JOHN Coleman wants his side to approach tomorrow’s mouthwatering Lancashire derby with Blackpool in a positive manner, despite their late blow against Cheltenham last time out.

The Reds conceded a last-minute equaliser against the 10-man Robins on Saturday to continue their stuttering form.

But Coleman says there is no time to linger on the disappointment and Stanley must learn from their mistakes to get one over on the Tangerines, who they meet for the first ever time in league action.

“Your attention has to turn to Saturday - you can’t influence what happened last week, you’ve just got to learn from it,” he said.

“We didn’t manage the game (against Cheltenham) in the right way and that’s something we’ve got to be mindful of for future reference.

“We’ve got to get back to playing the way I know we can play. I certainly think a big crowd and a big atmosphere helps the players. Every day is a school day and you’ve got to learn from your experiences good or bad.

“But you can’t dwell on the bad things because if you do that you’ll only go backwards. If you approach something with a negative mindset you generally get a negative result.”

Coleman welcomes back Janoi Donacien and Sean McConville from suspension, with both likely to go straight back into the starting XI.

And the manager is confident his team can move up the table if they play to their potential.

“There’s enough experience in our team to be able to get our foot on the ball and relax,” he said.

“When we pass the ball we are very, very good, so we’ve got to try to continue to play that way.

“I don’t think we’ve hit our top form yet, but I think we’ve done enough to be a bit higher than where we are in the table.

“But we’re not, so we’ve got to strive to hit our heights and when we do that we’re capable of going on a run.”

He added: “You can certainly work on things in training and you can work on a more positive approach and a better tempo. That’s what we’ve done this week.”