[spireitematt]

Problem is Matt I have no faith in Sheridan. I thought it was the worst thing we could have done to bring him back and said so at the time. People seemed to forget the crap and only remember the good. Yes we went up as Champions but how much of that was down to the new stadium feel good factor and big crowds? The following season we had one of the worst squads I can remember and dropped like a whores knickers without any fight.
The start of the next season was no better and if Cooke had not been appointed god knows where we would have finished.
The team selection and subs bench was dire on Saturday, that was down to JS and nobody else. This team is his and it doesn't fill me with any confidence nor does he.
First half we just didn't have a clue and neither did Sheridan, all he could do was stand in the technical area with his arms folded keeping shtum.
If we go up this season not only will I show my arse in Burtons window (which is now in Tesco's), but I will run starkers down Blues street (how could I forget) with a Mansfield flag stuck up my arris.

The season we went up under Sheridan back in 2011 was because we had a good squad. We had Craig Davies who left on a free to Barnsley who was never replaced, same goes with Smalley and Scott Griffiths. The loanee players in that squad should have been signed but instead they moved on and in the close season we signed players like Mendy, Juan, Randall and a lot of loan players on top especially loanee keepers as Tommy was injured.

The new stadium and the crowds would have been a morale boost as well.

The 2012/13 season we started the season with a loss away to AFC Wimbledon and then went on 4 back to back draws and didn't get a win till mid-September at home to Wycombe (won 3-1) that's when Tommy Wright was in charge and I remember that Trotman scored an OG from a corner from Wycombe, it was a great goal but just at the wrong end. Then we beat Accrington 4-3 and then the form then was hit and miss and then hit some good run of form in November under Cook and we just narrowly missed out on the playoffs by 2pts that season.

2013/14 season under Cook was a great season where we played good, attractive football and the same goes for the 2014/15 season. I think Paul Mitchell who was the scout was a great help as he unearthed gems, then he followed Cook to Portsmouth and now he works at Sheffield United as there scout and look where they are.

I know I say it a lot and others have said it as well but if only we had kept Cook and kept majority of that team together we could have been challenging for the league but instead Cook left for Portsmouth and we sold majority of the squad off, hired Saunders as manager and the rest is history.

If we had made it to the Championship we may have struggled and probably would have come straight back down but we would have got 8,000-9,000 possibly 10,000 at every home game and we would have got money from TV rights and all that would have helped with the debt.