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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:19 pm 
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Deadcowboys1 wrote:Nan from the Catherine Tate show might be worth playing.

Given that Merton Council gave the go ahead back in July, they have no excuse for not having a programme with rules & player profiles for a whole new audience available.

Absolutely and as they invested in getting a big crowd I’d have thought printing a1000 programmes wouldn’t make a big loss and as you say would have helped newbies.

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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:23 pm 
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The club never stops amazing me.....cant even be arsed to have a programme/team sheet.

The level of incompetence really is stunning. Feel for the players but the club are getting all they deserve.

Jesus it ain't difficult.

Makes my blood boil the way the club has been slowly killed.

Can we please get someone with a remote level of professionalism into the ub to sort this circus out

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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:36 pm 
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Only positive today was the attendance. Good number of Dons fans.
Doubt many will be enticed back by that performance






Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number--
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you--
Ye are many -- they are few.'

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 'The Mask of Anarchy'



' ITS OVER' - Roy Orbison

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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:41 pm 
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The crowd today means sod all when 500 are turning up

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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:31 pm 
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RfE wrote:Only positive today was the attendance. Good number of Dons fans.
Doubt many will be enticed back by that performance

Completely agree. A loss might not have turned off Dons fans but fact that the game was lost after 20 minutes makes it a difficult sell. I assume that the squad such as it is was hit by COVID or injuries it’s the only explanation for the side we had out. Was Curran there - I thought he was a coach as well as player?

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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:14 pm 
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Yes Curran was there, he was in the dugout during the game. He had Covid a week or so ago and is still recovering.

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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:03 pm 
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Stadium is pretty good. Need to look at different routes, on street parking was fine. Was a bit of a shock to see queues at the food and drink outlets. Hope they can convince some to come back.

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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:16 pm 
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Shipping 34 points obviously not good, although have to say the second half was much better than the first. Not having played together pre season didn't help, so maybe the better second half could be seen as a good sign.
Positives! Couple of decent breaks up the middle. They didn't totally collapse in second half.

Negatives! Left wing wow! Has he never played there before? Too many free mtrs and set restarts, all justified!
Let's see what Halifax have to offer.

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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:47 pm 
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northernbloke wrote:Shipping 34 points obviously not good, although have to say the second half was much better than the first. Not having played together pre season didn't help, so maybe the better second half could be seen as a good sign.
Positives! Couple of decent breaks up the middle. They didn't totally collapse in second half.

Negatives! Left wing wow! Has he never played there before? Too many free mtrs and set restarts, all justified!
Let's see what Halifax have to offer.

Agreed unimpressive but marginally better in 2nd half against a mediocre side. I suspect what Halifax have to offer will be too much for us if that performance is a fair representation of where we are and we don’t intend to recruit from anywhere other than Skolars.

A positive for me from today is that Dewsbury, Sheffield and Workington all lost so we aren’t adrift from the pack as yet.

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 Post subject: Re: New era at Wimbledon
PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 1:37 am 
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Smithers99 wrote:So first time watching a Rugby League match live. I noticed some of the new players weren't playing, particularly Siti and Wellington. I thought the Broncos would have shown some presence in the stadium, a programme, merchandise or simply info on the players or a little bit about the rules and general expectation of player positions. Remember a lot of the crowd would know very little and it's one of the easiest ways to get them engaged.

I did rather feel the Broncos were handed everything on a plate by AFC Wimbledon such as the street food, pub etc. I was hoping to get a Broncos feel, certainly in the areas the football club would allow them to. At one point I referred to the team as Wimbledon and I really feel that was because nothing "Broncos" was being thrown at me. Ignoring the constraints of the agreement with AFC Wimbledon and that the football club were obligated to provide certain things, I felt the Broncos missed an opportunity.

AFC Wimbledon ladies produce a simple programme but it really helps to get a feel of the individual players plus getting a few short informative articles. Honestly if there was some written material about the club (definitely) or the sport (probably) I would have bought it.

Really need a competitive game, but it was obvious it was over within 15 minutes. At half time I thought this was a bad outcome with so many newcomers present. Actually the second half I enjoyed way more. Widnes were still superior, but would have created a greater atmosphere if the teams were all square at half time.

I'll go back, but I do worry about how many others will. The reality is the pricing won't help and certainly won't attract family's unless offers for kids are introduced (which may well happen of course). The biggest issue will be a competitive team. From what I can tell, a match with Widnes needed to be exactly that. There are some likely hammerings to come from the big teams.


In one post you've just described the club perfectly; put a game on, pick a team, sell a few discounted tickets, do literally nothing else, and expect thousands of people to become hooked.

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