Not often, but sometimes a draw in a game of football is pretty close to being spot on the fairest result. I think that was the case at a Plough Lane today bathed equally in monsoon and mugginess.
Wimbledon started much the better, and I guess the one criticism you might level at us today is that we weren't ruthless enough. Had we been a couple of goals up before James Ball put us in front with a fine header, few would have been surprised. I suppose staunch Forest Green fans would be saying "hang on, we hit the post!" Or "What about that worldie save your goalie made?", but they wouldn't deny we bossed the first half.
No doubt though that in the second period they came back into it. Yes we had a couple of glaring chances, their keeper made a great save from Ali, but you could smell the goal coming before it did.
Troy Deeney made a difference when he came on in fairness. Despite looking like he'd just polished off the MyPie leftovers before having a half hour chinwag with Alex Pierce prior to appearing, he can still play. He began to barrel around with increasing purpose, and despite suspicions of offside toook his goal well.
There was still time for both teams to have a couple more chances. We could easily have won it, but then we could easily have lost it too. As it was, a draw was a fair enough result for what was in truth a bloody good game of football. I really enjoyed it, and I'm proud of this Wimbledon team.
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