“It’s a game we have to be prepared to lose to win”: Blackpool boss Ian Evatt on the threat posed by Peterborough United

The Seasiders are back at Bloomfield Road this afternoon, looking for a win to keep them out of the bottom four and make it 16 points from the last 18 at home.

They come up against a Peterborough team seven places above them in the table, though a Blackpool win would see them go level on points with their visitors.

Blackpool’s victory at Peterborough last October was Evatt’s first match after returning to the club – and proved to be Darren Ferguson’s last with the Posh.

Ferguson was replaced by Luke Williams, who has won 14 of his 31 matches so far with Peterborough visiting the Fylde coast on a run of one victory in nine.

A Blackpool win today would represent only their second league double of the season, following on from December’s victories against Rotherham United.

Nevertheless, Evatt is under no illusion as to the threat posed by Peterborough and their particular brand of attacking football.

Pool’s head coach said: “They have got some serious threats, they are good at what they do and they aren’t going to change; which is a double-edged sword.

“On one hand, you know what to plan for. On the other, it’s how you stop it.

“It’s a game we have to be prepared to lose to win. That’s the key message for us; to expose their deficiencies, we have to be prepared to get hurt ourselves.

“We’re going to attack and hopefully see something similar to what we saw against Exeter City (Good Friday’s 1-0 win).

“The first half against Exeter was excellent. The only critique is we have to make the game more comfortable for everyone but that’s what attacking, aggressive, front foot football should be like.

“(The) Second half was nervy but that’s down to us not taking the chances first half.

“We have to replicate that on Saturday. We know what Peterborough are and we have to make sure we can combat them.”