This is it boys!

Those may well be the words uttered by a League One manager in the dressing room at MK Dons prior to tomorrow's league match. My guess is that Carl Robinson will say it to his troops as they head out looking for their eleventh home win of the season.


I say Robinson, because the simple fact is a home win would leave his side a massive ten points clear of seventh -placed Charlton which would render our three matches in hand insufficient and with every likelihood that they will still have a healthy clearance once they are out of the way.


The reverse is true of course and a repeat of the JPT win in October would see the gap cut to four, something we could reasonably expect to close with three matches in hand and re-found confidence. I am trying to be positive about tomorrow night's game but I can't see us doing it, however hard I try.


Miguela Angel Llera will most likely get to face his old club fresh from his return to the side on Saturday. It was a decent performance from Big Mig but we should remember that Tranmere were defending for most of the game and he had plenty of time to pull long balls down and make leisurely punts across field. He remains glacially slow off the mark and vulnerable to making costly bloopers. MK Dons will put us under pressure and probably sustained pressure at times as we struggle again to relive the siege from midfield. We are going to need Bradley Wright-Phillips and Eccleston both playing a high-line and ready to strike at any chances that come their way. 


I can see the following players being asked to win the game and failing; Worner, Jenkinson, Dailly, Llera, Francis (Chris Solly must be a consideration), Reid, Semedo, Racon, Wagstaff, Wright-Phillips and Eccleston. It's a long time until Saturday.