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Sigh. Another defeat inbound.
Stags have sold 540 tickets so far, surprised, I thought they would have sold more.
I can see our crowds dwindling now until Boxing Day.

Swindon 0-3 Mansfield att: 8,222 (742 away)

Always been a mickey mouse team haven't they?

Town 1 Mansfield 4

Can’t see why you’d think they are Mickey Mouse. They’re well run, have supportive owners and a manager given time despite having a record of falling at the final hurdle. That’s what we aspire to isn’t it - maybe not the bottling thing.

If we had a similar ownership our club could go places. Instead we’re stuck in a seemingly unbreakable cycle of dodgy owners, hopes raised and dashed on a regular basis and a sense of apathy setting in.

Our time will come. Just hope I’m still alive to witness it!

Didn't he just mean in terms of away support?

This is what I read into the comment too.

Unable to attend, so I'm sure we'll somehow manage a win, hopefully aided with a Flint red card in the opening minute.

In all reality, getting anything from this match will be a good result. 4-0 defeat

Then falling off a cliff afterwards

Watched back a clip of us at Walsall 3-0 2 seasons ago, final game of the season. How different the club feels from then to now... which makes me think, how/where did it all go wrong?

A large part for me is that Ben Chorley left (for personal reasons).

A model that worked with a director of football who was competent. We then replaced him with an incompetent non footballing version and then abandoned the entire model because one person was bad at it.

Every year since Chorley left we have got worse and worse at recruitment, the most important part of a successful football team.

Swindon 0 Mansfield 2 att: 8,160 (640 Stags)

We've not been thrashed yet(league). Hopefully it won't change here. Score draw

Theres no way on earth we are getting anything out this game. 0-4. Flint will proabably score, the cunt.

I'll be attending this. First game in about 6 years so hopefully I can bring some good omen to the game.
highly doubt it though and I'm sure we'll be in for a spanking

Red Card for Flint - guaranteed!

For taking his shirt off to celebrate a goal twice?

Annoyingly he’s exactly what we need right now!

5-0 defeat

Followed by the happy clappers on here discussing who would still go when we are non-league

I don't think it will be a thrashing. But I think that Mansfield will go 2 goals up then sit back and see the game out comfortably.

He's a no, no, no from me.

Saturday is looking cold. So any result upgrade on "cold and miserable" will be OK by me.

I'm going on Saturday - better dig out the gloves and extra woolly socks to protect the extremities. First home game since Crewe.

I'd love us to try something different in this game.

Hutton wide of a front three for example.

                                               Mahoney

                   UGM               Brewitt       FBT             Kokolo

                                      Khan             McEachran

                                                 Kemp

                            Hutton                                Young
                                               
                                                  Austin


Something like that.

Or we do the usual and get pumped 2-5.

Something I said pre & post Harrogate - I’d like to see try something different.

Similar to what you’ve suggested above but I’d have Young as the focal point and Austin out the XI.

Would prefer Kokolo wide left it that leaves FBT at LB & Minturn at CB as the only other way to line up on defence.

I’d also make it a bit more of a 4411 than 4232

…but…again I’d just like to see us trying something different….

Certainly wouldn't be against something like this. Worst we can do is lose, which to be honest is what we all expect anyway!

I'd like to see a 4232 aswell, we may win.

What an odd comment.

If the worst were to happen i imagine the answer would be quite a lot because support isn't conditional on playing in a certain league

There are happy clappers on here? Hiding themselves well.

Depends on your definition of happy clapper.

Some think they are the ones that believe Clem is the Messiah and can’t do anything wrong, whereas some think a happy clapper is anyone who doesn’t believe Clem is the devil in disguise and is stripping the club bear of anything that isn’t nailed down.


I think most of us are somewhere in between those two

I think we need the RSPCA involved now.

                  Mahoney

Dokes    Brewitt   Minturn   FBT

Hutton   Khan      Kinsella   Kokolo
     
                     Kemp

                    Young

Along with the Panda from the Advisory Board zoo.

I would go with this too but feel we will stay with 3 at the back and persist with the out of form Austin.

If we did try 4 at the back then I would play McEachran and not Kinsella.

Agree with this.

Something different or sleep walk to the inevitable.

I like this as well.

Either would be something different we need.

Flynn strikes me as a stubborn cuss. Can’t see him changing a thing.

I still don’t know if he set out to play the way we are or whether it was all he could fashion out of the players available.

They’ve sold out their allocation of 604 - which seems a strange number.

What's odd is that there are other formations available to him with round-ish pegs in round-ish holes, as shown above.

Clearly we are not managers and he is on the training ground every day but it does seem odd.

At least Morris tried to mix it up, albeit with the ludicrous Wakeling at LWB experiment and so on.

I mean, if he does sign a CB or 2 in Jan I very much doubt they’ll be better than FBT or Dokes if he insists on continuing with the marauding CBs. If they are more in the mould of hairy-arsed L2 CBs then the present ‘system’ goes out the window.

Will he just sign ‘more of the same’ to bring numbers up?

Suspect that adding some physicality to midfield will be a priority.
A battle scarred CB option from the bench to help see out of games would be a nice to have.
Use all of the loans slots. Could be 4 available.

Lost the last 4 home games in all comps. Not good.
Difficult to see beyond a defeat but aim for an early goal or two & see what happens.
A draw would be fine, better than a defeat but a win is always preferable.  :)

Will never take a draw at home to anybody in this league. Irrespective of form or league position. Just doesn't feel right.

I actually think midfield is a greater problem for us defensilvely than the CB's are.

The way we play then its difficult to improve on UGM/FBT. I'd like a more experience Central CB thats better defensively than what we have.

However the challenges i think we have are that Khan and McEachran get muscled off the ball, or caught up field and rarely offer any line of defense when we lose the ball in transition.

It doesn't help that Kemp presses so high up (a good thing generally) because he has to do Austins work. Which means we rarely have 3 in midfield defensively, especially on transition. Austin sometimes trys and works back there but he doesn't have the legs.

So currently we are asking a lot of Kemp/Young to press high up and track back as the 3rd body in midfield. And the two deeper midfielders we have are pretty lightweight and poor defensively. I like McEachran but he is better winning the ball higher up as well when he nips in and grabs the ball.

So if we continue with this 3 at the back with attacking CB's, which seems to be the Flynn model, then for me we need to look at replacing Austin (who's goal contribution has been poor anyway), upgrading the central CB, and looking to get at least one proper defensive physical midfielder. I'm not sure Kinsella quite performs that midfield role.

