⚽ Match Thread vs. MK Dons [EFL L2] 01.04.24

[Could'vebeenacontender]

We showed real spirit and desire today and have started scoring again
Naivety at the back as opposed to total incompetence
Fix that and we're a decent side

[hissingdwarf]

Not what I expected today. Much better for a lot of the game. Nemane was superb, even before his goal.
Defence looked stronger overall, but their goals showed us up. Again.
Thought the sub of Bostock was horrendous. As soon as he came on, we slowed right down and went back to walking, ponderous football. Lost the initiative right there.
Didn’t expect to see the banners in the kop, but to be fair, shouldn’t be surprised.

Anything to hold onto? We didn’t lose again so record isn’t an issue with the defeats.

We looked better…why though?

Maynard out as soon as last ball is kicked at the end of the season.

[Grimsby Pie]

Mathematically safe from relegation.

[Wedgie_pie]

Who's on his way home a happy boy then...😁

[Eastcoastultra1977]

Papered over the bigger cracks. Lets see next week if performance etc is the same as today

It will never change if the defence isn't sorted out.

All the managers and coaches recently with big coaching badges have been clueless.

Why if the layman in the seats at ML can see it and they can't baffles me.It just never ever changes.

Worn out record....

[WarsopPie]

Not what I expected today. Much better for a lot of the game. Nemane was superb, even before his goal.
Defence looked stronger overall, but their goals showed us up. Again.
Thought the sub of Bostock was horrendous. As soon as he came on, we slowed right down and went back to walking, ponderous football. Lost the initiative right there.
Didn’t expect to see the banners in the kop, but to be fair, shouldn’t be surprised.

Anything to hold onto? We didn’t lose again so record isn’t an issue with the defeats.

We looked better…why though?

Maynard out as soon as last ball is kicked at the end of the season.

Lot better performance today, but when fans bring the banners out it’s just a matter of time normally.

[OchPie]

This tells the story - X is their triple substitution.

SM waited until the 80th minute to react to it, and it felt like Jodi didn't get time to find his range. (To be fair, taking off Macari felt like the right thing to do, but I'm not sure Warner covered himself in glory.)

[BanjoPie]

We played well - deserved the point and could have had all 3. I’m a happy bunny.

[upthemaggies]

Up to 15th,

6 points behind 12th (Harrogate) so if we still have any chance of finishing in the top half we probably have to beat them next week.
Harrogate scored 5 goals in the last half hour today and have a very good away record since November.

Maynard sounding brighter, "credit to the lads when we went 3-2 down". Talks about intensity being there today.

He says "This place has to got to become a fortress"..... well it was before you came matey!

"You've got to look at the problems before we came here"....... yeah, we were 6th.

Talking about working behind the scenes on recruitment in the summer, so he at least seems to think he will be here next season.

Says he wouldn't have done anything different since he's been here, other than be more lucky.

[forwardmagpie]

Better performance but as posters have pointed out it just papers over the cracks. We still look like we will concede at any time. We don’t take the initiative MKD changed the game with their subs - we waited nearly too long to bring JJ on.