Tranmere Rovers v MK Dons Match Discussion Thread

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any thoughts hoping for a win then good home cup draw chester?i,d play Stockton with lowe and put Kirby on bench

Just hope we do not put Lowe upfront on his own again! Agree with pete, give Stockton a start and lets try and look a bit more positive. On the other hand should we have 5 in the midfield and hopefully get a point? Who would be Ronnie eh.

Sparky, we are at home if we are to move up the table we need to win games at home not try too settle for a point.

our defence against the leading scorer in the country, 1 2

If we drop anyone for Stockton, why Kirby? That would mean playing four central midfielders in a 4-4-2 with no natural wingers? Atkinson should be dropped to accommodate the second striker, followed by Power giving way for Baggie to give us some more width and pace - something that may actually scare them

1-1 draw another late Ryan Lowe goal

2-1 win with Baggie getting a goal

A narrow win , 1-0

think Lowe will be up for this, some tough choices for RMs team selection, he's get slated what ever, I'' leave Cole on the bench as an impact sub if it isn't working once we have weighed up the Dons, think 2 - 0, Lowe and Jenner

Hope nothing bad for Danny H

grrr c'mon Tranmere !

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Hope nothing bad for Danny H

Ditto for Hately ! ! pleased Rowe gets a run tho !

C'mon Lads
!!!!!

swing Lowe, sweet charriot !
took the lead ! came back from being b'hind ! pushed on and took the lead, how ever it finishes having lost 2 players well done Tranmere Reovers

Yessss!

Well done lads

chuffin made up SWA

Well done the whole bloody team. Superb, now lets push on. Happy chappy tonight and the long drive back south will be well worth it.

Get in there lads not at the game to day as on me honey moon in Tenerife gutted but don't tell the wife S.W.A

For most of the game we looked completely inept, and in my opinion we should have put cole Stockton on when we were behind. Baggie was not at the races, the lads did well but 1 nan up front at hone for the whole game was not pleasant to watch and we didn't attack very confidently. Onward and upward though

We scored 3. Was it your Grandmother up front. Well done to her lol

Were you there? If you were you will know that for 80% of the Game we didn't look very good at all !!!

I was referring to one nan up front

We dominated the first 20 minutes or so really I thought and the effort was there throughout, much like at Bradford the other week.

Two stupid goals to give away with the hapless (again!) Atkinson at fault for the first.

Man of the Match is between three for me and I can't decide... McNulty was fantastic at the back and made so many important challenges, Lowe worked his socks off again and scored twice and Jake Kirby also had his best game for us in my opinion!

I would say we did dominate but also MK where the worst team i had seen at PP this season the first 30 mins also. After the Holmes injury we lost the plot, the team fell to bits. The rest of the game we pretty much just let MK give us attack after attack, and in my opinion they deserved to go 3-2 up rather than us.

Still take the 3 points though but we need vast improvements quickly! Baggie starting was not a good move, he was lost out there

I thought bringing Jennings on for holmes wrong choice today, maybe koumas, but it worked out in the end, a good win, but we also looked dodgy at times too, lowe looks like he needs help up front sometimes, if only we has a cassidy type player, think that could make the whole difference.

7 points from the last 4 games now.... Three of those teams were Top 10 when we played them and two of them were (and still are) Top 6.

Much improved from the start we had to the season and that can only be a good thing!

A win two goals in front of the Kop I,m happy

Not perfect, but a good win and it will do our confidence the world of good to have come from behind. Some great performances out there today, Lowe was excellent as was McNulty and Rowe did extremely well when he came on. Thought Jennings was outstanding today, just sitting in front of the back four, making some great tackles to break up play.

We definitely rode our luck though, the one on one they missed and the bizzare offside decision which I couldn't quite work out. Either of them and we could have been looking at a loss...but it didn't and the three points are well earned.

Hopefully this can be the catalyst to turn our season around.

In the words of Victor Meldrew- I don't beleeeeeeeve it. We mugged them today and it was such a great feeling to do it. We let them walk through the defence for their goals and we defend to deep. We needed someone to rough them up a bit to knock them off their stride. But what the hell it was fantastic to win a game at home.