Of course its complicated if/when Young and Kemp are recalled anyway!

Pushing Dokes and FBT to Full back or wingback positions is something I've been after for a while.

The outside CBs going for a wander in a three is fine when you're scoring 3 to 5 goals every week but right now its suicide.

I do wonder if *one* of Dokes and FBT staying at CB is fine, it's just having both of them going roaming which causes issues. If we had two Brewitt-type solid CBs and one of the roaming types, we might retain a bit of attacking threat whilst being more solid than we have been.

I think that most of the problems come from a lack of a proper DM (Grant/Douglas type) who just sits in front of Brewitt and can drop in, and the WBs not offering anything defensively in this set up.

It is suicidal. If they turn us over and skip through Khan and McEachran it is Brewitt left scrambling on his own with 2 or more players left to mark.

Riddick beat me to it and Mooney has also touched on some similar thoughts I had earlier. (as I was daydreaming in the gym)

I do agree with pretty much what both have said, in that I think our midfield is a problem. Stockport showed that by dominating proceedings against us and enjoying the time and space their talented players had. We attack in numbers and when the ball is turned over we leave ourselves exposed with massive gaps in the middle of the pitch. I know he's been dismissed as being unable to do this but would we be better of anchoring Kinsella in that DM position? Walsall fans described him as being a good reader of the ball and tigerish in the tackle, but about as creative as a 'kick me' sign in a 90's comprehensive. So why not have him playing just in front of the back 3?

 I also agree that Charlie is wasting energy in midfield due to the issues, I actually think he's shattered, as more often than not after doing good work in winning the ball back he then plays a 'lazy' pass, or hits the ball out of play or whatever. It's a shame Cain is injured as I think Flynn may have been able to try something a bit different. We really don't have the personnel and it's really beginning to tell.

Agreed. Even try Brewitt at DM with Minturn behind him perhaps? We need bite and Khan and McEachran don't have that in their game.

Yeah we're crying out for a hard DCM and have Brewitt and Clayton under contract last year who both have experience with it. Should have been giving that a go in the dead rubber games at the end of the season.

Flynn has used UGM in that DMC role when required. I'd rather see brewitt in there.

If Flynn had any sense, this is what he would do.  Our current approach is suicidal.

It's still not a team that looks scary to me, very weak in the middle, but if we are going to just leave Hutton and Kokolo upfront anyway, we really need the defenders behind to deal with attacks.

Ward, Shade, Genesini, McEachran, RHM, Austin, Dworzak would be almost a proper bench as well, got a few back now. Only Clayton/Cain/Devine out I think.

Uwakwe out for the foreseeable too, think he is back in Jan.

Flint is just nailed on to score tomorrow isn’t he. Reed assist probably

I'd be disappointed if Reed gives it the big one on Saturday. The fans liked him. Whatever happened with Lindsey and Sandro isn't to do with us.

He can score as many as he wants tomorrow, just not on Saturday :)

We shouldn't be concerned about him as he is only a stat paddler

He absolutely will. He's had digs at us on social media in the past. Bit of a wazzock sadly.

No idea where it comes from as never gotten any stick as far as I can tell.

He got a bit for not being Anthony Grant. Nothing particularly strong though.

I think bitter about being shafted by Sandro/Lindsey/Clem on a contract I think...

But he came back for preseason last year looking like Roy Chubby Brown, so his attitude clearly isn't great, which is why a player of his quality is languishing in the fourth tier.

Haha don’t know where I am

Fuck him. He was shite. Wouldn't get in our midfield now unless McEachran,Khan or Kemp were all injured

Really?

Reed is 10x the player McEachran is.

2021-22 Reed, no question.

2022-23 Reed, broadly similar.

McEachran just seems to lack fight/desire. As evidenced by how many times he fails to close down a player who either shoots or crosses the ball for an opposition goal. Technically gifted but somehow 'empty'.

Yeah exactly. Totally different player last season to the season before.

I was no fan of Reed at all but only Kemp from that list is better than him.
Khan is more energetic but less technically savvy.
McEachran reminds me a lot of Reed. Good on the ball, technically tidy. Doesn't go forward, creates very few chances and doesn’t score any goals.

I don’t think Reed makes this team any better but doesn’t make it any worse either - it would just be exactly the same as it is now…

McEachran flattesr to deceive (tm Batch Jr).

Reed was not good last season, but he was high above the McE and Khan level the season before. I'll die on that hill.

I sit on that hill with you - Kemp is the only better midfielder at the club at the moment, and he is a completely different player.

Room on the hill for one more...?

here's a harder one. Kemp or Payne.

I think Kemp, just, but is that just because I've seen him more recently - and the gap between him and others is chasmesque?

Kemp has a higher ceiling but Payne vs FGR at home in the play off season when we went down to 10 men was one of the great individual performances I've ever seen. At his best he was right up there. Probably slightly tainted by being duff for most of the relegation year.

Kemp all day long. His goals and assists are top drawer.

Kemp is our only "good" midfielder and he isn't ours.

The rest are all much of a muchness in terms of ability levels (if not style).  Middle of the road L2 types, the sort you have sat on the bench or used when you need a body.  There is a reason we have been average for a year and bit now.

Kemp is probably on a par with Payne, but they play different roles.  Payne was found out in L1 a little, I thought, be interesting to see if Kemp has the same struggles.

Don’t ask me why, but I fancy a win Saturday.

And it’s not just us

we aren't so bad we can't win. especially at home.

the odds are against us mind

Don’t forget you can still buy your tickets for Accrington away next Tuesday :D

I was talking about last season to be honest. Different hill.

yeah, more a of a valley.

I suspect there were behind scenes contact things not helping but even so.

Agree Kemp, Payne worked hard but was not as creative or dynamic as Kemp.  Main difference though it that Payne was ours, Kemp is not.  If the question was Kemp loan or Payne permanent then i pick Payne.

No shit Sherlock

Michael Flynn on what it takes to get promotion:

You need experience, but you also need a bigger squad, especially this year when you are playing longer games. Just because you have a big budget doesn't mean you are going to get out of the league, but it does help you build a squad over a period of time. That is what we haven't had.

That's not what he said in August, September, October.

Is that a change of tone?

Yeah, not so much a change of tone as a 180 degree change of direction.

All well and good now he has his cosy contract. Doesn't reflect well on him to be honest. At least Morris moaned consistently from the get go!

Off topic warning:
Kemp or Payne? I think Kemp is a hybrid of Payne and Williams.

