'Coming from Leeds it’s always good to get one over Barnsley:' Olly Casey reflects on Blackpool's victory at Oakwell

Olly Casey says Blackpool are starting to build momentum following their first league away win of the season.
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Jordan Rhodes scored the only goal of the game at Oakwell, as the Seasiders claimed a 1-0 victory against Barnsley.

Neil Critchley’s side defended well as a unit to secure the three points- and will be looking for more when they take on Derby County midweek.

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“Coming from Leeds it’s always good to get one over Barnsley,” Casey said.

Blackpool claimed a 1-0 victory over Barnsley (Photographer Alex Dodd/CameraSport)Blackpool claimed a 1-0 victory over Barnsley (Photographer Alex Dodd/CameraSport)
Blackpool claimed a 1-0 victory over Barnsley (Photographer Alex Dodd/CameraSport)

“We’ve been after that for a while now. It’s good to put back-to-back wins together, build some momentum, and go onto Tuesday night now.

“We’ve been getting results then taking a step back- so when you start putting wins together you move higher up the table.

“Anything can happen in football, but when your chances come, you’ve to take them.

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“In the second half we should’ve managed the game a lot better, we probably sunk too deep and gave the ball away cheaply.

“When you do that you’re asking to defend, but we did that really well.

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“When it gets like that you’ve got to throw your body on the line, and everyone did that brilliantly.

“Bit of rain on the pitch, back in Yorkshire- I loved it.

“Derby will be another tough match, there’s no easy games in this division, but we’ll rest, recover and be ready to go again.

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“It’s a winnable game, we played well against them earlier in the season in the cup, but it’ll be a much harder game.

“We started the season a bit slower than we thought we would, but we’re starting to find our feet now and it’s put a bit of momentum behind us.”