Blackpool boss reflects on victory over Northampton

Steve Bruce reflects on Blackpool's 2-0 victory over Northampton Town.

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00:00Headache to have between Elkhun and Penal at the moment, just to choose between them two?

00:03Look, there's not a better pro than I've come across in the 25 years of Penal,

00:07and it's not easy because, you know, he didn't do anything wrong. You know, he's a great pro,

00:13great lad. I just thought the physical presence of Elkhun today in a natural left-sider would give

00:17us the edge. Thankfully, you make them decisions and it works, but it's never easy to leave out

00:22somebody like him. We touched on your goalkeeper just then, just how confident is he? And I think

00:27the backing that you've given him recently saying you'd like him to stay, does that make him more

00:30confident? Absolutely. Well, we'd like him to stay, whether that's possible. He's not ours,

00:34but we would like him to stay. The growth in him has been huge, so all the work that they've put

00:39into him, he's got better each week. He certainly now feels and looks far more comfortable than he

00:45was six months ago when we walked through the door, but I suppose that's inevitable. He'll

00:49keep playing. It's the same with, you know, people like Elkhun, who hasn't played a lot

00:55because of injury. You know, if he plays week in and week out where he needs, Adele, he's never

01:00played 33 games in his career. So, all of these people have done very, very well and of course,

01:07they're going to get better. Without anything too challenging coming his way today, was that the

01:10most commanding how he's looked in his box? Yeah, yeah. All of them. I thought the two centre-backs

01:16protected him great. Look, defensively, today we were rock solid. I can't remember him making

01:22them safe. Had one or two half chances, but we defended very, very well. Obviously, last week,

01:28you had a handful of chances, probably double the chances, triple the chances you had today,

01:31but are you just pleased that that clinical nature was there today? Yeah, yeah. Yeah,

01:35it was a great ball by, it was a great ball by Apter and Fletchers took it again. How good it

01:42is to see Fletchers got the double figures with, yeah, delighted that they've been able to take a

01:46chance this week. You must put a smile on your face just to see them not being scared of last

01:51week and miss chances and still get into the areas. I've never been involved in the game where

01:54we've missed so many clear-cut chances like we did last week. So, one of them off days, if you can

02:00put it that way, but they've responded great today. What do you make of Fulham? Obviously, last week,

02:04you know, you created so much and today was a bit more measured today. I thought we played really,

02:08really well last week and didn't get anything for it. In fact, we played better last week than we

02:12did today, but we were measured, if that's the right word. I like that. We were measured.

02:18We were strong defensively and when we've got that platform, we've always got people at the front

02:23who can score a goal. You took Hayden off earlier, was that injured? Yeah, he's got a

02:27knock. He's got a hip flexor. We'll see how he is in the week. Is that anything concerned

02:31immediately? No, I don't think so. I don't think so. I think he should be okay.