I think all 3 are 'luxury' players - You can afford one if the rest of the team is balanced and can cover.

I would like us to take the old George Graham 'boring Arsenal' approach in building a solid back line first. Add a solid midfield that is defensively minded, but has pace and creativity to break teams down. Then, ideally, someone up top who can put the ball in the back of the net when its on the ground or in the air!

Bringing it back into context. Having a big lump like Flint at the back and offering a massive threat up top from corners would be a good start.

I still think 0-2 or 1-3 with Mansfield comfortably seeing out the game without breaking sweat.

Kemp is a better technically gifted player than Payne but I’d almost go as far to say Payne’s hustle and bustle makes him a more effective L2 player than Kemp is - certainly in a ‘when the chips are down’ sort of way.

Kemp wouldn’t look out of place (in fact probably more at home) in the Championship where as Payne wouldn’t.


Payne was a bit of a leader on the pitch too and dragged people along with him - something Kemp can’t do bit he’s not as far into his career as Payne was when he was here.

Or the small squad was fine when we were winning and now isn't on the back of a bad run? Think most of the fans have become more alarmed about the squad size since the turn of form.

Its what he originally said. Wanted a squad of 24. He just then decided to protect Clem from criticism from there onwards for some reason.

Could well be that Flynn is from the same school as Wellens - Tells the fans what they want to hear rather than what is necessarily the truth.

It was never going to be fine and I didn't see anyone saying they were happy when the window closed.

I hate these comments. Its like people are living in another reality. People were complaining throughout the window and getting mocked for it.

Putting the onus on Clem for January, for sure.

‘It’s not my fault, guv’

Does Steff The Troll still want to make a case for us just not getting the chance at the right players or what?

I wonder if he wants Flynn to come up with some bright ideas to increase revenue or stop talking.

Its sometimes difficult to pick up on context and how it is said from a transcript. So I guess I need to hear it or the LS pod :)

Did I say people weren't alarmed? I've said the general tone has become more alarmed since the poor run of form. That cannot be denied.

I think its always been a big concerned for most people paying attention. But obviously people shout more when we're losing, yes.

Hell, some people still don't seem to think it an issue and Clem will swoop in and save us again in January.

Just bought tickets for this one - I suspect we'll be given a hiding but you just never know!

There won’t be a lack of things to discuss :D

Not dismissing the wider points made above, but Dan Kemp is not, imo, a "luxury" player or less "effective" than say Jack Payne.

Not a single player at any other L2 club has contributed a higher sum of league goals and assists so far this season.

If you include Swindon, then a certain Jake Young, has contributed a higher sum of goals and assists.

Dan Kemp can't do everything on his own.  He's not a DM but he is very active in closing down opposing players when they're in possession.  It's for the other 10 (or 9) on the field who need to be more effective and better organised or coached, imo.

Hope you've got yours Jimbo.  :D

Phone lines constantly engaged, internet connection keeps dropping but will try again tomorrow ;D

Aah that's ok then. Keep trying. Don't miss out. ;)

Are you going Bob🤔 hats off if you do and no doubts Dukey will be there.

Yes mate, a labour of unrequited love as always.

Nice one, that’s loyalty at its finest :clap:

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No Brewitt and Austin dropped.

Brewill injured?

Bitten by Nacho

Expected Austin to be on the bench, Brewitt must be still injured.

3-5-1-1?????

Austin has been awful in the last 3 or 4 games so it makes sense, Brewitt must be injured.

So much for a solid bench!

Could be 4 at the back, like last Tuesday.

I hope so TBH.

At least we only have 3 scholars on the bench and can fill every slot, thats not always been the case so far this season!

Not going to whinge about squad size again but look at the Stags bench.

Flinders 600 apps
Williams 390 apps
MacDonald 150 apps
Quinn 500 apps
Boateng 270 apps
Swan 50 apps
Akins 620 apps

And me.

Call me(us) old fashioned but I(we) prefer 4 at the back, I just dont think we have the players who are fit to play how Flynn wants us too so go back to what we know.

I think that three at the back depended on a signing that didn't happen, Brewitt stepped up before getting injured to paper over the cracks to some extent.

All for a four at the back but it’s gonna be a 3511 isn’t it…

Particularly with Brewitt out.
With that starting XI who’s the back 4 and who are the wingers?

Dokes, Minturn & FBT make up 3/4 for the a flat back 4 with means you need either Hutton or Kokolo in at full back. If that’s the case - let’s say we drop Kokolo back there then who goes wide left of the midfield - Hutton, Khan, Kinsella, McEachran? Or Kemp to make it 451?

Also relying on Clayton to get fit and stay fit.

…or Devine

More likely three in the back, but at least it's recognized that Chas wasn't helping much in midfield in his withdrawn position, contributing to the other outfielders having to do too much running, fading in the last 20 minutes or so.

I think everyone at the club knows Devine is broken TBH.

Agreed. We have only really been using Austin for defending late on in games when he has no energy left, so save him for the last 20 mins to get the most from his fitness.

I would be ecstatic if he makes it back, but January is likely to be it if he pulls up again.
 

his fitness is a bit of a joke tbh

I think much like O'Brien form a few years back, he has bags of pace and not an awful footballer but has hamstrings made of balsa wood that keep going, doubt he will ever play for us again TBH, shame as he impressed me when I have seen him play.

I was fishing for this reply https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy

SIGH

Kokolo only signed until January, so there may be some confidence in Devine's return.

A worthy try but I for one dont know the Divine Comedy well enough :) if you had said he has an arse is the size of a small country I would have got it :D

or confidence in getting him on a longer term after.

Looking considerably more sparse in the stands compared to recent weeks

Not a very good turnout by the Stags either considering the run they are on and being in 2nd place in the league.

Don’t ever remember them travelling well down here

They dont ever bring more than 400 or 500 at most that I can remember.

Why does Rockin Robin wear a mask? Is it so we don't recognise him in the street?

Nice to hear Fjortoft junior on co comms again.

Didn’t he used to have a cape as well?

FBT clears the Arkells JT Stand!

Seems to be 351 with Young up front on his own, as expected. Kemp sat in a false 10 role behind Young.

To reduce the risk of bird flu?

3-6-1?

probabaly a nonce

Very poor touch by Minturn there but we scrambled it clear. Mansfield really pressing us hard so far.

Sorry yes mate. Almost a 3511 with Khan and McEachran sitting a little deeper at the moment.

FC Hollywood 2 nil up on Morecambe after 7 mins..

