Official MK Dongs v Swindon Town Matchday thread

[Batch]

Oh do fuck off. If the team have been shit for 45/90 minutes they deserve all the shit they get (I'm not referring to yesterday 0-0 away (ht) is clearly not shit).

I've shouted at individual players too, including Paynter in pre-season when he was absolutely shit.

However, I do not boo/shout or whatever at a player just because they happen to be villain of the week. 

[dell boy]

Oh do fuck off. If the team have been shit for 45/90 minutes they deserve all the shit they get (I'm not referring to yesterday 0-0 away (ht) is clearly not shit).

I've shouted at individual players too, including Paynter in pre-season when he was absolutely shit.

However, I do not boo/shout or whatever at a player just because they happen to be villain of the week. 

A bit contradictory there ....

[Batch]

A bit contradictory there ....

Not at all.  He got the criticism for playing shit, not because his name was Paynter.

[THE FLASH]

Enjoyed the result but i was very disturbed at times in the first half.
The team seemed to lack any gameplan in my opinion and there were times when players got pocession and didnt seem to know what to do with it.
Vastly improved second half and agree with other posters that we seemed to have more fight and battle and really made the MK defenders panic at times by chasing down loose balls that we were leaving in the first half.
I disagree with some posters on here about giving players stick....personal abuse is wrong but when a player makes a basic error and the fans groan i dont expect players to make gestures to the supporters - Fact is - you are a professional football player and shouldnt be thumping a ball into row z when you have time and space to control the ball!!!!!
Three points are three points and lifts a bit of gloom - roll on Aldershot (im going) ...i reckon we will do well in the MM Cup this year!!!

[No Longer Posh Red]

In 40 years of supporting Swindon I have never booed or slagged off a player wearing a Swindon shirt. You talk to the guys and girls around you about your feelings about poor performances, but why slag off the team you love, it amazes me sometimes why some fans even bother to come to matches.

I have to admit I did Boo Steve McMoan, but he was a scouse git & deserved every bit of it.

Other than that I do agree, it does none of them any good to get that kind of treatment. It just puts them in a frame of mind where they are scared to make any other mistakes, which just makes it all the more likely.

[tans]

Just got back and a very satisfying win. 1st half was possibly the most boring game of football I've ever witnessed but was worth it for the second half.

Cox looked lively and continues to link well with paynter. Nalis was good today as was Easton who I feel is desperately needed back in the centre. Smith played on both sides today and was pretty good and bar distribution Ifil was immense again making 1 or 2 last ditch challenges. Aljofree was also better but his baiting of fans should see him have the captains armband taken away as he isn't captain material. Marshall also look very lively when he came on which is promising.
The only negative was Smith......all this bollocks about him commanding his box better was proven to be rubbish. The goal was his fault, pretty much every cross he punched and flapped often not knowing where the ball was going.He made some top saves but all keepers should be good shot stoppers its the other areas such as crosses and decision making where the cream rises to the top. As well as the goal in the 1st half he almost cost us a goal where he whacked the ball straight at their striker and also when they hit the bar in the 1st half he was poorly positioned 3 or 4 yards off his line so if it had been going in he would of been in trouble.
Brez has taken alot of criticism and rightly so and so now must Smith, IMO he is no better than Brez and unfortunately at this present time with Brez low on confidence and Smith not as good as people make so our goalkeeping situation is a bit up in the air at the moment.
Admittedly it was Smiths first game back so maybe he needs time to bed back in but today was far from being an assured display.

Best bit of the day though was after the game the number of bites my AFC wimbledon flag got was priceless. MK is a souless town and the stadium just didn't feel like a football ground.

I wondered who that was with the flag. Top work sir. Were you sat in the corner by the steward that nickedthe football?

[tans]

Smith made some very good saves epecially from i think was from a Wilberham header.

Cox Pen
http://www.dailymotion.com/ScotMunroe/video/x6lml3_simon-cox-pen-against-mk-dons_sport

couldve got me in it, i was stood next to you!

[tans]

First away game of the season

First away three points of the season

And summer finally arrived!!


GET IN!!!!

Bring on Hereford next Friday - Im going

Bet you was gutted with the Pox scoring in the last min Fatters.

The sausage rolls were also shite by the way, like eating sandpaper

[Spencer_White]

Felt pretty disollusioned at HT because of the fans booing. Whats all that about? Yes it was 0-0, but we were attacking at our end second chance. For me 0-0 at HT was job done. Couldnt believe our fans were booing.

As for the Aljofree thing, it was the third time he had put it out like that, not under pressure, not even gaining any ground up the pitch. Its pretty standard proceedure you will get some grief if you keep doing that. But Malpas said he was ill, so should forget it. Was a shame Aljofree was one of the only players not to come over at the end, he should have buried the hatchet.

I dont want to criticise too much, because its a great win, and totally unexpected (a real pools buster). But defensively I thought we were poor, and if we dont get more organised we will struggle to do much this season. Its a lot like 2004-05, good attack, defensive shambles. Thats not a criticism of Malpas, because I think we are struggling with players who arent fit (Amankwaah, Aljofree, Casal), players who are still learning (Casal, Kanyuka) and both goalkeepers have made mistakes this season as well.

All credit to Paynter (menace all game, good finnish). Marshall looked dangerous, very impressed. Easton ran non stop all game then popped up in another 90th minute box to box run to win a penalty, great engine. Nalis got some tackles in and won a fair few 50-50's.

I know its early, but we needed that big time. Just hope we show the same determination on tuesday and friday!

[glos_robin]

I wondered who that was with the flag. Top work sir. Were you sat in the corner by the steward that nickedthe football?

That was me indeed that steward and his buddy were proper idiots.........even got bites off some of the stewards. You would think not having any supporters just customers they'd be hot on customer service but most of the MK staff seemed to have an attitude problem.

I reckon the mongs could be in serious problems. I heard some of their stewards saying Spurs are going to play there for the next 2 seasons.....surely that'll mean the franchise fans will just jump on that bandwagon and watch them instead.

[sonic youth]

wish i could get to hereford on friday. gah.

casal looked as though he'd changed his style of play a little - looked to take the safe option rather than risk losing posession by trying to play the ball out. i assume this is something that has been coached into him over the last week or two. as a result he looked considerably more assured at the back before his injury.

as for booing players, i think there's a distinction that can be made;

- giving a player some stick for being poor or making a horrendous mistake is pretty much a given. some respond well to it.
- booing and slagging off a player regardless of what they do - duke, pook, vincent et al - is just fucking stupid and counterproductive.

[Simon Pieman]

That was me indeed that steward and his buddy were proper idiots.........even got bites off some of the stewards. You would think not having any supporters just customers they'd be hot on customer service but most of the MK staff seemed to have an attitude problem.

I reckon the mongs could be in serious problems. I heard some of their stewards saying Spurs are going to play there for the next 2 seasons.....surely that'll mean the franchise fans will just jump on that bandwagon and watch them instead.

The staff at the food counters were polite.

[DV]

...although the random ejections guy was a bit odd!

[axs]

...although the random ejections guy was a bit odd!

did they actually randomly eject anyone?

[blinkpip]

The staff at the food counters were polite.

They were thick as fuck, Over charge twice by the idiots. Had to add up for them, the arrogant pikeys.