The Last 12 Games

[Tippy Tappy Football]

Looking for positives, DF has 2 more points than last season for the last 12 games.

2017-2018
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Colchester (H) - Draw
Notts County (A) - Draw
Forest Green Rovers (A) - Lost
Accrington (H) - Lost

Total: 3 points

2018-2019
Cheltenham (H) - Won
Port Vale (A) - Lost
Crawley (A) - Draw
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Crewe (H) - Lost

Total: 5 points

[Jamie]

We then took 9 from the remaining 7 games. That would guarantee a play off at least.

To stand any chance of the autos we need 6 wins from 7 now imo.

[Stags 2002]

Based on last season he got a further 9 pts which would put us on 75pts.

6th and 7th place finished on 75pts last season. (Coventry and Lincoln).

After 39 games they had 65pts and 64pts respectively.

The team in 8th after 39 games last year was ourselves with 63pts, finishing on 72pts.

Currently this is Carlisle on 58pts, Carlisle can get a maximum 79pts.

[chip63]

Saturday's team selection won't beat Exeter away on attitude and performance.
Saturday's team selection could beat Exeter away and should of beat Crewe at home.
I'm looking for solutions that I have no idea about but I've come to one of not playing grant and cj in the same team.
Substitute one for the other if needed.
What's going through my mind and all supporters must be going through flitcrofts even more.
4 at the back 2 up front and muscle in the middle.
It's that easy

[SINA STAG]

Saturday's team selection won't beat Exeter away on attitude and performance.
Saturday's team selection could beat Exeter away and should of beat Crewe at home.
I'm looking for solutions that I have no idea about but I've come to one of not playing grant and cj in the same team.
Substitute one for the other if needed.
What's going through my mind and all supporters must be going through flitcrofts even more.
4 at the back 2 up front and muscle in the middle.
It's that easy

Chips your points are valid n are seen through a supporters point of view.....

However

DF picks the team he thinks will compete to win a game....

But a player who can't be arsed because he's only here until his summer holidays in 6 weeks time is a different matter......

[Tippy Tappy Football]

DF now has a 5 point improvement on last season. A win on Saturday against Cambridge could make it 8

2017-2018
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Colchester (H) - Draw
Notts County (A) - Draw
Forest Green Rovers (A) - Lost
Accrington (H) - Lost
Luton (A) - Lost

Total: 3 out of 18 points

2018-2019
Cheltenham (H) - Won
Port Vale (A) - Lost
Crawley (A) - Draw
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Crewe (H) - Lost
Exeter (A) - Won

Total: 8 out of 18 points

[sunray]

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[Tippy Tappy Football]

DF now has a 8 point improvement on last season.

2017-2018
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Colchester (H) - Draw
Notts County (A) - Draw
Forest Green Rovers (A) - Lost
Accrington (H) - Lost
Luton (A) - Lost
Crewe (H) - Lost

Total: 3 out of 21 points

2018-2019
Cheltenham (H) - Won
Port Vale (A) - Lost
Crawley (A) - Draw
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Crewe (H) - Lost
Exeter (A) - Won
Cambridge United (H) - Won

Total: 11 out of 21 points

[Tippy Tappy Football]

DF still has a 8 point improvement on last season.

2017-2018
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Colchester (H) - Draw
Notts County (A) - Draw
Forest Green Rovers (A) - Lost
Accrington (H) - Lost
Luton (A) - Lost
Crewe (H) - Lost
Stevenage (A) - Draw

Total: 4 out of 24 points (0.5 points per game)


2018-2019
Cheltenham (H) - Won
Port Vale (A) - Lost
Crawley (A) - Draw
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Crewe (H) - Lost
Exeter (A) - Won
Cambridge United (H) - Won
Northampton Town (A) - Draw

Total: 12 out of 24 points (1.5 points per game)

[Tippy Tappy Football]

Well it all went wrong for DF in the last 4 games:

DF only has a 3 point improvement on last season.

2017-2018
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Colchester (H) - Draw
Notts County (A) - Draw
Forest Green Rovers (A) - Lost
Accrington (H) - Lost
Luton (A) - Lost
Crewe (H) - Lost
Stevenage (A) - Draw
Chesterfield (A) - Won
Port Vale (H) - Draw
Yeovil (A) - Won
Crawley (H) - Draw

Total: 12 out of 36 points (1 point per game - 33%)


2018-2019
Cheltenham (H) - Won
Port Vale (A) - Lost
Crawley (A) - Draw
Lincoln (H) - Draw
Crewe (H) - Lost
Exeter (A) - Won
Cambridge United (H) - Won
Northampton Town (A) - Draw
Morecambe (H) - Won
Oldham (A) - Lost
Stevenage (A) - Lost
MK Dons (A) - Lost

Total: 15 out of 36 points (1.25 points per game - 42%)


A 3 point improvement by DF on last season. Very very disappointing and simply not good enough.

