From where I was sat looked looked like we should have had a penalty ourselves for a hand ball.
Marshall should have scored as should have Naby, add in the hit post in the first half and we could have been 4 nil up after 6o minutes, instead we were hanging on for the last 15 and looking the least likely to win.
Unbeaten in 8, a point closer to Wigan and a day nearer to Roland selling so it's not all bad.
All the handball shouts were ridiculous. None of them were intentional.
Let's just blame KR - MK seem to enjoy slapping his mug. No excuses to lose points to shite like this. Disappointing 2 points dropped whatever the penalty decision. If they can not learn to kill off teams like this - even the playoffs will be big ask!
I know Robbo said the Shrews can be caught but fair play to them. Down to ten for over 30 mins, surrendered the lead, ended up winning. Maybe they can keep up the pace.
Well, that was 2 points well and truly thrown away. I thought the first 35 minutes we were playing really well and controlling the game. Hit the inside of the post which would have made it 2-0. F-Caskey also missed a sitter. But then MK started to get in the game and for the last 10 minutes of the half I thought we got a bit sloppy. The first 20 of the second I thought we were pretty much in control without much end product and by the time MK Dons equalized I could see that coming. They then could have made it 2-1 and our 2nd came right out of the blue. A really messy goal but they all count. Their penalty looked very dubious to me but there it was, 2-2.
Overall we should have won that but in all honesty I don't think we deserved to win. They should have been dead and buried in the first half but instead we let them get right back into the game and for large parts of the second half we seemed to run out of ideas.
I thought Solly had a really strong game. I also thought Ricky played well, never stopped running. I thought both Sarr and Konsa looked ok at the back. Kashi had a mixed game. Saw plenty of possession but gave the ball away in dangerous situations 2 or 3 times. I think Marshall was marginally better than Reeves who I thought didm't do much at all. In general the midfield weren't really very creative at all. Magennis had an ok ish game. A good goal and he ploughs a lonely furrow up there. He could do with a target man. Amos and Da Silva had solid games.
So, there you go. Two points dropped which shouldn't have been. That was a game we should have won.
We really need a goal scorer to put chances away. Every other part of the team is performing.
Watched on iFollow - don't remember Magennis missing many and he scored one. Others had chances, it's not all down to the striker to win us games.
It is down to playing with one striker though IMO. Magennis does everything we can ask of him but it’s not enough.
We should have buried them by half-time and on another day might have done. By the time of the OG we were lucky not be behind.
Who would you leave out to get a second striker in the team? Not that we actually have one, but if we did.
Circular argument, really, because if we played with two strikers we’d have a different squad. I think the evidence says that this formation will struggle to score enough goals. I agree that Holmes, Reeves, Clarke, Fosu and Marshall are all good players but I wouldn’t play all of them at once (although I’d still be minded to play a team of Kermorgants, of course).
Absolute fucking sickener. We battered them for the first 60 minutes and it was our fault we didn't take our chances to put the game away. Just watched the penalty back four times and he falls down in stages. A clear dive. Kashi put his foot in when he probably didn't have to but still. I don't think there was any contact, and if there was it was because the player basically fell onto his leg. Gutted. Should have won handily.
I know Robbo said the Shrews can be caught but fair play to them. Down to ten for over 30 mins, surrendered the lead, ended up winning. Maybe they can keep up the pace.
Shrewsbury can definitely be caught - Win our two games in hand and that gap is down to three points (easier said than done)
they're comfortable because they only have to worry about Wigan at the moment which means they'd still get second and automatic promotion, what will they do when more teams are breathing down their neck and they risk losing everything - Still think they'll do a Fleetwood, drop into the Play-Offs and then just run out of steam
Now I'm calming down (and home) whats annoying me more is the fact there was a MK Dons player who got in the way and made it 2-1 to us!!
Had he not been there it would have been shocking Defending from them but would have been a tap in for Karlan (Yes I'm sure many think he'd still have messed up) yet a goal would have done his confidence the world of good... But NO - MK Dons had to screw that up as well and have THEIR man get the final touch instead!!
We really need a goal scorer to put chances away. Every other part of the team is performing.
Watched on iFollow - don't remember Magennis missing many and he scored one. Others had chances, it's not all down to the striker to win us games.
It is down to playing with one striker though IMO. Magennis does everything we can ask of him but it’s not enough.
We should have buried them by half-time and on another day might have done. By the time of the OG we were lucky not be behind.
True but Forster-Caskey had two great chances and Marshall was in 1-v-1 with the keeper and should have scored. Sarr and Holmes both had good long range efforts. For the first 60 minutes we had what I thought was one of the better displays this season. We kept the ball, we were patient, they didn't have a sniff. They scored with their first chance and that really rattled us.
