Crewe vMKDons

[NEVTHEDEV]

Come on the Alex,1-0 half time.Chuks scores off a free kick.
(only winning cause I`m not there,jinx effect coming in to play}

[NEVTHEDEV]

Fantastic result for the lads,2-0 second goal a rarity from AJ.
And a clean sheet for Ben,saving a penalty.
Our luck is changing.
Notts C were 2-0 up but still lost 4-3 to Posh,which helps us a bit.

[AlexLeicester]

Great result and well deserved.
Ben was much more than a brilliant penalty save: he looked mature and confident all evening (almost - one early, youthful mistake). Best game I have seen him play.

That said, my MotM was Grant. The lumbering, elephantine and impetuous hulk became a player of vision and skill. AJ's goal, whilst welcome for him, was all down to Grant's build up play. I was not alone in my praise - as the response from the crowd when he was subbed showed.

Praise for MK Dons. For the first 30 minutes they played entertaining and skilful football 'the Alex way'. On a dreadful, greasy, sodden surface their passes went to the man and they seemed to know instinctively exactly where their colleagues were. Thankfully Chuk's goal and half time settled us down and we looked progressively better.

The ref!! Another joke. I burst out laughing when their 'keeper gathered the ball and slid with it in his hands over the line - and the ref. gave a goal kick!

Still, 3 incredibly valuabl

[out0lunch]

Always liked Grant even when he played against.

I thought he was a great signing for us this Summer but disappointed in what occured early in the season.
he not only tackles but has vision with his passes too

Grant the Enforcer!!

[RenegadeDS]

The ref!! Another joke. I burst out laughing when their 'keeper gathered the ball and slid with it in his hands over the line - and the ref. gave a goal kick!

If you'd been watching, you'd have seen the offside that the assistant referee was flagging for.

The decision was still wrong, it came off a McDons player and can't have been offside - but that's what was given, not a goal kick.

[AlexLeicester]

The ref!! Another joke. I burst out laughing when their 'keeper gathered the ball and slid with it in his hands over the line - and the ref. gave a goal kick!

If you'd been watching, you'd have seen the offside that the assistant referee was flagging for.

The decision was still wrong, it came off a McDons player and can't have been offside - but that's what was given, not a goal kick.[/quote]

Can't disagree because I did not see the offside flag; what I saw was the linesman pointing as if it was a goal kick. Maybe that was a second or split second after the offside flag.
He was still a rubbish ref ... :-)

[whosbrianwilson]

When I woke up this morning...

...MK Dons back 3 and their keeper were still passing the ball between themselves and were still getting absolutely nowhere.

And when they eventually tired of that, came the big lump upfield straight on to the heads of Ellis and Davis.

With those tactics, they wouldn't have scored if we'd still been playing now.

[AstonAlex]

The Dons seemed like the Swansea City of League 1 . . passed us to death but no cutting edge . . and it didn't matter how easy on the eye they were compared to Orient, they were less of threat, even though we weren't anything like as good in the first 30 minutes as we had been on Saturday.

After we scored we seemed to gain confidence and force them into mistakes; the longer the match wore on, the more the balance of power shifted and we ended up worthy winners I think. Granted, a cracking penalty save was required from Ben but that just lifted us all the more and we could have scored more - hopefully we are saving those for Trannie and Stevenage. The addition of a fitter Pogs and recovered Uche will make that all the more likely.

[Timon]

Ben's pen save - view external link

[Timon]

Chuks' goal - view external link