After their 0-0 draw with West Ham United, Blackpool boss Ian Holloway admits he "lost the plot" in his selection rant during the week.
Holloway had threatened to quit if fined for making 10 alterations for the midweek defeat at Aston Villa, and had recalled his main men against the Barclays Premier League's bottom club.
The Tangerines came within minutes of snatching a point at Villa Park, and could easily have left Upton Park with another crucial away victory, as substitute Marlon Harewood saw a late effort chalked off for what looked a marginal offside flag and also missed an open goal.
Holloway said: "I have found a bit of pressure this week by apparently picking some people I was not supposed to pick.
"The new rules should let me pick whoever I like, particularly when I have spent a lot of money on them.
"We have got a lot more in our team than just Charlie Adam.
"We have got a lot of good players and so hopefully I can pick them when I like."
Holloway, though, issued a public apology after suggesting Wolves boss Mick McCarthy did not feel his side could beat Manchester United last season.
Wolves were given a suspended £25,000 fine when McCarthy made similar changes for a game at Old Trafford last season, but Holloway said the two situations were different because McCarthy had admitted "playing a lesser XI" as he felt his side could not win.
On Friday McCarthy revealed Holloway had spoken to him personally about the situation, and on Saturday afternoon the Blackpool manager stated: "I would like to apologise to Mick McCarthy. I never knew exactly what Mick had actually said.
"He would never say he would go somewhere and lose, quite rightly.
"He is a decent manager and if I ever do half as much as Mick has done in the game, I would be absolutely delighted, and to keep my dignity like he does.
"I just lost the plot the other evening."