AADAM PATEL: Blackpool boss Mick McCarthy is channelling his inner Steve McQueen in a bid to beat the drop... he'll need goals as well as passion, but shutting out Burnley is a step in the right direction

There was a clip doing the rounds on social media in the aftermath of Blackpool’s defeat at Reading last week. Another loss. One win in 17.

‘It can’t go on like this, can it?’ manager Mick McCarthy was asked by a journalist.

‘It can,’ replied McCarthy.

He knew what was coming next. Vincent Kompany and Burnley. A team on course to break the 100-point mark. A team Huddersfield boss Neil Warnock describes as the ‘best Championship side of the last 25 years’.

Despite the seriousness of Blackpool’s predicament, McCarthy was admirably frank.