Neil Critchley praised the patience of his Blackpool side as their impressive home form continued with a 2-0 win over Exeter.
Long-range Albie Morgan strikes either side of half time earned the Tangerines their 10th home league win of the season – the most of any side in Sky Bet League One.
Critchley’s side remain within four points of the play-offs and the 45-year-old hailed the mentality of his players in the face of increased expectations.
“We can’t expect to just turn up and win,” he said. “That applies to all of us.
“Due to our home record, there’s an expectation that we turn up and win, but it’s not like that. It’s a total shift in mentality from my previous time here and last season as well.
“It takes a different mindset to understand, it’s not easy to beat opponents with everyone behind the ball, it takes time and patience.
“You have to work for those opportunities. In my opinion, we were the deserved winners.
“They obviously came with a plan to frustrate us and wait for us to make a mistake and counter, but we made very few errors.
“Albie (Morgan) showed what he’s capable of, and then the second goal was a great strike as well.
“We were a little bit wasteful and not clinical enough. It nearly became a game it should never have been, at 3-0 the game would’ve been completely dead and buried.”
Jordan Rhodes saw a 25th-minute penalty saved by Viljami Sinisalo, but it did not prove overly costly as Morgan slammed home from long range six minutes before the break.
The 23-year-old doubled his tally with an equally-stylish finish early in the second half to seal the outcome against an Exeter side who remain just three points above the relegation zone following a ninth successive away league match without a win.
“They [Blackpool] are the best team at home in the league for a reason, they have good players all over the park and they cause you a lot of problems,” said Grecians boss Gary Caldwell.
“We restricted them to few chances and they scored two good goals from outside the box.
“We caused ourselves too many problems, but we were better in the second half and even at 2-0, I thought there was something there for us.”
Ben Purrington made his debut for the visitors at Bloomfield Road and Caldwell hopes more reinforcements will arrive to boost his side’s survival bid.
“We are speaking to agents, clubs and players and come the end of the window I’m sure we’ll bring more players in,” he said.
“But they have to be the right players. I know it’s frustrating for the fans but we have to be patient.”
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