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Not a great result on the weekend. Sadly it was a bit predictable we would lose at home to a bottom team after such a great run. But to worry about the “R” word is frankly, ridiculous. What needs to happen is to take our away form into home games. We may not make the playoffs, but would be a nice change to keep the season alive with the hope of doing so into March and April (especially as I will be there in March).
PS new-found respect to Chelsea for thrashing the scum and chanting our name at the match.
With greatest of respect to all, I was offering a bit of a parody of myself with my post-match comment. We are indeed good enough not to fear the ‘R’ word, but it wouldn’t take much to slip into mid-table anonimity, something I believe we are better than.
And therein lies the frustration with the Yeovil game. All that has dragged us down in the past… losing control, abysmal refereeing, and a traditional failure to expect there to be teams out there fighting harder than us, loomed all over the pitch Saturday…. Demons I thought we had banished or at least learned to deal with. Our performance in the next match will now become highly influential in the ‘end of term’ assessment.
So Matt Tubbs ran out of time during the January transfer window to negotiate his wage demands with Eastleigh (Conference) and is staying at Portsmouth for the time being, may be more likelihood of a move in the emergency loan period which opens shortly. The Dons signed Dutch goalkeeper Kells Roos on loan from Derby County. He’s 6ft 4in and apparently has ability to command his box, which apparently James Shea has been unable to do lately. It will be interesting how this one pans out. Is Shea now out of favour? We’ll see… BTW, Michael Smith, who did well for us on loan a couple of seasons back, has joined Portsmouth on loan from Swindon Town.
Any thoughts on Shea?
The signing of Roos will be interesting. I thought the interesting comment made by Neil Ardley was the need to command the box. Shea has never been one to do that. If you watch him on crosses, he rarely goes far from his goal line and seems physically timid. I think this could be the end of Shea as our first choice keeper.
Work and weather permitting, I’ll attend the Youth Club tie versus Chelsea on Tuesday. It would be great to see a good crowd there. The club rightly seems to be treating this as if it was a first team league game. There is sponsorship and pre-match hospitality available. It would be great to see those who can, attend the game. It would be a great opportunity to show our support for those who may well be Dons players in our inaugural season in the new stadium.
I’ll also be there, Colum, weather permitting. I’ve heard that the club have sold 2000 tickets and are hoping for 3-3.5k in total, so it should be a great atmosphere for the youngsters.