Steve Bruce shares his thoughts on Blackpool's 3-0 victory over Reading.
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00:00Three wins on the bounce, back-to-back wins against teams who were up there.
00:03It's very close to being what you were going to enjoy at the beginning of your reign, so one more win.
00:08Thankfully we got it back.
00:10Yeah, we needed to obviously win some games at home.
00:15And at the right time, we've hit a bit of form, we've hit a bit of form.
00:20We look pretty formidable going forward.
00:22We're a handful, wide players who can dribble at you and pace,
00:26but strikers who can hurt teams.
00:30Yeah, I'm very, very pleased with what I've seen at the moment.
00:32How much has the team just enjoyed themselves at the moment?
00:35You can see them as soon as we score,
00:38and then the shackles are off a little bit and they know exactly what they're doing.
00:43They go back into the slot and play on the counter-attack.
00:47That's what we've done away from home and got the better of a lot of teams.
00:51Obviously you've got a strong bench now.
00:53After that first half, I could have thought changes could have been made,
00:56but are you pleased that they've managed themselves out of that?
00:59Yeah, I mean, look at the big calls, do I go with?
01:03Thankfully I can bring on people like Bloxham and CJ and the subs that we've made today.
01:10Yeah, they can make an impact coming off the bench.
01:14So, yeah, it's nice to have.
01:17What's your message to the players?
01:19Look at the table, enjoy what you're doing at the moment or just stay focused?
01:22Stay in it, stay in it. There's still six weeks to go, is there? Five weeks to go?
01:27Six games for us, back-to-back away games now.
01:30So, as I said, Rotherham have won it tonight and changed their manager.
01:34So, you know, they might respond to a different voice, but I expect a tough game, that's for sure.
01:41Is it better being a chasing pack in terms of pressure?
01:44We've still got it all to do.
01:46Look, we're chasing three, aren't we? That's the problem.
01:49And they've all got a game in hand.
01:51So, we've got to win that game in hand, though.
01:53So, look, we've given ourselves a chance, haven't we?
01:57So, great that we're going into the last six games.
02:00Let's see what we're getting here.
02:02I think what history tells us, we're good at coming from behind, aren't we?
02:06We're good in the play-offs. So, bring it on.
02:09Sonic, we talked at Barnsley a few weeks ago how he keeps getting chances.
02:13Tonight was similar. Is that a tactical set-up?
02:15Or has he just got a knack of knowing where to be?
02:17Yeah, he wants to score. He wants to score, he wants to create.
02:20He looks full of life and full of energy.
02:23And he's playing, certainly in my time at the club, he's playing.
02:27He was injured for the best part of two and a half months when I arrived.
02:30He's certainly playing out of his skin at the minute.
02:34Long may that continue.
02:35He's found a hole in the left wing, which maybe was always an issue.
02:38Well, he's not really a left winger, is he?
02:40But he gives them a freedom to get forward.
02:43I'm never going to stop them from getting forward.
02:46And he's a threat.
02:48And once you've got that, it's good to have.
02:51Seems to complement Hayden Coulson quite well as well.
02:54Yeah, Coulson's played well too.
02:56And he's got a bang on the nose and he's done well to carry on.
03:01So, yeah, he's given us a threat down that left side.
03:04Just another case. He obviously deserves credit.
03:06Most weeks, he's defensive displays.
03:07But when you score a goal, you get highlighted even more.
03:10Highlights. Big old centre-half sticking in and showing them how it's done.
03:14And fist-pumps and all at the end.
03:17Bloody hell. I've seen it all.
03:19Just how much have you enjoyed working with him and seeing what he can do?
03:22I've enjoyed working with them all.
03:26Their honesty and endeavour is terrific.
03:29They're a really good bunch.
03:31And they're getting their reward at the minute for all the hard work.
03:34As I said, it's been a big, big change.
03:36Huge change in how we set up, how we are, how we go about it.
03:41Big change in January.
03:44A lot of risks taken, letting eight people go, or seven or wherever it was.
03:48Two strikers in there as well.
03:50So, fair play to the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes.
03:55I'm talking about the Chief Scout, David, who worked tirelessly to try and improve the squad,
04:00along with all my staff.
04:02At the moment, we're doing OK.
04:04So, six weeks to go. What can we do?