Just back

Echo what Chris said. He surmises it perfectly for me. (the other Chris isn't far off either...)
Gutted but more optimistic after tonight than before. It's gonna be a slog but we'll give out all.

Fantastic support tonight. Absolutely superb.

Believe.

Highlight of the evening Jamie" The Windmill" Devitt prior to the second half free kick opportunity  

We missed disley big big big big time, thanoj was a passenger 2nd half, 2 unmarked men scored, will,post my in depth thoughts tomorrow so look out for that thread

Thanoj, was carried against Kiddy by Disley on Saturday and tonight the excellent Naylor had too much to do with Thanoj totally ineffective. Thanoj was weak, slow and immobile. My concern is Naylor looked like he tweaked his hamstring after a cracking cross field ball to the lively Devitt. If we lose Naylor n Disley we are up sht creek without a paddle. Before their second both Cook and Brodie were manhandled to the floor and the ref just totally ignored both fouls. A poor display by the officials and a very physical Mansfield team, that got away with far too many blatant fouls!

Not often I've left a game feeling robbed. But tonight Robin Hood wouldn't have done such a good robbery!
Hope we play with the same tempo n desire on Sat! UTM.

Quoted from aaron rattray

We missed disley big big big big time, thanoj was a passenger 2nd half, 2 unmarked men scored, will,post my in depth thoughts tomorrow so look out for that thread

Can't wait

Very unlucky tonight, just not meant to be.

The performance has given me alot of hope.

Quoted from aaron rattray

We missed disley big big big big time, thanoj was a passenger 2nd half, 2 unmarked men scored, will,post my in depth thoughts tomorrow so look out for that thread

Aaron be careful the grammar police will be waiting in anticipation to red pen your thread!

Make sure you proof read it fella  

Agree with BigChris and ticker's posts really.

Until they scored, we were the better side and looking the most likely to go on and win.

Final ball was disappointing as most crosses were gifted straight into Marriotts hands, after getting into some good positions out wide.

A few occasions in the second half Marshall and Brodie had opportunities to shoot but didn't, and I don't think we worked their keeper enough.

Game-changing moment was Disley going off I'm afraid. Missed him in the second half as it left the classy Naylor, who I thought had a cracking game, fighting a 2-man battle on his own in the middle of the park. Thanoj was anonymous and despite the clamouring of many on here all season to get him in the team, isn't the answer for a team chasing promotion.

Cook was doing ok winning headers (especially 1st half) but doesn't get into enough positions where he can score goals. I know that's possibly often because he's the one dropping deep to win a header or chest it down and get it wide, but he doesn't seem to get in and around the box much, and won't be a proper goalscorer until he can play nearer the opposition goal.

After all that I was/am gutted we lost, but I wouldve been feeling a lot worse had we not played well. The fact that we worked hard and played well for the majority, gives me hope that we can get back to some good performances and winning ways.

Quoted from Tommy

Agree with BigChris and ticker's posts really.

Until they scored, we were the better side and looking the most likely to go on and win.

Final ball was disappointing as most crosses were gifted straight into Marriotts hands, after getting into some good positions out wide.

A few occasions in the second half Marshall and Brodie had opportunities to shoot but didn't, and I don't think we worked their keeper enough.

Game-changing moment was Disley going off I'm afraid. Missed him in the second half as it left the classy Naylor, who I thought had a cracking game, fighting a 2-man battle on his own in the middle of the park. Thanoj was anonymous and despite the clamouring of many on here all season to get him in the team, isn't the answer for a team chasing promotion.

Cook was doing ok winning headers (especially 1st half) but doesn't get into enough positions where he can score goals. I know that's possibly often because he's the one dropping deep to win a header or chest it down and get it wide, but he doesn't seem to get in and around the box much, and won't be a proper goalscorer until he can play nearer the opposition goal.

After all that I was/am gutted we lost, but I wouldve been feeling a lot worse had we not played well. The fact that we worked hard and played well for the majority, gives me hope that we can get back to some good performances and winning ways.

Didn't go last night , sat with earplugs in lol,but this is how it came across to me last night.
atmospere sounded superb, we sounded like we played well and (ok its 3 pts lost)seemed to mee that we are "up for it"oh and those that went were superb with their backing .


UTM

I thought we played well and everybody did their bit. First half we were excellent and whilst Disley going off was obviously a blow I still thought we'd go on to win the game before their goal. The turning point for me was the couple of minutes early in the second half when their keeper made that excellent save down to his right and then the cross got flashed across the face of goal and glanced off the bar - one of those goes in and we go on to win the game in my opinion. The title looks difficult now but we need to get our heads down, secure a play-off place and we'll have as good a chance as the other three teams in there.