In-form striker apologises to Mansfield fans for summer '˜mistake'

Mansfield Town striker Danny Rose has apologised to supporters for his failed attempt to leave the club in the summer and thanked them for sticking by him.
Mansfield Town v Northampton
Danny Rose and manager, David Flitcroft are all smiles after the match.Mansfield Town v Northampton
Danny Rose and manager, David Flitcroft are all smiles after the match.
Mansfield Town v Northampton Danny Rose and manager, David Flitcroft are all smiles after the match.

Two goals and two assists today in the 4-0 win over Northampton followed his goal at Cambridge last week and Rose said: “I am really enjoying my football now after a really bad summer for me personally.

“I am just glad to be playing week in, week out, getting the goals and the three points.

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“The summer was horrible for me personally. It was bad advice from me and the people around me. You learn from your mistakes in life and I now move on.

“I do love it here and I want to apologise to everyone for what happened over the summer.

“The fans have been brilliant. They have stuck by me, which I couldn’t believe, and I can’t thank them enough.

“It’s been up to me to get them back on my side.”

Rose remains on the transfer list and added: “I think it’s important me and the gaffer sit down and have a talk about it. “The most important thing is that I am playing week in, week out. That’s all I want really.”

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Mansfield put the Cobblers to the sword and Rose said: “That gives us a lot of confidence going into Tuesday now.

“Back-to-back wins would put us right up there within touching distance of the play-offs and people forget we have a game in hand.

“We need that after the draw at Cambridge. We needed to stop sitting back after going well 1-0 up and today we thankfully got a second and third to kill them off and get the three points.”

He added: “It was nice to get the goals but more importantly we got a win to put us up the table.

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“My first one was an ugly goal to be fair and I probably should have passed it but thankfully it’s gone in.

“The second was a little shank to be fair. CJ (Hamilton) put it on a plate for me as I did for his goal.”