MK Dons Match Thread

I think I said I'd have been happy with 4 points from the first 4 games, considering the number of tricky fixtures. I'm quite pleased we've got 5 points, though could well have another couple with a bit of luck.

Main thing is to continue the decent performances because I'm sure we will start picking up wins if we do.

1 defeat in 9 games!

Out of curiosity, I've just had a look at their forum, and they seem quite affronted that they didn't beat us. As usual, it was their poor play at fault, with not much credit given to us.

Even saw the classic line. "If we have any ambition, we have to be beating 'the likes of' Grimsby.

Yeah, 'cos you're such a massive club, with your 6000 fans.

Have to disagree . Have tried to copy and paste some of the comments off the MK forum
Grimsby thread , but I struggle with computers.  
Have  a look at page 10 and I think you will get the opposite impression . They are very complimentary.

  

Quoted from Chips44

Have to disagree . Have tried to copy and paste some of the comments off the MK forum
Grimsby thread , but I struggle with computers.  
Have  a look at page 10 and I think you will get the opposite impression . They are very complimentary.

  

That's what you get when you skip through stuff. Read a few disparaging remarks and didn't read too much more.  

Quoted from Chips44

Have to disagree . Have tried to copy and paste some of the comments off the MK forum
Grimsby thread , but I struggle with computers.  
Have  a look at page 10 and I think you will get the opposite impression . They are very complimentary.

  

Thanks for the heads up mate... As you say some very positive comments from.a.selection of MK fans....

"I think sometimes you have to credit the opposition. As a football game that was the most enjoyable at the stadium for a number of seasons in my opinion and they really came at us and caused us problems. I can imagine it is very difficult for 11 players to be as good as another team at going forward and dominating the play when another team on the pitch is already doing it. We coped fine until their goal and second half we had our own spell where we could’ve been 2/3 up. It was end to end and I thought it looked better than a League Two game and I’d have paid good money to see that and come away extremely pleased"

"I enjoyed the match too, thought it very entertaining. I think you have to credit Grimsby for recognising the way we were set up and exploiting the weaknesses of it time and again in the first half. In truth, we were a bit lucky to only be one down I thought. In the same respect, you have to afford us the same credit for making the changes to nullify their approach and start to affect the game and impose how we wanted to play"

"I thought we did that well when in seasons since the L1 promotion, I dont think we would have changed and plodded on regardless and got comfortably beaten"

My personal favourite...

"Yes, good point....during the actual match last night I was thinking it seemed no different to a L1 fixture. 

Some on here have said "we ought to be beating teams like Grimsby if we want to go up", but I thought they were a pretty decent team, and will be looking at a top 6 finish themselves I would think"

Quoted from ginnywings

Out of curiosity, I've just had a look at their forum, and they seem quite affronted that they didn't beat us. As usual, it was their poor play at fault, with not much credit given to us.

Even saw the classic line. "If we have any ambition, we have to be beating 'the likes of' Grimsby.

Yeah, 'cos you're such a massive club, with your 6000 fans.

Which is more than what we get...so not sure how/why you can be so disparaging ?  

Plus they have been operating at an equal or higher level than us for most, if not all, of their existence....  10 seasons out of 12 above us (?)  so "the likes of Grimsby" to them isnt a ridiculous yard stick as painful as it seems.
It may seem ridiculous to us as they are relatively Johnnie come latelys , but in reality , we have not been anything like a League force to be reckoned since at least 2006 so lets forget the 140 yrs for a moment and realise where we are....

its our 3rd season back in the League.    

Well, that's put me back in my box.  

I think it would've been fascinating to have shared a bottle of wine with the 2 managers after that (obviously in a nice little village pub in n.bucks ). have always thought tisdale was a very clever, astute manager and I wonder if he has met his match in Jolley. Bet it would've been a fascinating post mortem from a tactical point of view.Suspect that jolley would've walked away from that and thought, yeah you've been doing this ten years and I've traded you punch for punch.  

Quoted from ginnywings

Well, that's put me back in my box.  

   wuv u