Ardley philosophical over miss

Neal Ardley was not prepared to point fingers after George Francomb's miss meant AFC Wimbledon were held 0-0 at home by Plymouth.

Francomb somehow fired into the side-netting from six-yards out on the stroke of half-time from Adebayo Akinfenwa's unselfish lay-off, while Bobby Reid's first-half drive was the closest the visitors came to scoring. The game got significantly cagier after the interval with Akinfenwa nearly breaking the deadlock after 70 minutes - his looping header came back off the crossbar after he rose highest to a long free-kick. But neither side could find a winner and while the result sees Wimbledon climb up to 12th in League Two, Ardley wanted all three points. "You never know how much George's miss cost us," he said. "It was a key moment and it is the truest saying in football that goals do change games. "Going in a 1-0 it certainly could have ended up being a 1-0 game. We'd have had something to cling on to and try and win the game with, and the way the second-half went you could certainly see us being able to do that. "It was a game of few chances, and we created a great one, but I'd rather George Francomb was there to miss it rather than Bayo not having anyone to roll the ball in front of. "We are trying to concede less goals, and so getting the clean sheet is a good result for us. I thought they defended very well all game, and so did we. "I'd have loved to have three points, but overall I am very happy with the performance as they gave me everything I wanted." Meanwhile, Plymouth boss John Sheridan was satisfied with a job well done after seeing his team withstand prolonged periods of pressure from the home side. He said: "It's a good, well-earned draw in the end and we hard to work hard for it. "The work ethic was there in difficult conditions for the boys with the wind, but it's a good point and I'm pleased with that. "The clean sheet was good and you can see the desire from the boys to keep the ball out of the net. "I said I wanted seven points from these three games so we'll need to head to Cheltenham now and try and win. "It's a very tight league, even more so with some of the results tonight, and no game is easy so you always have to go out and work hard to get something from every game you play. "You can't predict any result, no matter if you're playing teams near the bottom or the top everyone can beat each other. The top two were both beaten tonight."