MK Dons v Blackpool Official Matchnight Thread 09.03.21

Class_of_2010 said:
People are perfectly entitled to have an opinion on the game without someone like you saying they know nothing about football and talk shite!

If people aren't happy with the team that they pay £10 every week to watch hoofing the ball anywhere and stringing next to no passes together then they are fully entitled to say so.
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Fair enough. I was probably a bit too aggressive in my opening and closing points.
 
TangerinePeel said:
I can see it now, he's going to to get us to the play-offs and I'm going to be shitting it thinking we don't have enough goals in us - then we'll shithouse our way to the Championship scoring only 2 goals across the 3 play-off games:

1 - 0 at Bloomfield Road
0 - 0 in the away leg
1 - 0 at Wembley

Into the Championship next season with crowds back, bobs your bloody uncle!
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I'd like to go up, obviously, but in a way, what a horrible way to do it with no fans there, what a shame. At least if we don't make it which I dont think we will given lack of creativity, the fans can cheer them on next season.
 
clappers said:
That’s the most Critchley performance of the season really. Unconvincing starting 11, no control of the game, unconvincing performance, clean sheet and three points.

he’s taking us up!
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I thought MK Dons had modelled themselves on early Critchball....
 
Atletico_Seasider said:
The thing is JJ, I reckon a large chunk of that 75% possession was in their own half. And unless you have Prince Charlie Adam in the side you cannot score from there 😀. Even in the final stages of the game they were pi*ssing around with it in that area. If that was us doing it I would have going as crazy as a crazy gang. And with all of that possession they created only one clear goal scoring chance. Whereas we scored one, CJ should have scored another, Turotn close with a header from a corner and Yates perhaps should have had a penalty for what looked like a clear push on him. Anyway, when the dust setlles there is only one thing that matters and that is the three points coming back to Bloomfield Road 👍
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I thought 'thank fuck I don't support them' as I was watching.
 
20togo said:
We defended very well. Husband [motm] and the whole back four were very solid. Yates worked hard but then that's about it. Nothing created, no concerted pressure, continually giving the ball away but as I said I'll take that every game if we win. But we can't keep playing poorly and hope to keep winning. The previous two games tell you that. So a poor performance and it's inevitable there will be some justified criticism.
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20s, if I'm wrong I'll hold my hand up but don't you normally call for Turton to be let go? If so, you would agree that he played his part in the back 4?
 
JJpool said:
I'd like to go up, obviously, but in a way, what a horrible way to do it with no fans there, what a shame. At least if we don't make it which I dont think we will given lack of creativity, the fans can cheer them on next season.
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It would certainly be bitter sweet, I always envisaged the next play-off venture as this glorious thing post-boycott that really healed and solidified the fanbase completely after years of hurt.

Ultimately I'd rather see us go up without being able to attend properly, than us not go up but it would be a shame for it to happen behind closed doors - not just for our benefit for the players as well, it'd be gutting that they didn't get to experience Wembley filled with a sea of tangerine!
 
Atletico_Seasider said:
The thing is JJ, I reckon a large chunk of that 75% possession was in their own half. And unless you have Prince Charlie Adam in the side you cannot score from there 😀. Even in the final stages of the game they were pi*ssing around with it in that area. If that was us doing it I would have going as crazy as a crazy gang. And with all of that possession they created only one clear goal scoring chance. Whereas we scored one, CJ should have scored another, Turotn close with a header from a corner and Yates perhaps should have had a penalty for what looked like a clear push on him. Anyway, when the dust setlles there is only one thing that matters and that is the three points coming back to Bloomfield Road 👍
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I thought the same in the second half, i'd be frustrated as hell if I was an MK fan.....losing 1-0 and yet it constantly took them an absolute age to get the ball forward in to a meaningful position. Partly because of our pressing and workrate to be fair.
 
Atletico_Seasider said:
The thing is JJ, I reckon a large chunk of that 75% possession was in their own half. And unless you have Prince Charlie Adam in the side you cannot score from there 😀. Even in the final stages of the game they were pi*ssing around with it in that area. If that was us doing it I would have going as crazy as a crazy gang. And with all of that possession they created only one clear goal scoring chance. Whereas we scored one, CJ should have scored another, Turotn close with a header from a corner and Yates perhaps should have had a penalty for what looked like a clear push on him. Anyway, when the dust setlles there is only one thing that matters and that is the three points coming back to Bloomfield Road 👍
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Yeah there's using the ball wisely and completely pointless possession without urgency at times you need to push on like we saw from them.

