I'm surprised this hasn’t been said earlier. I agree 100%. Neal Ardley simply outwitted Flitcroft with a brilliant game plan which didn’t allow Mansfield to play their usual game. There's no doubting NA and his management team are master tacticians and their recruitment strategy this January has been an outstanding success.
I wonder if Mansfield have peaked now and like Notts this time last season are going to slip out the automatic promotion slots and have to play MK Dons in the playoffs. With a couple of diabolical decisions they could miss out on promotion and we could be stuffing them again next season too on our way to the title.