Going back to Rocking Robin. In the mid to late 90s we changed him up from the big normal looking Robin to a more streamline super hero Robin.

I’m sure I remember he debuted by zip lining from one of the floodlights or something.

At some point by the early 2000s the design changed to the currently one bit he kept the super hero look and I’m sure he used to have a cape as well but only has the mask…

Good defending by Kinsella with a clearing header.

Minturn gives the ball away very cheaply again just outside out box.

Town look happy to try and beat their press but
a) fuck me we're playing with fire
b) we break through the press and the midfield has been bypassed and the ball goes back to Mansfield

Unmarked header by them just over the box.

We don’t look very good do we!

Spot in. Its not good to watch so far. Nervy.

Hutton gets a soft volley on target thats saved, chance but no real threat.

spectacular chop in the centre circle from Minno there, must've taken him by surprise too!

I’m not convinced we have a midfield to be honest, out of possession there’s just a dirty great hole there.

Khan breaks well but doesnt have the pace to break out of our half. 1st 10 yards he looked quick and then he looked like he was treading water.

Out of possession we seem to be "banked" up. Khan is looking at who is behind him when we have the ball.

It feels like we're lurching from gung-ho to being overly controlling. whether that's the opponent or Flynn's realised we needed a different approach...

McEachran low slow cross easily taken by the keeper, good run by Young though.

Young finding space dropping off a bit. I'd love Kemp to find that and Young be the person in the box

Really lax by McEachran who looks like he doesnt want to be on th epitch so far today, saved by Minto.

Tidy play by Kemp but its a bit out of Youngs reach in the box, nice play though.

Dokes miles away from his man for that cross but wins it back, that was a great chance for them.

Ref's set his stall out there....we can push over strikers!

Great chance for Young 6 yards out after a great pass by Kemp but he swaps feet and loses the ball.

Oh Youngy...put your foot through that pls

FBT unmarked header wide from 6 yards, our best chance.

Oh jesus. FBT has to score that too. GAAAAAAAAAAAH

We look okay so far

Its by no means 1 way traffic which looked possible early on, our defence still scares me though, massively.

Nowt has come down the left so far...I reckon Kokolo will have an impact before half time

Their right back seems to be fairly weak so far too, we need to try and exploit him.

Better defending by Khan there.

Mansfield are quite high up, I'd like to see a few more direct balls to try and turn Flint and t'other fella.

Our goal kicks are an entertaining mini game here.

Mahoney takes one touch too many and is closed down but we get away with it.

Insightful stuff from the crowd "clear it"

Their 2 big centre backs have no pace, as you say we need to exploit that.

McEachran seems to be pushing up alongside Kemp now so we are 3421.

I quite enjoyed Hutton and Dokes "clearing it" as per the crowd's demands into the right channel. Young is finding space with back to goal there

This game has not flown by so far. It feels like we ought to be into injury time

Lovely driving run by Khan. Don't mind him taking a shot either

Better than FOOOOOOORRRRRREEEWWAAAAAAARD

Minturn again gives the ball away cheaply, take your time son, dont rush your passes.

He’s not good enough on the ball for what he’s being asked to do.

McEachran so slow there - why?!

Every pass going backwards at the key moments here. Not against backwards passes when there's nothing on but we have options and ignore them repeatedly

Been our best defender so far though

Chance!

Young misshits a shot, a great move by Town ending so weakly.

For me hes ironically been our best and worst defender!

Building up a bit of steam?

I think Minturn has been outstanding so far.

1-0 Young

That is fucking gorgeous

I think Mino's been the most decisive CB so far...but he's being asked to play as a midfielder at times

....and there it is!

Minturn is playing the Brewitt role exactly like Brewitt.
Good defending. Not great on the ball.

Kemp's free kick there is incredible, straight on top of his foot.

Didnt really go where he meant it to go but it went in the corner, good goal!

1-0

We've got a buffer to make our second half capitulation less crushing!

Good goal. Young so much better than Austin right now.

Lovely interplay between Khan and Koko there.

Another great chance for Town by Huttons shot is blocked.

Let’s get another before 1/2 time….without taking chances

Hutton had too much time there! tried to pick the corner instead of thunderbastarding it

McEachrans 20 yard shot just wide.

Young should have taken control there and insisted it

Gascoigne-Platt!!

Nice.

That turn from Minturn to get out of trouble was lovely. Just lacks that pass when he's into space

Was trying to think of when I saw the same goal before, thanks for the reminder, very very similar.

1 min added time.

That's an insane freekick against Young. he wasn't holding and was pushed to the ground

1. There should be a midfield there for a short pass
2. Someone should be giving him a man on shout there

Mansfield are very pedestrian so far. Neat and tidy but only a threat when we give it away so far really. 1-0 at half time, how many games in a row is that now?

HT 1-0

Nice.

Top of the "First- half" League!🙂

Nice that we are actually playing with 11 men for a change rather than the usual 10 with Austin on the pitch.

This feels like a proper backs to the wall team performance BUT with a bit of spice up front.
The team are passing runners off to team mates and trying to not be quite so exposed.

Flynn's team talk at least needs to match Clough's...
If we score next the crowd will be involved, if we concede i worry we'll go back to the old town

soapy tit wank that's not how our goal kick routines work, baby!
Someone showing for the ball when he's found space would be nice though

For me the best half of the season, we look alot more solid with the extra body in midfield but still have an attacking threat.
Some really good performances , minturn looking better and better, great finish from young and kinsella has broken up play many times.
Let's not forget this is arguably one of the best teams in the league and our confidence must be shot so hats off for the change in tactic and the first 45 minutes performance

We're doing okay. Maybe lucky to be ahead but we don't deserve to be behind either. We're doing some good stuff and some bad stuff, Mansfield look a more structured above average side.

Happy to be where we are but I think we're all thinking that we're at the top of the first half table, but they're top of the full time table and the second half could be brutal.

Although there has been no stand out moments from him, i think Kinsella is making more of a difference in this game than he has previously.  Doing a lot of the dirty work and hassling that largely goes unoticed.  Khan has been the driver and McEachren trying to do the technical stuff (which at the moment is not paying off) but the bussyness of Kinsella has meant that some of the spaces that we have seen previosuly have been filled, at least some of the time, which is a step forward.

Yeah, pretty much this.

You can tell we started like a team low on confidence and the first 5 was waiting for Mansfield to score.

We settled and started to find space a deserved half time lead.

Minturn is man of the match so far, so much composure (twice too much on his turn and runs) but winning all of the tackles and reading the play so well.

