Blackpool boss Ian Holloway denies he declared last week he would be comfortable being relegated.

Speaking after his side's 2-1 win over nine-man West Brom, which moved the Tangerines into the top half of the table, Holloway made it clear he was not impressed with some sections of the media.

"What I said in the week, I don't want to go down. I don't want to go down," the 47-year-old said. "What I said is most teams that come up go 'boing, boing'. If people want to give my fans the message I'm happy going down, I didn't say that. I would never say that. Listen to what I say and don't switch it around. I would never be happy going down and I don't think we will."

He added: "Everybody else does. When you weigh up the facts, we had to build a ground, smallest budget by a mile, probably the worst team ever to come up, probably going to get the least points ever.

"Just keep adding it up. Fantastic. It's all stacked against us, I don't have a problem with that. But when I say something, don't switch it. I don't like that. Maybe I won't say anything in the future. Is that what you want?"