https://www.wdsa.com.au/members/macwomble/activity/ Activity feed for MacWomble. Sat, 16 May 2026 05:53:32 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 09df1813c1cb0306649fc0b420d491f5 https://www.wdsa.com.au/activity/p/1802/#acomment-1804 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:59:02 +1100 Yup, I agree. He has not exactly set our football world on fire. While there are many reasons why we would struggle this season, the sheer consistency in the blandness points to a larger malaise. Bringing in someone cannot do any harm, as we are relegation bound at present.

In reply to - MacWomble replied to the topic The Lounge in the forum WDSA Forum Another disastrous result! We’ve been in 9th or 20th position for months now. How have we been so lucky to maintain that? The teams below us must be […] ]]> f7693f8730518588b6fc6485f5e4119c https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/249/#post-15080 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 02:00:21 +1100 Another disastrous result! We’ve been in 9th or 20th position for months now. How have we been so lucky to maintain that? The teams below us must be dreadful.

]]> 2 1b5d038f1c323a1ae9b333e518da758f https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/248/#post-14963 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 02:03:09 +1000 What a turnaround! We can almost start to believe again. Well done to the squad for picking up from what seemed like certain relegation!

]]> 0 f62d2b7ac5c1254b424cab27ad518dda https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/247/#post-14938 Sun, 21 Mar 2021 08:12:52 +1100 I wonder when was the last time we had five draws in a row? We are becoming a team you would select on the Littlewoods pools (if that even exists anymore).

]]> 0 a61ada3abe86934d2c701b75bcc40379 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/246/#post-14906 Sun, 07 Feb 2021 10:12:02 +1100 It is getting desperate! I’m not sure what sacking Hodges will actually achieve. It may even hasten what we dread. You just wonder how well thought out these decisions are? Sure, losing to MK Dons is no good, but that is our fault, not theirs. Losing him two hours after the match may have been a tad an over-reaction? We lost to Doncaster today, so…[Read more]

]]> 0 75301aaede0b3c9ae23487268f514577 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/228/#post-14647 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:59:16 +1000 I’m reading that Foxtel is witholding many millions from the FFA for the A-league contract. I have never bothered with the A-league, it is so Sydney and Melbourne-centric and has made little effort to appeal to the regions. The FFA does not understand that in the regions no-one talks or pays attention to anything to do with it. I hear 50 times…[Read more]

]]> 0 8370b1c7205a16a24658c7ac5aa850bd https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/227/#post-14636 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:41:49 +1000 Yes, it is hard to see any non-essential international travel being allowed at least until October. They will need to add more routes than the current Auckland, London, LA and Hong Kong hubs, but I suppose that will only be to countries where the pandemic is under control at the time. I reckon that the first tranche of travel will only be for…[Read more]

]]> 0 089dd5018aaf754135a1db1884db175f https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/225/#post-14590 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 22:59:54 +1100 0-0, 4804 diehards. Ah well, we are still further ahead than at the same point last season, and average attendance is up. We are on the rise, with the new stadium, and better days are ahead. As for Bolton: like us, once in the premiership and shaking-up a few of the bigger clubs. But look at them now. Jeeze. Actually, I’m of a general view that…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d382522d1545a76492dd0953b27bb04 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/225/#post-14587 Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:30:32 +1100 Wow – who would have thought that raising huge sums of dosh was that easy. Maybe Wimbledon fans are typical of southeners, being more cashed-up than the northern monkeys? Let’s hope the extra costs of the stadium is not being gobbled up by the corporate suites, boxes and viewing areas. As for the 5-0. Ouch! Still a long way to go Wimbledon. COYD.

]]> 0 cacc5dd3762a48db37eba359cce00b3c https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/224/#post-14569 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 03:18:47 +1100 A good result against Peterborough, a team I have always measured ourselves against – benchmark team of sorts. Let’s hope the new year continues the change in fortunes on the field for AFC.