If we can look after him he can be an incredible asset. He still has a big mistake in him but he will only get better with age.

Very much a defensive performance and reliant on young and kemp to link up and create which they have.

Kinsella is looking much more settled after a run of games.

Kokolo needs to offer a lot lot more. If he doesn't improve I'd look at genesini quite quickly

Imagine building a team around Kemp and Young... *sigh

Good free kick and good effort. Fairly average though. Thought we were better against Stockport.

Mansfield look better than us but thankfully we've just about kept them at arms length.

let's hope the second half isn't in keeping with the previous few

We have! 🙂

Liking Minturn so far. Lost the ball in poor areas a couple of times when he should have released it earlier but defensively been good and adventurous in possession

Well fuck me. We’re winning. Been busy today and just checked the score after a text from DNA who’s at Fratton again today. Great stuff Town.

Mansfield bring on Akins, a man who always plays well against us when he was at Burton, a real handful.

Many of our defensive passes have fallen way short of their target today, giving them more chances than they should have had.

Woeful defending

1-1

:(

Well that was the fear. Minturn caught upfield, the remaining two defenders got split.

Att: 8,322 (685 Mans)

Bollocky fucks

Jesus Christ. Pathetic defending.

Urgh, that’s such poor defending!

Well that didn’t last long did it…

Perhaps we should stop having the players in for a half time team talk - it clearly makes us worse.
Just leave the players out there keeping warm.

I fear that it’s coming again

Dokes fouled with a nasty one, down injured.

Whatever Flynn says at HT, it's not the right things

Kemp fouled 35 yards out central.

Nice one ref, stop the game for Kemp being pulled back except he still had the ball and he didn't bother booking their player

Indeed, play the advantage.

FBT dribbles in the box and passes to Dokes but his shot is blocked.

That looked like a pen.

Great save from the Mansfield defender

100% a penalty to Town.

How many blatant pens are we gonna get denied this season? It's bollocks

Whereas that was NEVER a fucking penalty for them.

Literally punched that clear

The free kick on Cargill was obvious though. Ref lost his head a bit.

Well at least that is the excuse lined up for Flynn for post match when we innevitably lose..

So we’ve decided not to try to defend now.

Back to kamikaze blood and thunder!

Mansfield making chances at will now.

They are literally running straight through the middle of us now

Khan goes to deck too fast, he needs to stay on his feet and he would get free kicks.

Kokolo looks fucking knackered

Good chance for Kemp just wide.

That ref is shite, they took the free kick too fast, gave it away and he makes them retake it, fucking knob.

Ah yes, retaking the free kick because they fucked it up.

Interesting quick freequick routine from Mansfield. Kick it at the arse of their prostrate colleague...
Not sure they should have had another crack (chortle) it at

Young fouled 25 yards out central.

Four of their lads round the ref, no bookings. Cool

Poor FK by Kemp at the wall.

Kokolo is currently playing the Austin role of the last 4 matches

amazing tackle from Khan. kill 'em all

I was going to make the joke that Austin would come on to play his LWB role as the game goes on

Hes played quite well today.

Think Kinsella playing frees him up to be a bit more box to box.

Young down holding his head.

Kinsella has grown into the game after a very slow start too.

Guess Shade'll be on soon

For Kokolo I think so yes, his pace may cause them problems late on.

Shade on for McEachran.

Akins hits the bar with an unmarked header from 6 yards.

Would quite like Austin on for defending set pieces more than anything else.

Jeeeeesus how's he not scored, or the ref given a freekick for climbing?

‘Tyres Shade brings his X factor…’

Not sure what that is Fjortoft?

We may need a new panic button by the end of this

The ref isnt a fan of Edmund Hillary.

Tyrese Shade CM. Hmm.

Maybe he means X is in TBC

If it's X Factor it's the auditions.

I think hes been told to go and play where he wants and cause problems.

Great chance for Town saved from Kemp and Kokolo.

Great break. Unlucky Town

FBT backheel to Shade and his cross  goes out for a corner.

This is more like it. COYR.

If kokolo cuts that back for Khan...

We look the more likely if you're watching as a neutral and not an experienced Swindon fan.

Some good movement by Town there.

Oh Harrison Christ.

There was Minturn’s howler. Luckily they fluffed it.

MINNO BE SENSIBLE PLS

Minturn gets away with a monumental fuck up in our half.

Antoine Van Der Flint. Fucking hell we all know how this ends.

Preparing hoof......loading.....

Mansfield making a massive fuck up in defence without Flint? well I can dream!

Whatever happens,we've gone toe to toe with this so called superteam so far. Great performance.

There is still 15 mins left here, will be close to 10 injury i reckon

Fucking hell Young should have scored there for me.

Certainly 8 I recon.

Their keeper just handled the ball a good foot outside the box

Mansfield have a shit shot from a great position, easy save for Mahoney.

Another easy save by Mahoney.

Akins and Flint the classic big man bigger man partnership

Austin on for Kokolo.

Not seen very often in the last 30 years of League football!

We must have done it a couple of times with Peacock and Corr?

Mansfield bring on Boateng who is exactly the type of player we are missing.

Possibly, didnt Peacock play more often in midfield around Corrs time though rather than up front? I dont really remember.

Is it the one who used to play for us?

5 mins added time.

No mate, Plymouth and Exeter.

2-1 Young

Fucking yeeeees sloppy as ever loving fuck but who cares

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Absolutely vintage league two scenes

Get the fuck in!

Fucking GET FUCKING IN!!!!!

Time for some shithousery to see the game out :D

We've done everything but miss that but who fucking cares

We can hang on for 2 minutes can’t we?

Thank fuck we haven't got 10 mins added time - great header from Austin to set off the scramble

Nothing less than FUCKING HEROIC

FT 2-1

Get the fuck in!

Mansfield, who are ya?

What a fucking result!

Absolute coupon busting brilliant nonsense. This is why we all carry on even when it's going to shit.

That one feels good.

Boom. Take that

KHAN a fucking COLOSSUS!!!!!

Excellent  :clap:

Best win of the season easily. Thank you Jake Young.

Yesssssssssss

Pretty much what happened.

REED and FLINT 👋

What a win. What a fucking win.
Build on this now you utter bastards

Aden Flint....No no no!

