Steve Bruce shares his thoughts on Blackpool's first home win in 147 games, and reacts to Ashley Fletcher's red card.
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00:00There's a lot of clubs in the same situation you know it's football is a crazy game sometimes you
00:05can overthink it. Today we had a change of shape a little bit we thought we'd give them a new toy
00:11instead with the shape that we finished with and it worked for 20 minutes before we know it we have
00:16to make another change because we're down to 20 men so I'm delighted for the supporters I've seen
00:22them shouting and ball enjoy that team show a pair of balls which they did do and immensely and I
00:27think the tackles that went in and the crowd the way they were from the minute we got a red card
00:33I knew we weren't going to get beat because of the reaction of the crowd they realized there
00:38was an unjust decision but they got right behind the team and they were terrific. Does today have
00:43to be a catalyst to give yourself something to fight for? Well look we've got to we've got to
00:47we know we've got to put some run together but I've just seen the results today you wouldn't
00:51have guessed half of them which is this division it goes up and down we're capable I think we've
00:57only lost 1 in 16 which yes we've drew too many but shows a level of consistency that
01:03this mob don't like getting beat which I'm pleased about. I think you've already knocked three points
01:08off from the gap between yourselves and the playoffs so it's about keep chipping away at
01:11that every week. Keep chipping away can we go on a run can we win can we put back to back again we've
01:16got a big game next week at Stockport who turned us over at the start of the season they've had a
01:22poor result today all to play for. You mentioned the change of system with that base pure and what
01:27you saw in second half against Mansfield I thought this is time to give this a go. I thought I'd have
01:31to reward the lads who come on and turned us round and they've played their part again today
01:37which I was obviously pleased about. Yeah we spoke about Hayden Coulson last week but once again
01:41you know left wing back just seems to be making the most of this opportunity he's got again.
01:45The thing with Hayden he's just got to stay well and stay fit you know he always seems to
01:48be outside the team because he always seems to be picking up a niggle or whatever he picks up
01:54you know so I know he's from Middlesbrough but he's not made of stern stuff no one again
02:00you know he's only like this he's nine and a half stone dripping wet isn't he so
02:04physically physically it's a big demand for him constantly the way his physique is but he's a
02:09very very talented footballer I have to tell you. He took CJ off at halftime that's purely tactical?
02:14Purely tactical yeah. Obviously when Fletcher were a card did he say anything to you on his way off?
02:18Well he's had it with Fletch he's as shocked as anybody you know and as I said they were
02:23they were grappling for a long ball they fell on the floor there's not much in anything at
02:28all in fact if anything their guy hits Fletch on the head first to be fair their guy starts
02:34roaming around like we could do without but he has to live with himself I suppose.