New Blog: Huddersfield Town vs Blackpool I thought we did really well for 65 minutes + then painfully badly as we ran out of legs. New lads all looked decent though + we took it to them (until we didn't) - I'd have taken 2-2 at the outset. #utmp #htfc

A pathetic performance, more injuries and very little that was any good. There's a trend if you look over time and it's downwards. We got it wrong, Evatt got it wrong - but that's just a game and managers make mistakes - real issues are deeper. mclfoot.blogspot.com... #utmp

Would help if I posted the blog... mclfoot.blogspot.com/2026/01/much... #utmp #ntfc #cobbles #blackpoolfc

NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Northampton Town: I have to say, I'd not be optimistic if I was a Northampton fan... I'd not be optimistic about us if we'd lost that either - we didn't. Signings fitted + plenty of effort. Not a pretty game, but I think, one we needed. #utmp #cobblers

New Blog: Blackpool vs Bradford City Whilst we did scrap, it was worrying that we look so threadbare, were so weak (in all senses) in certain positions + had so little creativity/threat. Need to address this as we've hit yet another injury disaster

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Doncaster Rovers Not pretty, but 3 points are 3 points are 3 points. #utmp #drfc 🍊🧡⚽

NEW BLOG: Wigan Athletic vs Blackpool mclfoot.blogspot.com... Another win, another much needed 3 points. For once we turn up with a decent away crowd. 100% concincing? No. Some signs of real hope? A lot of fun? Yes #utmp #wafc 🍊🧡⚽

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Lincoln City Whilst there were negatives in that game, to me, showing a bit of resilience and some fight to get back into it is a really important thing. We are improving (we need to improve further too) #UTMP #LCFC

mclfoot.blogspot.com... By no means perfect, but when you score four and your manager tells Mark Hughes to fuck off then it's not a bad night. That first Peacock save was fucking stunning as well. #utmp #cufc

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG - Blackpool vs Cardiff City The most fun I've had at Bloomfield Road in a long time. We looked reborn. A great game of football, a great performance. Savour it! #utmp #ccfc 🧡🍊⚽

mclfoot.blogspot.com... For all the flaws we have, we played some football, again looked committed, matched the opposition for effort and came out on top. A good cup tie and some good signs of progress however far there is yet to go... Wembley here we come! #utmp #uti

mclfoot.blogspot.com... A 'preview' of Blackpool vs Scunthorpe Utd that contains almost zero analysis of anything relevant other than why the cup should be treasured, not ignored. We're going to win the thing. Obviously. #utmp #iron

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG - Blackpool vs Wycombe Wanderers Sometimes you wonder, why do we do this to ourselves? Relive the horror. Pffffffffft... UP THE FUCKING POOL!

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Wimbledon. One of the worst performances I've seen in a long time and the end of Bruceball. We're absolutely nowhere, so where next? #utmp

mclfoot.blogspot.com... New Blog - Blackpool vs Luton Town This season seems to be finding endless ways to disappoint and we seem to keep doing the same thing, over and over with similar results every time. #utmp

mclfoot.blogspot.com... New Blog: Blackpool vs Barnsley A hard fought win in a game that felt so much like 0-0 till the very last breath. Is it a turning point? Who knows?! *Rain, injuries, lumping it, but ultimately, relief, joy and release* #utmp 🍊🧡⚽

mclfoot.blogspot.com... New Blog: Blackpool vs Barrow A tinpot cup win against an out of form League 2 side's reserves is all it is - but did that show give us at least some hope that we're actually not doomed to be as bad as prior evidence might suggest? I hope so. #utmp

mclfoot.blogspot.com... A review of where we are and what isn't working. I started this trying to look in the numbers for optimism, but there wasn't much to be found. I'm not sure what we do next. We've got to sort this quickly because the data is really quite bad. #utmp 🍊

mclfoot.blogspot.com... Equations, overblown metaphors stretched to breaking point, optimism, Michelangelo, some statistics and *actual prayers* It's no normal blog. It's a 'pinch me, Josh Bowler is back' blog. Will this work? Fuck knows - but I want it to so much #utmp

NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Bolton Wanderers: It was 'better' - but from a very low base, I'm not sure how much to take from this game. It felt a strange match to me and it wasn't easy to write up but at least we weren't a total car crash today. #utmp

NEW BLOG: Huddersfield was a false dawn it seems. We look really poor overall and there are worrying traits in evidence. Why are we bad? Are there excuses? What should we do? + an absolutely TERRIFYING conclusion at the end.

