It’s a great story worth celebrating. I hope the model they’ve got isn’t wrecked by the pandemic. Seems like a lifetime ago when I was having a good old drunken chat with some Dons fans who were on their way back to London from Anfield. It was just after they’d sold Dennis Wise to Chelsea. Nice chaps.
November 1, 2020 at 10:53 am
in reply to: Covid#196829
With all these untested players running around, possibly with Covid, I can’t see the smaller stadiums being able to open with restricted numbers any time soon.
More than three teams refused to play yesterday I cant imagine a huge fine or been booted out the league, can you.
You don’t know what the outcome of refusing to play will be yet. The EFL are investigating. If we refused to play having enough players tested negative Swann wouldn’t want to risk punishment. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t ‘got balls’, it means he’s pragmatic.
I would also say back then we knew the club was skint, so all the endeavors of club officials and players were more appreciated by the die hards when we numbered all but 1,200, on a bad day. This, in spite of much mocking by the stayaways in the playground and work, at a time the club needed support more than ever. What do we have now? A club that’s been over invested in and pumped with cash in return for someones unrealised dream, huge debt, a lot of bad feeling and disenchantment. At one point or other, most who come in leave under a cloud of some kind.
‘exactly, in the 70s and 80s expectations were low but we supported the club and usually put out the same 11 every week in their proper positions and we used to try to win games by attacking teams and some we won and some we didn’t with possibly worse players than we have now, no 5 at the back and negative formations, even if we lost usually the opposing keeper earned his money, now we hardly have a shot at goal and it’s boring to watch with players playing out of position etc.’
That, for me, encapsulates it in one paragraph and speaks volumes. Well put Mick
I still really don’t know what you think that will achieve apart from needlessly distracting them from doing their jobs? I’m not particularly interested what they would have to say anyway, I’d rather see results of their work on the pitch, but much better. Given that I don’t actually think our current plight is just down to them it seems even more pointless.
BRI makes some good points but I don’t think for one minute that what people say on here or social media informs the owners decision making. Personally, I think we can kick that one in to the long grass.
Has anyone thought of going having a word with Cox and Lillis, they train most days you know, I am sure they will engage with you, Hurst would always go out his way to have a word when we used to go down, so long as you don’t go in all guns blazing.
Brown is an excellent signing but it’s the usual strategy of doing things as cheap as possible until a crack the the size of the Grand Canyon appears. It’s only a small step in the right direction following a stampede in the wrong one.
The fact we’re in league 2 isn’t the point at all. It’s about the club itself, the way it’s run and future prospects. This really isn’t about a few young fans who only know the Championship years.
I bet you’d find most of the posters on here remember the old days at the OSG attended by 1,500 fans very well forever iron so that argument isn’t valid.
He clearly has issues and perhaps underlying issues that need addressing. If that’s the case then it would be good if the club helped him with that rather than simply sacking him. He’s very talented. It would be a shame not to try and help him sort his issues out to help fulfill his promise. I’m sure the club are better placed than anyone on here to deal with the situation once they have all the facts and investigate the problems he has with him
