Warne 'not worrying about job' after winless start

MK Dons boss Paul Warne insists he is not worrying about losing his job despite a slow start to life in League One following last season's promotion.

They have failed to win any of their opening six league matches, drawing five of them, and losing at Wigan.

"If we lost 10 matches on the run and you said to me 'Are you worried about your job?' I'd say 'No'," Warne told BBC Three Counties Radio.

"I'm never worried about my job. Not from an arrogant point of view. I worry about enough things not to also worry about that.

"I always pick the team as if it's the last team I'm going to pick. I don't worry about consequence, upsetting 'him or him'.

"I do feel a lot of it is at my door because we have changed the system, we have changed the players around quite a bit."

MK Dons secured automatic promotion under Warne at the end of a strong 2025-2026 campaign winning 24 matches, losing only eight, and were the division's top scorers with 86 goals.

The 53-year-old says there will be no knee-jerk reaction as they search for their first league win, but they do need to find some consistency.

"We've been in every game, which I expect us to be. I expect us to win virtually every game we play in - that's also not arrogance, I see how good the players are," Warne added.

"I know we've gone up a level, but we haven't gone from League Two to the Champions League. I do feel like we've been better than our points tally, but the points tally doesn't lie.

"I feel a bit sorry for the fans that they haven't seen the team properly settled yet. I don't feel we're that far away from giving someone a good cracking."

The spotlight will stay on Warne and his players as they head to rivals AFC Wimbledon on Thursday.

"I'm well aware of the importance of the game to both sets of fans," he said.

"I get all parts of it. It's a bit like a play-off final where you've just got to leave everything out there. If we're not good enough to win then I accept that, and it's on me.

"There are certain games that just get your blood boiling a bit more. It would be a fitting way to get a win on the board."