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  • 3 months ago
Steve Bruce reflects on Blackpool's 1-0 defeat away to Bradford City.
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00:00Is it concerning that once again you've fallen behind and after that goal goes in there's not really questions for you from your side to sort of...
00:06Well we did, we weren't behind last week but I thought substitutions coming on to the pitch won us the game
00:13and today I didn't think we had the impact off the bench that we had last week
00:21and that's not throwing the lads under the bus who came on, I just thought we didn't change the game well enough
00:26we spent far too much in our own half where we should have concentrated about being in their half
00:32and trying to ask a few more questions
00:34Are you too soft to play against at timely, to be a bit passive in certain situations?
00:42Well certainly at the minute we have to improve, that's for sure
00:45and we know what it takes in this league
00:48we play a certain way and at the moment playing that way we ain't creating enough
00:55or haven't creating enough opportunities
00:57so it's something we'll look at and see what we can do
01:01You mentioned obviously the subs didn't have the impact today, but why isn't there like
01:05obviously knocking at the door, you're definitely trying to get one mil behind
01:07why is it not there?
01:08They did last week, they brought something to us last week
01:12with the depth of Brownie coming on for example
01:16and scoring for us
01:18so that was evident for everybody to see last week
01:21I just thought today, you know, in the last 25 minutes, 30 minutes
01:25we didn't have the control which we had before that
01:28and the opportunities what we've had before that
01:31we had three or four wonderful opportunities before they scored
01:35and didn't take one
01:36that's where we have to improve
01:37Yeah there was a few chances, bottles went in and there was no one there
01:40or the bottle didn't go in when someone was waiting
01:41so did the attacking players have to look up, they have to work better as a team
01:45Well look, you know, there's not many players with two strikers and two wide players
01:48and, you know, that was what big strength of last year was always, always was defensively
01:54this year now, unfortunately, unfortunately
01:56we ain't creating what we did last year
01:59so that is, for me, the biggest problem of all
02:03and we haven't converted
02:04we've created some chances, like today
02:06haven't taken any, you know, clean sheet, you know
02:09haven't scored again
02:10that's probably in three away games
02:12Do you think teams are looking at how you set up and have figured it out maybe when they did last season?
02:15I don't know, I mean, as I said, I think until they scored for an hour
02:19I thought we were the better team
02:20I thought we were the better team
02:22I thought we looked a very decent team
02:25as I said, once they scored, made the changes
02:28all of a sudden, we didn't have that
02:30we didn't have that control, what we had
02:32especially in the first half
02:33Five defeats on the road
02:35and you can probably look at most of them
02:36they have a similar story where obviously not taking chances
02:38and maybe a defensive lapse as well, that's cost you?
02:41100%
02:42Do you have to summarise the problem that when you do leave Bloomington
02:44or you leave the comforts of home
02:45I don't know, look, last year we were completely opposite
02:49so, you know, you can analyse as much as you like
02:52at the end of the day
02:53we've conceded a soft goal
02:57and how many times we've seen that
02:59and we haven't converted the chances that we've created
03:01so there lies what problem, end of
03:04it's what you do in both boxes
03:06and at the minute we're having a struggle with it
03:08I only like your full-backs to be able to attack as well
03:10obviously Hayden Coulson's an attacking full-back out step forward
03:12have you considered maybe going for
03:13we've got Zach Asher from the bench
03:14somebody who's more defensive than I do when you're playing
03:16teams like Bradford, teams like Lewton
03:17Possibly
03:18Possibly
03:19it's a good point you make
03:20and it's where I get paid for
03:22and I'm not getting
03:23I'm not making them decisions very well at the minute
03:25because we're getting beaten
03:26but it's something that we'll look at, of course
03:29Does the next game
03:31you know, are you pleased it's a midweek game?
03:32Are you pleased it comes quick?
03:33I'm pleased we're coming again on Tuesday
03:34so we can, you know, try and get back on the board again
03:37up and run again
03:38Thank you
03:38Thank you
03:39Thank you
03:40Thank you
03:41Thank you
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