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Post by greydad on Feb 3, 2017 10:05:01 GMT
A potentially large crowd tomorrow, the Don's owner is celebrating the City's 50th anniversary by offering free tickets in advance of the game to people with MK postcodes, and free additional seats to season ticket holders. Unfortunately, I have had to cancel long standing plans to spend the weekend with friends who live in MK, and with whom I would have been attending the game, very frustrating but just one of those things. P.P's team selection will be interesting, obviously there will have to be at least one change from the settled line-up we have come to expect...I will be listening / watching online with interest for the announcement of who is playing. I hope all those travelling to the game have an enjoyable and fruitful trip, and if the owner's initiative is successful there should be an excellent atmosphere...it's a difficult one to predict, the Dons have scored heavily in their last 2 games, but hopefully the defence will recover it's shape and solidity and the manager will select a side capable of responding to the atmosphere and put a dampener on the City's celebrations, at least for the duration of the match.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Feb 3, 2017 13:29:22 GMT
Don't want to p155 on anyone's chips here but it'll be 3-1 loss I fear, just because PP is faltering and following the DF NL mode of ignorance and playing players out of position and making useless 84th minute substitutions
I'll be a bit more positive soon I promise
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Post by davidm on Feb 3, 2017 13:31:36 GMT
I'm off to this one tomorrow and hopeful of a positive result.
Recent results are turning most games into "must-win" situations. We cannot afford to drop many points from now on. I don't know if people have noticed but after we play Rochdale at home a week on Tuesday, we will have 9 away games out of the following 12 games. A tough run which means that our away form must improve. None of the terrible Coventry, Chesterfield displays.
On the team front, I really don't know what to expect. Le Fondre replacing Clough but what else? I feel that Mr Parkinson is conservative in his outlook and I fear that may be the only change with all the other new recruits on the bench.
What I desperately hope is that Le Fondre is not played out left a la Clough and, more importantly, Vela is not pushed back into a deeper midfield role. Vela's attacking midfield role has been the highlight of the season so far for me and I don't want that wiped out.
I am also hoping for a stronger defensive display. We need to go back to the Gillingham match in early December for a clean sheet in the league. A clean sheet tomorrow would be ideal.
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Post by whitesince63 on Feb 3, 2017 17:03:22 GMT
However I look at this game, I just can't see us winning. Of course I'd love to see a fresh approach including many of our new signings and a more attacking pass and move formation but sadly I think it will be the same old Neanderthal stuff from Parkinson with Thorpe lump ups to Madine. Whilst most if not all our newbies will be in the squad I can only see either Morais or Otabor replacing Zach to start, with panicky striker substitutions after 80 minutes or so when the game's lost. Apologies for the negativity but I really have lost all confidence in Parky recently. Almost everyone can see how much better we are with Derik alongside Vela yet PP continues with Thorpe week in week out. Madine? Enough said. I really do despair and genuinely hope that he surprises me with his formation. Reading his latest piece in the BN though I doubt it. Good luck to anyone going but like rftr I'm going for a 3-1 to the Dons.
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Post by andyl on Feb 4, 2017 9:36:56 GMT
I'm off to this relatively local fixture around midday. It will be tough because they are flying and ran rings around us earlier..so it's sure to be frustrating.
As I see it he must plug the holes Henry has created and which Ameobi covered really well.
It is prudent to try to keep this tight and to nick it. Were we to go expansive they would win easily but maybe after 60 minutes we can give it a go.
It will be interesting to see the new players but very hard for them to make an instant impact
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 11:02:04 GMT
The team will be the same less Zach and Alf will come on with about 10 minutes to go so I can only see one result 1-2 sorry but I can't see us winning this 🙁
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Post by andyl on Feb 4, 2017 14:00:11 GMT
It's a great ground this. Padded seats. Legroom. We are in the lower stand. Just hope stewarding strong.Anyone in MK postcode gets in free today celebrating 50 years of Milton Keynes! Can we party poop?