Called it! ;)

My coupon has busted loads of teams today.
Portsmouth got smashed.
Scum lost.
Mansfield lost.
Stockport lost.
Notts County lost.
Bolton won 7-0 & Wrexham won 6-0

Did Flint get any stick🤔

That is hugely satisfying, and I genuinely think, deserved. Fucking get in

Louis Reed still wank as well…

Only every time he touched the ball🙂

that was like playing roulette





russian roulette

coudl have been 6-1 could have been 2-4
for 19yrs mintrun has passed a good challenge there despite me having no fungernails left he will make mistakes but he is definitely learning

problems still linger in the background but today is a good win for town

yissss

That’s what I wanted to hear :D

Stand on my hill. Nowhere near as good as any of our midfield

So much fight and desire today. It’s all we ask for!

Well done Flynn and the lads.

Rational head on, Mansfield made enough chances to win that game twice over. But they didn't, and sometimes that happens.

Classic town  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:
Thought I was getting thrown out at half time  :smugfu:

Fucked up putting Flint up front when they were drawing🤣

I fucking love Minturn. None of this is his fault, he's being thrown in at the deep end. He's had to contend with Bowery, Akins, Flint amongst others and he was brilliant. Yes he's going to make mistakes, but he could easily shy away from duels, challenges and from wanting to receive the ball in dangerous areas but he's got something about him to show some personality. I really really hope it works out for him here because it would be class to have an academy lad at the heart of the defence for years to come.

When they hit the woodwork from the free-kick, I started to believe.

Too many babychams😁

Also rational head says we created similar clear cut chances as them overall too, 6 each on target and we had 20 shots in total vs 15 for them.

I'm as miserable as they come but for me that was deserved today. I think we looked just as likely as them going forward. We tried to win the match by playing football where as they just resorted to long ball.

Minturn is going to be a solid player I just dont like how we HAVE to play him, hes doing fine, hes young and will make mistakes we just hope that they dont capitalise on the mistakes when he makes them. He made a few very good tackles and interceptions today.

This just in, Bolton 7 : 0 Exeter

Don’t think they created any more than we did.
I didn’t think MM had a lot to do in goal

Not having that Mansfield should've won. Fully deserved victory for me

Judging by how their first team only just beat our U18s in midweek that does not shock me.

I thought that it was a lousy confidence builder for Exeter, totally backfired.

Cheltenham 2 Piss stains 0 is just as enjoyable ;)

Absolutely, if we played either Kemp, Young or Austin against them we would probably have beaten them in all honesty. God awful team.

Hope this is a kickstart for Kinsella as well, we looked much more solid (than us normally, still occasionally heart stopping compared to most football teams) with the extra man in midfield and him sitting clearly freed up Khan to play his best game for ages in a more box to box way. McE off the pace today but hope we stick with three central rather than just dropping McEachran.

For all we rightly complain about inexperienced signings, Kinsella was exactly the right profile but it just hasn't worked yet. Let's hope this is the moment it does.

Flynn:
- Good for everyone. We all needed it
- Fans have stuck with us in the last month, when we should have won more
- Solid performance for the whole game
- They have been working hard and the players are as fed up as the rest of us
- Talk is cheap but they have proved themselves today
- We are still only 2 points outside the playoffs after a bad month
- Austin as sub: Didnt change the dynamic. We were concerned about Reed running the game and their diamond over running us in midfield
- The formation meant that if we won the ball upfield then Kemp could find space
- Austin has been brilliant for Flynn. Told Austin he needed a rest.
- Its hard. We have a small squad. But Austin understood.
- Poor goal to concede. Lapse of concentration
- We should have had a clear penalty. Ref admitted to Flynn that he got it wrong a bit later on in the game
- Justice done that we went on to score. Thought it might have been like last week when we were robbed
- Got what we deserved with the win
- Minturn: Thought he was excellent. He was very good last week too
- Now Hawes should stop asking about whether conceding late is down to fitness. Its not. We scored in the 93rd min
- Brewitt: Tendonitis. RHM: Sore knee. Nothing sinister.

Much more enjoyable.

Unnecessary flippant comment about Andrew Hawes. Considering the way games have generally gone it's an absolutely fair question from the interviewer

I didn’t listen to the interview, but could it have been tongue in cheek? If not, disappointing, considering all Andrew Hawes has done is ask very reasonable questions

Smokescreen for dropping Chas, extra midfielder, Kinsella, was key today.  Chas on late, expect the same on Tuesday.

Get the same result and I will be more than happy!

Yes, it was all said very jovially. But, Flynn was serious.

Definitely didn't sound jovial to be honest

Typical gobshite northern fans, fucking great result.

Credit to Flynn for changing it.
Credit to the team

what a feeling football can give you!

It looked like the same MO - do ok first half. concede second half. Go on to lose.

except we were stronger after their goal. Yes they hit the bar, but I really enjoyed the second half - first time in a while.

brilliant

I was thinking hold on for a point for 45 minutes, then Chas provided the magic at both ends.

I heard it in the car and took it as 'people in general can stop asking' rather than at Hawes specifically.

Bit off if it was personal,  not like there was no reason for it to be asked

yeah, he was unlucky with his shot hitting the bar, then the follow up was well blocked. nice to see him back amongst the contributions.

what happened at the other end, my eyesight from the town end didn't pick up on it

I did take it as "personal" rightly or wrongly but I agree,perfectly reasonable question

Went right back after the winner, marked Flint and then won two key headers, including out-jumping Flint.  He is an utter professional.

Austin must be on for an all time record of hitting the post this season. Must be half a dozen already.

I thought he said it jovially.

good stuff! I was probably still celebrating the goal

In 5he interview  bit about late goals conceded MF was saying it was lapses in concentration rather than fitness.

The follow up question (perhaps not straight after the whistle - maybe in a pre match presser) is whether the lapses in concentration are the result of mental fatigue rather than a physical fitness issue ( the latter they will talk about running stats using the gps data, you can’t measure mental tiredness in the same way.)

Still a great feeling to get a late winner. COYR

Makes me chuckle sat near the away fans, always seems to be some 16 year old 10 stone weed offering the old couldn't care less bastard 17 stone me out  ;D. Just enjoying my team winning again  :D

Nice to meet you properly BO in the glue pot   8)

Against Harrogate after the ball got stuck in the tree, when Austin came off and Minturn went to DM, the Town looked far more solid.  Sacrificing Austin for more midfield solidity against the counter was key, today.  When Mansfield put Flint up top late on, I wondered why it took so long to bring Austin on.  Midfield was being bypassed and it would put Cloughie in a quandary, bring Flint back to defend or leave him up there.  Cloughie didn't choose wisely.

