Boss Neil Critchley hailed a patient Jake Beesley as the striker scored twice to help Blackpool to a comprehensive 4-0 League One win at home to Shrewsbury.
Beesley scored once in each half, either side of a Kyle Joseph strike that sealed all three points after Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring from the penalty spot.
It was the striker’s first league goals of the season following on from a double in midweek against Morecambe in the EFL Trophy.
The result halts a three-game winless run in the league for the Seasiders and moves them to within goal difference of the play-offs.
“I’m made up for Jake,” said Critchley. “Four goals in a week is a great way to make your mark. He’s seen players come in before him but kept his professionalism.
“It’s been a good day for us. Scoring four goals and keeping a clean sheet is important as well because we’ve not had one for a while.
“You can become loose and complement, so the message at half-time was to keep doing the basics well.
“We played some good football and it was a comfortable win in the end. Scoring first slightly early in the game makes it easier for you.
“We thought we would go for it at home. We thought Shrewsbury would come with a gameplan to be defensive and stop us from controlling the game, so we went with an attacking team.
“The result gets us back on track and gives us a lift. We needed that in the league.”
While victory leaves Blackpool looking up, Shrewsbury manager Matt Taylor rued his side’s performance that sees their patchy league form continue.
Shrews came into the game off the back of 3-2 victories in both the league and EFL Trophy but Taylor admitted his side were well off the pace at Bloomfield Road to condemn them to a 10th league defeat of the season.
“It’s an unacceptable result,” he said. “The goals that we’ve give away without having the time to go back over them aren’t anywhere near good enough.
“We’ve got to be better away from home, accept full responsibility on behalf of the football club for the results. They’re not good enough.
“Our fans have spent money to come and watch us today and for us to go away and put in a performance like that is nowhere near acceptable.
“You can accept being beaten by a team who have had to work hard for their goals, but that hasn’t been the case tonight so (it’s) extremely disappointing.
“It’s a difficult place to come, but what you can’t do is come here and make it difficult for the opposition and that’s what we’ve done today. It’s not good enough.”
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