Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier admits he had no problems with Blackpool counterpart Ian Holloway making ten team changes for their clash in midweek. Last season Wolves were handed a suspended £25,000 fine after manager Mick McCarthy adopted the
same approach against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Houllier said: "For those who were at the game, you wouldn't think Blackpool were playing some of their reserve team.
"It is always a tricky situation because the players who come into the side want to prove a point and they raise their level of game.
"We just won right at the end. Whether the Premier League is right or wrong, is not for me to say.
"All I can say is the players who played against us were good and some of them have Premier League experience before."
Houllier added: "I would very disappointed if they (the Premier League) fine Blackpool.
"He (Holloway) played to win the game. We have a squad of 25 players, we can use all the players.
"Otherwise you'll just have to say the rule is to have 12 or 13 players and that's all. You can use the players you want."
Arsenal chief Arsene Wenger, meanwhile, believes the new rules on player quotas means Holloway had every right to make 10 changes to his team.
"We are allowed only 25 players now in our squad, so you would think if you are allowed only 25, then you have to declare you can use them how you want," the Arsenal manager said.
"When you had 50 and you could use 50, you could say there was an opportunity sometimes to throw a game away.
"That is one of the few positive aspects of the 25-man squad, that you have to present decent players, which is what he did, and they gave big problems to Aston Villa."
Wenger, however, warned supporters must always believe the team is set up to provide challenging opposition.
"What is most important is the performance of the team," Wenger added. "We are all in professional sport and what is the most important thing is to respect people who pay the money to watch the games.
"If people who bought a ticket at Aston Villa and think the game against Blackpool was a waste of money, we have to think about the problem.
"They are the decider and we must always have that in our minds. We have to respect people who pay to watch football.
"It is not only my opinion or the opinion of the press, it is the opinion of the people who watch the games."
