BLACKPOOL'S wounded players are being served up a video nasty today – they will be made to sit through yesterday's derby day debacle against Preston North End.
Simon Grayson will order his squad to gather after training to watch a re-run of the painful 3-1 beating at the hands of arch-rivals North End.
The manager is still fuming about the defeat, with Pool turning in a limp display in the second period to allow their Lancashire foes to overturn a half-time deficit and canter to victory.
On the weekend he celebrated three years in charge, Grayson heard his team booed off for the first time since he took over.
>> Blackpool 1 Preston 3 - full match reportAnd he had no complaints about it.
It was the second consecutive Lancashire derby Pool have lost and the manager said he accepted the jeers from some in the crowd.
"I can understand it because we have been beaten 3-1 by our local rivals and we under-performed," said the boss.
"Of course it is one of the low points during my time as manager because it is a local derby.
"But my disappointment is just about the way we performed – or didn't – in the second half and the way that we had no spirit or desire about us.
"I am going to make a point of making everyone sit down together today and watch a tape of the game.
"We don't do it often but I think it is worthwhile that we analyse it and players learn from their mistakes."
"I am bitterly disappointed because we have let a lot of our fans down with a poor performance. I can accept losing games but I can't accept how we folded in the second half."
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