The hypocracy of Holloway

Maybe I am the only one who can see what his value might be. It is all right admiring something. I like my neighbour's car but if I don't pay the right amount of money for it I ain't going to get it. They had better start by putting a figure one in front of the complete rubbish they have been offering so far.

These of the words of Blackpool manager, Ian Holloway, responding to a £4 million bid from Liverpool for the services of Charlie Adam.

So far this season, pundits have been describing Holloway and his Blackpool outfit as a 'breath of fresh air' and lauding the manager's colourful and honest views of the game and championing the stands he has made against some of the failing of the modern game.

But is Holloway really the Premiership's real-life conscience? Or is he just as guilty of taking advantage of smaller teams for his own ends?

It appears he is not quite so innocent as he seems as the offer for Plymouth Argyle's Bradley Wright-Phillips seems to prove, rumoured to be well below six figures.

What is even more shocking is that Argyle used to managed by Holloway and he has stated that as the League One leading scorer is out of contract in the summer, he might try to get him for nothing.

Wright-Phillips was not in the squad for the last game against Oldham Athletic because, according to manager Peter Reid, he was "not mentally right", so before Holloway starts bleating on about Liverpool, Aston Villa and Birmingham 'destabilising' his team, maybe he should consider the effect his own actions might have on his former team.