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Holloway unhappy with lack of hunger from Blackpool players

Blackpool boss Ian Holloway is demanding greater hunger from his players after defeat to Wigan Athletic.

With only one win in their last 13 games, a revival is needed quickly and Holloway wants to see his team fighting for their lives in their remaining fixtures.

"I don't think at this level that you can give two goals away like that and get back," Holloway said.

"We had a go, we huffed and we puffed, but we didn't get a goal early enough and it didn't give us the momentum.

"Momentum is a hell of a thing at this level and we just can't grasp any of it at the moment - when we had it against Arsenal for five minutes, we needed that chance of a penalty (when a Laurent Koscielny challenge on Gary Taylor-Fletcher went unpunished in last week's 3-1 loss).

"But we have to start again now, because you are not given anything in life - you have to take it.

"This suits us now. We are like a wounded animal and we know we are the dirtiest in the dog zone and we have to come out fighting for every scrap that is left.

"I think we are normally pretty good like that, so that is what I will be talking about (to the players) tomorrow.

"We should be the hungriest dog left in this and we have some scrapping and fighting to do. I am just about ready to snarl."

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