Mansfield (H) Match Thread

Quoted from Croxton

I felt sorry when Bennett was subbed in the first half, possibly on his first outing but today he was not in the right frame of mind. Windsor unlucky, hardly had a decent ball second half but Gibson held it well. Hope Jackson makes the next squad. Morais not a defensive player, would have had Tilley earlier.

First half we slowed it down with back to the keeper who wacked it anyway and looked in no hurry to take the corner with seconds to go before half time.  

Edwards has to start next game. Rose and Taylor not providing enough protection for defence. I like how Hewitt looks for the runs of forward players.

Prefer Edwards as an impact sub. Had plenty of starts and done little with them really, looks flash but nothing at the end of it.

Thought that was better.. Waterfall definitely mom for me think we are screwed if he gets injured etc.. the 3 subs second half seemed to help we had hardly got in there half for 10 mins after the break. Really pleased for Jackson with the goal

Tho I hate VAR think we could have done with it today looked offside to me tho camera angle not the best.

upon reflection a lot more pluses than negatives
hewitt & waterfall throughout
williams in the first half particularly
clifton did as well as can be expected, filling in
morais looks very decent
ira was a bit of presence, plenty of energy and getting the goal must have sent his confidence soaring
thought that even Gibson looked a lot more effective and 'at it'
good news that Tilley returned and did some good things
Edwards is a livewire and gave them real problems, 2 great curled shots at the end, and was very unlucky not to score


ps noticed there was far less Fanny ing around at the back and we were a lot more direct. tried lots of long diagonals , which i am sure Holloway got us doing at the back end of last season

Thought we weren’t too bad and deserved a point, Impressed with the impact Edwards out of all our loan signings he looks by far the most promising. I’d like to see more of Jackson and Gibson  too.

Bennett was poor as was Taylor I think we should be looking at sending them back to their clubs, Southend winning today worries me as Tuesday is a game we cannot lose and winning today will give them a big boost and they’ll fancy beating us.

First half I thought 2 very poor sides.

2nd half both teams improved slightly, we looked a bit more dangerous after the 4 changes but overall I didn't really see anything that would suggest we will be moving up the table anytime soon.

Tuesday's game against Southend very important after their win today.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

What do mean by Green shoots????

When did that happen? 😀😀😉

Boom Boom  

From the Mansfield forum
"The poorest weve played under Clough against the worst team we've played all season. A tenner well spent".

Second game running that's the opposition's view. Couldnt argue with that either. Makes me weep when I watch the "on this day" clips of the Buckey era and the football on view! No wonder he gave up commentary! I could give up football all together.

well the worst team should have won because they never worked our goalkeeper all 90 mins apart from pen which by the way was offside in build up, take a point today against a team with top 3 budget ln whole of league , some decent play at times admittadly against the worst side i'v seen visit blundell park this season  

Quoted from chipsandgravy

From the Mansfield forum
"The poorest weve played under Clough against the worst team we've played all season. A tenner well spent".

Second game running that's the opposition's view. Couldnt argue with that either. Makes me weep when I watch the "on this day" clips of the Buckey era and the football on view! No wonder he gave up commentary! I could give up football all together.

maybe our pressing didn’t allow them to play any better?, good closing down by the likes of Hewitt etc.

Quoted from fishcake63

well the worst team should have won because they never worked our goalkeeper all 90 mins apart from pen which by the way was offside in build up, take a point today against a team with top 3 budget ln whole of league , some decent play at times admittadly against the worst side i'v seen visit blundell park this season  

No he wasn't, just played the highlights back with freeze frame and he was just onside as he ran between Pollock and Preston. If I knew how to do a screen grab I would upload it.