]]> 0 05b06aef3beac5aa6f67b72111b17385 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/224/#post-14566 Thu, 26 Dec 2019 22:13:57 +1100 Merry Christmas everyone. A great result yesterday. We are eight points ahead of where we were last season. We have a promising new manager. Our home and away attendance is up. And, given our penchance for relying on one striker to get most of the goals, it seems that even this is being delivered. As for the stadium, I’ll need to read more, but I…[Read more]

]]> 0 52bb8a0a10281006ad9fbb6a58b573b8 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14531 Wed, 20 Nov 2019 06:38:16 +1100 The romance of the Cup. Now the boys can concentrate on the league (as they say). And there is an ex-Spurs manager on the look, if we are bold enough. Regardless, we seem to be roughly where we were at the same point last season. If we keep up these Groundhog seasons, then we might just make New Plough Lane in one piece. Work workmen work!

]]> 0 f0f7b8a817dd735bb8a7d2f3eb6ed6d2 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14519 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:08:02 +1100 It’s gobsmacking that Wally would throw away a paying job for the sake of offences (mainly historic) that only amounted to a 28 day ban. Coaching Wimbledon ought to be a high water mark for many a coach, and you just can’t see Wally reaching these heights again. How daft! Football is full of muppets. Like old tic-tac Willie Thorne in the snooker…[Read more]

]]> 0 13c5bcad2a386367ac87299a16c7bc72 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14515 Sat, 19 Oct 2019 22:40:19 +1100 Fabulous result. I see we now have more points than at the corresponding stage last season, which is a surprise. As you say Rob, this makes the management decision very hard for the club. Is Hodges just benefiting from the rebound and changes in the roster, or has he brought something new? If Hodges is the real deal, then was Wally listening to…[Read more]

]]> 0 d8882d6c5e2707b8790e74e2750ab73d https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14512 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:09:36 +1100 Fabulous result. Just what the doctor ordered. I did not expect that, especially the hat trick. Oddly I stayed in a hotel in a hamlet called Forss up near Wick and John O’Groats, with the best whisky car I’ve seen. It must be norse in origin. May our Forss therefore have the fighting spirit of the Canberra Raiders, but a tad more luck. (And…[Read more]

]]> 0 719b5c2f38d87e82ebdb93cdd6cf0ba1 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14483 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:04:22 +1000 Funny old game this football. Just when you think you are down, then lo and behold, a miracle. So, I’m going to put my $5 on a win at Peterborough and at home to Rochdale, in the firm expectation that one or both will eventuate. The omens are right: the surprise wins coming just before we get to the Wally-out stage. Fingers crossed.

]]> 0 38cb7f7134913d424cc977f7a8a7b7e4 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14472 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 23:24:19 +1000 Was that better? To hold Shrewsbury to a draw? I’ll be interested to hear your reactions. Looking back over the last three seasons, by the eighth game, we have been on eight points each year. So, only five adrift after a poor start. The only way can be up I hope. I’ve always been bemused that football players perform better after a half-time…[Read more]

]]> 0 cb95d05dd7123980995ed37dd1fe7720 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14460 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 23:02:26 +1000 It looks like Rob’s “dark murmerings” are the way the season is going to proceed. “Devoid of any quality”, according to the BBC. That’s a worry. The Great Escape aside, I think Wally should hit the panic button soon, before becoming a total Wally. Despite all the plaudits of how great Wally has done, from a distance I’ve never been especially…[Read more]

]]> 0 96238d9be883dfa33fe0e40e2afaf9cb https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14453 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 03:36:55 +1000 The fanatics at WDSA HQ (i.e. Oz) may be buoyed this weekend after an evening’s bonanza of England wickets. Anything is possible we realise. Even an Ashes win after 3 tests. And look at the commentary box and grounds – stuffed full of old captains – Hussain, Atherton, Vaughan, Strauss, Gower – who don’t seem to have found day jobs like the rest of…[Read more]

]]> 0 6155e91871c0abe542794116b7fc199a https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14437 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 23:29:35 +1000 The team is not firing yet, and the delights of Ipswich and Sunderland won’t help matters. Looks like the team is settling down for a repeat of the last few seasons. I dunno, but from a distance, I get the feeling the league is tougher this year. I was looking at the tables around the country and had not picked up that Bolton, as well as Bury, had…[Read more]

]]> 0 76a5080fa63d2bbb57ce1962bb973522 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14424 Sun, 11 Aug 2019 08:32:49 +1000 My bad, but I had not realised that we are up against MK Dons this Tuesday in the League Cup. Perhaps not the best time to meet them (when is?), but a win would install some fight in the team surely? I have no idea where Fleetwood is, and have some vision of a terrible long journey to some northern town that reached its heyday in 1870. I’m always…[Read more]

