Wycombe Wanderers manager Matt Bloomfield felt his side ‘were not good enough in the first half of their 2-2 draw at Blackpool.
The Chairboys took the lead through a Garath McCleary rebound, but that was cancelled out by Kyle Joseph before half-time.
A second-half screamer from Dan Udoh looked to have won it for Wycombe, but Jake Beesley’s late header earned a point for the Seasiders.
The result means Wanderers have picked up four points from their opening four matches, but have scored eight goals in that time (scoring two goals in each of those four league fixtures).
Additionally, this means that the last six meetings between Wycombe and Blackpool in the North West have ended all square.
Bloomfield said: “I didn’t think we were good enough in the first half.
“We’ve had maybe 24 hours less to prepare than Blackpool.
“We’ve had a long week on the road, and I thought we just weren’t that half a yard closer to people than we should’ve been from the start, which was disappointing.
“We changed shape and I thought we got loads better. Then probably the biggest disappointment is that once we got ourselves ahead, we were in control of the game.
“I felt really, really comfortable – and the equaliser was offside.
“So, I guess a couple of things went against us, but on the balance of play, it was probably a fair result.
“It’s disappointing really because we work a lot and we’ve spoken a lot this week about our back line trying to squeeze on their strikers. It’s unfortunate because they squeezed the line and left him in there, and then they played the cross and he’s (Beesley) only got on the wrong side of Joe Low because he’s offside.
“But, it’s been a very, very good week. To go Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday with a win-win-draw, I think if you’d have offered me that last Saturday morning I would have taken it.
“So, there’s plenty to be pleased about, plenty to work on, but a few contentious decisions in there today.”
His opposite number and Wycombe teammate, Richard Keogh, who is in intierm charge of the ex-Premier League club, shared his views on the draw.
He said: “I think, in terms of chances created, we probably deserved to win the game, but the reality is that we drew it.
“There’s a few things we need to need to correct, but overall I thought we played very well.
“This week I’ve been focusing on giving back to the group.
“We’ve not have many training days, really – it’s been a lot of recovery days, and tactical days.
“You’ve got to prepare for the games when you’re playing against really good opponents.
“So, I just wanted to give the lads a good game plan. They’re the ones carrying it out and credit to them.
“There’s still loads for us to work on. I think we’re getting punished for every little mistake we’re making at the moment, and the only way you get through is by working hard.
“By getting on to the training ground, by trying to get make ourselves better. And we have to keep enjoying the work.
“We want to push each other, and as long as we’re doing that on the training pitch, then we give ourselves a good opportunity to improve.”
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