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.

Trigger, I respectfully disagree.Jackson could use what he has at his disposal far better than he does. As I said, Stockley should have started if we wanted to win the tie, or at best half time if he wanted to protect him. As for Junior, since when have we had the luxury of a £1million rated player sitting on the bench? I appreciate they are not your favourite people but it isn't all about the board

Maybe £100,000 after vat & stewarding exp

Total was 17,714 Naz so pretty good and well above what i thought

Who does the interviews with JJ ? Whoever it is just summed up all that’s bad about our comms. When talking about Nkeng he said I’m not going to ask you about what’s going on with him when that’s exactly what he should be doing. He didn’t even ask about whether there will be any more transfer activities. Our comms never seem to ask the questions the fans want to know. I find the interviews he does with BBC London far more informative.

Changing Man - no definitely not. I would have hoyed JJ early in his tenure. I will not defend him as some awesome manager but I will stand by the claim that no manager will produce a decent L1 competitive team with what the club provides them right now.

I guess we had pushing 5k there tonight - decent turnout! And they outnumbered us by about 3 to 1, although many looked to be occasional fans as I never heard them sing. Apparently they had a late rush and sold 5k yesterday, Anyone know the actual figures?

Thought I was going to have to grab a visi and be step-steward on that ridiculous step drop in P6 at one point.

I’m wondering what the story is behind Nkeng. Did his transfer fall through or did our pursuit of a certain striker fall through so we decided to keep him on the books and keep our powder dry.

Beyond questioning sorry! Does he have a free pass for some reason.

Jacson has a job for life and if the Nkeng deal has fallen through our financial plight just gets worse. Only 4 hundred grand in the bond?

Trig, is the manager beyond or questioning?

I imagine a lot of decisions were made either by slight injuries (Johnson, Browne maybe?) or with Wigan in mind. Will have to see on Sunday. It’s never just as easy as ‘attack more’ as although that last five mins was fun, Fulham’s counter shows it would have been a massacre to do that over 90.