Ian Evatt admitted it was sweet to get one over Wigan after a frustrating run of results during his time in charge of Wanderers.
Evatt’s Blackpool won 2-0 at the Brick Community Stadium on Saturday after goals from Dale Taylor and ex-Bolton youngster Ashley Fletcher.
The result means that the Seasiders are only in the relegation zone on goal difference heading into the festive fixtures.
“I’m going to enjoy it because they had the wool over me when I was at Bolton a lot of the time, and I’m respectful of that,” Evatt told Blackpool Gazette.
“In football you always get another opportunity, and today we’ve taken that.”
Blackpool have now won three of their last four games in all competitions as Evatt aims to build momentum.
“I felt in the first half we were almost in training mode,” he added. “We were going through our patterns and progressions, but it wasn’t intense enough.
“Away from home, I didn’t feel like we earned the right – we didn’t put the ball in to ask them questions to be able to play.
“We didn’t have the same energy or zest. It’s a challenging thing to deliver being a team that’s calm and composed in possession, to then being hyperaggressive and stealing the ball.
“We had words at half time and I told the players the truth. That was, ‘We are loads better than that, we are away from home and we have to earn the right’.
“We altered the press and decided to sacrifice possession a little bit. We set traps – and we did that superbly well for the two goals.
“I’m delighted for Dale Taylor, he worked so hard to get back, to steal the ball and show the composure to find Ashley Fletcher was brilliant. The second goal was a moment of quality, a really good move, and scored at the right time.”
The Seasiders host Doncaster on Boxing Day. They also have gams against Rotherham and Port Vale over the Christmas period.
Evatt is set to make his return to the Toughsheet Stadium on Saturday, February 21.
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