Keates, who had led his side through five unbeaten League One outings heading into the clash with the Seasiders, was happy to see his side claim their first clean-sheet of the campaign but admitted that there are a couple of areas to work on heading into their next match.
Speaking via the Express & Star, Dean said; "We picked up a clean sheet - that’s a positive we can take out of it, we’ve been after a clean sheet for the last few weeks and not kept one.
"I think we always looked like we were going to keep a clean sheet but I don’t think we did enough to win a football match if I’m honest and 0-0 is probably fair. We were a little bit lacklustre, we didn’t really get going and get a tempo to us.
"When we got into decent areas, the final bit of detail, be it a cross or a pass, just wasn’t there. Don’t take anything away from Blackpool, they are a good team. They have got some big lads but they still tried to play. We had to make sure we were sorted set-piece wise and we were brave on that because they had bigger lads than us.
"But it was that little bit of detail that was missing – the delivery from a set-piece wasn’t good enough or the run wasn’t right and when we got into decent areas, the cross selection wasn’t good enough."