On the way down to Southampton, we were confident that we’d get something from the match. Records like their’s with 21 straight wins are there to be shot at, and I always think that we are the type of team to cause an upset when labelled underdogs.
So it proved, with Blackpool more than matching Southampton, aided and abetting by a shocking goalkeeping performance from Bielkowski. It always seems to me that we have to work hard for all our goals, so to actually score through a comedy moment was a very rare sight, but nonetheless deserved for us taking the game to them and giving it a real go.
There is an argument to be made that we were only behind in the first place through our own mistake, Eardley caught on the ball ultimately leading to Cathcart deflecting it into his own net past Gilks who would probably have saved the initial effort from Lambert. Gilks did make a couple of great saves, but equally, McManaman and in particular, Matt Philips were causing their defence major problems every time we went forward, with Philips very unlucky not to score after a great run in the first half.
All in all, a good point, but frustrating not to come away with all three as a consequence of a very late equaliser. Another positive is that we’ve now played all bar Cardiff from the top ten away from home. In the second half of the season, that could work in our favour.
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