Stags warned to improve
19 Sep 2007 - 08:19:06
Mansfield Town boss Billy Dearden has challenged his defenders to tighten up, with the Stags having conceded 14 goals in their first six league games of the season.
A 3-1 reverse by local rivals Chesterfield only served to highlight Town's frailties and Dearden is looking for a major improvement.
He told The Chad: "We need to get a clean sheet from somewhere, we are just giving too many sloppy goals away.
"I am not pointing the finger at any one player, you should attack and defend as a team.
"But I still think the lads we already have at the club can defend better than they are doing.
"Every mistake or piece of bad defending is being punished. Sometimes you can get away with it, but that's not happening for us."