Blackpool defender Ian Evatt is unhappy with the way the Premiership new-boys have been portrayed in the media.

They are already odds on to bounce straight back down this time next year but Evatt is having none of it.

"People have been so disrespectful about us," said Evatt. "We were written off. They said, in pre-season, that we were relegation fodder. During the season, they were saying 'oh, they won't keep it up'.

"A week ago I read an article saying that we wouldn't win a throw-in in the Premier League. How disrespectful is that?

"Everyone is going to think 'Blackpool are in the Premier League - how are they there?'

"We know that they are going to look down their noses at us. But it's up to us to prove people wrong again.

"The more people write us off, the more this bunch of players seem to come together and prove people wrong."