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Huddersfield Town A game I enjoyed as much as any in a long time. A genuinely heroic display of team football with some exceptional individual performances within that. A massive step forward for us. #utmp🧡🍊⚽

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Not sure what this is or why I wrote it but it's fucking matchday and I can't wait* + maybe we're shite or maybe we're not and maybe we turn a corner or maybe we don't - but today is hope + football so lets fucking do it! #utmp *sort of

NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Stevenage Borough mclfoot.blogspot.com... Bar a few, we looked horribly disjointed and stupid mistakes cost, especially in games where we lack the flair and imagination to cancel them out. Bring on the new lads. Can't come quick enough! #utmp

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: The season is almost here. Metaphors, low level 'analysis', redacted names. Are we ready? I'm not sure we are yet - but bring it on regardless! Glory is inevitable* (*at some point in an infinite number of universes) #UTMP 🍊🧡⚽

NEW BLOG: Another one I didn't really want to write. I used to not mind Charlton - now I'm double locking my doors in case they come and nick my stereo and telly. Rob Apter was a lot of fun - I will miss the lad. Good luck to him! mclfoot.blogspot.com... #utmp #cafc

mclfoot.blogspot.com... Every close season comes with renewed optimism - but so far, this one seems to be giving us foundations for some genuine belief. There's plenty still to do - but what we've done so far isn't to be sniffed at. #utmp 🍊🧡⚽

mclfoot.blogspot.com... Cheers Sonny: Sorrynotsorry. I know Sonny wasn't for everyone, but hey, he's gone, so you can crack on. Otherwise here's a piece that is about him and football and being a footballer being a fan watching footballers and all of that type of thing.

mclfoot.blogspot.com... A rambling under edited long read on whether the FIFA World Club cup is a waste of time or a brave new frontier in club football. The answer: maybe a bit of both...

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Wigan Athletic vs Blackpool A good day out and a game of football, the turning of the world, the meaning of stuff and things and passing the time... #utmp #wafc

mclfoot.blogspot.com... Thoughts turn to next year. In previous summers, wholescale change has been an option but this year, it's a must. The fanbase almost unilaterally trusts Bruce - will the club back him?

mclfoot.blogspot.com... New Blog: Blackpool vs Wrexham We lost, we weren't very good, the season is over. Pfffft. Life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone etc... #utmp

Still sorry. (Maybe not actually sorry if I'm honest.)

I had to. I'm sorry.

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Rotherham Utd vs Blackpool: Pool off the boil. Away day expectations down the pan. Bees madness, architecture, concertina plastic, shortcomings, Rotherham do timeless Rotherham things and general disappointment. #utmp #rufc

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Reading A balmy night, defeat isn't always the worst thing that can happen, brilliance, exorcism, Sonny (of course), togetherness and the intoxicating feeling of hope. Loved it. Again. #utmp #readingfc

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Bolton Wanderers Singing goalkeepers, some rare luck, time stands still, strikers to die for, rain, glorious ghost goals and most of all, some proper atmosphere. It was a scrap to the line, but I loved it. #utmp #bwfc

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool v Leyton Orient (how did we miss that? (x many) + shitrefsagain +ffssakepool! = a defeat that I've still not fathomed) So close to what we want and yet, no cigar... #utmp #lofc

NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Cambridge United: mclfoot.blogspot.com... Goals are goals but some goals are a bit different. Incredulity, delight, lists, confidence, calamity and a weirdly positive vibe even though all in all, it wasn't all that. #utmp

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Peterborough Utd Egg mayo going off, metaphors for death, CJ coming to my work and raging at me, yawning, busses, getting decked and just about anything else to avoid writing much about that non-event. Is it summer yet? #utmp

NEW BLOG: Stockport County vs Blackpool Reality biting, stupendously shit stewarding, hipsters, shortcomings and squinting into the light. mclfoot.blogspot.com... #utmp

Had chances, didn't take them. Had decent control of game first half - Lost the midfield in second half. Can probably give up if, but and maybe now. We're not awful but not great - therefore... midtable. Summer is massive.

Chissy?

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Crawley Town THREE POINTS! AT HOME! Sexy football, injustice, battling football, candles, Andy Watson, a fog of confusion, fight, spirit and at last, some atmosphere! Loved it. Well done Pool. 🧡🍊⚽ #utmp

mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Mansfield Town. As bad as we've been in a while but with the bonus of a stirring comeback. I think Mansfield will kick themselves they leave with just a point, but at least we've got some spirit about us. #utmp

At least stuff happened. Thought Fletch was excellent when he came on. We've got some spirit but my god, we can't play 433 without a more mobile defensive shield.

mclfoot.blogspot.com... A terrible preview: On enjoying games of football and preparing for the inevitable triumph of the one true force in the universe - the Mighty Tangerine Wizards

One of the worst games I've seen for a while. Toyed with not writing it up... You can relive 90 minutes of 'not so inept as to be fun but never actually good enough to fun either' midtable grind in an atmosphere that made a morgue seem like a party. mclfoot.blogspot.com...

I like to think Steve Bruce is relaxing today doing his favourite things. Visiting DFS and trying out the armchairs. Having a milky coffee in Dunelm Mill cafe. Popping to the garden centre to look at trellising Love Steve me. 🧡🍊⚽

mclfoot.blogspot.com... New Blog: Blackpool vs Charlton Athletic Inspiration, imaginary striking partners, changes, good starts, comeback, getting denied what you deserve, the bible + possibly ill advised positivity about stuff + that. Decent game overall. #utmp #cafc