So that's all the build up complete as a final pre-season game ends in a defeat at MK Dons. Yesterday, it was Jemal Johnson acting as chief annoyance to The Cobblers' defence and his hat-trick ultimately won it for the Franchise. It was a game that seemed to personify the pre-season so far, a disappointment results wise but with Billy McKay again on the scoresheet, a ray of hope emerging that we could yet bounce back to League One at the first attempt.
Should Bayo and McKay hit it off and we can gel together quickly we should be up there. One sticking point may be a defence that has been rebuild following the departure of it's core in Mark Hughes and Chris Doig. Craig Hinton and Dean Beckwith both won promotion from this league before but they must fit together sooner rather than later.
In this entertaining friendly though, it was our "rivals" that took home the win thanks to Johnson's treble tpo show that Dons should once again be in the front runners in League One next season. As for The Cobblers, we've had a mixed bag of friendlies but were always beaten by the higher opposition.
That's all over now though and the countdown can begin to the 09/10 season...let the real football begin!
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