POST-MATCH THREAD: Mansfield Town v Charlton Athletic: Tuesday 1st April 2025: KO 19:45

if Jones is struggling I would be minded to keep resting him for a couple of games to try and recover given McIntyre seemed okay 

I was at that game too. Alan Hudson in 1970
https://youtu.be/14jn0zj3Z80

EveshamAddick said:

Garrymanilow said:

Huge win. That's the most stressed I've been watching us in a good while as Mansfield always looked dangerous on the edge of the box but we stood up well. McIntyre was immense, threw himself at everything, was good with both feet on the ball and looked like he'd run his heart out by the end. I like him a lot so far. Coventry was good again but felt like he was trying to hold the midfield together on his won at times, I think Doc ran well but didn't help him out enough. Small looked ropey defensively on the right but much more comfortable down the left and the front two were their usual selves. I thought Karoy was absolutely perfect for what we needed when he came on, harried them so much higher up the pitch and was a huge part of us not letting them build up too much momentum at the end. He doesn't take the best care of the ball but he's always involved from the first minute he's on and he dragged us through at the end. 

Mansfield have picked up a bit and I did see this as a potential banana skin away game so the fact we went nose to nose with a physical team and came away with 3 points right after out-playing a slick passing team just on Saturday shows just how strong this team is. There's still so many tough games to go; we never seem to beat Lincoln, Cambridge just took a point off Wrexham at home and those two big away games are looming. We are now 10 points ahead of 7th place with 6 games to go though, that's the important stat. Keep pushing for that 2nd spot and we'll be certain to make the Playoffs

21 games v Lincoln, we’ve won 9, Lincoln have won 5, with 7 draws.

Sure, but I'm not sure how much bearing the 1932 win really has here. We didn't play them between 1986 and 2020, and in those games since 2020 we've played them 9 times. We've only won 2 and one of those was back in 2021. We haven't beaten them in over 2 years and have failed to win in the last 3 matches, two under Jones, so they're clearly a team we struggle with in their current incarnation.

Croydon said:

Mansfield have done nothing to convince me that they don't have the coldest away end in the EFL. Baltic micro climate 

Nigel Clough's comments after the match if not already posted

Nigel Clough on Charlton loss

oohaahmortimer said:

Croydon said:

Mansfield have done nothing to convince me that they don't have the coldest away end in the EFL. Baltic micro climate 

Was that you in the pink shorts and t shirt , quite a few in just Charlton shirts , I know I’m lame but how fucking hard  are you lot just wearing that .

i put the temperature warning out on the Mansfield roll call to wrap up , I have no life so I think about these things ……fail to prepare 

Ha, I took my ‘big coat’ off the back of your post and did not regret it!

ForeverAddickted said:

Nigel Clough's comments after the match if not already posted

Nigel Clough on Charlton loss

Thought he was fairly reasonable there. I'd be disappointed too if my team had lost that and he was more critical of their errors being capitalised on than moaning about us being lucky. I agree with him as well, until Campbell scored I thought they looked like they were creating better chances, they just fell into the Charlton trap at the end of feeding our very organised backline headers for 15 minutes

PaddyP17 said:

Blucher said:

A vintage away trip, with a stop en route in Nottingham for a pint in Canalhouse and Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and then on to Mansfield to The Brown Cow and the Railway Inn. All very fine establishments.

As for the game, I thought we started the match well, moving the ball nicely and stretching the opposition, especially down the left. One of their players then kindly presented Matt Godden with an open goal, an opportunity he of all people was never going to pass up.  We then looked in control of the game until Mansfield equalised on around 40 minutes, following which they were naturally given a huge lift and we seemed at 6s and 7s. 

Things calmed down after half time and  there weren’t really many clear opportunities at either end in a scrappy game, although we perhaps looked the more likely if anyone was going to break the deadlock. Not a high quality game but ultimately one decided by a moment of real class from our man of the moment, Tyreece Campbell. 

I thought that McIntyre did well in place of our defensive kingpin, although the bench looked a little weak and the substitutes who were introduced reflected a lack of depth, especially up top. Still, a great 3 points and the fact that Wrexham and Wycombe dropped points against the bottom 2 underscores the fact that nothing is yet decided and there’s all to play for.

A win against Lincoln on Saturday will put us on 75 points and the following two games against Cambridge and Northampton will give us an opportunity to consolidate 4th place and potentially even put some pressure on the teams immediately above us. Let’s hope we have a reasonably injury-free squad to attack the rest of the season. 

Lovely recap as usual - though I always wonder how you write so eloquently after listing a mighty pub crawl in your pre match routine!

He’s had many years training in his day job.

Strange to say but this was a better result than Saturday's. Rolling over a poor side at home in the sun is fun but having to face up to improving and tough opponents like Mansfield at their place, and beat them, is a measure of how hard working and resilient this Charlton side is. Clough Jnr had done his homework and had players doing particular jobs in key areas and closing down hard on the midfield. It led to some scrappy play not helped by what appeared to be a hard playing surface, meaning that the ball pinged off players and led to constant loss of possession. Mansfield have some good players and I was particularly impressed by their number 6 whose run and cross led to their equaliser. 

It all came down to a switch in time. TC was getting bullied by their big number 9 on the left wing and was switched (at last) to the right wing. He immediately started to prosper. Then came the moment of great skill and technic moving across the advancing left back and immediately turning to shoot home at the near post. Game won. 

Will be interesting to see how NJ sets up the team on Saturday. The way the team plays, and the number of games coming along in quick succession this month, is going to be physically and mentally challenging for the players. L Jones was out last night, TC looked very tired as he walked off and Berry becomes a shadow of himself as the game proceeds. Might see some changes at the weekend.

Absolutely brilliant getting the result last night, but it was tough going at times. Not only were Mansfield a lot better than I'd expected, it took us a long time to get into any sort of rhythm. Some of the first half passing was definitely below par. At times Docherty, Ramsay and Small looked like they hadn't seen each other before. Perhaps they actually weren't seeing each other as clearly as they might with those shitty grey tops blending into the shadows. Still, we never gave up and another bit of Campbell magic brought the points home. I fear that this thread could easily have read very differently this morning. Fantastic scenes at the end though what a joy it was seeing the players celebrating. 

Final observation, I don't want to cast any aspersions but why were no less than four of our team wearing wrist bandages. What's going on there?

TheHerminator said:

Fansince1963 said:

We were lucky, really missed Jones.

Midfield was overrun during this game, and against Peterborough and Crawley.

Drop Small, put Campbell on the right wing, bring Anderson  back and stiffen up midfield.

We are heading for the playoffs.  Up against much stronger teams.

The way they roughed up Campbell. 

It's going get much harder to get a result. Where is Leaburn , always injured

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