No argument with that swig. Definitely an improvement on every season since we got promoted. As others have said, yesterday had PTSD echoes of Crewe away and other capitulations from our not distant enough past.

And as a bonus, Chelsea laddies lost in the cup today....

Would still rather have Toney at the Euros, but that was a lovely finish from Watkins

Think ST were announced on the 21st April.last year,so with the season finishing a week earlier I'm sure all prices will become apparent this week.

OI - all would be far clearer if there was half decent comms from the DTB on just about anything. Don’t hold your breath though.

Spit - the bundling of DT and ST is explicitly designed so that more cash is raised to pay for women’s team and academy which are (at least part) funded by DT membership fee.

Did the Trust swap the Junior Dons for the womens team ;) ? Either the womens team is part of the club, with a budget from the club, (my preference) or it isn't and shouldn't be called AFC Wimbledon (definitely not my preference!). If the Dons Trust can afford to make a donation towards the budget then excellent but DT finances shouldn't be driven by how much the womens team needs.

Which JJ also refers to in that article TF. Clearly as regards JJ, I'm a glass half full supporter.

Anyone hear a choking sound from north London right now?

Only one player is paid in the women’s team.

Where did you hear the 10-20% from Spit? Are you including the DT opt-out bit because that doesn't make any sense?

Surely the women's crowds and sponsorship pay for their overheads.or is that another loss leader. Surely they are not full time pro's?

The DTB have history in repurposing/reallocating/spaffing funds so I wouldn’t trust anyone telling you where the women’s funding comes from.

Semantics swiggy. Doesn’t hide the fact that we have been pretty poor since January.

Doesn't women's funding come from the DT anyway? Assume that's the logic behind the opt-out stuff

RK that article was 4 games into the season

ST price hike will cover the women’s team funding. Selling Currie will cover a small % of the operating loss. As we desperately try and replace dinosaur amateur tinpot with actual experienced and capable professionals working more than half a day a week our costs will increase.

Ticket income is about 40% of overall income last time I checked, probably smaller now? Where did you get 10-20% from? Don't forget, that if prices go up by that much, numbers will be down, so I doubt that will source much more income

Unless it's a quantum leap in budget for the next level up in women's football (which is possible, I guess), the women's budget would make a very small dent in men's budget.

"Our aim SHOULD BE promotion" is not the same as promising promotion.

With ST going up 10-20%,playing budget will go up,unless they use it for bonds

That's very much the conundrum SW - you put it much better than me :)

9 points clear and if Norwich win their last 3 games they can catch us but we have a massively superior goal difference so basically yes

Norwich drew, so they would apparently have to make up a goal difference of something like 25 in remaining fixtures. So, in practice, yes.

The women, should they get promotion, will want additional funding to allow them to offer a decent challenge next season, the men’s team will require an increased budget to make us competitive and Michele will want her pound of flesh to pay the bills, who do we think will come out winners here?