Boxing Day: - 26th December

[Alfie]

 

[Alfie]

 

[Alfie]

 

[Alfie]

 

[Alfie]

Okay next set of matches after the Xmas break, so let me wish all a very Happy Christmas.

 

[Optipez]

A draw at MK would be decent but I'm not confident we'll get one. A win would give everyone a boost as it's been a good while since back to back wins.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Notts score 3 at home and should have been 6.

MK are still soft on their travels and concede 6 (SIX) but back at on their luxurious home patch will react bounce back and win.

3-1 to home side.

 

[BarraMatt]

Nice one Alfie, make sure you have a well earned few days off from the statistics!

Important that we back yesterday's result up and make sure it isn't just a flash in the pan. Salford (A), Tranmere (A) and Bradford (H) coming up, good opportunities to pick up a decent amount of points.

 

[Jimmy Anderson]

Not alot say other than as soon as Bradford scored they will have won the match. Can't imagine many people will bother going Bradford or Grimsby now considering how wank boring we are to watch.

 

[JJ1990]

12 games unbeaten, but 7 draws in amongst them. Can't be too unhappy, but feel like the manager is still playing with the handbrake on too often, which sounds like a complaint against a few managers this season, so doesn't look like we're alone in that regard.

Normally I'd be quite bullish going to Whaddon Road as we've got a reasonable record there and whilst they've got some solid players, Cheltenham look like a team we could pinch a result. But our Boxing Day record is monumentally terrible, so my pessimism is high. I'd take a point, but fear we're in for a narrow defeat.

 

[spireite]

It looked to be a decent time to be playing Fleetwood on paper, but now we could be playing a team with new manager bounce. I know loads going to this, on the piss in Blackpool before, bit gutted to be missing it.

 

[RavenBish]

MK vs Notts very much a game where not a single scoreline would surprise me aside from a 0-0

would expect an unchanged team for us.

 

[クレイグ]

2-0 Vale.

 

[WilsdenBantam]

Most likely a loss, we have a knack of helping teams on bad patches. It really is full following this club in recent years, just waiting to sack yet another manager. Our only win since mid October was over an absolutely dreadful Swindon side. With the Christmas run we have, we won’t have such luck.

 

[Jimmy Anderson]

Our only win in the league in the last 7 was away at Morecambe who everybody is beating. We were abysmal that day but some how won with a late goal by chislett. Not played well since beating Wimbledon at home at the end of October 3 2 and even in that game we were hanging on for dear life and if it had gone on for a couple minutes longer it would have been a draw.

 

[WilsdenBantam]

Our only win in the league in the last 7 was away at Morecambe who everybody is beating. We were abysmal that day but some how won with a late goal by chislett. Not played well since beating Wimbledon at home at the end of October 3 2 and even in that game we were hanging on for dear life and if it had gone on for a couple minutes longer it would have been a draw.

Everyone is beating? We’ve played Morecambe twice this season and drew the first game thanks to a last minute equaliser then lost in the FA cup. So no not us.

 

[jacobncfc]

MK vs Notts very much a game where not a single scoreline would surprise me aside from a 0-0

would expect an unchanged team for us.

Unchanged XI, but it’s whether can restrain his urge for inverted wing backs and a deep Crowley. We can only pray.

 

[Moonie]

Absolutely massive week for us. Hyperbole need not apply, these next two games are huge. Looks like a decent turnout on Thursday too, seating heading towards a potential sellout.

 

[mozzavale]

Our only win in the league in the last 7 was away at Morecambe who everybody is beating. We were abysmal that day but some how won with a late goal by chislett. Not played well since beating Wimbledon at home at the end of October 3 2 and even in that game we were hanging on for dear life and if it had gone on for a couple minutes longer it would have been a draw.

Striking correlation to our dip in form, with Garrity going out injured. Which in fact was the 2nd half v Wimbledon. Can pin point the exact moment the dip started. Garrity is one of them players that his importance becomes blatantly obvious, once he's out injured.

 

[Jimmy Anderson]

Striking correlation to our dip in form, with Garrity going out injured. Which in fact was the 2nd half v Wimbledon. Can pin point the exact moment the dip started. Garrity is one of them players that his importance becomes blatantly obvious, once he's out injured.