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Post by andyl on Feb 4, 2017 14:03:52 GMT
Derik, Long and Marais start. Thorpe sixth loanee omitted
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 14:37:39 GMT
Well team news is out good to see Derik back but I still feel it will be the big hoof up to Madine I am so sick of the boot up to Madine. Happy with a point but can't see it sorry 😐
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Post by greydad on Feb 4, 2017 17:06:22 GMT
A good point in the end it seems, down to 10 men and under the cosh...the Dons goal sounded like a bit of a mess between Moxey and Clayton, but will look forward to reading comments from those who went. I see Procter scored Carlisle's winner, then got sent off, quite a debut!
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Post by riochforthereebok on Feb 4, 2017 17:14:54 GMT
And Madine made the full 90 minutes?  ?? PP has had 90 minutes in just today's game to see what every Wanderers fan can see, Madine is not fit to wear the shirt 78 minutes for LeFondre to enter the fray whilst taking off Osede instead of Madine Pointless!! I'll take the point as it might prove crucial come the end of season as we attempt to get back into the play offs as PP looks like he's taking us the other way!! Still, I had us down for a 3-1 hammering so at I predicted that one wrong |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 17:28:38 GMT
1-1 so all things considered not a bad point. Will wait to see what people who went to the game thought.
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Post by OohMac on Feb 4, 2017 17:54:36 GMT
Just saw Moxey was dragged in late so a clean sheet was never an option. Worried that we've taken the lead a lot recently and haven't won any of the games.
Need to get back to winning ways otherwise we can forget playoffs even. Personally think automatic is now gone. Games in hand mean nothing when you're in this form.
Out of context a draw today with no faces was no disaster but 2017 has seen a downward spiral. Disaster really.
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Post by andyl on Feb 4, 2017 18:49:07 GMT
Yet another awful game especially in the second half when we were so much second best it frustrated. All we did was punt the ball up to Madine who got something on a few but won possession only once and then he was too slow to capitalise. Unless and until Madine is subbed or omitted there can be no progress and that is especially obvious with Long, Claton and Le Fondre around. The ball must be played on the floor
Our best, indeed only move came part way through the first whe the excellent Alnwick caught a cross rolled it to Wilson who ran the whole length of the field and got in an excellent cross which Long did well to reach but glanced over.
It was in the first half that we saw any good things and pretty much all came from Morais who both defended and attacked well, slipping in some excellent passes/crosses. Too bad he tired. Long had one good run and has speed but otherwise couldn't get into it.
Moxey had appeared instead of Taylor. He had an OK first half albeit leaving left back to Morais and he hit a few lofted balls forward. But all was ruined by a crass error, so typical of him whihc gifted their equaliser.
In the last minutes of the first half Alnwick made a fine one on one save when they broke through and up the otehr end they gave away a silly free kick and Spearing's shot flukily cleared everyone and went in
Derik made and missed some passes and did OK but no better than Thorpe would have. Spearing was terrible most of the time not in terms of commitment but in passing. He hit them to their keeper, to thier men and almost never to his teammates. Once at the end he tried a pass over 4 yards. An embarrassment. he missed and it bounced back for him to ge tin a half decent cross.
Clayton did well aerially but was stranded out left.
In sume we were dire and in now way promotion worthy. Sorry.And I spoke to a few people at the match and three of us were of one mind. In this collection of players Trotter has to play. We have no other creative midfielder and it screams out. Last time we had ALF we had Bannan.
Alnwick 8 ( but too much punting) Wilson 6 (now hamstrung) Wheater 6 Beevers 5 (stupid free kick conceded first half and still off form) Moxey 4 Spearing 4 Vela 4 Derik 5 Long 5 Morais 6 Madine 2 Clayton 6 Solomon looked ok. ALF looked lost
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 21:09:33 GMT
Just read pp's coments and I can't believe what he said and I quote We've got a good replacement in Moxy I'm sorry but Moxy is and always will be shxt. Is he the best replacement we have 😥
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