]]> 0 21721d3b46343d29789cf1b1de5c3a82 https://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14385 Sat, 03 Aug 2019 07:35:25 +1000 I agree that the goal is survival. Until we move back to the new Plough Lane, then I think our hands are tied. For the past few seasons we have relied on one player to get the bulk of the goals, whether that be a Pigott, a Taylor or Akinfenwa or whoever. Trouble is when that player doesn’t show up. I see a repeat of last season, albeit with a…[Read more]

]]> 0 c57cb0fa10b0bbf850fb9c2e783f02fe http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14295 Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:17 +1000 Were you at the Wycombe game, Rob? Wow!

]]> 0 5f34151b737531f3d8485cb02984fdc8 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14273 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 22:38:02 +1100 A most interesting result at Scunthorpe and a welcome brace from Hanson. What are we setting up here: abject failure at Accrington (where?) and Oxford? If this is some stirring of life into this moribund season, then it is going to keep the fans coming through the turnstiles for the weeks to come. A win at Accrington and we really can start…[Read more]

]]> 0 91ac9f00546e33ccabd62e1f2288dfb7 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14248 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 22:45:46 +1100 Remarkable. I look forward to reading your match reports and opinions. Where did all this fightback come from? Is it all that wet weather and impending economic demise? Whatever it is, Wally the Gaffer needs to bottle it and dispense it at will over the last few games of this dreadful season. If the players could spend the off-season with a hod,…[Read more]

]]> 0 0ff7afcd4234290920e59e3f86c8587b http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14209 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 22:43:05 +1100 Yikes! Time to consult the Google maps for all of these lovely League 2 locations for next year. Places like Milton Keynes. No point even thinking otherwise. If the latest wally in charge of the club is to have a hope of rescuing next season, then now is the time to start giving up on this season. Mind you, will our Wally be there next season. How…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4c224661b5c2fa342098fa95015ed4f http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14201 Sat, 26 Jan 2019 22:56:19 +1100 Well, maybe we are being too pessimistic. If we can knock four by West Ham, then bottom of the table is not an accurate reflection. I hope Downes can build on this.

]]> 0 9b77019d0b30571b765fca236088cf0b http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14149 Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:47:47 +1100 Come back Ardley. I’m a bit surprised that the club let him go. I doubt anyone else can save us. We can blame managers all we want, but surely the players must also face the music. I doubt Bassey is the Great White Hope. He has been around enough to stamp his authority as well, and we are nowhere. I wonder if the next gaffer will be tempted by a…[Read more]

]]> 0 5d1171e17562abef572f43ecf3be5a87 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14134 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 22:39:45 +1100 So, a poor performance against Haringey and the guvnor may be doomed? Looks like we’ve reached the point of no return. Shame really, as I don’t think the manager should always take the full blame for the performance of the kids underneath. You can only work with what you’ve got. Pay peanuts and you get monkeys, Mr Chairman. Such bad timing when…[Read more]

]]> 0 2b4bb1c77a7c0dbc41df1738369195ea http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14132 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 08:32:20 +1100 I hope Ardley’s career is not terminated because of Shrewsbury and/or Stevenage. Talk about two non-entity places to move to a gloomier future. Is the club supporting him to the best?

]]> 0 7c387ec66229a2e9a0ace6abd239d96e http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/#post-14120 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 08:19:11 +1100 We are only 4 points behind where we were last season. Even if we lose the next game that gap remains. Hardly panic stations, i.e. we’ve always been a bit shit. Ditching the gaffer Ardley would be a big mistake. “Down with the Palace, you’r going down with the Palace” and all that. The malaise would seem to emanate from some of the immature…[Read more]

]]> 0 acf4a20c71abf274366b993a66338764 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/165/#post-14040 Sun, 26 Aug 2018 02:29:49 +1000 Watching Wolves get a handballed goal against Man City, and you can’t get over the fact that refs will make mistakes. I guess the positive thing is that we are creating chances. The luck will turn. Good crowd figure!

]]> 0 a800fa9190a142b6388599ec2252e5f8 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/152/#post-13859 Sat, 31 Mar 2018 13:00:22 +1100 Crikey! And there was me looking at the upcoming fixtures and trying to forecast our points. Clearly a home win against Fleetwood would fit in with any optmist. The Cod Army FFS! I will await the reports, but this looks like our worst result of the season. I guess where there is life there is hope! The Cod Army….. FFS!

