The performance in Cardiff was poor and we were punished with an injury time sucker punch. This weekend we have to be better if we are to undo a Blackpool side who will certainly prove no pushovers!

“Our home form has been good of course, but let’s not underestimate this Blackpool side. They are well-organised, they are hard to beat, they’ve got a new, experienced manager who has had an impact. This is a tough, tough game and we can’t be complacent. If we are, we’ll get beat!

“They’ve got some very, very good players – Patino on loan from Arsenal, Rogers from City, they’ve got Gary Madine who might be coming back in and we know what a handful he can be. So we need to be on it!

“The message has been clear from the start. This season is about staying in this division. And it is a message based on the fact we are operating with one of the lowest budgets in the league, working with a bit of a misfit team which has been patched together according to what the embargo has allowed us to do – so the target has to be to stay in the league.

“We knew how tough it was going to be this season and it has been tough. Now, we’ve got to win games.

“We’ve got to keep going. We’ve got to be positive. 14 games to go and let’s see where it takes us.”

“It’s the business end of the season and, for the next 14 games, we have to be at it!”