In a third-round shock of sorts, League One Saints overcame top-flight opposition thanks to second-half goals from Lee Barnard and Guly Do Prado. But Holloway had virtually written off his side's chances in the competition beforehand, and made nine changes to his starting line-up with half the youth team making up the bench. Holloway made no bones about the fact survival in the Premier League is his sole focus, so his established stars did not even make the trip south. Yet he said: "I thoroughly enjoyed it, it's very exciting to be able to give these young lads a chance. "Obviously I didn't bring the team that has been playing in the Premier League for the rest of the season due the size of my squad. "To bring all my second-year YTS players along and give them a chance, it's a great day for them. "I'm delighted with my team and delighted with my club, to come to a place like this and make a game of it when I've had to pick that team because of the competition we are in week in, week out. "The FA Cup is all about playing a big team and testing yourself against the best in the world - well we get that every week at the moment and we want to keep doing it. "I've tried to do things right for my club, and it's well done to Southampton." In fairness to the Seasiders boss, it says everything about their recent achievements that their squad looks so lightweight even when compared to a third-tier side, who made eight changes themselves but still managed to field a line-up of first-team regulars. In a one-sided first half, Rickie Lambert crashed a shot against the crossbar and Adam Lallana and Barnard forced saves from Paul Rachubka, who was making his first appearance in a year. But Saints made a deserved breakthrough six minutes into the second half after Lallana played in Lambert. His effort was blocked by the foot of the onrushing Rachubka but the ball fell to Barnard, who steadied himself before crashing his shot past two defenders on the line. To their credit, Blackpool attempted to hit back and were only denied by a stunning, full-length save from Bartosz Bialkowski as he tipped a curler from Matt Phillips wide. But Brazilian substitute Do Prado put the icing on the cake with a sensational second two minutes from time, cutting inside on his right foot and rifling the ball past Rachubka from 20 yards. Southampton's priorities also lie elsewhere - they are chasing promotion as they attempt to recapture former glories, having been a top-flight team themselves just six years ago. Their fans obviously think they should still be there, and some of the taunts from the home faithful clearly irritated Holloway. "It's an unbelievable turnaround to have their fans singing 'Premier League, you're having a laugh' at us," he added. "Well I am having a laugh, I am loving every minute of it because my team has earned the right to be there. "I don't think they should be quite so disrespectful, maybe they're a little bit jealous of the fact a little club like Blackpool can do it and Southampton have fallen from grace. But I'm sure they'll be back." Saints boss Nigel Adkins was understandably chuffed with his side's display and has his sights set on taking on Kenny Dalglish and Liverpool in the next round. "I've always said I wanted Liverpool in the cup from day one," he said. "Blackpool have always been a bogey club for me so it is fantastic to break that bogey. "Is it an upset? We made eight changes, we both utilised our squads. We should have scored more goals than we did. "But our priority is trying to get ourselves into the next division and we have a massive game next against Oldham."
