BOSS Peter Jackson insists a Football Association warning over Town's future discipline won't affect his team's approach to the remainder of the League I season.
The Galpharm chief was one of a number of managers recently summoned to a hearing in Manchester to explain Town's tally of red and yellow cards, which on January 2, was the worst in the division.
Town had 55 yellows and five reds, two of which came in the 3-0 New Year's Day defeat at Doncaster, when Adnan Ahmed and Pawel Abbott both took early baths.
Danny Adams, who like Abbott, has now left the club, was shown red cards against Bradford and Brighton while Martin McIntosh was sent off at Orient.
Ahmed and Abbott both served three-match bans while Adams missed five matches over two suspensions and McIntosh one.
In addition, Andy Holdsworth, Jon Worthington, Chris Brandon and Michael Collins have all served one-match bans for reaching five cautions.
And David Mirfin and Danny Schofield - who along with Holdsworth and Matt Young was booked in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Bristol City - are both just one more yellow card away from a one-match suspension.
So too is on-loan Frank Sinclair, who picked up four yellows during his 20 appearances for Burnley this season.
If the trio can get through the remainder of this month (three matches) without another yellow card, the threat of a ban will end and they would instead receive a warning.
Jackson said: "While no manager wants suspensions, they are part and parcel of the modern game, and you have to accept you are sure to get some.
"The frustrating bookings are those which come for needless offences, and that's something I do crack down on.
"But in terms of making challenges, players can't allow the fear of a booking to stop them making a responsible attempt to win the ball."
Jackson, who was accompanied by Town director Ralph Rimmer when he faced the FA panel, added: "They basically told us they'd be keeping tabs on us over the remainder of the season.
"We pointed out that our record became much worse as a result of one match - away to Doncaster - and that it was pretty similar to the same section of the previous season, when we weren't called to account.
"In the matches since Doncaster, we had two without any bookings at all (away to Yeovil and at home to Cheltenham), so I am satisfied with our record."
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