Away at the MK Dons Saturday 20/02/21

[Manwork04]

Next game is the decider for me. Get the result, keep Brady. Don't, appoint someone else.

Yep can’t disagree with that but I think KT has other ideas and think he will appoint a new man next week irrespective.

[guest3063]

Yep can’t disagree with that but I think KT has other ideas and think he will appoint a new man next week irrespective.

Any reason for thinking this or is it purely guesswork?

[Mysterious Curle]

Yep can’t disagree with that but I think KT has other ideas and think he will appoint a new man next week irrespective.

You feeling okay?

KT to put his hand in his pocket and appoint someone rather than letting it roll on the cheap with Brady?

[everbrite]

Disappointing result considering we were 2-3 up with less than 10 mins to go. Perhaps we should have played like Cobblers of old wasted time and shut up shop. I think 'gamesmanship' was missing. Even a draw would have sufficed. We now have a nail biter v 'Dale and frankly am not terribly confident of gaining a winning result.  Swindon winning does not help either. JB will now have to think how to organise the defence best he can to avoid conceding goals when in the lead  I really don't envy Brady's job now, but he has done well to pick the side up and get them on the front foot! Time is now against him and another poor result may well force KT's hand. Its a pity some go out of their way to criticise Mitchell; certainly MK's second goal looked preventable; no chance with the 1st and as for the others not sure if he could have done any better. Fed up!

[Larry]

I hope you were all entertained by the game.
I'm more of a results person and I can't help thinking if Curle had been in charge we would have won that 1-0

[Buster]

Going into this game MK were top of the current form table and we were bottom (over last four games) so I wasn’t expecting anything out of it.  As it unfolded however I felt sure we were going to get our first win at stadium MK.  When they levelled to make it 3-3 I would have actually been disappointed with the draw.  To then lose was just soul destroying.

Nevertheless the performance was superb and when you consider that this was away to the team bang in form, I think it bodes well.  Nearly every team will have a poor runs and all poor runs end. I think ours is about to.  It probably would have today had we been playing almost anyone else.

The difference now is we are playing with a confidence that has been missing all season.  I can see us shortly getting our first win of 2020 then going on a run. There is still a lot of the season left so I’m not panicking just yet.

[GrangeParkCobbler]

The only problem with MK being top of the current form table is that by all accounts, from their fans to their manager they played poorly, yet they still managed to beat us and put four past us in the process!

I don't know what to make of "celebrating" goalless draws at out of form sides such as Ipswich (who drew 0-0 again today) and losing to an under-par MK Dons for the third time this season!

Plenty on here didn't care what the performances were like under Curle as we got some results....now the performances are better under Brady but we've picked up one point in nine. Funny old game.

Still, I am confident of a good points haul this week, an elusive win over Rochdale and a draw at Swindon will be a good result.

[Welly Cobb]

It's difficult to judge really, isn't it. Just a little bit of luck with the woodwork or the refs, and I think I'd be very happy with where we were... I feel like we've been unlucky to get 1 point from 3, and almost all 3 games we've come away with less than what we deserve. However, if that continues to be the case then it suggests something is wrong, as they say they make you're own luck in football! Next two games feels like we'll really see if we have what we take, though I feel like I was only saying that really recently with the Wigan/Burton double header, and look how that turned out.

[Charlatan]

I think what peed me off most was that we'd worked really hard to come back from 2-1 down and with 7 mins of normal time to go and we're 3-2 to up you must get something from the game. I was VERY disappointed (to say the least) with our lack of ability to see the game out. In this situation you want see your team putting their bodies on the line, breaking up play, the basics what most teams do to see the game out. It looked like (to me) we played when 3-2 up as if we were safe in mid-table.
               

[Winslow Lee]

2 of the goals yesterday came from defenders 1 from a midfielder, it’s time for the attacking players to finally contribute.

[Dan]

I hope you were all entertained by the game.
I'm more of a results person and I can't help thinking if Curle had been in charge we would have won that 1-0

Whereas what would have actually happened would have been a mirror image of Crewe away 😂 maybe the early goal and then 88 minutes of defending and losing.

[Madrid Cobbler]

I think what peed me off most was that we'd worked really hard to come back from 2-1 down and with 7 mins of normal time to go and we're 3-2 to up you must get something from the game. I was VERY disappointed (to say the least) with our lack of ability to see the game out. In this situation you want see your team putting their bodies on the line, breaking up play, the basics what most teams do to see the game out. It looked like (to me) we played when 3-2 up as if we were safe in mid-table.
               