To me that first 60 minutes shows what 4-2-3-1 does for you. You press high up the pitch and don't even let them into your own third. If the press isn't on or they play through it you make yourself compact and say to the other team "go ahead, break us down." And then you keep possession and "defend with the ball" in large stretches and make them chase.
To me the issue today was concentration. I don't think it was a coincidence that we got sloppy in the game where Bauer wasn't playing. He exudes calm and confidence and I think in Pearce's absence he's become a real leader in that back line. Sarr and Konsa both have bags of talent and they were playing for fun for the first 2/3s of the game. But both have still have little lapses in concentration in their game and it showed today.
We're 5th. We have a game in hand on the top two and two on the rest around us. We're unbeaten in 8. We'd also been very good at the back until today, and again for a large portion of the game I thought they had no idea how to score. Robinson brought players in to play in the 4-2-3-1 and has been drilling this formation and patterns of play into them since pre-season. One result in which we conceded from an awful penalty decision and draw is not the time to panic and throw all the work out the window. If this were 4-4-2 nobody would be talking about changing shape, it's only because people are not familiar with the system that it feels foreign to them and thus must be at fault. 4-4-2 wouldn't have kept either of the goals out today and chances are we would have been overrun in midfield as we were so often when Slade was in charge.
I know Robbo said the Shrews can be caught but fair play to them. Down to ten for over 30 mins, surrendered the lead, ended up winning. Maybe they can keep up the pace.
Shrewsbury can definitely be caught - Win our two games in hand and that gap is down to three points (easier said than done)
they're comfortable because they only have to worry about Wigan at the moment which means they'd still get second and automatic promotion, what will they do when more teams are breathing down their neck and they risk losing everything - Still think they'll do a Fleetwood, drop into the Play-Offs and then just run out of steam
Scunthorpe have been consistent for two seasons.
I would say there are 3 teams above us and the play-offs are our limit.
Should have won it in the first half, could have lost it in the second. Naby Sarr is either awesome or a liability, he doesn't know how to be anything in between. Blame it on his youth I suppose.
I know Robbo said the Shrews can be caught but fair play to them. Down to ten for over 30 mins, surrendered the lead, ended up winning. Maybe they can keep up the pace.
Shrewsbury can definitely be caught - Win our two games in hand and that gap is down to three points (easier said than done)
they're comfortable because they only have to worry about Wigan at the moment which means they'd still get second and automatic promotion, what will they do when more teams are breathing down their neck and they risk losing everything - Still think they'll do a Fleetwood, drop into the Play-Offs and then just run out of steam
Scunthorpe have been consistent for two seasons.
I would say there are 3 teams above us and the play-offs are our limit.
Yeah Wigan | Bradford | Scunthorpe are the three that worry me at the moment
None of them have consistency though to get themselves across the line
Shocking referee, at the wrong end for the penalty but looked exaggerated fall even from covered end.
Don't know if many noticed but their manager was in the linos ear all game and maybe he just had the influence he was trying to have.
Another team systematically fouling, how they ended up with 11 on the pitch is amazing.
Having said all that was crying out for 2 up front, once again the lack of a plan b cost us.
Was sitting in west upper directly behind him! He was down on the half way line complaining to the 4th official for 90 minutes and not once did the official tell him to get back in his technical area! He was shocking!
We were excellent in the first half with the exception of Kashi and it was just the final ball that was missing. We were very fluid and knocked the ball around well.
Second half we were a bit of a shambles and made too many mistakes. Our confidence evaporated after their goal.
Surprised at how physical and dirty MK Dons were - not good to watch. Ref was crap...
I’m as annoyed by our own failure to put away a shite cynical limited team as I am by the even crapper than normal officials. MKD are horrible. There are a lot of horrible teams in this league. We have a lot of talent but we simply must start to put these teams away when we are miles on top or we will be in for a disappointing season.
Can’t see what the hype for Reeves is all about. Nowhere near as effective as Billy. Ricky is a wizard but his distribution of late has been consistent shocking. I don’t know if Josh is suffering from being stuck on his Jack Jones or whether he’s actually a bit overrated. Kashi - accident waiting to happen. Very frustrating day but as much of our own making as it was the officials.
Robinson: "You can only control what you do today and we did. I thought we were very good today. We started very well, they had a phase in the second half but we finished the game fit and looked strong and I’m pleased with the players’ mentality today.
"It’s a point, it’s not enough. Our performance deserved more but I can say our performances haven’t been good enough in other games and we got three points, so it balances out. It is what it is, the fans were excellent once again, they stick with the team through thick and thin. We’re just going to go home very frustrated.
"Today, we were the better team. I don’t think anybody can argue that. We should have scored more than them, we didn’t score more.
"We were strong, we were quick, we got around the pitch and we made their afternoon very difficult."
