Colchester United visit to Bloomfield Road on Saturday as Blackpool seek to maintain a run in which they have lost just once in eight league and cup games this season.

The Essex side provided the Seasiders with a role model last season when they surprised everyone by almost making the play-offs, despite being favourites for relegation.

Although some of their best players left in the summer, they have brought in the likes of Teddy Sheringham, now in his 40s of course, and Kevin Lisbie from Charlton Athletic, and have started well.

It will be another tough game for the Seasiders. United have already drawn away at Sheffield United, and beaten Preston 3-0 at Deepdale.

After Tuesday night's stirring performance, the Seasiders are likely to keep an unchanged side, which means a place on the bench again for Keigan Parker.

He can consider himself unfortunate, as can defender Kaspars Gorkss, but the manager will not change a successful formula.

Andy Welsh is pushing for a starting place on the wing, but may have to wait a little longer for a starting place.

Two games and just two points from two 2-2 draws in the last week hardly begins to tell the story.

The Seasiders travelled to Burnley on Saturday and it was a typical ding-dong battle between two well matched sides.

An evenly contested first half was followed by a rousing second period in which Simon Grayson's men twice came from behind to snatch a thoroughly deserved point.

Tuesday night's game had more similarities than just the score-line. An even first half ended all square, after Sheffield United took the lead in the 13th minute when Jonathon Stead broke free on the left and his well crafted centre caught the home defence failing to get tight enough on £4 million man James Beattie and he heade home from six yards.

In injury time at the end of the half, Pool won a free kick 20 yards out and up stepped Stephen Crainey to curl the ball into the bottom corner.

In the second half Grayson's bargain basement boys gave a performance of skill and energy which overwhelmed Bryan Robson's expensively assembled side.

Blackpool, having shown United too much respect early in the game, had presumably been told to tear into them in the second half.

They should have sewn the game up midway through the half when Gary Taylor-Fletcher and Hoolahan both failed to test keeper Kenny when put clean through on goal.

Blackpool did go ahead in the 87th minute after superb build up play from Wes Hoolahan who found substitute Andy Welsh on the right.

From a deep position, his pin-point cross was headed home by the unmarked Ben Burgess on the edge of the six yard box.

But victory celebrations were cut short when James Beattie tried a speculative shot from 25 yards.

Rachubka had it covered, but somehow the ball squirmed from his grasp and trickled over the line.

It was uncharacteristic of a keeper who has been a star performer since his arrival last season.

The Seasiders have matched every side they have played so far, and taken nine points from six games.

The team has been bolstered by the arrival of winger Andy Welsh, who has produced two highly promising displays from the bench, the assurance of Stephen Crainey in the previously troublesome left back position, and the return to form and fitness of striker Ben Burgess, who is now the leading scorer with three goals and he produced a performance of great promise on Tuesday night. He will be happy to put a year of struggle and frustration behind him.