Mk go too far the other way, its a good style if they were quicker, got more shots off etc. But I suppose their pitch isn't helping them.

As for us we still could have used it better and then had even more chances, some of which we would then have taken and cruised the game 0-3. No chance then of a deflection ruining it or whatever.

Thats the difference weve seen at the moment, between an average to good side grinding out results but lacking creativity and ball control and a side that IMO goes up by scoring more and we would have won all these last games with a bit more effective passing and control.
 
1966_and_all_that said:
td53,

There's quite a lot of "we won, who cares" going on here tonight. I'm not picking on you specifically but it does seem odd coming from a poster usually known for being somewhat garrulous.
For me it smacks of cod dismissiveness in circumstances that show we were actually quite poor. However, I'm sure that will come across more fully in your blog.
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We won.. who cares

Thats exactly the right attitude to have.
 
JJpool said:
The pitch was bad but they still managed to have nearly 75% of the ball and at times moved it round us very nicely.

No reason we shouldn't have been able to put some more moves together much better than we did, far too long aimlessly far too often.
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They frequently have a lot of possession and frequently get beat. We had clearly seen that and weighed on it when it counted. Our best chances were made when pressing on their back players. Worked well.
 
There's a lot of debate on here about what is the 'right way' to react. I actually quite enjoy the variety of opinion fwiw.
 
ThorntonPool said:
Fair enough. I was probably a bit too aggressive in my opening and closing points.
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I was probably a little aggressive with my reply too. I was pleased with the 3 points but a little frustrated with the performance. I guess it's all about the points at this stage. I just have my reservations that a team that surrenders posession to the opposition so often can get the job done consistently.
 
1966_and_all_that said:
20s, if I'm wrong I'll hold my hand up but don't you normally call for Turton to be let go? If so, you would agree that he played his part in the back 4?
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yep, you're wrong. Never said he should be let go. I think the last time I commented specifically on Turton would be a few games into the season. I've said things like I don't think he's a top full back even for this division. I've also said that at the start of the season that when we were letting soft goals in I'd rather go with a flat back four and play actual full backs in that position rather than wing backs. And that meant Turton and Husband. So yep, generally I'd say I've had mixed opinions on him.
 
20togo said:
yep, you're wrong. Never said he should be let go. I think the last time I commented specifically on Turton would be a few games into the season. I've said things like I don't think he's a top full back even for this division. I've also said that at the start of the season that when we were letting soft goals in I'd rather go with a flat back four and play actual full backs in that position rather than wing backs. And that meant Turton and Husband. So yep, generally I'd say I've had mixed opinions on him.
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Fair do's. Tonight though, impressed?
 
Wizaard said:
How did all that possession work out?
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How many times, just because it didn't work out today and we scraped by doesnt mean we shouldn't be better with the ball when we get it.

Chritch basically said exactly what I said and what I said he would say.

JJpool said:
Yeah there's using the ball wisely and completely pointless possession without urgency at times you need to push on like we saw from them.

Mk go too far the other way, its a good style if they were quicker, got more shots off etc. But I suppose their pitch isn't helping them.

As for us we still could have used it better and then had even more chances, some of which we would then have taken and cruised the game 0-3. No chance then of a deflection ruining it or whatever.

Thats the difference weve seen at the moment, between an average to good side grinding out results but lacking creativity and ball control and a side that IMO goes up by scoring more and we would have won all these last games with a bit more effective passing and control.
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Critch said pretty much exactly this.

 
1966_and_all_that said:
Fair do's. Tonight though, impressed?
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like i said the whole back four did really well inc Turton. Basically restricted them very few opportunities. But whereas at the start of the season I was worried about the defence, as well as other areas of the team, it's fair to say we look pretty solid in that department every game at the moment. It's our ability to pretty much only concede one goal a game that is getting us results though. We are hard to beat but we can't keep playing so badly in possession of the ball as that simply leads to little creativity and very few chances. There's very little fluency and that means a lack of concerted pressure on our opponents. We can't keep playing that poorly and hope to keep winning. It won't happen.
 
