Lacklustre County Fall To First Loss

County have been handed their first defeat of the season after a lethargic display against Mansfield Town at Edgeley Park today.

In the early kick-off on the day, a second-half strike from Luke O’Neill gave the Stags all three points and their first away win of the season up against Didi Hamann’s side.

There was no real energy or urgency from The Hatters, and Hamann addressed that post-match when he confirmed that the club were looking at bringing in a striker this week.

The attack of Chadwick, Gritton, Chamberlain (albeit temporarily), and Elliott seems toothless and one of the big problems in this side is the lack of a goalscorer.

Skipper Danny O’Donnell impressed again alongside ex-Peterborough Utd man Carl Piergianni, and those two look to be forming a solid partnership at the back.

Another issue is that we looked lightweight throughout today, debutant Jon Nolan realistically looking one of the few who fancied getting stuck in to the visitors.

We’re still in the ‘gelling period’ where new sides take around ten games to gel as a unit etcetera, and we’ve only lost the once, so it’s hardly a disaster – but Hamann and assistant Willie McStay will have to address the issue of another striker coming in ASAP if we have any REALISTIC (being the operative word) expectation of keeping up with the top ten.

Ed.