Terry Brown wants AFC Wimbledon to return to the style of football that lifted them into the League Two promotion places earlier this season.

The Dons have been miserly in defence of late, conceding just twice in four games to tighten up a back line that leaked 12 goals in three matches last month.

But, their new found stubbornness not to concede has come at the expense of the attacking football that got them into the Football League in the first place and they have struggled to score, with just two goals in their last five.

"I want us to get back to playing some football," said Brown after his side secured an FA Cup first round replay by drawing 0-0 with Scunthorpe on Saturday.

"We grafted and worked and put a shift in against Scunthorpe and, yes that is important and we have conceded two goals in the last four games which is a brilliant turnaround.

"But some of it is at the expense of the expansive game that we were playing prior to that.

"To beat Scunthorpe we have to play better than we played on Saturday as they cut us apart at times.

"We are going to have to have more of the ball and we never got it down and played."

With the replay next Tuesday, Brown admits he is going to have to utilise his squad for three games in seven days.

He is likely to call upon Callum McNaughton, who was not given permission to play in the cup by his parent club West Ham, as well as youngsters Fraser Franks and Brendan Kiernan in order to give others a rest.

"We have a really hectic schedule now with this cup game," he said.

"I had seven lads on the bench on Saturday and two players bitterly disappointed at not being able to be on the bench and quite rightly so.

"They are talented young boys and they have to come and play a part in the next three games as I cannot keep putting Jamie Stuart out there and Jack Midson out there week after week after week bearing the brunt.

"So it is an opportunity for one or two and they have got to take it."

Brown returned to the dug out for the first time since October 22 having taken time off to care for his ill wife Suzy, and he was glad to be back.

"I needed to get back," he said.

"It is nice to be thinking about football rather than other things and I enjoyed the game even though we were under pressure for large parts."