Morecambe 1 [Angol] Wimbledon 0 LIVE thread

[Billy bodger]

A very good team performance and the subs did a good job when the came on.
3 at the back played really well with Songo’o captaining the team very well.
Our wingbacks defended well and went forward at the right times. White in midfield played well when he came on for Paul Lewis.
Edward’s looked very good behind the front two and Anglo and Garner led the line well tonight.
My only criticism is our passing could be quicker and our control of the ball and the game could have been better, especially the closing down of Wimbledon when they had the ball.
I just think we let them have to much of the ball.
All in all with less hoof and more ball to feet we looked a much better side.
Oh and lastly the Sunday Roast in corporate tonight was spot on, enjoyable night all round.
COYS

[Wild Bill]

Solid performance and great three points. Let's hope we can do the same Saturday and get a dons double

[marky No.1]

What a refreshing and unexpected performance that was, well done, even the Ref didn't spoil it.

[Redalert1970]

Good result and performance

The only down side tonight was the injuries.. Derek mentioned in his interview there was quite a few

[black morse]

A very good team performance and the subs did a good job when the came on.
3 at the back played really well with Songo’o captaining the team very well.
Our wingbacks defended well and went forward at the right times. White in midfield played well when he came on for Paul Lewis.
Edward’s looked very good behind the front two and Anglo and Garner led the line well tonight.
My only criticism is our passing could be quicker and our control of the ball and the game could have been better, especially the closing down of Wimbledon when they had the ball.
I just think we let them have to much of the ball.
All in all with less hoof and more ball to feet we looked a much better side.
Oh and lastly the Sunday Roast in corporate tonight was spot on, enjoyable night all round.
COYS

I think we have to accept that we are never going to get everything from this team due to a lack of real quality. Wimbledon were well ahead in the passing and ball skills area but we made up for that with rugged determination and effort. An excellent team effort.

[BerlinWaller]

A very good team performance and the subs did a good job when the came on.
3 at the back played really well with Songo’o captaining the team very well.
Our wingbacks defended well and went forward at the right times. White in midfield played well when he came on for Paul Lewis.
Edward’s looked very good behind the front two and Anglo and Garner led the line well tonight.
My only criticism is our passing could be quicker and our control of the ball and the game could have been better, especially the closing down of Wimbledon when they had the ball.
I just think we let them have to much of the ball.
All in all with less hoof and more ball to feet we looked a much better side.
Oh and lastly the Sunday Roast in corporate tonight was spot on, enjoyable night all round.
COYS

I think we have to accept that we are never going to get everything from this team due to a lack of real quality. Wimbledon were well ahead in the passing and ball skills area but we made up for that with rugged determination and effort. An excellent team effort.

Disagree with your comments regarding the ability. We more than matched Wimbledon last night for quality. Edwards carried the ball and beat men for fun all night. Ged Garner and Lee Angol were fantastic on the ball and with their hold up play. The back three put in a great performance with Max Taylor putying in one of the best centre back performances i've seen in years.

[Billy bodger]

I stand by my comment because as the stats say 62% of possession was to AFC Wimbledon. I hate the hoof ball that we seem to mostly play and just think if we could have a bit more of the ball on the gas it may well reap benefits from it.
Yes, possession is not the be all and end all and I agree with both Black Morse and Berlin Waller, that our endeavour and commitment by all our team was there for all to see and yes we arguably had the 4 best performances on the night, Songo’o, Edward’s, Taylor and then for me Tom White and we were not out played at all.

As always people see different things and we are in a hell of a fight to stay in the EFL there are 11 games left we have six at home, what I think we will all agree on is we need consistency in our performance in every one of those games, that will decide where we will end up and I’m still believing.

[Andy D]

Played better football last night, because we'd smaller players, playing upfront and not Dakkers, and played the ball more to feet, moving the ball quicker.

Dakkers, is more effective coming on, late on in games.

[Little Shrimp]

Thought the reason for the uplift in performance was that we actually played a proper structure, rather than the shapeless blob of three centre forwards we've been going with recently. Worked well as a shock factor against Fleetwood, but leaves so many holes that I think other teams have taken advantage of since.

Really good defensive performance right throughout the side, then did enough going forward to create a couple of decent openings and get a goal against the best defence in the league.

Taylor a real standout at the back, Macadam did well in midfield now he's not being stretched all over the place, and I thought Edwards did great in that kind of free attacking midfield role - just a shame his shooting/decision making was a little wayward!

Find it really bizarre that Derek stuck with that three CF system. Seems very unlike him to keep sticking with a lineup you'd more likely see on the Facebook fan's page, rather than one with balance and structure.

Hopefully he sticks with the same system - solid defensively, makes the most of our wealth of CFs (can rotate/freshen legs easily), and we've got good options in that free attacking midfield role with Edwards, Cooke and Tollitt. Also makes the most of one of our best weapons in the left boot of Adam Lewis - his struggles defensively less of an issue at wing back, and more licence to get forward to whip in balls.

Injuries now an issue ahead of MK. Songo'o one who could push into midfield if we're lacking fit players there and Williams comes back into the middle of a back three. At right wing back if Hendrie's out, maybe Edwards? Millen looked well off it, and Edwards has speed and a lot of defensive graft. Would be a shame to miss his energy (both in attack and defence) from the frontline though, as I thought that was a major asset against Wimbledon.

[vvm]

Thought the reason for the uplift in performance was that we actually played a proper structure, rather than the shapeless blob of three centre forwards we've been going with recently. Worked well as a shock factor against Fleetwood, but leaves so many holes that I think other teams have taken advantage of since.

Really good defensive performance right throughout the side, then did enough going forward to create a couple of decent openings and get a goal against the best defence in the league.

Taylor a real standout at the back, Macadam did well in midfield now he's not being stretched all over the place, and I thought Edwards did great in that kind of free attacking midfield role - just a shame his shooting/decision making was a little wayward!

Find it really bizarre that Derek stuck with that three CF system. Seems very unlike him to keep sticking with a lineup you'd more likely see on the Facebook fan's page, rather than one with balance and structure.

Hopefully he sticks with the same system - solid defensively, makes the most of our wealth of CFs (can rotate/freshen legs easily), and we've got good options in that free attacking midfield role with Edwards, Cooke and Tollitt. Also makes the most of one of our best weapons in the left boot of Adam Lewis - his struggles defensively less of an issue at wing back, and more licence to get forward to whip in balls.

Injuries now an issue ahead of MK. Songo'o one who could push into midfield if we're lacking fit players there and Williams comes back into the middle of a back three. At right wing back if Hendrie's out, maybe Edwards? Millen looked well off it, and Edwards has speed and a lot of defensive graft. Would be a shame to miss his energy (both in attack and defence) from the frontline though, as I thought that was a major asset against Wimbledon.

I agree the front 3 worked well against Fleetwood but we also looked dangerous against Newport and Accrington. I can understand Derek sticking with it but by the time we played Doncaster it had been found out. Obviously helps having the benefit of hindsight but he really should have shaken things up a few games before he did

Maybe he doesn’t fully trust the players enough to shake things up too much week on week but we’ve often had decent success from his shock factor lineups/tactics over the years.

[marky No.1]

we actually played a proper structure, rather than the shapeless blob of three centre forwards we've been going with recently.