Putting your centre back up front, 18 games into a season, when it’s 1.1, you are away from home and protecting an unbeaten run has got to be up there with one of the strangest decisions I’ve seen.

Can't wait to hear serial whinger Clough's after match comments

Pure hubris. Delightful stuff.

Agreed. I can see why they are where they are in the division but hopefully we can learn from this game that our style can compete with anyone else.

…yeah I can’t see why you’d stick a big man upfront in the last few minutes.

It’s not like we are a defensively weak team of midgets known for conceding late goals to lose games…oh wait…

Both managers :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2CDfIm7DK4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8SplyTxaBo&pp=ygURbWFuc2ZpZWxkIHRvd24gZmM%3D

Flint has had an incredible goal scoring record throughout his career including a number of late pivotal goals (for Sheff Wed in playoffs last season I think and for us against Brentford for instance). He is very well suited to that tactic.

That was an excellent game of football against two evenly matched sides.
That was a penalty second half.
The game got stretched as it went on and was scenes of jubilation. Didn’t look 8,000 today, gaps in DR and TE but not having any negativity tonight because the last few weeks have just been depressing.

We simply needed a win and typical football always a game you least expect it in.
Bloody hell Kemp is a good footballer, thought Reed was good for them playing his effective role as he did at Swindon.

Nice for us to nick a late scrambled goal and do it to another team when we have conceded goals like that all season.

Young Nigel must be fed up on his visits to Swindon. Been done over by us a few times now.

Thought it was a thoroughly good game of football today.  For periods of the game, Mansfield had the upper hand with their man to man press and numbers in midfield, but the space Kemp found without the burden of being the third midfielder was everything he needed.

The extra man in midfield caused two things, I think.  First, it stopped both of the wide central defenders from pushing too far ahead too quickly - the midfield had the space ahead of them, preventing us from going too cavalier.  The other aspect was that we had number centrally when Mansfield got the ball.  It's still a weak bunch defensively, but having six in there at least causes space to be at a premium.  Even if we don't track a runner or watch a player drift away from a marker, there isn't a huge gulf for them to be found in.  It allows us to gather our senses a little.  Now, it did make it a bit harder to build and sustain pressure going the other way, but I think that played into Kemp and Youngs hands a little, they both like to run at people rather than be part of a big build up.

Still going to be a challenge to sustain form when you inly really have one or two players worthy of bringing on, and on another day they may well have bagged three or four goals, like Stockport.  Overall though, I think that line-up gave us more of a chance of being in the game.

With you 100%  Dukey.... badly needed that... really tough game with very few clear cut chances at either end... but we hung in there and got the result we deserved... HAVE THAT YOU BASTARDS!!!!

That was ace! My depression has lifted. Good to see a battling performance with some quality thrown in. Well done to all Town fans for getting behind them.

It’s days like today that make all the travelling down for games worthwhile.

Good to meet some of the Swedish fans in the Legends before the game, they can come back again if it’s going to be like that every time

Great win. Good to see it’s us scoring a late winner. Didn’t go today and didn’t watch so can’t comment - seems like Khan had a real good game and it helped having Kinsella behind him. Kemp and Young unreal finds in the window but gonna be shit come January. Louis Reed table 4 2 you jumped up fuck haha. Don’t get the Flint chat- common sense to put a 6ft 6 Shithouse in the air upfront against a leaky defence who’s biggest defender is 6ft.

Finally stopped that awful rut. Anyone can beat anyone in this shite league. Looking forward to Wimbledon now. Some quality pictures here https://x.com/official_stfc/status/1728473233907679352?s=46&t=ogDLXJ96cK_WBQahaJzdyg

Surprise surprise Clough thinks our first goal should have been disallowed. Nothing wrong in being a bad loser I guess but in my opinion that guy takes it to new levels. Don't think he has ever deserved to lose a game

What’s his issue with it? I assume he thought it wasn’t a free kick in the first place?
Even if he is right (and I’m not saying he is) and it was a soft decision - it wasn’t as bad as when the Mansfield defender got away with that handball in the box.

First they should have had a free kick before our free kick,then he thinks Young was very tight to being offside. Reminded me of his interview after the Sheff Utd p/o

When the goal first went in I was partially worried Young might have been offside but again blatant handball in the box so *shrugs*

Walking up to the ground yesterday I was quite fearful but extremely glad to have been walking away from the ground with some of my enthusiasm for the club restored.

Thought that was excellent yesterday, everyone looked up for it. Watching players like Young and Kemp not shy away from aerial challenges with big Flint was a good watch and huge shoutout to Minturn yesterday, not faultless but doing a great job and the experience he’ll gain from holding his own against players like Akins (and then Flint) will stand him in good stead.

Definitely some shakey moments. Poor defending for their goal and they had several cut back chances to a player with acres of space in the box that they squandered which if scored would have us talking very differently but they didn’t and when on a run like we were, you take any sort of win and especially against an unbeaten side.

At the end of the day, a very enjoyable game and god did we as a fanbase need that, glad to see Austin coming on and contributing.

The cynicism within me reminds me that this is just one game and we’ve got a lot of work still to do until January and that we’re still in big trouble with Kemp and Young taken out of the side but let’s just enjoy yesterday for a little bit before Tuesday.

And finally, always nice to send Nigel Clough home disappointed again. 

I watched back the extended highlights. You can see that Khan has his arms wrapped round Lewis and pulls him to the ground as he passes to the Manfield player that UGM toe pokes the ball away from. It then goes to Young who bursts forward and is brought down for the free kick that leads to the goal.

Anyway, watch yourselves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD1ntXGRU3I

Austin's superb defensive header right at the end. Class.

A very good entertaining game.
Nothing beats a winner in added time even more so when it's a significant result.
Felt that Mansfield were easier to play against than Stockport but should make the play offs at least.
Quite a rustic approach to put Flint up front with a good chunk of the game still left, but I get the thinking, apart from playing diagonals with varying degrees of success he was largely underemployed in defence.

The extra body in midfield made a noticeable difference but a different challenge awaits on Tuesday & Young might be needed to hold the ball up a bit more, assuming that the setup will be the same.

I think that Kemp did well with efforts at goal from free kicks when with Hartlepool but they've pretty poor this season so far.
Maybe he is due for one to fly into the top corner.
Good that we didn't concede any free kicks in Reed range yesterday.

Made me smile when the comms said that Flynn has resisted wholesale changes 🤣🤣 There is a reason for that isn’t there?

I honestly didn't think Clough's post match interview was that bad.

what's Lewis hair all about. Like a 90s Australian cricketer.

