MIKEY'S MIDWEEK VIEW 19.11.08
You can hear Mikey's live full-match commentary of MK Dons games Saturday's on Horizon Radio 103.3FM and every single game of the season on Dons World . . .
I'm going to be honest this week, for the first time all season I didn't think we could win last Saturday.
I know that sounds terrible, especially as I'm normally the most optimistic man in "Lee Scriven's Funbus" on away trips. As I sat in the supermarket next door to Victoria Park eating my sausage, egg, chips and beans I was a worried man.
The disappointment of Bradford, the long injury list, the longer journey north, it all caught up with me.
I knew we'd battle, because that's what we do, but I forgot one very important thing . . . the Dons are better travellers than Judith Chalmers.
As one of my press colleagues pointed out afterwards, the Dons must be the most feared away team in the land. Last year we broke and set new records for away wins, this year we've already won at Huddersfield, Colchester, Millwall, Leyton Orient and now Hartlepool.
Those brilliant fans that somehow find the cash to follow their club across the country must feel they're in dreamland at times. Away performances are often not just impressive, but downright outstanding.
In all those performances the team showed great heart and desire to withstand tough spells of pressure, yet also played some great football.
It was an absolute pleasure to commentate on Saturday, there was so much happening I only hope those listening back in Milton Keynes and around the UK and further on Dons World felt like they were there too.
I admit I often get carried away, and when Dean Lewington scored that wonderstrike I think I scared my co-commentator Lee Scriven. But we can't help but be caught up with the emotion of the matches.
Summed up perfectly when half the crowd and Lee alongside me thought the referee had awarded Hartlepool a penalty with the game finely balanced at 2-1.
I looked to my right and his head had dropped, he looked gutted, only to breathe a sigh of relief when I tapped him on the shoulder and pointed out it was a goal-kick. It shows just how much we live those games as much as the fans, as much as the players.
Yet I still love the way Roberto Di Matteo refuses to get carried away. I think it's that attitude that's seen the continual improvement all season long, and of course it bodes well for the future away trips to come.














