[Albion] MK Dons v Albion U21s, Bristol Street Motors Trophy round of 32, Tuesday December 5, 7:00pm

[seagullwedgee]

I’ve seen us play 12 times this season. Tonight’s ref was the absolute best by a country mile, got everything right, saw all the dark arts and dealt with them, no nonsense, no errors, no paddies from the players or the coaches, a superb performance, controlled the game, but was invisible too. Why do we have to put up with absolute conceited shit wanker refs at the highest level, when there are people of this calibre lower down the pile.

 

[seagullwedgee]

Neil Hair is the refs name. His performance was honestly as good as any of the players tonight, which you don’t hear very often.

 

[GT49er]

Do you now have 4 almost-pints of beer to clean off your sitting room carpet?

No - I don't generally tend to throw the coffee table in the air when we score!

 

[jcdenton08]

No - I don't generally tend to throw the coffee table in the air when we score!

I’ve been known to LUZZ the odd table

 

[seagullwedgee]

I sat next to Josh Duffus’ girlfriemd, lovely lass. He collapsed with cramp with 5 minutes to go and she was ripping the piss out of him, brilliant!

 

[jackalbion]

“We’ve got a Pakistan International”

 

[seagullwedgee]

Bashir’s goal was excellent. But McConville and Knight’s were even better, superb finishes, hope the club post the highlights.

 

[pornomagboy]

crawley at home please

 

[jackalbion]

Just got home. We had about 40. By kick off they probably had about 175. Superb performance, we kept our DNA, our style, a vut clumsy in the first half but we stuck at it. Superb performances from McGill, Chouchane, McConville and Mullins, but the standout who only played second half was Joe Knight, centre mid great ball winner, energy, physicality, good distribution, great reader, and a superb goal too. Brilliant. Well done lads.

AND I WAS FECKIN’ HOME BY 9.30PM!!!!

Having seen how many they get in a league game I can only imagine how many in the paint pot they have.

 

[AZ Gull]

Just got home. We had about 40. By kick off they probably had about 175. Superb performance, we kept our DNA, our style, a vut clumsy in the first half but we stuck at it. Superb performances from McGill, Chouchane, McConville and Mullins, but the standout who only played second half was Joe Knight, centre mid great ball winner, energy, physicality, good distribution, great reader, and a superb goal too. Brilliant. Well done lads.

AND I WAS FECKIN’ HOME BY 9.30PM!!!!

MK Dons website gives the attendance as 789 (with 55 away).

 

[hans kraay fan club]

crawley at home please

We are not allowed to play at home.

 

[seagullwedgee]

I’d not seen Joe Knight play before. From up there in the top tier, from a long distance, he looked the absolute spit of JPVH!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

“We’ve got a Pakistan International”

Not our first.

Zesh Rehman, innit

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I’d not seen Joe Knight play before. From up there in the top tier, from a long distance, he looked the absolute spit of JPVH!

 

[seagullwedgee]

MK Dons website gives the attendance as 789 (with 55 away).

They must be including all the substitutes, coaches,mstewards and bar staff in there as well then, because only 2 single home sections were open, and they were very sparsely populated! I counted our end at half time, and net of the 5 Dons fans who did POTG but didn’t realise they had bought the wrong end until they got inside, I made our count 40!

 

[seagullwedgee]

To think our academy scholars can completely dominate a game like that, and play with control in the RDZ style too, was fantastic to watch.

Amazing point of the night, throughout the first half, whilst trying to manage our shape and deployment, coach Shannon Ruth was honestly herding our shape with a sheepdog whistle. Absolutely piercing and audible from 120 yards away, he seemed to have four different whistles, one for push up, one for drop back, one to narrow, and one to stretch width. In a virtually silent stadium, it was incredible to hear. Why shout and lose your voice, when you can just control like a shepherd with a piercing whistle?!

 

[Bombardier]

To think our academy scholars can completely dominate a game like that, and play with control in the RDZ style too, was fantastic to watch.

Amazing point of the night, throughout the first half, whilst trying to manage our shape and deployment, coach Shannon Ruth was honestly herding our shape with a sheepdog whistle. Absolutely piercing and audible from 120 yards away, he seemed to have four different whistles, one for push up, one for drop back, one to narrow, and one to stretch width. In a virtually silent stadium, it was incredible to hear. Why shout and lose your voice, when you can just control like a shepherd with a piercing whistle?!

Thank you for all your updates tonight. Appreciated.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Not a bad ten quid's worth that, very enjoyable watch (indoors, in the warm, drinking beer in my seat!)

Strange place for your beer though @GT49er - no glasses?

 

[GT49er]

Strange place for your beer though @GT49er - no glasses?

Cans! See also post #83

 

[London Irish]

crawley at home please

Better atmosphere at the Broadfield surely than a 90% empty Amex