GARY Rowett has been impressed by what he’s seen from Michael Appleton’s second stint at Blackpool so far.
The Tangerines were forced to make a tactical switch over the summer as Neil Critchley departed the club to become Steven Gerrard’s assistant manager at Aston Villa.
Appleton was ultimately chosen as his replacement despite concerns from supporters surrounding his previous stint at Bloomfield Road, although he’s managed to prove most of his doubters wrong so far.
“Michael has taken over from Neil Critchley and he’ll want to put his own stamp on how he wants to play,” he told NewsAtDen.
“They always play with good energy, I always think they’re a team that can make games uncomfortable for you because of their work rate. They’ve obviously been in the Championship for a season and they’ll have gained a lot of confidence from that.
“They’ve got good players, like any team in the Championship, players that can hurt anyone. I’m sure that [Josh] Bowler not being there is a big miss for them but they’ve got players that’ll be keen to fill the gap.
“It’s another game. It’ll be slightly different to the QPR game and the Cardiff game, and we’ve got to make sure that we impose our game plan on the opposition, but they’re the sort of team that’ll be up and at us.
“They’ll be trying to make it really uncomfortable for us to try and win the game, but that’s what we’ve got to try and do.”
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