JR must be pulling his hair out!

[Jamie]

His new hair will not have come cheap. I'd be very surprised if he was careless enough to pull it out.

Last season was a case of DF changing too much too soon with a squad he didn't know. This year felt more like a combination of burn out and a lack of confidence to play like we did.

[Ridge]

More worrying for me is that Newport have 24 points from a possible 36 in the last 12 games. Top of the form table: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/league-two/formtabelle/wettbewerb/GB4?saison_id=2018&min=35&max=46

[Jamie]

Their form is a worry, but it would be 'the Mansfield way' to spank them over two legs and leave everyone wondering why we didn't play like that in recent games.

[Sneag]

More worrying for me is that Newport have 24 points from a possible 36 in the last 12 games. Top of the form table: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/league-two/formtabelle/wettbewerb/GB4?saison_id=2018&min=35&max=46

Bit like our form going into the game with York.

[adamstag]

Not good to be falling apart again when it really matters.

The thing that’s been so noticeable of late is how knackered the players have looked

[Martin Shaw]

In the second half of the season, we were never outside the top 4.

[ST4GS]

Table from Oct 14th 2018 to end of season.
Amazingly only Bury out performed the Stags.
We had a poor start with only 3 wins from the first 11 games leaving us at one stage 11 points adrift of 3rd position, albeit with a couple of games in hand). If the season was divided into quarters then we were average, brilliant, average, average.

Pos Team P W D L GF GA W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bury 33 11 4 2 41 20 6 5 5 22 21 22 60
2 Mansfield Town 35 11 3 3 28 12 6 6 6 25 20 21 60
3 MK Dons 33 11 2 4 27 11 6 2 8 28 30 14 55
4 Forest Green Rovers 33 7 4 6 23 16 9 2 5 26 19 14 54
5 Lincoln City 33 6 10 1 23 18 7 5 4 23 15 13 54
6 Crewe Alexandra 34 12 0 5 34 23 4 5 8 14 23 2 53
7 Tranmere Rovers 33 10 3 3 28 11 4 5 8 18 27 8 50
8 Northampton Town 33 6 8 2 24 19 6 5 6 29 25 9 49
9 Carlisle United 33 10 2 4 37 22 4 5 8 17 25 7 49
10 Stevenage 33 8 2 7 20 19 6 5 5 23 23 1 49
11 Colchester United 33 7 4 5 20 17 7 2 8 17 21 -1 48
12 Cheltenham Town 34 10 5 2 31 20 3 4 10 17 30 -2 48
13 Swindon Town 33 6 6 5 22 19 6 5 5 20 19 4 47
14 Oldham Athletic 34 8 5 4 32 22 4 4 9 19 26 3 45
15 Grimsby Town 34 10 3 4 21 10 3 3 11 15 28 -2 45
16 Newport County 33 9 5 2 18 8 3 3 11 21 31 0 44
17 Exeter City 33 7 2 7 19 18 4 8 5 17 19 -1 43
18 Morecambe 33 6 5 6 27 21 4 6 6 13 24 -5 41
19 Macclesfield Town 33 5 8 4 22 27 5 2 9 15 23 -13 40
20 Cambridge United 33 6 6 4 15 14 4 3 10 14 26 -11 39
21 Port Vale 33 4 2 10 14 25 4 9 4 12 11 -10 35
22 Crawley Town 33 6 4 7 21 23 3 3 10 12 27 -17 34
23 Notts County 34 3 7 7 14 22 3 4 10 18 36 -26 29
24 Yeovil Town 34 3 5 9 13 26 2 4 11 8 25 -30 24

[Tippy Tappy Football]

We finished 3rd on goal difference for home form and only 9th on goal difference for away form.

The away form in the 2nd half of the season must have been below average with 6 defeats.


We finished 5th on goal difference for 1st half performances and 3rd for 2nd half performances.

We finished 9th on 1st half performances at home and 4th on 2nd half performances at home.

We finished 7th on 1st and 2nd half performances away.

[Stags 2002]

Table from Oct 14th 2018 to end of season.
Amazingly only Bury out performed the Stags.
We had a poor start with only 3 wins from the first 11 games leaving us at one stage 11 points adrift of 3rd position, albeit with a couple of games in hand). If the season was divided into quarters then we were average, brilliant, average, average.