We miss garrity for his energy in midfield basically never stops running all game, obviously he's a goal threat from midfield aswell. Harper basically strolls around in games and came off injured yesterday and croasdale looks knackered in need of a rest so god knows who will play in midfield if harper garrity and Byers are all out.

 

[Scum.]

Notts at home. 8-7 win.

 

[mozzavale]

We miss garrity for his energy in midfield basically never stops running all game, obviously he's a goal threat from midfield aswell. Harper basically strolls around in games and came off injured yesterday and croasdale looks knackered in need of a rest so god knows who will play in midfield if harper garrity and Byers are all out.

When all 3 are fit, I'd push Garrity into the 10 and let Byers and Croasdale run the game. Byers and Garrity will be like new signings right when we need them.

 

[OneDecentLester]

Fleetwood (a)

Hopefully carry on our good form in this one. Currently on a run of 4 wins from 5, with 3 clean sheets on the bounce in there too. Also looking back at form over the past 10 games, only Walsall have bettered our points return in that time, and with all things considered re. the injury crisis, we can’t have any complaints at that at all!

This will be a tough game though I think, even if they are on such a poor run. Managers just gone so no doubt there will be a reaction from their players, and our inability to freshen things up will make it more difficult than it maybe could have been.

Anyway, predicted XI for me something along the lines of:

Thompson
Sheckleford Naylor Grimes Araujo
Mandeville Banks
Markanday Dobra Berry
Grigg

Boot (GK)
Horton
Cook
Jessop
Hobson
Oldaker
Drummond

God that bench is beginning to look weak… although we are doing well to actually fill it so there is that

 

[AlanPep]

If the question is will we beat Newport County at home, hell yeah, 2-0 all day long

 

[leedsvaliant]

2-0 Vale.

We won't score 2. We look devoid of any idea in an attacking sense and we've got Rakeem Harper who doesn't look up to the fight and Croasdale, who is great, but offers very little creativity as our midfield 2. Stockley has only scored 4 and hasn't scored for ages, Chislett looks dreadfully out of form, Curtis has really disappointed me as a signing...he's offered nowhere near enough.

As soon as Byers and Garrity are back, I'm certain our form will improve but for now we look a real mess with no plan. We're pretty solid is about the best I can say.

Ideal time to play us imo. Our fans are getting restless and we're 2nd!

 

[hellogregory]

Absolutely massive week for us. Hyperbole need not apply, these next two games are huge. Looks like a decent turnout on Thursday too, seating heading towards a potential sellout.

Huge indeed. I’ll go further and say if we don’t win these 2 games we’re as good as down.

Time for these over hyped losers to step up and actually do what they are being paid so well to do.

 

[lordofthepies]

our Boxing Day record is monumentally terrible, so my pessimism is high. I'd take a point, but fear we're in for a narrow defeat.

Our boxing day record at Whadden Road is tremendous though

 

[TheEndIsNigh]

Unchanged XI, but it’s whether can restrain his urge for inverted wing backs and a deep Crowley. We can only pray.

He won’t. When he said he switched them for Bradford for reasons other than that’s what everyone said he should do I honestly didn’t know whether to believe him or not.

He’ll change it again just to try and be clever. Azza Nemane gonna destroy whoever’s playing lwb though. I’m just hoping the same people who’ve sat behind me at Notts slagging him off for the last 3 years are there to see it.

 

[jacobncfc]

He won’t. When he said he switched them for Bradford for reasons other than that’s what everyone said he should do I honestly didn’t know whether to believe him or not.

He’ll change it again just to try and be clever. Azza Nemane gonna destroy whoever’s playing lwb though. I’m just hoping the same people who’ve sat behind me at Notts slagging him off for the last 3 years are there to see it.

He was never going to say ‘turns out I’m an idiot and everyone else was right all along’ to be fair. He’d be mad to change it back.

I like Nemane but we should just forget about it, play Tsaroulla there and make it a no one can defend battle. Bedeau will be able to help out a bit as well.

 

[Si Robin]

Our boxing day record at Whadden Road is tremendous though

Where's Whadden Road?