MK Dongs vs Swindon Town MDT

[Todder76]

I’m happy to send Tshmanga, Cotterill and Frecklington home at Xmas.

think they would be happy to because we’re shit and not playing the right football them to shine

[THE FLASH]

Havent read back.

Started well and faded.

Never looked like we could turn the game in our favour, even at 1 zip up.

Rushed everything in the final third for some reason.

Umbongo couldnt stand up.

Smith last his shit again. We cant have our best (of a bad bunch) forward now being frozen out.

Shouldnt of had a corner for their first. Bycroft fuck up after a couple of smart saves.

VAR would of probably disallowed their second. Offside and holding on to Bycrofts leg.

Didnt need the refs help to beat us though.

Franchise are all cunts and i said this everytime ifollow zoomed in on them.

Gloom.

Now read back.

[Batch]

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VAR would of probably disallowed their second. Offside and holding on to Bycrofts leg.

He's not offside. McGregor is playing him on. He's off the pitch without the referees permission so it's deemed as if on the line.

The holding, maybe so.

[Frigby Daser]

Whatever the decisions, we were second best by some distance. I’ll keep banging the drum for McGurk in a Kemp type role. Failing that, push Kilkenny further forwards. The midfielders need someone who shows for the ball, can turn, and supply the strikers. And I’ve not seen anything to suggest Butterworth is the answer.

[No Longer Posh Red]

Started with four at the back, soon switched to a five (with Drinan at RWB) as we were being overrun in midfield.

Lino got a lot of stick over not giving offside decisions, but not convinced he was wrong. However he clearly got it wrong for the corner which led to their first goal.

Had we have gone in at HT 1-0 up who knows what would have happened, even more so if the clear penalty on Tshimanga in the first half had been given and converted. However the fact that Tshimanga didn’t appear to be able to stay on his feet, even when not challenged probably didn’t help his cause.

Sobowale was excellent in the first half, making several important interceptions, but was poor in the second half, especially when moving over to the left hand side.

Overall the team looked disjointed and struggled for a lot of the game, and despite the fact we had no help from the officials we didn’t really deserve anything from the game.

Only positive was its only half the distance home after the game

[Bob1978]

In hindsight Holloway is correct he didn’t really get the tactics right. I don’t think Lindsey won his first league game as mk manager, Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that. I fully expect to beat Accrington though

[DV]

In hindsight Holloway is correct he didn’t really get the tactics right. I don’t think Lindsey won his first league game as mk manager, Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that. I fully expect to beat Accrington though

The next month is literally going to make or break our season.

Accrington, Morecambe, Colchester, Fleetwood.

Come Christmas we are either going to be breathing a huge sigh of relief or be absolutely fucked.

[Boeta]

think they would be happy to because we’re shit and not playing the right football them to shine

Are you Cotterills dad?

[Bob1978]

think they would be happy to because we’re shit and not playing the right football them to shine

And they’re not part of that? I think they can shine all they want in reserve football but far better to stick around and turn things around here - if they have the right attitude (your post suggests they don’t)

[iParadise]

Or put Barden in!

He seems a bit of a liability as well, judging by his last league outing

[Batch]

The next month is literally going to make or break our season.

Accrington, Morecambe, Colchester, Fleetwood.

Come Christmas we are either going to be breathing a huge sigh of relief or be absolutely fucked.

In a normal club I'd disagree with you. It is very difficult to pull away but a strong January window can help.

In a normal club.

We are now 4 points behind Accrington, who have a game in hand. We can not let those above us pull out a gap.

Harrogate and Bromley currently in the mix. Have a feeling Colchester and Carlisle will pull out of this

[Outletred]

This regime get away with murder

The fact that we are 22nd in the league and fighting relegation from the basement just seems to have been accepted by the fanbase

If the worst did happen we ain’t coming back up with this regime- they won’t be able to compete with Barnet and all and another relegation is more likely

Orchestrated campaign needed to oust them asap- the fans would have to do it as the trust are just sitting on their hands coming out with the line that there is no interest which suits Clem and co but someone needs to tell him if we lose our league status then he has zero chance of getting any of his money back

[Honkytonk]

Whilst I think the team we have will lose to Franchise' team they currently have 8/10 times we played, if presented in a vacuum, Ian Holloway made some mistakes yesterday.

