⚽ Match Thread vs. Milton Keynes 'Dons' 02.04.25 [EFL L2]

[drillerpie]

Nothing changed here then

'I am starting to struggle a bit with Crowley I have to be honest. He holds onto the ball for so long and it slows us down'.

Maybe it's because I'm a Crowley fan boy but I didn't see anyone else in their team threatening to open us up like he did a couple of times.

[BigFatPie]

Top night down the lane and a properly enjoyable home performance. Would be good if we could harness some of that Crowley hate into support for the team in future.

The only things that make me a bit cautious are that a) MK were dire, the worst team weve played all season. And b) we did rely to a great degree on moments of individual brilliance to win the game. Weve done that all season to be fair, but to get to where we need to be it is very likely we are going to have to beat someone good.

[Boomerangpie]

If you think that's bad check out our board..! People asking for Maynard to be sacked even though we are in touching distance in automatic promotion and possible playoff places.! Achieved so far with an injury ravaged squad with our most inventive players injured or one sold as he wanted out..! COYP...!X

Accurate and true.

He isn?t doing half bad when you considered he is tactically inept, hasn?t a clue, doesn?t have the necessary charisma and puts his hands in his pockets far too much.

Expect one or more of these to be highlighted once we draw or lose at Colchester on that cabbage patch

[matt_magpie]

Accurate and true.

He isn?t doing half bad when you considered he is tactically inept, hasn?t a clue, doesn?t have the necessary charisma and puts his hands in his pockets far too much.

Expect one or more of these to be highlighted once we draw or lose at Colchester on that cabbage patch

There?s a lot when you sit back and realise some of the stuff he has done. Integrated new back 3 and keeper not used to playing out. As good as George Abbott is Maynard must have played a part in improving his confidence and game awareness.
Inverted wingers, love or loathe them, he?s stuck by it and I believe a team with Jarvis and JJ playing inverted would be pretty frightening, certainly think Tsaroulla plays better right and lastly the structure is good, we do get around the box and for mean then it depends on the players magic dust and we also limit chances against us.
He?s not perfect but he has done some good stuff for me.

[Notts78]

Top night down the lane and a properly enjoyable home performance. Would be good if we could harness some of that Crowley hate into support for the team in future.

The only things that make me a bit cautious are that a) MK were dire, the worst team weve played all season. And b) we did rely to a great degree on moments of individual brilliance to win the game. Weve done that all season to be fair, but to get to where we need to be it is very likely we are going to have to beat someone good.

Individual brilliance is often the difference between success and failure.
There isn?t many teams in history that have been successful without individual brilliance. Barcelona had Messi, Madrid had Ronaldo, PSG, Mbappe. Closer to home Liverpool have Salad, Citeh have Haaland and even when Leicester won the title they needed brilliance from Vardy.
I?d argue we?ve got to where we are despite not having all of our ?moments of brilliance? players available.
Either way, I?m happy we are up there fighting for a place in L1.

[matt_magpie]

Individual brilliance is often the difference between success and failure.
There isn?t many teams in history that have been successful without individual brilliance. Barcelona had Messi, Madrid had Ronaldo, PSG, Mbappe. Closer to home Liverpool have Salad, Citeh have Haaland and even when Leicester won the title they needed brilliance from Vardy.
I?d argue we?ve got to where we are despite not having all of our ?moments of brilliance? players available.
Either way, I?m happy we are up there fighting for a place in L1.

It?s what we?ve missed at home, game changers as I call them when teams sit back, you 100% need them.

[Med Pie]

Top night down the lane and a properly enjoyable home performance. Would be good if we could harness some of that Crowley hate into support for the team in future.

The only things that make me a bit cautious are that a) MK were dire, the worst team weve played all season. And b) we did rely to a great degree on moments of individual brilliance to win the game. Weve done that all season to be fair, but to get to where we need to be it is very likely we are going to have to beat someone good.

Worse than Harrogate!?

[Med Pie]

It?s what we?ve missed at home, game changers as I call them when teams sit back, you 100% need them.

Precisely so, when you're largely, limited to shooting from outside the box, it adds another dimension when struggling to break the back line.

[BigFatPie]

It?s what we?ve missed at home, game changers as I call them when teams sit back, you 100% need them.

Course you do. But certainly at home at least weve relied on them too much as the results weve had when theyve been missing have borne out.

If at the end of the day we get promoted no one cares too much, but i hope we can somehow spread the load a bit more next season.

[1955pie]

Two things from the game we used to see regularly at Meadow lane - Aaron Nemane playing more as a full back than a winger, and Dan Crowley having his name sung loudly by the Notts fans.

Although the words were a bit different last night!

And don't forget ANs throw ins.