Let's talk about the AFC Wimbledon game

[welloffside]

Campsall,

I retract my 'optimistic' comment.          Looking at the league table, it's on   

[LincsRover]

Cracking team performance and, except for the first 15 mins of the second half, pretty dominant too! I enjoyed that, now let’s stuff Lincoln on Saturday!   

[Chris Black come back]

Matt Smith was superb tonight. If we can accomodate him, Bostock and Richards in midfield at the same time, we are going to do exceptionally well this season.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Very, very happy with that. What's not to like! Everyone who took to the pitch was on it.

Fair play to Wimbledon for making us work hard, so we had to earn it.

Sometimes, we let our enthusiasm get the better of us when slowing it down would be the better option but let's not criticise being positive.

Matt Smith much much better tonight as way Fej and Taylor. Simoes played well too. A really good team performance.

Nice little cameos from AJ and Wright... Another midfielder in the making? Some nice touches.

Great to hear some of the insight from Copps which gives you confidence the squad is together!

[Chris Black come back]

Agree on Fej. That was one of his best games as the lone striker. Halliday also very good.

[steve@dcfd]

So only us and Lincoln at 2 pts per game but it’s all close. Momentum, players in, players back we are looking good.

[Campsall rover]

Campsall,

I retract my 'optimistic' comment.          Looking at the league table, it's on   

It definitely is.

Massive game at Lincoln on Saturday. Would take a point. But why can’t we go there and win.

[Chris Black come back]

The run we have got ahead of us is absolutely disgusting. We will draw a few, we will lose a few, but we are in a good position now to weather this and come out the other end competitive for an easier run in.

[StocksArmy]

Disagree on Fej personally. Worked hard but time and time again he likes to go up against centre halves in a battle of strength when he is a much better footballer than his opponent. The team would score many more goals if he kept it simple and came to the ball and touched it off with one or two touches rather than backing in and being outmuscled. Copps mentioned it in commentary also you could tell he was getting annoyed with him. Not saying he was poor but I just feel he could be a bit more savvy in his play. Took his goal really well. Still desperate for a striker for me. Matt Smith MOTM by a mile. Saturday is now massive.

[scawsby steve]

What a difference a week makes. I restarted my router before the game and my iFollow was brilliant.

A great performance from the lads as well, especially Matt Smith.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Forgot to mention Halliday who I've said needed to shoot more and he's done just that. Having that in your locker is a great bonus. What a player he has become.

Would like to see Cam do the same occasionally as we know he can strike a ball.

James was all over the place too. Always there for a pass and unlucky not to get another goal late on too.

[Campsall rover]

A solid performance by everyone. Thought Reece James was a little subdued tonight. Not quite at it. Played a lot of games and looked a little fatigued to me.
Matt Smith showed tonight what a good player he is.
With Bostock and Taylor-Richards that will be an awesome midfield trio.
Get Sims back and we are going to take some stopping.
Yes we need another striker with JJ injured but hey Fej is scoring regularly and if he stays fit will have 20+ this season.

[steve@dcfd]

Disagree on Fej personally. Worked hard but time and time again he likes to go up against centre halves in a battle of strength when he is a much better footballer than his opponent. The team would score many more goals if he kept it simple and came to the ball and touched it off with one or two touches rather than backing in and being outmuscled. Copps mentioned it in commentary also you could tell he was getting annoyed with him. Not saying he was poor but I just feel he could be a bit more savvy in his play. Took his goal really well. Still desperate for a striker for me. Matt Smith MOTM by a mile. Saturday is now massive.

For me he’s a player who likes have the ball and goal in front of him like his goal. He’s not a player who likes to have his back to goal. If we can get a striker who can play that role then he could play on the left where I believe he can play his best football. It was good like you say to hear Copps regarding our play and players.

[Campsall rover]

DBR strange how we all see things differently as i thought Reece looked tired tonight.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

DBR strange how we all see things differently as i thought Reece looked tired tonight.

I just thought while not a stand out performance, he covered a lot of ground and did the simple stuff very well. He did try a couple of killer passes that didn't come off but I think we'll forgive him for that.

DM has got some selection 'problems' coming up. Then again, it's good to know we've now got more depth and options.

[Jersey Rover]

Great midfield we have now, best defence in the league and a quality keeper. Just need back up for Fej now and we’re sorted

[StocksArmy]

Disagree on Fej personally. Worked hard but time and time again he likes to go up against centre halves in a battle of strength when he is a much better footballer than his opponent. The team would score many more goals if he kept it simple and came to the ball and touched it off with one or two touches rather than backing in and being outmuscled. Copps mentioned it in commentary also you could tell he was getting annoyed with him. Not saying he was poor but I just feel he could be a bit more savvy in his play. Took his goal really well. Still desperate for a striker for me. Matt Smith MOTM by a mile. Saturday is now massive.

For me he’s a player who likes have the ball and goal in front of him like his goal. He’s not a player who likes to have his back to goal. If we can get a striker who can play that role then he could play on the left where I believe he can play his best football. It was good like you say to hear Copps regarding our play and players.

Agreed. I have said a couple of times before if we can, we need to not rely on Fej playing the lone striker. I dont think we will be where we want to be if we cant get this position sorted quickly. He is much better wider and even offers a bit defensively.

[bobjimwilly]

it's good to see more and more shots being taken outside of the box when play opens up. In most years gone by it seems we've always tried to walk the ball in the net, or at least not shoot until we're inside the box. Darren obviously gives the players freedom to take that shot if it's there, and it's paying dividends this season.

[PDX_Rover]

Shooooooooooooooooot

[DonnyBazR0ver]

it's good to see more and more shots being taken outside of the box when play opens up. In most years gone by it seems we've always tried to walk the ball in the net, or at least not shoot until we're inside the box. Darren obviously gives the players freedom to take that shot if it's there, and it's paying dividends this season.

Maybe a discussion for a thread on it's own but interesting to see how we evolve post Whiteman.

Tonight was much higher tempo game and perhaps we did rush things from time to time but on the other hand we were much more positive and pacy and tried to break the lines.

Sometimes we might get picked off by some teams but not many teams will cope with our incisive passing when it's on song.

Credit to DM and the players for taking the bull by the horns and showing we still mean business.

[Alan Southstand]

Just maybe, they took on board what West Ham did to us and tried to replicate that. Just a thought.

[drfchound]

Copps alluded to that in the commentary Alan.

[RoversAlias]

Just maybe, they took on board what West Ham did to us and tried to replicate that. Just a thought.

I definitely think there was an element of that in our play tonight, good shout.

[normal rules]

Onwards and upwards, huge test this weekend.