Pos Team P W D L GF GA W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bury 33 11 4 2 41 20 6 5 5 22 21 22 60
2 Mansfield Town 35 11 3 3 28 12 6 6 6 25 20 21 60
3 MK Dons 33 11 2 4 27 11 6 2 8 28 30 14 55
4 Forest Green Rovers 33 7 4 6 23 16 9 2 5 26 19 14 54
5 Lincoln City 33 6 10 1 23 18 7 5 4 23 15 13 54
6 Crewe Alexandra 34 12 0 5 34 23 4 5 8 14 23 2 53
7 Tranmere Rovers 33 10 3 3 28 11 4 5 8 18 27 8 50
8 Northampton Town 33 6 8 2 24 19 6 5 6 29 25 9 49
9 Carlisle United 33 10 2 4 37 22 4 5 8 17 25 7 49
10 Stevenage 33 8 2 7 20 19 6 5 5 23 23 1 49
11 Colchester United 33 7 4 5 20 17 7 2 8 17 21 -1 48
12 Cheltenham Town 34 10 5 2 31 20 3 4 10 17 30 -2 48
13 Swindon Town 33 6 6 5 22 19 6 5 5 20 19 4 47
14 Oldham Athletic 34 8 5 4 32 22 4 4 9 19 26 3 45
15 Grimsby Town 34 10 3 4 21 10 3 3 11 15 28 -2 45
16 Newport County 33 9 5 2 18 8 3 3 11 21 31 0 44
17 Exeter City 33 7 2 7 19 18 4 8 5 17 19 -1 43
18 Morecambe 33 6 5 6 27 21 4 6 6 13 24 -5 41
19 Macclesfield Town 33 5 8 4 22 27 5 2 9 15 23 -13 40
20 Cambridge United 33 6 6 4 15 14 4 3 10 14 26 -11 39
21 Port Vale 33 4 2 10 14 25 4 9 4 12 11 -10 35
22 Crawley Town 33 6 4 7 21 23 3 3 10 12 27 -17 34
23 Notts County 34 3 7 7 14 22 3 4 10 18 36 -26 29
24 Yeovil Town 34 3 5 9 13 26 2 4 11 8 25 -30 24

Contrast that with form over the last 17 games...

PosTeamP WDLGFGA WDLGFGA GDPts
1 Newport County 17 621102 323119 1031
2 Tranmere Rovers 17 612156 33266 931
3MK Dons17 422107 5041516 229
4CreweAlexandra17 6032113 233810 627
5Bury17 4321713 3321010 427
6Northampton Town17 3321011 4321613 227
7LincolnCity17 26199 422115 626
8Stevenage17 414109 3411410 526
9Morecambe17 422169 333915 126
10Cheltenham Town17 630166 116617 -125
11Swindon Town17 432156 2331112 824
12 Forest Green Rovers 17 333129 4041111 324
13Colchester United17 413108 3241112 124
14Oldham Athletic17 4321814 22479 223
15Exeter City17 4041110 2521010 123
16 Mansfield Town 17 512168 135911 622
17Grimsby Town17 52284 125814 -222
18Notts County17 243811 3141114 -620
19Carlisle United17 4221614 135413 -720
20Crawley Town17 233812 324914 -920
21Port Vale17 305811 15347 -617
22Macclesfield Town17 1611213 225916 -817
23Cambridge United17 14337 225910 -515
24Yeovil Town17 224712 027419 -2010

[Tippy Tappy Football]

That is a shocking last 17 games at the squeaky bum end of the season.

[The One]

Table from Oct 14th 2018 to end of season.
Amazingly only Bury out performed the Stags.
We had a poor start with only 3 wins from the first 11 games leaving us at one stage 11 points adrift of 3rd position, albeit with a couple of games in hand). If the season was divided into quarters then we were average, brilliant, average, average.

