Source: PA
Holloway focuses on positives
Blackpool boss Ian Holloway was keen to focus on the positives after his side were held to a 0-0 draw by Stoke at Bloomfield Road.
The Seasiders were looking to give their survival bid a major boost in their penultimate home fixture of the season, but could not make a breakthrough against the Potters and with three games left to play, they remain 17th, above the Barclays Premier League relegation zone on goal difference alone.
The result means Holloway's team - who are still to host Bolton between daunting-looking trips to Tottenham and Manchester United - have now won only one of their last 15 matches and this was the first time they had failed to score at their own ground this term.
It was also Blackpool's first home clean sheet of the campaign, though, which their manager took as an encouraging sign.
"When we watched Stoke (win 3-0) against Wolves in the week, we thought `Oh dear, they are in fine form', so I think this proves that we have come out of our doldrums," Holloway said. "We have taken on a really good side at our place and kept a clean sheet. Their defence was slightly better than our attacking options, so well done to them for nullifying us.
"We've lost a record (scoring in every home game), but we've gained something - we've kept a clean sheet in the Premier League at home."