I've been on the fence about his appointment but I do have some concerns, particularly listening to his interviews where he's talking about him and his own enjoyment of being back in football, rather than addressing some of the fundamentals the team are struggling with. Banging on about this being a staggeringly good team of players is just flannel, if they were we wouldn't be 22nd in the table. We have absolutely got some gems in there but at the moment they're covered up in so much horseshit that it's unlikely they'll be uncovered until it's too late. The fact we've got one of the best crop of youth scholars in living memory is perhaps the worst combination of events. You can't stick youth teamers on to give them more experience and help their development when you're bottom of the table and chasing survival in the football league, but the quality of some of the yoof absolutely deserve first team game time. That the management is talking about promotion this season paints a sorry state of how much in touch with reality they are. I respect Holloway's previous achievements but with the Grimsby nonsense and some of the waffling I've heard from him already, my 'fake it till you make it'  alarm is ringing in my head. I so want to be proven wrong.

Two cup competition games flatter to deceive and whilst I don't think we're necessarily finding ways to throw away points like we have done the last few years, seeing how Dons were set up and approaching the game did not take a Pep-level genius to resolve. We cannot be throwing points away (Dons were there for the taking yesterday, even if it was just the one point we slunk away with) with the precipice looming.

Credit where credit is due bringing in an old football head who knows how football clubs work is what we've been calling for, unfortunately I don't think we necessarily wanted them in the Ian Holloway mold, more in the leadership and backrooms management role.

I really hope Holloway comes up good, and I'm proven wrong, but at the moment, to quote Bollo, "I gotta bad feeling about 'dis"

Even if we stay in the league this year what the bloody hell is next year going to look like.

[adje]

Whilst I think the team we have will lose to Franchise' team they currently have 8/10 times we played, if presented in a vacuum, Ian Holloway made some mistakes yesterday.

I've been on the fence about his appointment but I do have some concerns, particularly listening to his interviews where he's talking about him and his own enjoyment of being back in football, rather than addressing some of the fundamentals the team are struggling with. Banging on about this being a staggeringly good team of players is just flannel, if they were we wouldn't be 22nd in the table. We have absolutely got some gems in there but at the moment they're covered up in so much horseshit that it's unlikely they'll be uncovered until it's too late. The fact we've got one of the best crop of youth scholars in living memory is perhaps the worst combination of events. You can't stick youth teamers on to give them more experience and help their development when you're bottom of the table and chasing survival in the football league, but the quality of some of the yoof absolutely deserve first team game time. That the management is talking about promotion this season paints a sorry state of how much in touch with reality they are. I respect Holloway's previous achievements but with the Grimsby nonsense and some of the waffling I've heard from him already, my 'fake it till you make it'  alarm is ringing in my head. I so want to be proven wrong.

Two cup competition games flatter to deceive and whilst I don't think we're necessarily finding ways to throw away points like we have done the last few years, seeing how Dons were set up and approaching the game did not take a Pep-level genius to resolve. We cannot be throwing points away (Dons were there for the taking yesterday, even if it was just the one point we slunk away with) with the precipice looming.

Credit where credit is due bringing in an old football head who knows how football clubs work is what we've been calling for, unfortunately I don't think we necessarily wanted them in the Ian Holloway mold, more in the leadership and backrooms management role.

I really hope Holloway comes up good, and I'm proven wrong, but at the moment, to quote Bollo, "I gotta bad feeling about 'dis"

Even if we stay in the league this year what the bloody hell is next year going to look like.

I agree with this.

[Batch]

Even if we stay in the league this year what the bloody hell is next year going to look like.

Totally.

But I think we are into worrying about today now, tomorrow later territory