Glad he had an off game in front of goal

And just for shits and giggles and memories, cunt.

https://youtu.be/GvxXalaKRZ8

No, I thought he was pretty fair. He said a draw would have been a fair result, which it would have been and we would have all gladly taken it before the game.

Oh yeah, the blonde mullet.... bad hair day or what!!!!

When you consider they hit the bar at 1-1 & we scrambled the ball clear, whereas we managed to force the ball home it’s easy to see a different outcome.

The most pleasing thing is the fact that (and he can see it) we were good value for a point.

The extra body in midfield made us much more stable, and was pleased that Kinsella had a good game. There was a point in the first half where they broke on us and he was last man, and he did enough to slow them down so we could regroup.

I thought Cloughs assessment of the game was fair. I particularly liked his explanation on why he put Flint up front :D

....and that they were trying to get him back in defence when Chas came on.  Watch the winner for Chas's movement and execution of the header, it was Premier League quality.

Top notch, he may not have the legs anymore but still has the football brain.

Fair enough but I thought it was whingey. "Free kick for us before their free kick". Bollocks

That was better than the 6-0 v Crawley. Great watch and a proper game of football.

Thought Minturn was superb. Have we ever produced a decent CB of our own?

Andy Andy Thomson, Adi Viveash...going back a bit now though...agree about Minturn...

Honestly can’t remember Thompson. I’d put Viveash in the ‘just about OK’ category.

Minturn looks like he could progress very well.

Flint was decent in the Danny Wilson era.

I was thinking of players who came through from the youth set up but we did give Flint his league debut so I guess you could count him as well.

Viveash came good eventually after a few loan spells and was playing pretty well by the time he left for Reading...

Is N.Thompson classed as a RB or a CB these days? Either way I really liked him at RB when he broke through, tough in the challenge and capable of moving up and down the pitch.

Didn’t produce him, though. Was it Alfreton we got him from?

Nicky Sumerbee could play left & right back and right wing.

Apart from the big part he played in their goal and the mistake he made that nearly lead to another goal. He did do lots of things well though and is only young.

Can we claim Sean Morrison?

Nathan Thompson, sort of?

Yes, then sent him straight back on loan to them after one game i think

Di Canio loved him though

Depends on your definition of decent I guess, you could say Tozer, albeit he didn’t play much for us had a decent league career.

Going back a bit further Kenny Stroud.

Minturn did well against some seasoned operators, but was still badly at fault for their goal and nearly caught out for another

Ideally he’d be getting these mistakes out the way in the national league

Has anyone got a link to a clip of these supposed penalty we should have had? I was watching with one eye from the Chateau yesterday and missed it and it hasn't made the extended highlights...

I don't the clip but I don't think if you found it, it would show anything. I watched it a few times on ifollow and the camera is on the wrong side really. I couldn't tell but heard others in the ground say 100%

Started at Plymouth irc.

To qualify as ‘one of our own’ he has to come through the youth team.

Budgie brought Morrison in from Plymouth, but I think played for the youths at first.

From FB.

Did anyone pick up a red club shop bag yesterday from the Don Rogers stand at the end of the game yesterday ?..the bag had the new 3rd shirt, and many other items in it....
I left celebrating a great win and in the excitement left it behind,...realised before leaving the car park and went back for it but it was gone...asked in reception,shop and stewards but sadly wasn't handed in..😔😪gutted as some gifts for the kids in there and tainted a great win..

Brought in at 16 with Tozer and Ben Joyce I think when Plymouth didn't offer them scholarships? Expensive decision that one. Maybe Seb Broomfield as well?

For once I have read back and I'd like to say it was also good to meet you and Flash in the gluepot beforehand. After all these years as well! :)

As for the game itself, I thought Mansfield started the game strongly and with confidence and I feared it was only a matter of time before they got the opening. But with that said, they didn't really create anything clear cut, it just looked like they had 'control'. After seeing out that spell, we started to come into it and Khan, Kemp and Kinsella were working well in midfield and the ball was sticking with Young up front. The one part of our game you can see we have worked on in training is set-pieces, particularly corners but that free kick Kemp dinked into Young to guide into the corner must be one of those goals that coaches love, as you assume a lot of time is spent in training on it. I was enjoying Minturn's performance in particular. He was strong in the tackle and brought the ball out of defence really well. A really confident performance.

Unfortunately second half they subbed off Bowery for Akins up top and it completely changed the dynamic. All of a sudden Minturn was shaky and Mansfield quickly equalised after a bad bit of defending. The second half was quite open and whilst I did fear Mansfield would score, apart from them hitting the bar all of their other chances were kind of half-chances which were often straight at Mahoney. Chucking Flint up front was an interesting tactic and even more interesting was not even challenging him for a header. I guess when you have a 6ft6 beast in the air, not challenging him means you have an extra body to pick up the flick on etc? We through on Charlie, I figured to help defend Flint's danger but after a patient bit of play Shade put in a lovely ball, Charlie met it perfectly onto the post, the ball coming back to him to swivel and shoot, which was blocked back to Young, it hit the post again and finally smashed home by Young to grab a much needed 3 points. There is nothing better than a last minute winner in front of the Town End is there?

Overall, I've said in the MOM thread that I thought sacrificing Charlie for an extra body in midfield felt like the right change. Kemp and Young look energised (huge holes to fill in January) and Khan played his best game for a long time. At the back I think UGM is the more reserved CB, I guess that makes sense as he is the fastest and will be able to cover best when we lose the ball in transition. FBT (in particular) and Minturn could step nicely into midfield to offer extra bodies. I think Minturn plays with a lot of confidence for a young kid, terrific first half but I think after Akins came on he looked a bit less composed. It was great for him to get 90 in such an important game though.

Havent looked back.

That was unexpected and well needed. A shot in the arm for everyone!

Thought we were good value for it.

Mansfield and obvious good side, on that single showing to me, Stockport looked better but i think they will be in that top three for sure.

A pen shout either end that should of been given, so cancelled out.

Anyway....a bit of joy at last!

https://fanbanter.co.uk/mansfield-commentators-labelled-salty-for-comments-taking-aim-at-swindon-and-their-fans/

They obviously have no idea about the history with Aden Flint.

To be fair it was only Flint that was consistently booed, even Reed wasn’t

I booed flint, nobody else.
Have they never been to a footy match before?  :)

Absolutely, they have no idea what happened previously, Reed is just another ex player, Flint made himself disliked.

Hitting a woman?  :no:

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