I did see a cockatiel yesterday along the river.

Watched the first half on telly last night. The commentary team were praising Wimbledon's patience. But I've never quite been able to get my head around managers who set their team up to be on the back foot. It's like: "OK, we're likely to get beaten, but maybe if we invite them onto us they somehow won't score, even though we're inevitably inviting them to pressure us, and maybe if we get lucky in defence we may also get lucky in attack and sneak a goal." OK, they're professionals and so they're more inclined to play the percentages. It's just that whole "they have a potent attack so we'll invite them to attack" logic that I don't get.

I do understand the irony of me saying this - as I have enjoyed and endured arguments on here before about sacking managers vs “who could do better?” attitudes. But I really don’t think the manager is our issue. I’m not exactly his biggest fan and I do accept that when results reach a certain stage it’s the obvious thing to do to change the manager. I was disappointed with the starting XI last night but with the game out of the way I’d rather have the 3 points available against Wigan on Sunday - if that’s possible.

Well 1 win in 15 league and cup games is sackable, but if we get no wins in next 6 winnable games ,then no choice but bye bye!

FWIW when I've done Fulham in the past, they are a bit louder. But not significantly so.

The fact that both Fulham and Chelsea made wholesale changes to their starting XI last night makes a mockery of having to move the game from Wednesday evening. Both ourselves and Luton have been majorly inconvenienced by the subsequent changes but was it really necessary to move the game?

$6M - I agree with you about the Premier League as a whole - I just don't get it at all anymore - I would only defend Fulham fans in the sense that the atmosphere is always the same when teams host sides from two divisions or more below. Would have been the same when we were in the Prem, and has certainly been the same at PL in games against Guiseley and Gateshead etc.

I think JJ will get sacked during this season. It will cost us money we don't have and the odds are on us getting someone worse but at least we'll have done something.

Morning all. Keefy - considering that ten of the starting Fulham XI were on the bench v Chelsea, and five of them came on in that game, I don't think you can really call them a "reserve" side

Sundays a must win game Keefy ,need to go into September with a bit of confidence, otherwise the 5 winnable games in September will see us limping with a couple of points.

Other thing that had dropped off my radar last couple of weeks is Joe Lewis who turned down a contract with us and is now....where exactly?

I'll stop whinging now. Roll on Sunday. Hopefully with Nkeng starting.

How did some supporters gain a seat in the Riverside stand? Us plebs we only offered an away end seat.

Great winning the loudest supporters trophy but in the team selection and performance we finished bottom. We manage 20% possession agains't a Fulham reserve side. Hopefully Sunday we might score a goal.

Alan, JJ on Junior : "His attitude was spot on - and not just tonight. It's been great since he's been back around the group. Obviously we thought he was going and it's been a lengthy process. So at some stage, the lad needed to be back around the group and when he is, he can be back involved. He's shown a good attitude in training. He's got on with it and then tonight he gets his opportunity to be back involved in a squad. "He gets on the pitch and he impacts it. We know what he can do and he's got huge potential. If he's with us, then he's a big asset for us. And if he's not, if he's somewhere else, then he's a big asset for someone else. But he's a top kid, a diamond of a kid. His attitude has been absolutely spot on."

Things I love about modern football: strolling to the game through a local park with both set of supporters mingling freely, sitting in a modem stand with plenty of leg room, seeing the game played on a green carpet of a pitch, hearing 5,000 Dons fans sing nonstop throughout the 90 minutes, walking back in the dark through the same park without a hint of menace. Things I hate about modern football: sterile local derbies where any attempt at a tackle is interpreted as a foul, teams making wholesale changes from their last league game, the gulf between Premiership and League One clubs, endless sideways passing, having to download your ticket onto your phone in advance, long queues for the mandatory body search before entry, feeling disappointed after the game because your side has barely had a shot on goal, bland post-match comments in which the manager praises the fans.

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I have a theory about the Nkeng inclusion. Two points to consider, the first is that it may have been a prod to the suitors that maybe on the fence about signing him and an opportunity to have him shine against very good opponents, could achieve that. In a time limited appearance, for both his and ours protection, a calculated decision was made to play him. He didn't disappoint, yes he's raw, but given mostly against same level opposition, he's been viewed thus far, the step-up in the class he was playing against, basically polished the window to invite a second look at our asset. The 2nd point is basically a chance to say bye-bye in a football match rather than just fade away from the memory of last season.

Exiled, RE Nkeng there is no way we would turn down £850k regardless of whether we got a striker or not so I am guessing his move has fallen through for whatever reason.

We were amazing last night. Don't think we stopped for even a 30 second breather and my Fulham mate who was at the other end had our 'Dons away i like it' chant in his head after the game. So they heard us.

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Got home at 1:45am. As Triggerfish implies, we have much bigger problems than the manager. Little to gain by sacking him, plenty to lose

The game panned out pretty much as I expected, although to effectively have thrown in the towel with that team selection given the torture so many of us have gone through with the ticket fiasco was disappointing. I left after 80 minutes so I could get home 30 minutes earlier as I'd seen enough. There was something joyless or sterile about the whole experience. I felt the same at Arsenal. Whether it was their crowd and players muted patronising goal celebrations or the lack of atmosphere other than at our end, it just isn't the same as when WFC were in the Premier League. To pay over £60 to watch that isn't for me. I'm not sure what the Premier League is anymore. Foreign tourists in the crowd, on the pitch and in the boardroom.

CM - I appreciate your stance and am not going to argue against it. I think what you say is right team wise.