We didn't do enough to warrant victory, Dons defender admits after Salford loss
Australian defender Gethin Jones admitted Dons did not do enough to win on Saturday
Gethin Jones gave his honest assessment after MK Dons’ second defeat in a row on Saturday, admitting he and his team-mates did not do enough to warrant victory over Salford City.
Matt Butcher’s 66th minute goal separated the sides at the Peninsula Stadium as Karl Robinson’s men claimed a scrappy win, resigning Paul Warne’s team to a second consecutive reverse.
High winds and a poor playing pitch in Greater Manchester made the encounter between the two promotion chasing sides a scrappy, bitty and generally poor watch, with Butcher’s long-range strike one of precious few moments of genuine quality on show.
“It was a tough afternoon,” Dons full-back Jones said afterwards. “We knew the pitch wasn’t great coming here, but we weren’t expecting the wind. Coming out in the warm-up, we saw it was strong, and in the first-half we had the sun against us as well which didn’t help. But it’s the same for both teams, and we knew it would be a battle.
“We set up to come and play, with the way we had our midfield set up, but we quickly realised it wasn’t going to work with how difficult the pitch was. And then the wind just killed the game.
“We have to look at how we battled because they came away with most of the second balls all over the pitch.
“We knew the game would come down to one chance. We had a goal-line scramble we should have put away but at the end of the day, they’ve scored a screamer.
“But did we do enough in the game to get the win? Probably not. A draw was probably a fairer result, but we’ve come away with nothing.”