STAGS captain Adie Moses refused to get too excited after the Stags fourth successive home win took them to second place in the Blue Square Premier.
The central defender said following the 1-0 victory over Grays Athletic on Saturday afternoon:
"We are not going to get carried away and we are not even looking at the League table right now.
"It is important this year to make Field Mill as a difficult place to come to as we can for other clubs.
"This is a big club in terms of the size of the ground and facilities for this division.
"So we are a potential scalp for a lot of teams this season.
"We have got to make this difficult for others and the fans can play their part; so far they have been great.
"If we keep winning at home we will be there or thereabouts at the end of the season.
"But for now we are not looking at the table.
"The most pleasing thing was the clean sheet; we had been conceding too many goals at home.
"We have done a lot of work on our shape this week and although there is still a long way to go, it was good to see that we are progessing.
"York City (the Stags next match, away on Tuesday) is a massive game, but there have been so many games so far coming thick and fast, Saturday, midweek, Saturday.
"That means though there have been a lot of points to pick up and we will try to continue that at York."
Behind Moses and his fellow defenders all season has been Nottingham Forest loan keeper Paddy Gamble. And Moses said of the keeper, after another good display: "He is a talented lad . . . this is good experience for him.
"He will do well at whatever level he plays at."
Moses' experience has been a major factor in the Stags' early season success, after the upheaval of the club's sale late in the summer and the appointment of a new manager - Billy McEwan.
He also had words of praise for two of the younger members of the squad who have been called into the England C squad over recent days.
Moses said the selection of Jon D'Laryea and Nathan Arnold could only boost the young players' confidence.
"It is nice to get recognition at any level and shows we and they must be doing something right.
"They are young, talented lads and we all gave them a pat on the back when we heard the news."
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