Ian Holloway has admitted players will have to fight to keep their places as there are others waiting in the wings to step in and make an impact.
Speaking after the West Ham game, Holloway said: "I have kept a promise to those who got us up last year that you will play and get your chance."
"We have had 13 league games now, and the gloves are off - if you make a mistake, you are out because that bloke could take your place, and that is management."
With the football authorities conducting an investigation into Holloway's decision to make 10 changes for the midweek defeat at Aston Villa, the Tangerines boss remarkably fielded a completely different starting XI for yesterday's goalless draw.
Still, Holloway remains defiant over his right to select whatever side he sees fit each week, with the Premier League having implemented new limits of a 25-man squad this season.
"My chairman needs to see them play because I have bought them and been working with them, hopefully he will be impressed," he continued.
"I am sure [at Villa] he went 'oh my God who are we playing tonight?' but as he said on the phone 'I pay you to do your job, thanks son.'
"No-one should tell a manager who to pick, not any chairman, just because you own the club."
"You should guide it the right way for the fans, end of story. The manager should have the final say."
"What people should have been saying after the Villa game is: 'Good God - how does he do that with all those people we don't know?'
"I think I should be able to deal with the squad how I like, and I am sure with the new 25-man rule which has been implemented this year, that is what it is designed to do."
"I want to play young players, to get them in the Premier League and for them to have a chance. I made 11 changes again. Will they fine me for that?"
"I don't think there were going to fine me, this is different because they brought that rule in to try to change things."
"From my point of view, I just want to get on with it. Just let us manage, that is all I am asking."
"If I have got a group of people who came late and I have worked with them, and they are going to get frustrated if I am not allowed to change them whenever I like."
"It just doesn't make sense because I would not disrespect anybody - I am after every point I can get, and I believe we can get them."
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