However on reflection a point was probably fair. Was pleased with JFC today liked how he battles constantly with men twice his size. Thought Magennis played very well too won every header today.
Mark Marshall was disappointing today thought he would of done better to maybe try and chip or dink it when he was put through 1 on 1.
Ezri Konsa was poor too. God knows what he tried to do when they were through on goal.
Oh well we're not going to win all of them, bring on Rochdale...
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Overall we should have won that but in all honesty I don't think we deserved to win. They should have been dead and buried in the first half but instead we let them get right back into the game and for large parts of the second half we seemed to run out of ideas.
I thought Solly had a really strong game. I also thought Ricky played well, never stopped running. I thought both Sarr and Konsa looked ok at the back. Kashi had a mixed game. Saw plenty of possession but gave the ball away in dangerous situations 2 or 3 times. I think Marshall was marginally better than Reeves who I thought didm't do much at all. In general the midfield weren't really very creative at all. Magennis had an ok ish game. A good goal and he ploughs a lonely furrow up there. He could do with a target man. Amos and Da Silva had solid games.
So, there you go. Two points dropped which shouldn't have been. That was a game we should have won.
they're comfortable because they only have to worry about Wigan at the moment which means they'd still get second and automatic promotion, what will they do when more teams are breathing down their neck and they risk losing everything - Still think they'll do a Fleetwood, drop into the Play-Offs and then just run out of steam
Had he not been there it would have been shocking Defending from them but would have been a tap in for Karlan (Yes I'm sure many think he'd still have messed up) yet a goal would have done his confidence the world of good... But NO - MK Dons had to screw that up as well and have THEIR man get the final touch instead!!
To me that first 60 minutes shows what 4-2-3-1 does for you. You press high up the pitch and don't even let them into your own third. If the press isn't on or they play through it you make yourself compact and say to the other team "go ahead, break us down." And then you keep possession and "defend with the ball" in large stretches and make them chase.
To me the issue today was concentration. I don't think it was a coincidence that we got sloppy in the game where Bauer wasn't playing. He exudes calm and confidence and I think in Pearce's absence he's become a real leader in that back line. Sarr and Konsa both have bags of talent and they were playing for fun for the first 2/3s of the game. But both have still have little lapses in concentration in their game and it showed today.
We're 5th. We have a game in hand on the top two and two on the rest around us. We're unbeaten in 8. We'd also been very good at the back until today, and again for a large portion of the game I thought they had no idea how to score. Robinson brought players in to play in the 4-2-3-1 and has been drilling this formation and patterns of play into them since pre-season. One result in which we conceded from an awful penalty decision and draw is not the time to panic and throw all the work out the window. If this were 4-4-2 nobody would be talking about changing shape, it's only because people are not familiar with the system that it feels foreign to them and thus must be at fault. 4-4-2 wouldn't have kept either of the goals out today and chances are we would have been overrun in midfield as we were so often when Slade was in charge.
Keep the faith.
I would say there are 3 teams above us and the play-offs are our limit.
None of them have consistency though to get themselves across the line
Shocking referee, at the wrong end for the penalty but looked exaggerated fall even from covered end.
Don't know if many noticed but their manager was in the linos ear all game and maybe he just had the influence he was trying to have.
Another team systematically fouling, how they ended up with 11 on the pitch is amazing.
Having said all that was crying out for 2 up front, once again the lack of a plan b cost us.
Second half we were a bit of a shambles and made too many mistakes. Our confidence evaporated after their goal.
Surprised at how physical and dirty MK Dons were - not good to watch. Ref was crap...
Can’t see what the hype for Reeves is all about. Nowhere near as effective as Billy. Ricky is a wizard but his distribution of late has been consistent shocking. I don’t know if Josh is suffering from being stuck on his Jack Jones or whether he’s actually a bit overrated. Kashi - accident waiting to happen. Very frustrating day but as much of our own making as it was the officials.
"It’s a point, it’s not enough. Our performance deserved more but I can say our performances haven’t been good enough in other games and we got three points, so it balances out. It is what it is, the fans were excellent once again, they stick with the team through thick and thin. We’re just going to go home very frustrated.
"Today, we were the better team. I don’t think anybody can argue that. We should have scored more than them, we didn’t score more.
"We were strong, we were quick, we got around the pitch and we made their afternoon very difficult."
However on reflection a point was probably fair. Was pleased with JFC today liked how he battles constantly with men twice his size. Thought Magennis played very well too won every header today.
Mark Marshall was disappointing today thought he would of done better to maybe try and chip or dink it when he was put through 1 on 1.
Ezri Konsa was poor too. God knows what he tried to do when they were through on goal.
Oh well we're not going to win all of them, bring on Rochdale...
Yet I'd give you those 100 likes myself if I could!!