***MK Dons 1st Leg Official Matchday Thread (Tues 7/5/24)***

One MK poster mentioned their larger pitch size, which can change a team's playing style.
The numbers I got from the internet were:

MK Dons 105 x 68

Crawley Town 112 x 72 yards

As the MK supporter says their pitch is larger, I assume theirs is in metres rather than our yards.
In yards theirs would be 114.83 x 74.37 yards, so about 114 yds 2ft 6in x 74 yds 1 ft - about 2 to 3 yards bigger in each direction.
That doesn't seem much, but I guess that can make some difference with stretching a defensive line wider or with a ball over the top being kept in. In view of the gaps that can appear in our defence and midfield at times, maybe a fluid 5-4-1 or 4-1-4-1? However, we are not at our best when on the back foot, so it might be a conundrum for SL.

After all the heavy rain on Monday, it was good to see the ground staff had the sprinklers on pre game and at half time

It was good to play under the FLOOD lights and it was a good use of the SUBS.

That is amazing how many touches he had as right back (nearly at half way at times). Well worth a look.

I am still in disbelief at last night’s result. I know we all hoped for such a scoreline, but none of us genuinely saw that coming.
I don’t think any of us are counting our chickens just yet (and remember the Sheff Wed v Peterborough Play Off Semifinal 2nd leg last season 🤦‍♂️) but for the first time in our history, we have one foot on Wembley way.

Twitter went crazy last night commenting on Corey 

As entertaining as he was,  unfortunately he still remains an accident waiting to happen and let's pray it doesn't happen this season again. 

Watching Corey trap the ball then beat a defender before providing a long ball upfield. In the short time he had the ball he managed to isolate their four attacking players and opened up a great attacking opportunity.
Great to see but not to often.
i suspect that MK Dons will be looking in detail as to how they can force him to make an error.
Scott is fully aware of this as he is often shouting commands to him.