Tougher Tasks Ahead but a Perfect Day for Forest

Last updated : 09 August 2014 By Forest

Speaking to the official club website after the game he hailed the performance of new strikers Matty Fryatt and Britt Assombalonga as well as goalscoring new-boys Michail Antonio and Chris Burke.

Pearce also basked in the adulation of the City Ground crowd and said afterwards: "I think it's important for the supporters to look at the man at the helm of this football club and know he cares about it."

And although Pearce had a well-publicised disagreement with his chairman in the build-up to the game his problems seem trivial compared with opposite number Jose Riga.

He claimed that Blackpool had only nine eligible players for the game just hours before kick-off and named only four substitutes.

"I try to do my job as manager and not solve administrative issues," he said. "For sure I cannot stay in this kind of situation a long time."

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