Mansfield Matchday thread

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

At least we know Artell doesnt make excuses for how crap the team are. Short of naming names, he says they are excrement.

Quoted from Yoda

Hurst wasted the FA cup money

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

Yes i'm watching, can you read? I'm not debating we are excrement, the table doesn't lie but to say the whole performance has been terrible is a lie. Like I said, they are 4 years down the line of a plan with Nigel Clough. They are what we are aiming to become under Artell and there's positives to take. We've had enough chances today to score 3/4 and will get more in the second half. The patterns of play are there, the quality to finish it off isn't. They have Aden Flint and Bailey Cargill at centre half. Aden Flint who captained Sheff Wednesday to L1 promotion last season and Bailey Cargill who also won L2 with Forest Green a couple years ago. Lucas Akins up front who's spent majority of his career playing in the Champ and L1. Stephen Quinn who's spent most of his career in the championship/premier league. The difference is quality, if we had that quality going through this side we'd be level at least. It's a long term plan... not going to turn into Real Madrid over night and start beating everybody. I'm in agreement that the players are excrement, he has January to move some players on and then they'll be another overhaul of players that he doesn't think are good enough, which is majority of the squad.

Quoted from chaos33

It’s little more than the fact that Mansfield have spent more money on better players than we have so they can compete for promotion. Standout facts for today, and the contrast between them and us most seen here:

They have players who can control the ball consistently.
They have players who will finish not squander chances.
They have physicality and athleticism.
They can pass and move with precision and intent.
They have excellent defenders and keeper.



What’s obvious really is that we will need to invest more money and more acumen/astuteness on better players if we want to get in the picture, and do little more than make up the numbers or tangle with relegation. Now, I’m not saying our budget is bottom 6 - I have no information or any reason to think it is, but I’d bet that it’s not close to most of those who are competing. Think Mansfield have set their stall out and have a clear statement of intent.
What’s most disappointing, for me, is that we might have been satisfied, to some extent, with a season of ‘consolidation’ at the very least. That’s top half. You couldn’t say that we’re on track with that.