Four wins on the bounce - and impressive victories at that with just two goals conceded in the process - has left Nigel Clough’s side sitting pretty in third spot. Advertisement Advertisement It would be a good start by any team’s standards, but even more so when you’re a promoted club moving into a universally described as being ‘the toughest ever.’ Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Mansfield and Ashfield Chad, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
Of course critics may well say they are games should have won. Afterall, they beat four teams all struggling for points and occupying four of the bottom six places. But that would be taking a rather misleading and insincere view, as well as totally overlooking just how hard Mansfield had to graft for those points.
Advertisement Advertisement You can only beat what is put in front of you and plucky were well tested in each of those games and found the solutions needed to solve the puzzle. Shrewsbury Town and Cambridge United will most likely get relegated, but they still made it tough going for Stags, who certainly rode their luck at times before getting the rewards. Northampton would have been out of sight without Christy Pym and some better finishing.
They all showed that every win in League One is still very tough to come by. Advertisement Advertisement Finishing has proved to be the difference so far with Stags able to defend resolutely with good organisation and a tireless work-.
