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Quoted from Maringer

I'm very surprised people think Dembele had a good game as it was one of his worst for me. The only chance he created that I can recall was a run and a cross that led Woolford's shot (which Vernon inadvertently blocked!). I don't subscribe to ifollow but I'd be surprised if the highlights showed he did much more than that.

Biggest difference between the two sides yesterday was from the subs - their subs livened things up a bit, ours slowed us down even more.

Vernon's worst performance for us that I can remember as he did absolutely nothing right, though Hooper showed the odd decent touch.

Ultimately, when it comes to the end of the season, I think it will be the lack of pace in the squad and poor options on the bench which will probably take us out of contention for the play-offs.

Might be worth sticking Osbourne on one of the wings when he returns as he couldn't do worse than the highly disappointing Woolford did yesterday.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Which stand did you watch the game from mate,that may have a bearing? I was in the Upper and thought he carried our threat the few times he got on the ball and I can`t remember him losing the ball a lot but my motm was a toss up between Rose/Summerfield with honourable mentions to Davies and Matt.

Quoted from Maringer

Dembele was hopeless until the last 15 minutes

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Of course Killip looked nervous it was his debut and he is a young guy hoping to have a long career in the game, he did nothing wrong and made some decent saves/interceptions, but clearly not of Hendeson's class/stature. To be fair a commanding keeper would still be on my list of needs as Macca neve comes for a cross and this allows teams to throw the ball in between our penalty spot and six yard line which is the real danger zone.

Decent match but Mansfield actually did not play as well for the first 30 minutes as they did last season when they missed some real opportunities. Pretty much agree on who played well but I also thought Rose had a good game and showed a real willingness to get in the box whilst Clarke & Davies were excellent defensively.

Up front Matt puts himself about effectively, unless your the ref, and Jones continues to show his true self in brief cameos but like in the second half that should have resulted in us scoring. I have some sympathy re the great run by Summerfield and when you are in the Upper Findus it looks a straightforward pass but as he collected the ball he was already turning towards the touchline and thus not in a position to play that reverse pass.

We look much more like a side now and if Osbourne replaces the totally ineffective Woolford we will be further improved. That elusive striker would have made the big difference today but so would awarding the most blatant of penalties. Add this to his failure to send off their number 2 and you really have had a bad day. I think we got behind them on four occasions only to be cynically fouled, professional it maybe but its bloody annoying and needed to result in their full back getting sent off.