Soccer Extreme : Blackpool host Manchester City on Sunday hoping to make the big-spending Blues their next Premier League scalp.Blackpool have surprised many on their long-awaited top-flight return, which began with a 4-0 thumping of Lancashire rivals Wigan while a 2-0 win at Newcastle raised eyebrows.
Heavy defeats at Arsenal and Chelsea looked to have burst Blackpool's bubble after their unlikely promotion last season and were seen as more accurate indicators of how they would fare this season.
But the manner in which the Seasiders brushed aside Liverpool to win 2-1 at Anfield last time out will go down as one of the best performances in the club's history and showed they are not just in the Premier League to enjoy the ride.
Ian Holloway's men have continued to play the enterprising, free-flowing football that took them up and the big boys should know now to underestimate Pool at their peril.
Holloway's squad have now had two weeks to bask in the glory of that win at Anfield, which saw them bounce back from a 2-1 home defeat by Blackburn, and they will be quietly confident of pulling off another shock against City.
Roberto Mancini's star-studded side has slipped up at Sunderland but that is their only Premier League defeat seven games into the new season. (skysport)