Late grit pleases Mansfield Town assistant boss Joe Dunne

For once, Mansfield Town managed to tough out a result and not concede late on last weekend which assistant boss Joe Dunne believes bodes well for the future.
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Stags have dropped important points to late wobbles when in winning positions, but despite late pressure, held firm in Saturday's 1-0 win over Newport.

“On a difficult pitch the effort and commitment was exceptional,” said Dunne.

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“They showed great courage to see out the result - it was a great win.

Joe Dunne.Joe Dunne.
Joe Dunne.

“But we are not going to get carried away. The gaffer expects this on a regular basis.

“The key thing is we approach training this week with the same mentality and not just think everything is okay.

“We want to push our standards, remain committed and keep the motivation high to go and try and get more wins between now and the end of the season.

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“Any kind of result, especially in the manner we did it, helps confidence.

“We also made one or two changes on the day which helps competition for places within the group.

“Overall, it was a good day. But it's only one day and we'd like some more.”

He added: “We are now settling down into the choice of system we're playing.”

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“We are now seeing in games the ability of players to carry out some of our messages from training.

“We are also seeing, especially on Saturday, the team digging in and fitness levels improving in being able to see out a game.

“They are all small improvements but improvements that will hopefully add up to something much better.

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