Blackpool boss previews Luton Town test

Blackpool Gazette

Steve Bruce looks ahead to Blackpool's meeting with Luton Town.

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00:00obviously with Niall

00:01probably since coming back

00:02to the club in the summer

00:02it's been a frustrating start

00:03for him personally

00:04he had a three match suspension

00:05and now obviously

00:06nine to ten weeks out injured

00:07yeah it's a

00:08real frustration

00:09and

00:10of course he had got

00:11three goals as well

00:12in his first couple of games

00:13as well

00:14where

00:14look he's had a big impact

00:16since he walked through

00:17the door last Christmas

00:18huge impact

00:19and we were delighted

00:20to acquire

00:21a mighty services

00:22to make it full time

00:23sod slow

00:23innocuous

00:26took off

00:27for a

00:27just jump basically

00:29and

00:30has torn his calf

00:31very very badly

00:32so

00:32yeah

00:34we're going to have to deal

00:35without him

00:35you mentioned he's got

00:36three goals

00:37obviously Fletcher only has one

00:38Dale Taylor's still waiting

00:39for his first league goal

00:40so

00:40it really does seem

00:42time for those players

00:42to step up and start

00:44well I mean yeah

00:45I mean we know Fletcher's capable

00:46and the reason why

00:47we're brought Dale here

00:48is

00:48because of

00:49his abilities in this league

00:51so

00:51yeah

00:52look when you lose somebody

00:53it's an opportunity

00:54for somebody else

00:55to stake their claim

00:56and

00:56if you remember

00:58last Christmas

00:59time when

01:00you know

01:00we were losing

01:01Kyle Joseph

01:02in step

01:02Nile

01:03and then

01:04took on

01:04took on the reins

01:06manfully

01:06so

01:06we have to do

01:07the same again

01:08I know

01:09Dale

01:10maybe didn't have a proper

01:11pre-season

01:11with Forrest

01:13and he's taking a bit of time

01:14from him to bed in

01:14do you have to say to him

01:15now's the time

01:16you're a million

01:16yeah of course

01:17I think that's gone

01:20for

01:20a lot of the players

01:21that we've brought in

01:22you know

01:23they've needed time

01:24and we can see

01:25improvements in them

01:26we can see the data

01:28the improvements in them

01:29the physical output

01:29but yeah

01:31you're right

01:32and now is the time

01:33for Dale

01:33here's his opportunity

01:34here's the opportunity

01:36we need him now

01:37to be

01:37that centre forward

01:38that we all know

01:39he can be

01:40do you still have full belief

01:42in sort of the plan

01:43that you've laid out

01:44the things that you want to do

01:45do you still fully believe

01:46that that is going to work

01:47well

01:48I believe we were

01:50very very close last year

01:51and we didn't quite get there

01:52however

01:54it's been a really

01:55difficult start

01:55there's no denying that

01:56a lot of people

01:58have needed time

01:59to get adjusted

02:00and getting

02:01up to speed

02:02I think a lot of

02:04a lot of the players

02:05we signed

02:05weren't particularly

02:07in teams

02:08and shoving around

02:09under 21s

02:10didn't have a proper

02:11pre-season

02:12blah blah blah

02:13look

02:14it's took a little bit of time

02:15but I have seen signs

02:17of improvement

02:17for a good hour

02:19against Bradford

02:19I thought we were

02:20the better side

02:21we made

02:22and had one

02:23two

02:23three

02:24opportunities

02:25just after half time

02:26where we weren't

02:27clinical enough

02:28last year

02:29we were clinical

02:30in those turnovers

02:31we were clinical

02:32on the break

02:33we haven't got to that

02:34just yet

02:35so we'll keep

02:36bashing away

02:37why do you think

02:38the things that worked

02:39for you last year

02:40and things were going well

02:41haven't

02:41explained where this time

02:42look

02:43you can go last year

02:45you can go the year

02:45or whatever you want to do

02:46we were very

02:48very clinical

02:49in our execution

02:51last year

02:51and of course

02:53two people in particular

02:54three

02:55maybe

02:55we lost

02:57so

02:57we are a different group

02:59a different

03:00squad of players

03:01I do believe

03:03the strength

03:03and the depth

03:04of the squad

03:05will stand us

03:05in good stead

03:06but look

03:07we've got back-to-back

03:08home games

03:09where waveform

03:10has been a concern

03:11but

03:13let's

03:14see what we can do

03:15at home

03:15and see if we can

03:16kickstart our season

03:17and get a bit of

03:18confidence

03:18Do you have a sort of

03:20time frame in your mind

03:20where you're thinking

03:21if it doesn't click

03:22if it gets us

03:23well

03:23look

03:24none of us get time

03:27anymore

03:27none of us get time

03:29so

03:29my mind

03:30is to

03:31pick a team

03:32that I think

03:32can win tomorrow

03:33win on Saturday

03:34and

03:35let's get started

03:37again

03:37we need to have

03:39a little bit of momentum

03:40going our way again

03:41and

03:42as I said

03:43we needed to wait

03:44for the players

03:45to get up to speed

03:46with seeing that

03:47and see what we can do

03:49are you confident

03:50you're the right man

03:51for the job

03:51and these players

03:52have the right team

03:53to do the job

03:53I'm always confident

03:55in my own beliefs

03:56that I can do the job

03:58yeah absolutely

03:59I'm the same

03:59I'm the same one

04:01at 1-4 on the spin

04:01when I arrived 12 months ago

04:03nothing's really changed

04:05so

04:05we'll keep bashing away

04:07what we're trying to think

04:08is the best way forward

04:09You mentioned

04:10Bloomfield Road

04:11obviously two home games

04:12could very define things

04:13and very really kick things on

04:14like Barnsley

04:14we thought that might kick you on

04:15yeah

04:16well

04:17yeah

04:17and by the way though

04:18after Barnsley

04:19we

04:19you know

04:20we

04:20we played

04:21I thought we played

04:22very very well for her now

04:23there were signs last year

04:24of

04:25away from home

04:26it was

04:27it was us again

04:28didn't take the opportunities

04:31that came our way

04:32and

04:33but I can see signs of

04:35improvement

04:36especially over the last

04:38two three weeks

04:38and as I said

04:39I didn't think we

04:40deserved to get beat

04:41in that

04:42in the last two three

04:43home away games

04:44if I'm being honest

04:45but

04:46results haven't gone that way for us

04:48and as a team

04:49you do enjoy

04:50in some ways

04:51playing against the bigger

04:52sides in the league

04:52so hoping for more

04:54of the same against Luton

04:54just matching their levels

04:56yeah yeah

04:57they've

04:57they're a good side

04:59I've just

04:59been analysing them

05:01over the last

05:02two days or so

05:04and

05:04they're a very very decent

05:06team

05:06got some good players

05:08for the division

05:08and so they should have

05:10they were in the Premier League

05:11two years ago

05:11so let's not forget that

05:13what we're up against

05:13you know

05:14they've had a difficult start

05:16like

05:17like

05:17a few teams in this division

05:19us being one

05:20but

05:20that's the beauty of

05:21playing in the division one

05:23with the chemistry one

05:24and

05:26ok

05:27thank you

05:28so

05:28that's what we're talking about

05:29we're having to shout out

05:31for this

05:31and

05:33we're having to give HR

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