Johnnie Jackson not satisfied despite AFC Wimbledon’s impressive start

Johnnie Jackson believes his AFC Wimbledon side should have more points on the board despite securing their third win of the League One campaign with a 2-0 victory over Barnsley.

Matty Stevens scored his third league goal of the campaign to give the hosts the lead at half-time.

The visitors forced some excellent saves from Dons goalkeeper Nathan Bishop, but it was not enough, and substitute Antwoine Hackford made sure of things with a superb finish after the break.

Jackson said: “It has been a good start, there is no getting away from that.

“I think we would have all taken this position, but my brain naturally feels that we should have a little bit more to show from it because we were really unlucky in defeat and in the end could have got something from Cardiff.

“It has been a tough start if you look at the teams that we have played and we are competing.

“The boys just keep showing up and it is showing that we are really good team.

“I thought it was a great game, well pleased with the result, and I thought we played really well.

“Barnsley are a very good team with a few dangerous players.

“A couple of key moments went our way as well, which has not always been the case this season.

“So we’ve got a little bit of fortune, but we played some really good stuff as well and scored some good goals, so we are very pleased with that.”

The result leaves the Dons 10th in the table, while Barnsley are now sixth.

Tykes manager Conor Hourihane could not believe his side did not score after creating several excellent chances.

“I think in the second half, until they scored, we were completely on top,” he said. “I’m not sure how we didn’t score today.

“The second goal just kills the momentum of the game completely.

“It was completely against the run of play, and it was the first time they had been in our box in the second half.

“So that was the disappointing element of it.

“If we keep that goal shut I think we go on to score a goal, but that second goal turned the tide completely.

“The lads have scored in every game that I have been manager for, how we have not scored today is strange because of the amount of chances we have created.

“Look, all-in-all I am very proud of the lads in terms of the start of the season so far.

“I just said to them in there, good teams don’t lose two games in a row, so let’s see what they’ve got.”