Ian Holloway is hoping to bring in a new goalkeeper after Paul Rachubka picked up an injury in training that could keep him out of action for an extended spell of time. With Rachubka joining Matt Gilks, who has a knee injury, on the sidelines, keeper Richard Kingson is the only option now available to Holloway as he attempts to stave off what had seemed so unlikely just a month or so ago: relegation. The only problem is that even Kingson is suffering from injury problems and quite clearly isn't fully fit and no one will make Blackpool betting tips to stay up without a fit keeper.
With Holloway making more than a few enemies since Blackpool were promoted to the top flight of English football, with his comments made to the press about those in the FA sometimes less than flattering, he'll be hoping that there are still a few officials left in the Premier League who feel kindly towards him so that he is allowed to experience the benefits of the league making an exception for the club's desperate situation, with players usually prevented from moving after the close of a transfer window in all but extremely exceptional circumstances.
Although the situation is a little more flexible with regards to goalkeepers and there is recent precedent for allowing a goalkeeper in on short-term loan to resolve a problem in-between the sticks, nothing has yet been confirmed and the rumour mill keeps grinding.
Blackpool will surely be keen to get the situation resolved as quickly as possible as they look to secure the points that will lift them from their precarious league position, with Holloway's bunch of spirited men now just two points above the dreaded relegation zone.
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