Just got back from the match, we pressed the self destruct button twice for their 2 goals, Senior needlessly got involved and deservedly was awarded the red card. Smith in defence was again outstanding and the way he is improving game by game I expect it will be difficult to keep hold of him.
Though Burns scored a great goal, I was disappointed with his overall workrate but this may be due to lack of games, certainly when down to 9 men he could have put a liitle more running in but seemed to concede defeat on some potential 50/50 opportunities.
Today Kearney was not on his game and the ball given away by him directly to their man lead to their first goal after 7 mins. Yet again the number of corners / free kick we were awarded but then resulted in handing possession straight back to Mansfield was frustrating.
On the whole we battled, kept our heads held high got the fans behind the team and caused plenty of heart stopping moments for a full time side with a far superior budget than ours and despite being down to 9 men (largely of our own making) we could and should have gained something from this game.