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Bolton did their bit taking the points off Fleetwood but it was always a forlorn hope that AFC could overturn the goal difference, even had they not had a 'mare of a first half.
NOW, when Dons fans are denied their fortnightly sporting fix for a few months, is the time to dust off the marketing machine - creaking though it seems.
The first half was embarrassing and the team were booed off. At least they tried in the second half. And it was packed post match for the Player of the Year Awards. I think it should hurt a bit more, otherwise mediocrity/complacency becomes the norm.
The London Broncos now have 11 opportunities (home and away) to be the first Plough Lane based men's team to win a match in 2022. Surely that will happen, hopefully as early as tomorrow.
Game day.....has there been a more important one in the 40+ years? Good luck London....but relying on beating dewsbury for a hope of survival is a depressing scenario...... London by 10. COYB
Joined: Mar 09 2002 Posts: 5130 Location: Twickenham
orangeman wrote:Game day.....has there been a more important one in the 40+ years? Good luck London....but relying on beating dewsbury for a hope of survival is a depressing scenario...... London by 10. COYB
There have arguably been more important games but it certainly seems like a must win. Let's hope it is a turning point.
Worth saying that we are in a position now where even if we win we stay 13th. I think this and the game against a very much weakened Newcastle have to be assessed together. That is the point of no return. Either way after that I expect to hear a state of play message from the management. As others have said they have been very quiet. In one way the almost complete absence of anything about Leigh shows a certain level of self awareness, on the other hand we feel rudderless. I assume after Newcastle the management will need to consider next season. I don’t expect them to tell us what they are up to but I do expect them to make key decisions as it would seem highly unlikely we’d remain a Championship side. 1) do they accept that or are they going to throw money at it-probably too late 2) do we fold 3) if not, what type of L1 side will we be? Bottom 4 or pushing for promotion. If the former where will we play? If the latter is PL suitable (probably not). Then we need to identify 4/5 players who can deliver and offer them what they need. 4) Develop some kind of local engagement/marketing g strategy that would keep us with gates around where we are now (growth at this stage would seem unlikely). Anyway I’m hoping we’ll win today. As we score so infrequently I’m not sure what is giving me the hope we’ll do that but if not now then when? I hope it’s a decent attendance, we don’t have a range of second stringers playing (who knows as they haven’t announced their squad!) and that Bank holiday/weekend transport system manages to get us there in a relatively timely fashion.
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