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Morecambe 1-1 Stags | Stick it on repeat!

9/2/2020

 
Morecambe 1-1 Mansfield Town [Joe Riley] | Sky Bet League Two | Saturday 8th February 2020 | Globe Arena   
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*The views expressed in this article, are solely those of the writer and not those of their associated organisations*

A trip to the seaside is sometimes what you need to re-galvanise the soul, but for Mansfield Town the fresh sea-air did nothing bar inflict the same old bitter feeling – as Graham Coughlan’s men toss away another chance of victory, like a youngster tosses away the 2ps you’ve been saving for a year – not even winning a novelty key ring on the addictive slot machines.  

The Stags’ behaviour and attitude this season is far from the frolicking fun and innocence of family holiday’s, more like the carelessness of a backpacker – with no idea where they’re going or care where they end up.

The script is writing itself for the Stags – play OK first half, get into a lead by upping the ante and then switching off and conceding cheaply from a set play. Fortunately, Morecambe are as poor as we are so couldn’t take full advantage but better sides will and this absolute failure to beat the teams around us WILL catch up with us when we play, and inevitably get punished by, better teams.

I can’t stomach looking at the league table right now, the gap is narrowing and we’re being pulled deeper and deeper and deeper into the mud with every game that goes by, every opportunity that we miss and every goal we concede.

We keep talking about how we’ll be glad to see this season end and have a massive re-shuffle, and yes I will too – but that very much seems a dangerous game to play, giving up and just thinking we are safe and guaranteed a place in League Two next season – news flash, we’re not! There’s a lot of games to go and many twists and turns can happen so we must focus on the remaining games and back the boys to survive.

Leyton Orient is a massive test on Tuesday, we’ve seen numerous times this season that the boys aren’t coping with quick turnarounds of games – we’re going to have to find that energy from somewhere and go and get a positive result, if that means big changes to the line-up so be it! We have to put results first and play our way too safety – the rest will take care of itself.

Another sucker punch, another blow, another Sunday where it feels like a loss but it isn’t – let’s write it off and go again.

Match Recap
With Alex MacDonald injured it was just a case of shuffle along one place – Willem Tomlinson came into the starting line-up to replace MacDonald – new loanee Jack Evans took the vacancy on the bench.

Click HERE to read the clubs official match report
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FULL TIME: Morecambe 1-1 Mansfield Town | Attendance 1,965 (337)
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STAGS: [3-4-1-2] Bobby Olejnik | Ryan Sweeney, Krystian Pearce ©, Kelland Watts | Joe Riley (James Clarke 82), Willem Tomlinson, Neal Bishop, Mal Benning | Harry Charsley | Danny Rose (Craig Davies 90+2), Nicky Maynard (CJ Hamilton 76) Unused Substitutes: Aidan Stone, Jimmy Knowles, Matt Preston, Jack Evans

*The views expressed in this article, are solely those of the writer and not those of their associated organisations*

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