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Revived Red · 22-12-2013, 12:09

The ending was astonishing and certainly made up for what we had to endure prior to that. Mansfield were awful - persistently booed by their fans and clearly at odds with each other. We just about matched them in many respects. Apart from Tom Aldred (though even he may think he could have done better with the first Mansfield goal) and Piero Mingoia (who was a constant source of danger throughout the afternoon), we offered little. The idea of playing James Gray as lone striker seemed to suggest that we had gone for a draw. But, as someone once wrote, "all's well that ends well".

If Middlesbrough proved that passion overcomes logic, Mansfield proved that passion also overcomes ability - and that's how we won. We had the passion, Mansfield didn't.

Well that's how I saw it anyway.

22-12-2013, 12:09	#27
Revived Red Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Portishead, near Bristol Posts: 3,087 Liked: 954 times Rep Power: 28175	Re: Mansfield - Fudge Me Sideways!! The ending was astonishing and certainly made up for what we had to endure prior to that. Mansfield were awful - persistently booed by their fans and clearly at odds with each other. We just about matched them in many respects. Apart from Tom Aldred (though even he may think he could have done better with the first Mansfield goal) and Piero Mingoia (who was a constant source of danger throughout the afternoon), we offered little. The idea of playing James Gray as lone striker seemed to suggest that we had gone for a draw. But, as someone once wrote, "all's well that ends well". If Middlesbrough proved that passion overcomes logic, Mansfield proved that passion also overcomes ability - and that's how we won. We had the passion, Mansfield didn't. Well that's how I saw it anyway.