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If anyone still had lingering thoughts that the club should have hung onto the Parkes management team and time will obviously tell would at least have been very impressed with the fresh new tactical thinking that Ollie has brought to the Seaside.
The news that Squires Gate will be sold probably comes as no real surprise the facilities at Blackpool's historic base have been the subject of at least as many jokes at the Stadium itself.
You only have to look at Fleetwood's £40k investment and ongoing commitment at Collins Park to easily see this has given them a top facility and a floodlit pitch on Common Edge road that puts their professional Championship neighbours to shame.
Blackpool have agreed to sell and will purchase some land owned by the Oyston's which will have planning permission sought to include a modern centre with four training pitches. Meanwhile the club have agreed a ongoing deal to now use Fylde Rugby Club's facilities.
Ollie kept the laughs going through the evening and said he would be looking at playing a 4-3-3 formation that will include two wide fast men. All the training is being geared very much around the individual and the position they will play next season. so each will have their own programme to follow.
A player that Ollie is after is viewed by him as a potential star of the future but the club he's at want £500k and we've ofered a third of that but no clues as to who or where he plays.
Ollie was very enthusiastic and really wants to progress the club so that we can give it a real go in 2 years. He wants a squad of 24 and he wants that to be split into age groups. 17-21, 21-26, 26-30 and 30+.
"We should have more players in the 21-26 range as they are players we can develop and sell at good profits. A club of our size should be doing this.
We've got Baps and Billy Clarke in that age range so expect the incoming players to be in that age range and maybe players in the 26-30 bracket going out." revealed Ollie.
Their are problems with the Charlie Adam deal well publicised already and the club are finding communicating with him difficult but there are doubts he will be going elsewhere. As we know anyway Barker would likely pick up wages 3-4 times better wages than he's currently on here so he's very unlikely to hang around and its probably just down to finalising personal terms with one of the two clubs who have bid for him.