20togo said:
like i said the whole back four did really well inc Turton. Basically restricted them very few opportunities. But whereas at the start of the season I was worried about the defence, as well as other areas of the team, it's fair to say we look pretty solid in that department every game at the moment. It's our ability to pretty much only concede one goal a game that is getting us results though. We are hard to beat but we can't keep playing so badly in possession of the ball as that simply leads to little creativity and very few chances. There's very little fluency and that means a lack of concerted pressure on our opponents. We can't keep playing that poorly and hope to keep winning. It won't happen.
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Agreed. For all the excellent defensive shape/work, we kept winning possession and either going one, two, three passes and playing ourselves under pressure or out of possession or going long to players who weren't winning it.

I think it's an odd one though as we always play better against sides who come on to us and aside from Ipswich (and not playing Sunderland yet) we've got a really good record against the best sides, so I can see us getting results where we don't expect it and we've at least lost the habit of losing games against sides we should beat, if not always winning them.

I think if I'm honest, we're a little short and you've nailed where/why but stranger things have happened. I don't know why people need to be so certain about whether we will/won't get to the play offs.

Lets see!
 
ThorntonPool said:
Nothing to do with crowd pleasing - I don’t post on here often but tonight I felt obliged to because a lot of what I was seeing was very inaccurate.

I also watch a lot of football, and have a basic knowledge of League One - something that a lot on here clearly lack. The fact some people are surprised MK had a lot of possession proves that 👍🏻
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So do most posters on here.

They also get irony.
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
We look like a team who have conceded late goals, something the coaches need to sort asap!
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You're right we have at times. I don't think we did last night. I had a win bet on Blackpool and quite often will cash out towards the end of a one goal lead game as I can see us conceding. Last night I had no compunction in letting the bet ride til the end of the game. I though we looked pretty comfortable in the last 15 minutes and also though Dons had a couple of chances I just didn't see them scoring.

Letting the win bet ride till the end of the match has cost me dearly in recent times.
 
In the cold light of day:-
*Feel happier than I didn't following the two most recent home games
*Despite last night's frustration at the lack of possession, would much rather have less of the ball, yet more shots on trarget/goals scored than the opposition.
*Feel we're probably in a stronger position, on and off the field, than at any time over the past 10 years.
*Although I've criticised NC for tactics, formation and lack of accountabilty occasionally, would bow to his greater technical knowledge, insight and feel for his squad than any of us on here.
*We can hope, but not expect, to win every game. It doesn't happen.
*Would have been satisfied with two home wins and three away draws in the last five games, but we have gained two more points than that.
Just pray our PROGRESS isn't halted at the weekend
UTP
 
ss53 said:
You're right we have at times. I don't think we did last night. I had a win bet on Blackpool and quite often will cash out towards the end of a one goal lead game as I can see us conceding. Last night I had no compunction in letting the bet ride til the end of the game. I though we looked pretty comfortable in the last 15 minutes and also though Dons had a couple of chances I just didn't see them scoring.

Letting the win bet ride till the end of the match has cost me dearly in recent times.
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Yeah, in the cold light of day it wasn't that much of a scramble, I think we're also sounding like fans who've conceded late!

Saturday cost me an acca as well, I had Watford and Barnsley on it with us.
 
Just seen the highlights (couldn't watch live and last 2 times I've had it on pause, I've lost it) and the thing that struck me is just how much more confident is Jerry Yates. He'd have hit his shot first time instead of going round the keeper earlier in the season. And was Sulley 'Leave him at home' Kaikai who robbed their player so claims an assist?

From the highlights it looks like they should have at least had a draw. Oh well, who cares 🙂

Finally what a difference those 4 points at home would have made- we'd be 7th on GD with 3 games in hand, potentially 5th and on the charge.
 
There is very little difference between any team in this division, the pool
have gone to MKDs and got a result, in my opinion the payers don't need any criticism.

It was a very good performance.
 
Davepick said:
Haven't seen anyone mention Maxwell. Made a couple of important saves.
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Probably because he has his critics and they don't like to give credit where credit is due, same with Husband, an early post said "Husbands a penalty waiting to happen". Several of our players are playing well but sometimes seem to be the target of unnecessary derision.
 
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