Mansfield are a bunch of dirty moaning bastards and we couldnt break them down, we looked a bit better today than last week but still can't score....we still need a striker despite what Reg says.
Eh... back in the summer I pointed out that the sale of Norris and Mullin left the squad looking significantly weaker up front... further I suggested that replacing 2 who scored 19 betwen them last season with a loan kid Bayo, was asking an awful lot of him.
What I have said is that you don't need a striker who gets you 20 goals a season, fine if you've got one.... but not necessary as all the stats prove.
Franchise are in the auto slots and have scored the same number as us.... they've made better use of their goals by being solid defensively.
You can think of seasons, where Cox and Ajose were 20+ men and we nearly went down, whereas none of our 3 autos out of Div 4 have had a 20 goal striker.
Div 4 is attritional football, Stags have lost 1 game this season, so are hard to beat, which is how it panned out, so no real surprise.
Tuesday was always the more important game as it does represent a genuine opportunity to get a win.... a shame therefore that Cambridge got a very decent point today at Lincoln, so their confidence will be high. We need a win soon, otherwise our safe midtable perch will come under a bit of threat.
