Devon Womble

Ten games… It now seems certain that we will be in the dogfights for relegation.
NA goes for 4-4-2 again and gets it wrong… again.
We go down to an early goal… again.
We get hit by a sucker punch in the dying seconds… again.
While it is good to see LTB waking up, there are still issues, but do you know what?… I think these issues are…[Read more]

Well, there’s no doubting that was out of the blue, but in all honesty I don’t think it would have been good for Shea if Clarke had stayed, and by that I mean, that Shea now knows that he has conquered all-comers for that shirt. He has, after all, learned the lesson of making too many faux pas, demonstrated his loyalty and commitment to the club…[Read more]

The best match report I’ve read actually Singapore. Thank you.
LTB did indeed sound anonymous on Radio WDON, and Shea was, I think, many people’s MotM. Hopefully there will be no more nonsense with Clarke, of whom, sadly I doubt we will get our money back.
I will confess that I was with the ‘lament’ crowd for much of the game, after all, haven’t…[Read more]

It is sometimes difficult to form a valid opinion based on media/social media reports, and for the Dons the debate over Clarke could not be more polarised.
Nevertheless, while Clarke may be a little rusty, it is clear that he and his defence are not working well as a team.
True, matters have not been helped by the weakness of Kelly, but it is…[Read more]

It may be too early to predict our season but that ten game marker is coming up fast. Time then for the nerves to really start kicking in.
It won’t be lost on Chesterfield that we have a good record against them, but nor will it be lost on them that we haven’t performed well at home yet either.
My gut feel is that this will be an edgy nervy game…[Read more]

Good to see LTB re-signing, but, one has to question the rather downbeat interview he gave after signing up; clearly he was hoping for something bigger elsewhere. Thus, I somehow just don’t see him being the striker he was last season… at least not until he comes to terms with being served the reality check of being back at Wimbledon for a while…[Read more]

Today, I think, was inexcusable.
NA made a huge gaff with his substitution. Time and time again we have proven that with a 4-3-3 we have the ability to take the game to the opponents. With Rochdale down to ten men we should have killed them off with that formation. NA was even gifted the chance to correct his mistake at that point but still chose…[Read more]

Equally gutted about Roos, but it is clear his presence last season was the kick up the a*** that Shea needed. If Shea is shouting the odds in a U23 game, I am quite certain he will be able to do so in a League One game. He is young, quick (much quicker than Clarke), and clearly back on his game… so don’t wait until the 45th game to bring him…[Read more]

From the statistics you would think the Dons are about to break through with a 5-0 win over someone (Rochdale???), but then again, maybe not.
Elliot still seems to have his square head plugged in (or maybe he’s lost the round one), Taylor has been oddly absent (is he happy?), and Barcham, as ever, was snuffed out either by the opposition, or more…[Read more]

Thanks for the responses Windlesham / Colum.
I’m now wondering if the ref from last night was promoted from league two (in a ‘whistle-off’ perhaps?) and is now bottom of league one…
We might improve… but I doubt he ever could.

Would just like to thank those at the game for their excellent reports. Despite outward appearances, it would seem that we are better than some of us would believe.
I have a question though….
With such blatant evidence against the pillock with the whistle last night, is there not some kind of ‘Yellow/Red’ card for refs too?
Last night’s…[Read more]

So good to see all these balanced and occasionally philosophical viewpoints. It’s why WDSA should carry on. Spread the word.
Personally, while Barcham’s goal appears to have been a good one (albeit some debate about whether he was offside ~ who cares?) I still believe Poleon is a better option in that position. It really did seem that his…[Read more]

Well.. armchair critic I am these days but while it has to be said that for much of the (EFL Peterboro’) game I was ready to eat some humble pie, I was saved by the same issues that plagued our first game… namely a defence that has either forgotten how to work together in the way it did last year, (or, I think more likely, needs a stronger ‘Roos…[Read more]

Well I guess it’s easy to be an armchair critic and at the danger of being labelled one… Yesterday did feel a bit like after the Lord Mayor’s Show.
Our back four seemed a bit ring rusty or perhaps a bit lost without Roos behind them.
Bulman’s name was referenced all over the park as usual, while, (as usual) Barcham did a lot of ineffective…[Read more]

Well, it’s 8.45am here in upstate South Carolina, an hour and fifteen minutes away from the start of my long awaited seasonal fix of AFCW.
I look forward to seeing an active forum again too, and promise to chide NA occasionally, if only to incite the more learned among you.
When I picked Walsall as my League One champions for the WDSA pundits…[Read more]

I think many of us share Liamwimbo’s thoughts; league one has the potential to be anything from a nightmare to an entirely satisfactory experience. The friendlies have not really provided any clues towards defining our potential performance either.
From the way NA is still tinkering with his beloved diamond formation, the acknowledged fact that…[Read more]

Well I guess I will have to eat a little Humble Pie for all my laments about NA. Although, I STILL have some issues with him. For one, the long ball connection to our forwards didn’t work well again today (it never does). It was really only thanks to Taylor running his legs off (quite literally I think judging by his last attempt on goal where he…[Read more]

I have mixed emotions about our game today(!) What we did right and what we did wrong seemed all to evident to anyone watching it, including many on the iploughlane site and even the pundits on Sky.
Sky had us down as playing 4-4-2, but we were sort of playing a diamond shape (apparently). The trouble was, and always is, that the team doesn’t get…[Read more]

I’ve kind of made my opinion/s known about whether we are good enough for League One or not, but I haven’t commented on Trevor’s political comment. So, forgive me if I diverge from the forum’s objective and wade into this (just once, Rob!)

As one who spent twelve years in politics, albeit as an Independent (but, ironically, as one who also served…[Read more]

Well, many of us hoped for a play-off place at the beginning of the season and there is no doubt we have a team with the ability to achieve it. However, IMHO, there are still some weaknesses we have to overcome if we are to be a force in League One, or even a League Two promotion candidate next season.

These weaknesses (IMHO), are:
1> Our…[Read more]