The Lounge

[Windlesham Don]

Liam, Sing, I’ll be there with a Sunderland supporting friend who said he wanted to watch some ‘proper football’. Looking to arrive around 13:30 so I’ll try and seek you out – keep your eyes peeled for me, I’ll be in my (formerly) lucky green striped top.

Sometimes I have a good feeling about a game, but today I don’t! The Gills look a good outfit who are scoring (and conceding) for fun. Their midfield and attack look very strong on paper and I feel we will really need to be on our game to get anything out of the game.

A full house and the return of old boys Deji Oshilaja, Billy Knott and Ryan Jackson will add spice – they should all get good welcomes until the match starts.

AFCW 1 Gills 3, Att 4724, and back into the relegation zone tonight…

COYD!!

[Singapore Don]

See you there Windlesham – and Liam. I share your gut feelings Wind. I went Coventry thinking we’d get a point; today, like you, I think we’ll come away empty handed. I hope I’m wrong, but they just look too strong for us. I just hope today won’t be our first spanking. We’ve managed to get through every game so far, apart from our opening one at Walsall, with only the odd goal in it for wins or defeats. I fear today we could lose with a 1-4 type scoreline. Please, please let me be wrong! I do think we’ll see a change in central defence, quite possibly Robertson in for Charles. Nightingale will probably be given a run out against Olymouth on Tuesday. Whatever today’s line-up, I just want them to play with their hearts and souls so we don’t go down without a gutsy good fight. Come on you Dons!

[MacWomble]

COYD. Let’s kick the Gills backside to the hole they come from. 4-1 to the Dons!

[Colum]

Two goals to the good and a clean sheet. I’d take that under normal circumstances. But the icing on the cake was hearing the home fans sing, “We going home. We going home. We going. Football’s going home.” to reprise England’s Euro 1996 anthem.

[onyadon]

Beaten just once in the last eight games, beating one of the highest scoring teams in L1 and keeping Gillingham scoreless, I think we can fairly say that Wimbledon are not out of their depth in L1, based on early season evidence. Almost one-quarter the way through and the Dons have nine teams below them despite losing points (4) in stoppage time at Rochdale and Coventry City and a potential League Cup replay at Peterborough United. The Dons have had a tough initiation to L1 with games against promotion contenders Bolton, Scunthorpe, Sheffield United and Northampton Town and yet are four points off the playoff spots (and no, I’m not suggesting anything!!) and one point off the relegation places (indicating how tight and competitive this league is). So I reckon we should be fairly pleased with how things are going so far, not hunky-dory, but as long as the Dons can keep the points ticking over and their heads above water we shouldn’t really expect much more. Neal Ardley is bringing the squad along. The ever-improving Dom Poleon (and remember he was bought as a replacement for the hit-or-miss Ade Azeez) has scored 4 L1 goals, James Shea has given some solidity to the previous fractious back four, Tom Elliott is proving a handful and Jon Meades has his admirers (including me). This is a long journey, there are many twists and turns to come, hopefully injuries won’t bite too hard. There is reason for optimism.

[martindownunderdon]

This is a funny old game,by all accounts we dominated this game for most of it.Was it just a of day for Gillingham or are we starting to play as iknow we can.Oxford next week will be the real test next week, now if we can get a result i do think we can be looking at the edge of the playoffs so come on Dons show us the way to Plough Lane.

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