Andy Woodman ‘proud’ as Bromley show fighting qualities in draw at Blackpool
The Ravens twice came from behind to snap their three-game losing run.
Manager Andy Woodman felt his team produced a ‘Bromley-like’ performance as they twice came from behind to stop their recent rot with a 2-2 draw against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.
The Ravens headed to the Fylde Coast on the back of a three-game losing streak – during which time they had conceded 14 goals.
Victor Adeboyejo and a Jordan Brown own goal cancelled out strikes from Albie Morgan and Tom Bloxham to secure a share of the spoils.
Woodman said: “We were good for it. We put a lot of work in this week. It’s the first week where we’ve had a chance to get on the training pitch and do some tactical stuff as a group.
“It was pleasing that it paid off, and I think we should’ve got a bit more out of the game.
“We’re getting punished for little errors, but that’s the level we’re at and we’re learning on the job.
“I’m super proud of the boys. To go a goal down but show that bite and fight, and play some good football as well – it was a real Bromley-like performance.
“We had a way we wanted to play, and we knew how they wanted to go about their stuff. All the stuff we did on the training pitch came to fruition, so it was really pleasing. It was pleasing the guys were disciplined in what they were doing.
“I can’t knock the effort and the determination, and the will to make sure we got back into the game.”
Blackpool head coach Ian Evatt saw it as two points dropped for his side, and believes that came from self-inflicted mistakes.
“There’s a lot of frustration – not towards the opposition and not to the referee; although we could have some complaints,” he said.
“It was more self-inflicted. We have to be better at dealing with physicality.
“Unfortunately we can’t recruit 6’5 physically dominant players who are really technical or have speed, so we have to choose a style and identity, and be brave enough to deal with physicality, before showing moments of our own quality.
“We looked a bit fearful of the physicality of them. This league isn’t the Championship, we can’t have every game being technical.
“Loads of teams in this league play that style, and we have to get better at dealing with it quickly because it’s been a problem for a long time.
“We had enough moments and there was enough ball in the final third to have scored more goals, so it was frustrating.
“We need to be tighter and cleaner with our work, that was the biggest disappointment, because that’s our domain and what we want to be.”