Re: Going Down??
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:27 am
Don't knock that, look at our recent record.........bring back Rob Duffy!OtmoorYellow wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:27 am
I recall about 12 of those were penalties though. He didn't score many from open play.
It's more that it would be very apt that those who tried to get ahead by stealing a football club ended up a division below those who reformed that club from nothing. Whether one likes the way AFC Wimbledon play has little to do with it.Werthers Original wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:02 pm I dont really, I’m not keen on Wimbledon, the hipster hoofers!
Quite. The justification for setting up Franchise was that It wasn’t financially viable to keep a side going in south London, away from Wimbledon, on small crowds and they weren’t going to be able to return to the borough. Well, guess what - AFCW have not just sustained a side at the same level as the old club, they’ve done so having risen through the pyramid AND they’ll be moving to a new stadium in the borough soon as well. All whilst Franchise disappear from the third tier and hopefully existence, perhaps offering their scab fans a chance to reform their own team in the non-league. Seeing as how they’re all such massive fans of the game, they won’t mind playing parks football for a few years, and doing so might mean they grudgingly earn the respect of the wider football community.Jimski wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:09 amIt's more that it would be very apt that those who tried to get ahead by stealing a football club ended up a division below those who reformed that club from nothing. Whether one likes the way AFC Wimbledon play has little to do with it.Werthers Original wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:02 pm I dont really, I’m not keen on Wimbledon, the hipster hoofers!
Job done, and with a bit of style too. Decent chance of a solid mid-table finish when all the shouting's done.
Nicely put on twitter here.Kairdiff Exile wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:30 amQuite. The justification for setting up Franchise was that It wasn’t financially viable to keep a side going in south London, away from Wimbledon, on small crowds and they weren’t going to be able to return to the borough. Well, guess what - AFCW have not just sustained a side at the same level as the old club, they’ve done so having risen through the pyramid AND they’ll be moving to a new stadium in the borough soon as well. All whilst Franchise disappear from the third tier and hopefully existence, perhaps offering their scab fans a chance to reform their own team in the non-league. Seeing as how they’re all such massive fans of the game, they won’t mind playing parks football for a few years, and doing so might mean they grudgingly earn the respect of the wider football community.Jimski wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:09 amIt's more that it would be very apt that those who tried to get ahead by stealing a football club ended up a division below those who reformed that club from nothing. Whether one likes the way AFC Wimbledon play has little to do with it.Werthers Original wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:02 pm I dont really, I’m not keen on Wimbledon, the hipster hoofers!
One doesn’t have to like AFCW’s brand of football or their treatment of Kingstonian to enjoy that delicious irony.
Kingstonian were saved from financial oblivion by AFCW. And then were given the chance to continue playing at Kingsmeadow for a peppercorn rent.Kairdiff Exile wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:30 amQuite. The justification for setting up Franchise was that It wasn’t financially viable to keep a side going in south London, away from Wimbledon, on small crowds and they weren’t going to be able to return to the borough. Well, guess what - AFCW have not just sustained a side at the same level as the old club, they’ve done so having risen through the pyramid AND they’ll be moving to a new stadium in the borough soon as well. All whilst Franchise disappear from the third tier and hopefully existence, perhaps offering their scab fans a chance to reform their own team in the non-league. Seeing as how they’re all such massive fans of the game, they won’t mind playing parks football for a few years, and doing so might mean they grudgingly earn the respect of the wider football community.Jimski wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:09 amIt's more that it would be very apt that those who tried to get ahead by stealing a football club ended up a division below those who reformed that club from nothing. Whether one likes the way AFC Wimbledon play has little to do with it.Werthers Original wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:02 pm I dont really, I’m not keen on Wimbledon, the hipster hoofers!
One doesn’t have to like AFCW’s brand of football or their treatment of Kingstonian to enjoy that delicious irony.
That is a fake twitter account (or rather just a fan one, presumably). The real AFC Wimbledon one is here - and unsurprisingly uses their proper name in the twitter handle.