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AFC Wimbledon urged to show more belief after taking a point at League One promotion favourites Ipswich Town

Kai Bennett
Mark Robinson says AFC Wimbledon need to show more belief in themselves after their dramatic 2-2 draw against Ipswich Town at Portman Road.
Former Dons striker Joe Pigott put the Tractor Boys ahead from the spot before Wes Burns doubled their lead. However, a Ben Heneghan header and a stoppage time equaliser from Jack Rudoni rescued a point for AFC Wimbledon.
Robinson said: “We’ve just chatted in there and at 2-0 down you have seen what we are capable of. The shackles came off and we started to play – and it had nothing to do with the changes. We’ve got to have that belief from the start of the game. We let the players talk and Darius [Charles] was in there.
“The fans were incredible again and you show your appreciation, but we’ve got to realise why we found ourselves in that position of being 2-0 down. It was a mad five minutes and through some poor detail we left ourselves with a mountain to climb.

“I could see that the fans were excited, but we just want to excite them more. We are a work in progress, we know that, but we are only going to get better. Some of it is down to our youthfulness, but we’ve got to stamp our authority on games from the word go. After we went 2-0 down there was only one team in it, but every single one of our players has got to have that belief from the start.

“Some of the detail isn’t good enough, so we’ve had a great chat in there, and that’s what we’ve got to improve on. Ipswich have obviously got some really good players, but a lot of their attacks came from our basic errors, and they are the things we have to work on. That detail has cost us in a lot of games this season.

“We’ve got to grow up really quickly if we want to achieve something. We’ve shown that we’ve got that ability, but it’s about the consistency. They are all really good players, but I’m trying to get an 11 that is going to be on it right from the start and to stamp our authority on the game.

“You are looking at other players that are going to come in and fight for their places with games on successive Saturdays and Tuesdays, but it’s not about a lack of cohesion, and it’s just about eradicating those basic errors.

“We showed good character, so we are going to be fine.”

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