Blackpool’s pre-season meeting with Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park ended in a 2-0 defeat.

Blackpool were without their fair share of players for Saturday afternoon’s pre-season meeting with Tranmere Rovers.

The Seasiders were defeated 2-0 at Prenton Park, with a number of players missing the trip to the Wirral.

Olly Casey, Fraser Horsfall and Michael Ihiekwe all remained absent, leaving the defence bare, while George Honeyman was also missing following his withdrawal in the first half of last weekend’s game against AFC Fylde.

Josh Bowler was back after sitting out the game at Mill Farm, but Leighton Clarkson and Tom Bloxham were instead added to the injury list.

Providing an update on the pair, Blackpool boss Ian Evatt said: “They’ve got slight thigh issues. Nothing major, nothing huge, but significant enough for them to miss today. We’ll monitor them next week.

“None of the injuries are serious really; a lot of them are fatigued-based or slightly pushing that fatigue barrier, which makes it a slight strain.

“What we’re trying to do is make sure we don’t have the same thing as last season. To build tolerance, you have to work. Unfortunately, you’re going to pick up one or two niggles along the way.

“Providing you don’t pick up anything too serious which can be avoided, we’re going to carry on this path to make the players as robust as possible.”