Three reds in first three matches, is this already a record? if not what's the record does anyone know?
If it's NOT the record I hate to think what will happen next. I wonder if there is some silverware if we get the record! that would add to the silverware we already have.
COYD
ARE WE GOING FOR A RECORD
posted on 25/8/12
I thought we (swindon) played well in the first half and probably could of had 1 or maybe 2 before the sending off. My opinion would be that of....no way a red card. It just looked to me that LEwington was hanging on to the ball and ferry tried getting it back. In doing so Lewington tried moving the ball away again ad caught Ferry. It didnt look like a delibrate elbow or anything like that! I think it worked against us though as we were pretty poor in the 2nd. MK didnt really do much for me today but I cant imagine thats going to stay the same, they will turn it around for you guys Im sure! To summarise......I dont think it was a red! But TV highlights might change my mind later!!! Good luck for the season!!
posted on 26/8/12
Forget the red, cba to talk about it anymore
We were poor yesterday, Swindon looked exactly like how we do every time we win 2-0 at home in a convincing win. Easy and should have been 3-0 easily, Swindon just didn't punish us like they should which I dare say is a mirror image of us a lot of the time, their passing football was beautiful.
Though I'm not worried about the future, 4 points from 9 available when you consider 2 of those were against top teams away from home with ten men is a decent tally! I'm sure we'll be okay!
Loved Di Canio's reaction to us fans at the end though brilliant man!
posted on 26/8/12
The fact MK Dons ha 56% of the possession but just 1 shot on target, is a lot more worrying than the Red, another team has learnt how to play MK Dons and get a result - give them 75% of the pitch and just defend the final quarter. Very much the same story as last season
posted on 26/8/12
Bill like McM I am not worried, we played 2 top teams under difficult circumstances and out of 3 games got 4 points. With some better self discipline and luck keeping our injuries down, we will do well COYD
posted on 26/8/12
Think you need to forget your obsession with posession. I was there and I would never have told you we had the majority of the posession.
They beat us by playing their own football and closing us down expertly. Simple as that
posted on 26/8/12
But in the end they only beat ten men 1-0 at home.
posted on 27/8/12
Still no answer on the record red cards at the begining of the season any one know.
Also have the referees got it in for the Dons, it looks like it.
posted on 27/8/12
In my opinion all four red cards were justified to one degree or another and it probably is some kind of record. I think the question have refs got some kind of bias against MK Dons is a separate question and MKDSA have come up with some interesting stats:
http://www.mkdsa.co.uk/index.php/1019-are-referee-s-targeting-mk-dons?
I believe its in the Football League's court to explain why MK Dons gets more cards per foul than any other club. Are our fouls worse or are we more undisciplined? In my eyes refs are targeting players more than clubs and unfortunately we have a few on their most wanted list.
posted on 27/8/12
Agreed Furz, I genuinely reckon Smith's sending off was simply because he was Alan Smith, if that had been any other player it'd have been a card I'm almost 100% sure, though I still think it warranted a red and I can see why he gave it.
posted on 27/8/12
In case we get a player sent off against Blackburn I'm thinking of asking Terry Marshall to play the following:
http://youtu.be/gHJPNCTpG0Q