Refreshing scorelines is not on the agenda for Dons boss tonight
Will Tuesday night’s games be absolute cinema for MK Dons?
While MK Dons have been given a watching brief tonight with their League Two game against Colchester United moved to Wednesday night, Paul Warne will be grabbing the popcorn.
With TV channels dictating kick-offs for the midweek fixtures, Dons’ home clash with the U’s will take place 24-hours after the rest of the division play their games.
Dons will remain pretty safe in second spot, with Cambridge needing a nine-goal win over Walsall at the Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium to leapfrog them on Tuesday, but rather than poring over the night’s action, Warne has other plans to take his mind off things.
He said: “On Tuesday night, the professional part of me knows I should go to another game. Richie is going to watch Crawley against Barnet because they’re our next opponents, but I think I’ll go to the cinema.
“I don’t want to sit there, flicking refresh to see the latest scores and worrying, it’s exhausting. I want to feel mentally fresh. It’s quite saturated, there’s a lot of football out there.”
Then, less than 65 hours later, Dons will be in action again, this time in the earlier 12:30pm kick-off on Saturday against Barnet, reversing the roles by playing first and setting the standard for the rest of the league to follow in the 3pm kick-offs.
“I don’t know which way I’d prefer it,” the head coach continued. “It’s a lovely feeling knowing you’ve won when no-one else has played, like that Monday night game against Walsall like against Gillingham last week, knowing you’ve had a really positive outcome.
“I’m sure the fans have done it too, but you start to look at other fixtures and who is playing who. I noticed Cambridge have Salford coming up, and they both can’t win that game, so if we can continue to pick up points the way we have, it sets up nicely.”