Jack Thomes

[John_Bucks]

Fully agree with 45YEARS+, our supporters, (Mansfield), did used to get on Coxy's back for his "ugly football", and dubious team selection, but at the end of the day we scraped numerous 1.0 victories which were painful to watch sometimes, but did achieve the ultimate aim. The season before we were promoted we finished second and York knocked us out of the play offs, but we had got there playing not-too-attractive football and defending in great numbers when 1.0 up......So .....my advice, if it is worth anything 160 miles away, although it won't be an entertaining ride at times, get right behind Coxy and your men, roar them on, cheer every mistake, no booing, (that's a laugh coming from a Stags fan!), this is your time to make that vital difference...it really does make a difference to those lads, you are their twelfth man.....and I can see Wembley looming..!! Good luck lads.

Post of the year!

[JammyBluebird]

Fully agree with 45YEARS+, our supporters, (Mansfield), did used to get on Coxy's back for his "ugly football", and dubious team selection, but at the end of the day we scraped numerous 1.0 victories which were painful to watch sometimes, but did achieve the ultimate aim. The season before we were promoted we finished second and York knocked us out of the play offs, but we had got there playing not-too-attractive football and defending in great numbers when 1.0 up......So .....my advice, if it is worth anything 160 miles away, although it won't be an entertaining ride at times, get right behind Coxy and your men, roar them on, cheer every mistake, no booing, (that's a laugh coming from a Stags fan!), this is your time to make that vital difference...it really does make a difference to those lads, you are their twelfth man.....and I can see Wembley looming..!! Good luck lads.

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[Suffolk Blue]

Great post Stagbol. I think most of us get the message. Playing ticka-tacka football is great to watch but ultimately is a luxury if you don't deliver your objectives. The way you play (especially at our level) should be secondary to what you achieve.

Back to the Cheltenham comparison of last year. Not by any means the best footballing side in the NL or the biggest squad, but always had the right men in the trenches when needed and delivered when required. It may not always serve you well in League 2 but it might just get you out of this League. Since we don't have the wealth of resources that our peers have, the Cox way is probably the only viable way we are going to progress. Fully expect Jack Thomas to be in that mould and if he is, then just like Ryan Yates, he'll be accepted as one of our own and should enjoy his time with us. Hopefully like Ryan Yates he'll also have developed by the time he goes back to Mansfield.

Don't know why we spend so much time discussing Coxys tactics or style. Its becoming clearer that our organisational infrastructure may now be more of a immediate potential threat to achieving our goals. Our improvement on the field has really begun to expose this.

[DIXIE]

Welcome to Holker Street Jack, hope you enjoy.

[McMark]

Obviously a young man with bags of potential, I hope he doesn't waste his chance.
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