Neil Collins admitted Blackpool's gameplan caught him by surprise, but also that Barnsley need to be better at solving the questions teams pose them, especially at Oakwell.
"I don't think Blackpool will go away thinking they've solved everything, equally we can't be too downbeat that we've lost 1-0 to a penalty, then huffed and puffed and not quite managed."
Collins handed a full league debut to 18-year-old midfielder Theo Chapman with Adam Phillips ill and fellow midfielder Josh Benson left out of the matchday squad."I think the game we expected would have been perfect for Theo, the game we got was very different," said Collins."I thought there would be lots of spaces for him to run into, I thought Blackpool would be aggressive and leave the pitch more open.
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