by Tippy Tappy Football » Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:42 pm
FT: Mansfield Town U23 3 Sunderland U23 0 (HT: 3-0)
Attendance: 345
A comfortable win for Stags U23s with two first half goals from corners by Nathan Caine and Jason Law. Nathan Caine then crossed for Tyrese Sinclair to make it 3-0. It was essentially the same Stags team that played against Harrogate Town in the EFL Trophy last Tuesday (8 starters and 2 subs Caine/Cooper). Ryan Stirk also returned from Covid.
Tyrese Sinclair and Jason Law played well. Probably Jason Law's best game this season. Tyrese should have scored a couple more goals. Another 90 minutes for Jordan Bowery and Harry Charsley. George Cooper and Keaton Ward were solid in defence. Keaton Ward did not give the ball away as much as last Tuesday and sensibly smashed it away when required. I like it when he brings the ball out of defence but he then tends to make a bad pass. He should keep trying to develop this part of his game though. Ryan Burke made one great crossfield pass in the 2nd half. James Clarke made a good run into the area in the 1st half and should have shot first time similar to Kellan Gordon on Saturday.
George Shelvey
James Clarke (Taylor Anderson), George Cooper (James Deakin*)?, Keaton Ward, Ryan Burke
Harry Charsley, Ryan Stirk, Jason Law,
Nathan Caine (James Gale), Jordan Bowery, Tyrese Sinclair