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Stags look to bounce back against crisis club Darlington
THE visit of crisis club Darlington offers Mansfield Town an ideal opportunity to bounce back from the weekend disappointment of a 1-0 defeat at Newport tomorrow night (7.45pm).
Players from the cash-strapped Quakers threatened to go on strike ahead of Saturday’s 3-1 defeat at Alfreton Town.
But Paul Cox warned his side and fans not to simply expect three points to be there for the taking.
“If you talk about a must-win game then you disrespect the opposition,” he said. “Darlington are going through a financial crisis and fighting for their lives.
“Our preparation will be spot-on and we just have to forget who it is we are playing and put things right in our own pack.
“This is a great chance for us having three matches on home soil.
“We had our bellies tickled at Newport on Saturday and now we need to bounce back.
“A few harsh words were said. But they are an honest bunch and part of me felt sorry for them.
“We let ourselves down. But it was only our sixth league defeat all season. We know if we play like that again we will lose tomorrow.
“There is still a hell of a lot to play for. We can sit here and keep mulling over about Saturday and let it fester. But we are better off getting on with and putting it right tomorrow, We have 15 huge games to go.”
Defenders John Dempster and Paul Edwards’ loan spells end after tomorrow and Cox, who has several irons in the fire, will examine his options after the Darlington game is out of the way.
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former "wood us lad"
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 07:56 PMo dear were a goal down
former "wood us lad"
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 07:53 PM"we got our bellies tickled" what a statement that is still thats a new one,checked out the video on the MTFC page why does everything start with "you know ,you know,how we should have played etc etc etc "you know " did I see a little smile when Notts County came into the converstion from pc playing days !!!! now he never thought he'd get that job !!!!! still at least we know that keith curle is off the radar for jr pity ,ok we need to win tonight and then what ,by the way were is the notts county defender we signed in august yet another player left out in the cold ,and ben futcher going to macceslefield ,yet another one sliped the net, not long now before DH turns up with the imps now that will be game
skegbymick
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 06:11 PMit comes with years of watching mtfc
heroic72
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 04:38 PMSkegbymick Are you on medication??
skegbymick
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:40 PMRant over. C yer 2nite.
skegbymick
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:38 PMI can dream. I have dreams of going to see Stags play the spirites at their B2, slash, dot com, www, footy ground. Am i crazy like Del and JJ ? Is it all pointless? MTFC v Darlo is that pointless. Are the play offs too much to ask ? Mr Haslam is he still a crook?
skegbymick
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:33 PMYeah, right !
skegbymick
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:33 PMMaybe there will be an announcement 2nite?
skegbymick
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:30 PMMarch 1st is approaching fast
skegbymick
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:29 PMOr another stuffing
skegbymick
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 02:28 PMDarlo, last away win 19th Nov at Ebbsfleet. So thats it theyre due for another. :-)
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