by Tippy Tappy Football » Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:04 pm
HT: Newport County 0 Mansfield Town 0
Newport have been the better side and have dominated possession. Their back three of Brandon Cooper, Matty Dolan and Mickey Demetriou look more comfortable on the ball and Matty Dolan has brought the ball forward well from the centre of defence. Brandon Cooper on loan from Swansea City looks very good. Ryan Haynes has been their main threat down the right and has got four crosses in. Corey O'Keeffe needs to try and get some blocks in.
The Stags look like they are happy sat deeper and waiting for Newport to try and break through them and then possibly go for a counter attack. Mansfield's only attack was when Corey O'Keeffe cleared a Newport corner which resulted in Nicky Maynard slooting the ball through to George Maris. He cut inside Josh Sheehan but Nick Townsend dived to his left to push Maris' shot away.
Newport have had two chances with Aiden Stone pushing away shots from Mickey Demitriou and Scott Twine.
I like that when James Perch gets the ball in midfield he plays the ball forward on the floor. George Maris has given the ball away too much again and Jamie Reid has lost possession three times. Great turn by Nicky Maynard in the 46th minute but he ballooned his shot well over the ball.
Corey O'Keeffe needs to get tighter to Ryan Haynes at the back and get some blocks in. Stephen McLaughlin has been better at this. Rollin Menayese has made some good tackles and won his headers but made one error. Farrend Rawson has been heading the ball away at the back as usual with his no nonsense defending. Ryan Sweeney has been steady so far. I think he's only tried one long diagonal ball to date.