Agreed. Very frustrating, but let's not forget lady luck. MK were extremely lucky to win that game. A hopeful punt over the top lands in no man's land between goalkeeper and defence and they score, having not looked like coming back in the previous minutes. Obviously not helped by weak defending by us, but the ball, by chance, landed in the only spot from which they could have scored. I've already given my opinion on the fourth goal which includes 2 (or possibly 3) mistakes by the referee. On another day, neither of those things happen and we see the game out.

Those people who expect us to be able to attack better and defend better in the space of 2 weeks need to understand that to attack more, JB has had t take a gamble and it will take time to get the balance between attack and defence. I would like us to use a bit more gamesmanship when leading though, like we did under KC. I understand that JB doesn't like this (and neither do I) but sadly all teams do it and tend to get away with it and it influences results, so we can't afford not to do it in our position.

[Winslow Lee]

I think we had bought on the attacking players to get us back from 2-1 but then when leading 3-2 and the inevitable response from MK we just didn’t have the players on the pitch to hold out.

[Manwork04]

Agreed. Very frustrating, but let's not forget lady luck. MK were extremely lucky to win that game. A hopeful punt over the top lands in no man's land between goalkeeper and defence and they score, having not looked like coming back in the previous minutes. Obviously not helped by weak defending by us, but the ball, by chance, landed in the only spot from which they could have scored. I've already given my opinion on the fourth goal which includes 2 (or possibly 3) mistakes by the referee. On another day, neither of those things happen and we see the game out.

Those people who expect us to be able to attack better and defend better in the space of 2 weeks need to understand that to attack more, JB has had t take a **** and it will take time to get the balance between attack and defence. I would like us to use a bit more gamesmanship when leading though, like we did under KC. I understand that JB doesn't like this (and neither do I) but sadly all teams do it and tend to get away with it and it influences results, so we can't afford not to do it in our position.

Absolute none sense, it’s got nothing to do with luck, it’s p1ss poor defending coupled with a keeper who had lost all his confidence after letting in the second goal, he was a complete liability.
You make your own luck by doing the basics.

[west stand oap]

Opportunity missed - at the start of the season not many people would have expected more than 1 point from the last 2 games but we should have had 4 and if the finishing was better at Ipswich we could have taken all 6. You should not lose if you score 3 goals but having only conceded 5 in the previous 7 games, including 4 clean sheets, and having finally found the back of the net it coincides with us shipping in goals at the other end. I think Brady missed a trick by not bringing Sheehan on when we went 3-2 in front to help manage the game and preserve the lead, it was a game we should never have lost.
At least we are now creating chances and finally taking them which gives us a chance of staying up, will we be good enough to take it?. The next 2 games could answer that question.

[Manwork04]

Opportunity missed - at the start of the season not many people would have expected more than 1 point from the last 2 games but we should have had 4 and if the finishing was better at Ipswich we could have taken all 6. You should not lose if you score 3 goals but having only conceded 5 in the previous 7 games, including 4 clean sheets, and having finally found the back of the net it coincides with us shipping in goals at the other end. I think Brady missed a trick by not bringing Sheehan on when we went 3-2 in front to help manage the game and preserve the lead, it was a game we should never have lost.
At least we are now creating chances and finally taking them which gives us a chance of staying up, will we be good enough to take it?. The next 2 games could answer that question.

+1

[observer1]

We were the better side and must take great heart from that. But next week we need a minimum of 4 points, ideally 6. Can't afford to settle for less at this point.

Marshall is a funny old player. He's gone from being frozen out to being absolutely key to almost all of our best attacking moves. That free kick was a peach and should have led to the winning goal. However, I was disappointed with his reaction in the buildup to the fourth goal. Yes it was never a free kick against him, but it was given. He needed to run at the player and stop him getting the cross in, instead he let him have all the time and space in the world. Maybe he was tiring, but it looked lazy. He needs to work on the defensive side of his game.

Jones, who acquitted himself so well midweek when the Drysdale incident happened, had a poor game. As did Mitchell. Could see both being dropped on Tuesday.

[WasRambo]

I like to stick up for keepers whenever possible but I'd put the last three down to Mitchell. The first he has to do better, it's gone through him, the second - why did he retreat? That was a dolly catch gather if he just opens his mouth and stands his ground. The last is the worst for me. No striker should be able to finish from four yards out from that length of cross without getting clattered. Not alert nor brave enough for me

[Saint Cobbler]

I hope you were all entertained by the game.
I'm more of a results person and I can't help thinking if Curle had been in charge we would have won that 1-0

Dream on! On what basis?

[everbrite]

Dream on! On what basis?

It’s just his opinion, because it does not reflect yours is poor excuse to tell him to dream on!