Pos Team P W D L GF GA W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bury 33 11 4 2 41 20 6 5 5 22 21 22 60
2 Mansfield Town 35 11 3 3 28 12 6 6 6 25 20 21 60
3 MK Dons 33 11 2 4 27 11 6 2 8 28 30 14 55
4 Forest Green Rovers 33 7 4 6 23 16 9 2 5 26 19 14 54
5 Lincoln City 33 6 10 1 23 18 7 5 4 23 15 13 54
6 Crewe Alexandra 34 12 0 5 34 23 4 5 8 14 23 2 53
7 Tranmere Rovers 33 10 3 3 28 11 4 5 8 18 27 8 50
8 Northampton Town 33 6 8 2 24 19 6 5 6 29 25 9 49
9 Carlisle United 33 10 2 4 37 22 4 5 8 17 25 7 49
10 Stevenage 33 8 2 7 20 19 6 5 5 23 23 1 49
11 Colchester United 33 7 4 5 20 17 7 2 8 17 21 -1 48
12 Cheltenham Town 34 10 5 2 31 20 3 4 10 17 30 -2 48
13 Swindon Town 33 6 6 5 22 19 6 5 5 20 19 4 47
14 Oldham Athletic 34 8 5 4 32 22 4 4 9 19 26 3 45
15 Grimsby Town 34 10 3 4 21 10 3 3 11 15 28 -2 45
16 Newport County 33 9 5 2 18 8 3 3 11 21 31 0 44
17 Exeter City 33 7 2 7 19 18 4 8 5 17 19 -1 43
18 Morecambe 33 6 5 6 27 21 4 6 6 13 24 -5 41
19 Macclesfield Town 33 5 8 4 22 27 5 2 9 15 23 -13 40
20 Cambridge United 33 6 6 4 15 14 4 3 10 14 26 -11 39
21 Port Vale 33 4 2 10 14 25 4 9 4 12 11 -10 35
22 Crawley Town 33 6 4 7 21 23 3 3 10 12 27 -17 34
23 Notts County 34 3 7 7 14 22 3 4 10 18 36 -26 29
24 Yeovil Town 34 3 5 9 13 26 2 4 11 8 25 -30 24

Contrast that with form over the last 17 games...

PosTeamP WDLGFGA WDLGFGA GDPts
1 Newport County 17 621102 323119 1031
2 Tranmere Rovers 17 612156 33266 931
3MK Dons17 422107 5041516 229
4CreweAlexandra17 6032113 233810 627
5Bury17 4321713 3321010 427
6Northampton Town17 3321011 4321613 227
7LincolnCity17 26199 422115 626
8Stevenage17 414109 3411410 526
9Morecambe17 422169 333915 126
10Cheltenham Town17 630166 116617 -125
11Swindon Town17 432156 2331112 824
12 Forest Green Rovers 17 333129 4041111 324
13Colchester United17 413108 3241112 124
14Oldham Athletic17 4321814 22479 223
15Exeter City17 4041110 2521010 123
16 Mansfield Town 17 512168 135911 622
17Grimsby Town17 52284 125814 -222
18Notts County17 243811 3141114 -620
19Carlisle United17 4221614 135413 -720
20Crawley Town17 233812 324914 -920
21Port Vale17 305811 15347 -617
22Macclesfield Town17 1611213 225916 -817
23Cambridge United17 14337 225910 -515
24Yeovil Town17 224712 027419 -2010

Does anyone understand this? Taking it Bletchley park in morning

[Stags 2002]

If you do your welcome to add all the spaces. ST4GS clearly has far more patience to do so.

Pos Team P (Home) W D L GF GA (Away) W D L GF GA GD Pts
16 Mansfield Town 17 (Home) 5 1 2 16 8  (Away) 1 3 5 9 11 6 22

Hopefully a little clearer.

Joking aside based on the last 17 games our form was representative of 16th place that isn't a laughing matter.

[Spiritater]

If you do your welcome to add all the spaces. ST4GS clearly has far more patience to do so.

Pos Team P (Home) W D L GF GA (Away) W D L GF GA GD Pts
16 Mansfield Town 17 (Home) 5 1 2 16 8  (Away) 1 3 5 9 11 6 22

Hopefully a little clearer.

Joking aside based on the last 17 games our form was representative of 16th place that isn't a laughing matter.

And unfortunately our actual play going into the playoffs looks decidedly mid tableish, as though the players have had their Bermudas, RayBans and flip flops in their kitbags for a while now.
Since the turn of the year we've been consistently inconsistent which generally gets you nowhere fast.

[BH_Stag]

It’s clear to see that since the end of the transfer window we have been absolutely bang average where one or two bright performances against Exeter and Morecambe papered over some cracks. Anybody who just says ‘we finished 4th, it’s better than last year’ and leaves it at that needs to look a little deeper than a quick glance at the league table. This isn’t a problem that’s occurred over the past 3 games, it’s been building for a while unfortunately and we’ve become pretty easy to beat at the end of the season again and performances haven’t been anywhere near what we saw pre-jan when the pressure is on. 2, but hopefully 3 games to sort it out.