-2 formation.
As it transpired, neither Doyle nor Ebanks-Blake -- the men at the spearhead -- were in their element.
Blackpool have not had a good record against Wolves, their last win came in the first of 14 league meetings against the Wanderers, way back in the 1968-69 season.
The last match played between the sides, in the Championship, at Bloomfield Road, ended in a 2-2 draw, then considered creditable for the Tangerines.
Ahead of Saturdays's game, Ian Holloway will welcome the return of Charlie Adam from a knee injury picked up while playing for the Scotland national side against Faroe Island, on Tuesday night.
Tangerines have crafted their unexpected success, in what is their first Premiership, around Adam's creativity and guile in midfield.
The game will equally be seen as a contest between Holloway and McCarthy with the latter demanding that Blackpool be fined for fielding a weakened side against West Brom after their 2-2 draw agaiunst Everton.
McCarthy claims this contravenes the Premiership's rule number E20.
Interestingly, Holloway had earlier drawn a comparison of his selection policy against Albion with with the 10 changes McCarthy made to his squad in last season's game against Manchester United, and McCarthy's comments must be seen as a rebuttal.
Blackpool's first eleven against West Ham comprised Gilks, Eardley, Cathcart, Evatt, Crainey, Adam, Vaughan, Grandin, Taylor-Fletcher, Campbell and Varney; Harewood, Kingson and Phillips featured as substitutes.
The following players made up Wolves' first eleven against Bolton: Hahnemann, Foley, Stearman, Mouyokolo, Elokobi, Hunt, Henry, Milijas, Jarvis, Doyle and Ebanks-Blake; the Molineux squad employed Fletcher as a substitute.
Cathcart was absolutely outstanding in the back-line against West Ham in match week 13, a game that ended in a goalless stalemate.
He received admirable support from Eardley, while there were creditable performances from Evatt, Crainey, Vaughan and the redoubtable Adam.
Ian Holloway has been at the brunt of criticism for his whimsical selection policy.
The Blackpool manager rested 10 players in the previous game against West Brom, ostensibly to keep them fresh for the West Ham game, seen by Holloway as the fore-runner to a late-season relegation battle.
For all their freshness, the Seasiders lacked the attacking flair we have got accustomed to seeing from them this season.
Contrast the scoreless meeting with West Ham against the 45 goals witnessed in their first 12 games, and you get the picture.
Wolves never recovered from a Stearman blunder in the opening minutes of their game against Bolton, in match week 13.
The game ended 3-2 in Bolton's favour despite a fightback from the Wanderers that saw them reducing the margin twice, after being 3-0 down.
Hahnemann had a bad day at the office under the crossbar, underscored by his poor distribution, and his cause was not helped greatly by a below par performance in the back-line by Stearman and debutant Mouyokolo.
There was a case for going with just the one striker while boosting the mid-field, a formula that has worked for the Molineux squad this season.
But McCarthy, on the day, chose to go with a 4-4-2 formation.
As it transpired, neither Doyle nor Ebanks-Blake -- the men at the spearhead -- were in their element.
Blackpool have not had a good record against Wolves, their last win came in the first of 14 league meetings against the Wanderers, way back in the 1968-69 season.
The last match played between the sides, in the Championship, at Bloomfield Road, ended in a 2-2 draw, then considered creditable for the Tangerines.
Ahead of Saturdays's game, Ian Holloway will welcome the return of Charlie Adam from a knee injury picked up while playing for the Scotland national side against Faroe Island, on Tuesday night.
Tangerines have crafted their unexpected success, in what is their first Premiership, around Adam's creativity and guile in midfield.
The game will equally be seen as a contest between Holloway and McCarthy with the latter demanding that Blackpool be fined for fielding a weakened side against West Brom after their 2-2 draw agaiunst Everton.
McCarthy claims this contravenes the Premiership's rule number E20.
Interestingly, Holloway had earlier drawn a comparison of his selection policy against Albion with with the 10 changes McCarthy made to his squad in last season's game against Manchester United, and McCarthy's comments must be seen as a rebuttal.
Blackpool's first eleven against West Ham comprised Gilks, Eardley, Cathcart, Evatt, Crainey, Adam, Vaughan, Grandin, Taylor-Fletcher, Campbell and Varney; Harewood, Kingson and Phillips featured as substitutes.
The following players made up Wolves' first eleven against Bolton: Hahnemann, Foley, Stearman, Mouyokolo, Elokobi, Hunt, Henry, Milijas, Jarvis, Doyle and Ebanks-Blake; the Molineux squad employed Fletcher as a substitute.
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