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Mansfield Town sit fourth in the conference under new manager Paul Cox. An impressive 2-3 victory away to Barrow sees Paul Cox's side go 7 games unbeaten and five wins on the bounce.

Loanee Matthew Green continues to impress with another goal to take his tally to 6 goals in 9 appearances. If he keeps up this kind of form there is no reason he won't be the 20+ goal a season man that Mansfield have been missing. It hasn't come as much of a shock to me as he was always impressive when playing against Mansfield for Oxford on the wing. His pace and ability to hold up the ball is phenomenal and not forgetting his skills on the ball(His flick on to Luke O'Neill in the Newport game would have been talked about for a long time on Motd etc) Green has stated he is happy to stay here and hopefully it won't be a problem extending his stay beyond December.

Fellow Loanee Ben Futcher who this week extended his loan deal until November 5th, recorded his first goal of the season in the victory at Barrow and continues to be that no nonsense rock at the back we have badly needed for a few seasons now. It is somewhat annoying that it wasn't possible to keep him on loan until January with it becoming a permanent move as since Futcher and Antony Howell have come into the team Mansfield have not lost a game.

With Tom Naylor completing his trial with Fulham it is likely we will hear some news on his movement in the next few days and November and December could be testing months without the services of Futcher and Naylor, though Martin  Riley is now fully fit again and John Thompson is set to return to light training soon.

It is hard not to get carried away with how well things are going on the pitch at the moment but if Mansfield can keep this form going until November and cope until January without Futcher then there is no reason why they won't be challenging for the playoffs this season if not automatic. It is not the first time Mansfield have started off well but signs are much better this season after responding to the defeat away to Gateshead and after falling behind in other games.  The next three fixtures will be very interesting with two home games and an away game at Wrexham, if this Mansfield team can pick up a win at Wrexham it will certainly start to make people stand up and take notice, if they aren't already.

Rarely a season goes by without some form of controversy off the field at Mansfield Town and it is little surprise that the appointment of the new CEO has raised some concerning issues, thankfully things on Field have so far been unaffected and hopefully it will remain that way. In my opinion everyone deserves a chance to prove they are up to the job before being judged and I hope supporters will give her that chance before condemning her over allegations made in a tabloid newspaper and her rumoured relationship with Chairman John Radford.

For the first time in a while Mansfield Town fans are eagerly awaiting each game and that buzz around tomorrows home game against AFC Telford is in full swing.

Match Stats

Mansfield Current Form (Last 5 games)
W:5 D:0 L:0 GF:14 GA:2

AFC Telford Current Form (Last 5 games)
 W:1 D:2 L:2 GF:7 GA:9

Mansfield Top Goalscorers

Green		6
Briscoe		4
Dyer		2
O'Neill		2
Connor		1
Futcher		1
Meikle		1

AFC Telford
Brown 2
Mills 2
Newton 2
Davies 1
Farrell 1
Meechan 1
Rooney 1
Sharp 1


This won't be an easy fixture but if Mansfield carry on performing at the levels they have been their quality should be too much for Telford and should put Mansfield on a run of 6 wins going into a tough home fixture against Kidderminster Harriers.