Because he didn’t give the nailed pen or the 50/50 pen to Lincoln.
And as he initially said no pen before changing his mind without any other opinion which is at best weird.
Match Thread: Bolton Wanderers v Lincoln City
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Because he didn’t give the nailed pen or the 50/50 pen to Lincoln.
And as he initially said no pen before changing his mind without any other opinion which is at best weird.
New gold dream
Vital Squad Member
Last seasons results have nowt to to do MK
Considering our budget new management and injury list I’m not sure where people think exactly where we should be
Well, apparently, winning all of the matches against the teams we expect to be around us, and losing against those that we expect to be above us because that is obviously how it works for a club like ours that have a lower-half budget...
There is a possibility that some, or all of that, should be in whatever the colour is, but I can't be arsed!
Chesterimp
Vital Football Hero
Also back home after attending first match this season MK.
Positives are few, but Diamond was our best player (by a country mile); our pace and pressing put Bolton under pressure early in the match; Mandriou looked good in his few minutes - as indeed did Sanders, not all right foot.
Negatives are more, unfortunately. That early pressing faded to nothing and we spent most of the match stuck in our half; we were so wasteful with possession; generally out muscled by a side who were crisper in possession but otherwise not much better than us and fortunately wasteful in front of goal.
Our set pieces were poor apart from one Poole chance from a corner. Throw ins have become a real issue. MA had a simple method of a receiver coming short, playing back to the thrower, worked more often than not. MK seems to want a longer, upfield throw and no players were coming shorter to offer options and I expect possession retained from throws is much lower. Roughan's error a result of Jackson seemingly the only available option. Needs sorting.
And please ditch the short corners, once again it led to a break up the opposite end. Liked leaving 1 or 2 on half way when defending corners though. Bolton however provided the worst set piece with that first half free kick, comedy gold.
Positives are few, but Diamond was our best player (by a country mile); our pace and pressing put Bolton under pressure early in the match; Mandriou looked good in his few minutes - as indeed did Sanders, not all right foot.
Negatives are more, unfortunately. That early pressing faded to nothing and we spent most of the match stuck in our half; we were so wasteful with possession; generally out muscled by a side who were crisper in possession but otherwise not much better than us and fortunately wasteful in front of goal.
Our set pieces were poor apart from one Poole chance from a corner. Throw ins have become a real issue. MA had a simple method of a receiver coming short, playing back to the thrower, worked more often than not. MK seems to want a longer, upfield throw and no players were coming shorter to offer options and I expect possession retained from throws is much lower. Roughan's error a result of Jackson seemingly the only available option. Needs sorting.
And please ditch the short corners, once again it led to a break up the opposite end. Liked leaving 1 or 2 on half way when defending corners though. Bolton however provided the worst set piece with that first half free kick, comedy gold.
mikeosullivan
Vital Squad Member
Absolutely. Considering its a new team, new manager, new backroom staff, and a far from easy fixture list, we are doing OK. Especially considering the constant injuries, which must be a concern to the board after replacing just about the entire medical and fitness staff.
I don't think MK knows his best team yet, even if everyone is fit, or the best way for us to play. But I think that will come.
I wasn't impressed today with 3-4-3. Personally I'm not sure we have the pace at full back in TJ and Sean to play three at the back. Plus the 2 in midfield were just bypassed today. But MK is still learning about the squad and their capabilities - all the while keeping us mid table. That will do for me.
Mattytindraws
Vital Reserves Team
It's not the point is it ?
What I'm trying to say is that beating clubs around us is the best way to secure league status without drama. We are for some reason not winning these games though and that's problematic.
Definitely a penalty. Defender's error. Similar to our pen against Derby. As for the red card agreed.
Red Wimp
Vital Football Legend
I guess the fact you gave 50% of your examples as teams not in our division less people to refer to last season
Yeah, I know Just tried to say it's an ongoing problem of ours being crap against crap teams. We were last season and so far this as well.
Our ongoing problem is that there are very few "crap" teams in our league.
Nonetheless our first 10 games... made up of
6 away , 6 against top half teams...
represent a very acceptable return.
Broken down we seem to be doing better against the teams lower in the league ( no losses ) than the higher placed teams!
Top 6 - (played 2 away) - W0 D1 L1
Next 6 - (played 2 home 2 away) W1 D 1 L2
Next 6 - (played 1 home 1 away) W 1 D 1 L0
Bottom 6 - (played 1 home 1 away) W 1 D 1 L0
Looking forward to next week...
New gold dream
Vital Squad Member
I’m struggling to think Bolton away is a game we should be winning?
They’re in a different league to us with cash and resources
They had 17k today and probably average 20k this season
Mattytindraws
Vital Reserves Team
Not saying we should have won, but using this rationale how come we beat Derby?
New gold dream
Vital Squad Member
They were crap
Mattytindraws
Vital Reserves Team
Fair enough. They were.
New gold dream
Vital Squad Member
Bolton are on the back of 2 very good seasons
Only Sheff Wednesday have won more points this calendar year
The difference in trajectory was noticeable
Derby on the other hand looked out of sorts and clearly the manager at the time wasn’t a good fit
I’ll guess they’ll be a different prospect under Warne
