• 2 days ago
Blackpool head coach Steve Bruce shares his thoughts on his side's 2-2 draw with Harrogate Town in the EFL Trophy.

The Seasiders were two goals down at the Exercise Stadium, before goals from Jordan Rhodes and Ryan Finnigan pulled them level in the second half.

With the game ending level, there was a penalty shootout, which Blackpool won 5-4 to pick up a bonus point.
Transcript
00:00We don't want to see it and the way we were on Saturday wasn't us and I didn't enjoy watching us and I don't think they enjoyed it either.
00:10What you need then is a response and as I said we didn't deserve to be 2-0 down, unfortunately we were but we've dug ourselves out of a hole.
00:18At 2-0 down do you think, oh dear this could be one of those nights where it's just more misery?
00:23I didn't think that because we were lucky to be 2-0 down really, we had two or three great chances up there, I thought we'd already scored but we didn't deserve it.
00:32But we needed to just keep performing and keep at it and we got a reward in the finish.
00:38The four subs really raised the levels, how impressive were you with those lads?
00:41Well look, the two white lads, we've missed them for a month haven't we?
00:45The young Apter and CJ give you that nice balance and what they are so good to see them back.
00:51Is that a sign of them getting back up to speed maybe after their own injury little knocks?
00:56Yeah, basically we wanted to give them 25-30 minutes today and act it as a training session so yeah, let's hope they can stay fit.
01:04I touched on Terry but it was a brave decision, have you seen enough of him to think he's my man to chuck on now?
01:09Why not, why not? I was particularly impressed with him at Liverpool a week ago, he's got another chance tonight, hasn't done himself any harm.
01:19We all enjoy watching a young player, the supporters did, they got right behind them and he gave the team a bit of a lift.
01:25Obviously Jake Beazley's got an injury, Don Bard's on international duty, could Terry Bondo be in a Ligue 1 squad soon?
01:31Why not?
01:32How exciting is it for you to have someone like that on the play?
01:36I've been very impressed with three or four or five of them who've come up and trained with us.
01:42Well played to everybody concerned in the club, nice to see that we've got one or two younger players who are ready to make their mark.
01:50There's nothing better for a football club to do that, so good to see them.

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