The Lounge

[Devon Womble]

‘i(dont)follow’ Episode Two…
After establishing that the ‘ifollow’ site could not even recognise that I was already logged in, I launch another tirade of an email, which, finally elicits a response this morning, but a generic one at that.
Unfortunately for them it is quite clear from the email that they have a major problem on their hands. I deduce this from the sentence which reads: (and I quote): “Due to the popularity of your club’s new digital services … we have received a significant number of customer enquiries.”
Note that it says “YOUR” club.
Naturally of course we all know that this is complete tosh… a few hundred Wombles could not possibly bring down a platform of this size… (or then again do Wombles really know their own strength?)
Given that I am now aware that internationally there has not been as big a take up as was projected, the failure of the site cannot be down to demand. Thus it is clear they’ve spent far too much development time focusing on the security of the site (to prevent misuse) and far too little time in testing it.
Expect a relaunch, hopefully before the season is over.
It is a sad reflection that mismanagement of a great idea means smaller clubs will not now receive the valuable income they hoped for, while the rest of us go back to longing for free broadcasts from Radio WDON… even if it was by iphone.

[martindownunderdon]

Devon womble,thats the same e-mail they sent me. Still no better off with the problem that i have so one more week then its goodbye ifollow.!!!!!!! Good secound half and its nice to get the 3points. COYD.

[MacWomble]

We are all Happy Campers. Though I cannot attend games, and enjoy/rely on your expert blogs, I do feel there will be a bit of the same-old, same-old this season. Too good to go down, too average to go up? Probably just as well. Of course, to keep the fanatics happy, we will need some dramas this season. I wonder where such events will arise? Will the Gaffer get headhunted? Will the SW19 return hit a block? Will the travelling fans get stuck away in the cup to Lindisfarne Sunday FC? Who knows. As for technology, after four years in Taiwan I have given up. Some sites are geo-blocked and the tips folks give to bypass this never work. Anyway, it is best to stay legal. It gets worse when you watch Game of Thrones and it has been censored. At the moment we have the world university games on – called the Universiade – which are normally larger than the Commonwealth Games. I do have to wonder though when Taiwan fields professional circuit tennis players and pretends they are university students. Their Olympic gold medal winning weightlifter has been enrolled at the same university for almost a decade, just to qualify as a student. Is it any wonder that Taiwan is 3rd in the medals table – truly an unlikely sight. It just goes to show that anything is possible with a bit of creative thinking. I hope this innovative thinking extends to the Wombles.

[Windlesham Don]

Just 36 hours until the transfer window slams shut, and despite NA’s statements have we truly finished our business?

Exhibit 1 – Dean Parrett makes a token appearance off the bench on Saturday, but even during his brief showing the management can be heard on iFollow haranguing him to mark a runner…

Exhibit 2 – No sign of Deano in the squad for last night’s game at Barnet in the ‘unloved’ cup. Niggling injury or another motive..?

Exhibit 3 – Pompey desperate to ship out Michael Smith, even going as far as omitting from the season’s squad photo…

Exhibit 4 – Pompey have received some bids, but no sign of Smith budging as yet. Brinkmanship seems to be the order of the day…

Exhibit 5 – As suggested on here a while back, Smith would probably be amenable to a return to the Womble love nest. It would not involve a drop in playing standard and probably also not involve him having to relocate…

Closing Statement – IF we can generate some budget by offloading ‘surplus to requirements’ Deano, and IF we can put together a package to satisfy both Smith and Pompey, then just maybe we could have a Plan B in place by tomorrow evening.

Of course, this is all wild speculation on my part, but a ‘Smith in, Parrett out’ deal would make the squad look more capable of competing for mid-table comfort IMO, and would be a satisfactory conclusion to our summer dealings.

[Windlesham Don]

OK, so I got that one wrong, but it was nice while it lasted. Sad that Smith went to join the ranks of the overpaid and underperforming Shakers…

Attended the DT SGM last night and brought up on everyone’s behalf the problems with iFollow. Erik and Matt Breach urged anyone with issues to email the club so that they can collate issues and take them to the EFL. Best of luck.

[Windlesham Don]

Brilliant! Just typed a long preview of today’s match, only to be logged out when I hit “Submit”. Lost the lot…

Brief summary – I’m going for a 1-1 draw.

COYD!!

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