The Lounge

[Colum]

It’s a shame if Darius has been offered reduced terms. If so, he will almost definitely go. I would if I were him!

Whilst it’s a shame, the writing could have been on the wall. He could be a very moody character, especially when things didn’t go his way. I remember the L2 promotion season. We didn’t start too well, and I sensed he was instrumental in leading the band against poor old James Shay. He’s a good L1 (perhaps even lower Championship) player, but his age, wage demands, risk of missing 10-15 games a season, and general demeanor may just have counted against him.

[Wimbledon_rumours]

Leon Britton? I would love that as a signing just hoping Neal has seen what he has said

[Wimbledon_rumours]

Could the goalkeeper on loan be Freddie woodman?

[Wimbledon_rumours]

STARTING TO GET WORRIED NO NEW SIGNINGS AND BEEN 6 WEEKS SINCE THE SEASON ENDED

[Colum]

Worried? No. Anxious? Yes. Maybe all our potential signings are so good, they’re still hopeful of getting an emergency World Cup call up for their country 🙂

[onyadon]

The Dons finally sign a player – six weeks after the final game of last season – Mitch Pinnock from non-league Dover Athletic, and lose Darius Charles sideways to Wycombe Wanderers with reports of Jon Meades is heading to Plymouth Argyle. Pinnock says his strong point “is putting crosses into the box”. That was an area the team struggled with last season. [Mind you, you also need a tall target man to head those crosses into the net!] Pinnock in 23, athletic and scored Dover’s goal of the season last campaign. We hope he can improve the team’s attack and speed! There was only going to be one outcome with Darius Charles after he was offered reduced terms because of his injury record. Bad knee, bad hip and bad back restricted Darius to just 58 league appearances over the last two seasons. Ardley considered he was a risk going forward at 30 and with the younger Will Nightingale also an injury risk, thought he would look elsewhere for reliability. You would expect the gaffer has some defensive options in mind as a replacement (we would want to hope so!). Meades is another who has been blighted by injuries. Limited to 81 league appearances in last three seasons. It’s likely that he was offered reduced terms as well because of his background, but he had been expected to stay, so obviously Plymouth are offering him more. There have been jitters amongst the fans over the painfully slow transfer scene. Ardley has up to six more players to bring in before the first pre-season friendly on July 7 and an interesting Meet the Manager evening beckons on July 4.

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