Morning all (well, it is here). Guess they're trusting us with Franchise on a Saturday then...

No doubt we'll still be a direct side but the squad needs a software update to OS League 1. Playing low risk League 2 football doesn't get enough goals.

While the long ball is easily sussed, if you have the right players playing the right way it's not that easily stopped. Hence our success with Bayo and Elliot when they were performing well and we were playing to those strengths. I much prefer our chances of competing using that as our 'thing' rather than trying to compete at a footballing level with teams who can typically afford better players.

Saveloy, I imagine the first choice keeper will now be a season long loan and that sort of signing happens late in the Summer when clubs are well into pre-season. Be good to get a keeper of the calibre of Conor Ripley who was on loan at Oldham from Middlesborough and looked very competent.

Mini interview with Sanch here, asked about the 88 Cup Final and that Vinnie vs Gazza moment: [Link]

I'd imagine whilst at KM in any case, the £ loss of relegation wouldn't be massive just as promotion hasn't seen us rolling in it. The problem would be for NA, who I think would and could survive a relegation, is that finishing 13th/15th in L2 would no longer be seen as acceptable and we'd need to be looking like an immediate return for him to survive longer term

I'll have confidence that we can stay up when I see the keeper signing. Based on the rumour mill and Shea's immediate departure it looked like we had someone (presumably better) lined up. That must have fallen through so we are on the back-foot and it's making me nervous.

Snozzle, cheers mate CW, Thanks mate, I'm sure I'll get in somewhere, might apply to be a Matchday mascot if I have to :)

That's always been my concern with Ardleyball. The tactic of having worker bees in midfield like Reeves, Francomb and Soares restricts the opposition but offers little in attack. And the long ball game was obviously sussed. Ardley needs to allow midfielders to use their brains and take more risks without compromising defensive solidity

Not scoring enough goals is my main concern

No, CW. Just depressing. But there's still enough crap in this division not to panic too much. We have a settled squad and our defence has been improved from last season with Deji (and Kelly leaving)

If I didn't know better, I'd say that Carshalton Womble is related to Papers......

wow. According to google, there are precisely ONE (count, ermmm... it) Greek kebab shop in the whole of south London. Fortunately, it's in Clapham junction :-)

If its the shock of not being at Ascot that kills him surely May has to go?

Would it be a disaster if we did actually get relegated? Discuss

RS - probably not, but I'll be raising a kebab to the memory of the cantankerous old git :-)

Ah ... think I might have misread the 'english' there....

Do we get a day off work when P t G croaks?

Hash-they wont change it because they will be able to say no incidents occurred so they got it right. The fact the missing 300 would more likely to be similarly passive rather than random nutters as the official line was suggesting wont factor

Wu - don't you mean McDonnell? Didn't think Bursik played for the first team?

Looks like the lack of a horse and carriage for Queenie has given Prince Phillip a funny turn. Oh dear

Be interesting to see if we have the same ticketing Arrangements for frannies at KM or whether they remove the 'must have attended 5.67 games spanning exactly 234.08 miles travel distance' which seemed to throw everyone off last time. Glad it's early in the season anyway.

Think that was what Wu was driving at

Trouble is Wimbledon fans like a scapegoat, and if Bursik becomes one it could destroy his confidence

I think we should give Bursik a go. He can't be any worse than Shea, if we ignore the fact he did a competent job in helping us survive last season. The worst that can happen is Bursik's confidence and reputation are destroyed, and we get relegated after shipping a record number of goals.