Just read the Milton Keynes herald evening report apparently the Mk Manager is very upset re the mistaken offside and can't believe they lost the game as he believes they were far better than us- sounds like Bradford some sour grapes again

Great win, where would we be without goal scoring machine Ryan Lowe! What a revalation he has been this season and I'm glad Rowe chipped in with a goal today aswell.
Onwards and Upwards hopefully
SWA

Come on SWA.....

Every ball is a white ball............TRFC

dave, that's class that.

I thought we were the better team until Holmes went off injured when we started too struggle somewhat. I feared the worst when we went 2-1 down but credit too the lads for keep going too the end.

Jennings looks well short of fitness at the moment, and we really failed to close down & challenge them too many times for my linking.

Lowe for me was MOM took his goals well put in a lot of effort, McNulty was solid at the back and needs to be kept at centre half.

3 points at home at last, happy days.

how long is mcnulty here for and ridehalgh could do with them staying, thought kirby played well today

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I would say we did dominate but also MK where the worst team i had seen at PP this season the first 30 mins also. After the Holmes injury we lost the plot, the team fell to bits. The rest of the game we pretty much just let MK give us attack after attack, and in my opinion they deserved to go 3-2 up rather than us.
Still take the 3 points though but we need vast improvements quickly! Baggie starting was not a good move, he was lost out there

MK Dons the worst team you've seen at PP this season for the first 30 minutes.That is totally laughable.

I felt elated at the end more so than for quite a long time. They were clearly much the better footballing side but we battled extremely hard and well especially once we went 2-1 down. Some people talk about our defence opening up for their goals but their second goal from Banton was top class. The first one was pretty good too-if a Tranmere player had scored it ,we would be acclaiming it as a great solo goal. The ''offside'' decision straight after their second goal was obviously a big turning point-I fully understand why their bench went mental about it although 5 minutes after it happened, Robinson was laughing and joking with the fourth official.

McNulty was my MOM-I thought he was outstanding throughout. Ryan Lowe obviously was a close second. We suffered after Holmes was injured because he was coping well with Banton who was excellent. Hateley was not fast enough to deal with him and Max tried hard but is not a right back. Baggie blew his big chance and was of no assistance at all to any of our ''right backs''.

I have liked Rowe since the first time I saw him even if he is a bit lightweight. I was delighted that it was him that got the winner,

I also have to say that in the last few minutes plus added on time, never have so many huge hoofs been applauded so enthusiastically.

An excellent result-the good feeling will last longer than usual after what I thought was my most enjoyable afternoon of the season so far.

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Two stupid goals to give away with the hapless (again!) Atkinson at fault for the first.

If you insist on apportioning blame, you could blame anyone of 3 or 4 of our players for the goal. No way was it just one.

MK where not even interested for the first 30 mins. I was finding it hard to believe they actually were MK. usually they pass it about nicely. They hardly had a touch. And not that we were good. They just didn't turn up until the goal and our injury

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Just read the Milton Keynes herald evening report apparently the Mk Manager is very upset re the mistaken offside and can't believe they lost the game as he believes they were far better than us- sounds like Bradford some sour grapes again

Robinson is wrong. MK Dons lost because Tranmere had fight and they didn't. They might have outclassed us and outpassed us but we outfought them and thats why we won. Our centre backs defended like titans amd the few attacks that we managed in the final quarter came from a sheer determination to get the ball forwards. If their forwards had played with the same determination they would probably have won but happily for us they didn't.

think we've found new ledgend in the making NcNulty !! and new ion injuies to H or H ?

A cracking result, 7 points from the last 4 games and there is a chance to push on now and hopefully if things stay this way the team will be climbing up the table soon enough.

Then I ate his Liver.......... with some baked beans and a can of coke.

Despite all the traumas of the season so far it is only
3 points difference between 22nd and 15th place.

And only 10 pts off the play offs...!!!!

A win is a win. The way we win right now is not as important as winning. The players will get a lift from that win and now we are picking up points.

Every ball is a white ball............TRFC

Jennings backed off for the 2nd goal,if he had closed the player down he wouldn't have scored,& it wasn't the 1st time. We just need to see if we improve when Koumas,Robinson & Wallace come back,RM set up the team not expecting them to be out so long