]]> 0 c951df7e3109e9abfa35abdc4df795df http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/152/#post-13853 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 02:46:02 +1100 Despite yesterday’s result, looking at the table and the fixtures, I am inclined to think that we are going to be safe – just! I see no such mercy for our twin city friends in MK-land. At the start of the season, would we have settled for safety, progress in the return Home, and the MK Dons to be relegated? And to retain the Gaffer! It looks like…[Read more]

]]> 0 232c622e1e0cb1e3c01d17aa34c90518 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/151/#post-13838 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 07:57:12 +1100 Colum makes a good point; maybe League Two would be better for us. Isn’t this all about killing time until lots of people dress up as wombles at the Grand Opening and Bonnie Langford makes a guest appearance? When for goodness is that day ever going to come? Hadrians Wall was probably built faster. I doubt the Burys and Rochdales of this world get…[Read more]

]]> 0 b8fe758bde46605f836daf4db1094ae0 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/150/#post-13816 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:53:13 +1100 We are still 18th! How did we manage that? Staying still while going backwards. It must be the weather.

]]> 0 3ded04ca7f3ec8fd42b816c02ad20d1d http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/149/#post-13786 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:57:27 +1100 M K Dons’ new manager is not exactly doing them a lot of good. I doubt there is a decent and new manager out there, and certainly not one that the club could afford. The fat lady has not sung yet, so there is hope. I think we will have to resign ourselves to riding the rollercoaster with The Gaffer and his team of underperformers for the rest of…[Read more]

]]> 0 651f0ad756e9c4002acb3878abcdc0c5 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/148/#post-13756 Sat, 10 Feb 2018 23:29:50 +1100 It is puzzling how our run of good form has abruptly ended. Are we seriously heading towards the scenario where the four teams below us have to knock us off our lowly perch to ensure survival, and one being our friends in the South Midlands? It is going to make for a tense end to the season. I still think that Ardley is the right person for the…[Read more]

]]> 0 dcb3041e732d48d404c9170dd21c708b http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/147/#post-13746 Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:45:31 +1100 Are we on the upswing?

]]> 0 4aa270a00a5d3cea9b5f1fd356b6a038 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/146/#post-13740 Mon, 08 Jan 2018 04:43:30 +1100 How do FA Cup gate receipts work? With 47,527 fans attending the Spurs game, we must surely have pocketed several hundred thousand?

]]> 0 33e68c498488f6b01ac7ebf472f1b84f http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/145/#post-13738 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 22:53:53 +1100 Overall, a satisfying Christmas period for Wimbledon. I’m sure many would settle for 2 wins, one draw and one loss, plus more goals than our average and a couple of new scorers. In the cyclical nature of results and form for fitba teams, perhaps this is the start of Wimbledon’s upwards swing? Let’s hope so. A quick glance at MK’s results shows…[Read more]

]]> 0 e86a6c6232295916ac9bf7c5bec21108 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/142/#post-13705 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:56:54 +1100 I can’t imagine that the players on the bench are that much better than those on the pitch. Would they make much of a difference? The magic faeries arrive! We are not going to benefit from losing the Gaffer. I think it would be a mistake. The players need to start using their heaps of training time to actually improve and to learn to play as a…[Read more]

]]> 0 c96f2b555f0ac31f328112a5a2a26e1c http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/139/#post-13681 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 01:03:51 +1100 One spot above the relegation zone would be the perfect end to a disappointing season. So far, so good. I look forward to hearing your views on the latest ‘crunch’ game.

]]> 0 1ece3382ac60284ef702efc581c1e496 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/134/#post-13619 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 14:55:31 +1100 Reads like a miserable game. However, we are only 4 points adrift of where we were last season, so it is all redeemable. It is a tad worrying though that 40% of our goals have come against just Doncaster Rovers and attendances are down. But I suppose the club is totally skint and pinning all hopes on the return to Merton – though what has happened…[Read more]

]]> 0 cde7eb3baa1d7a47ff61406edf156ca5 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/133/#post-13610 Fri, 22 Sep 2017 01:56:45 +1000 From a huge distance, I’m predicting a relatively straightforward 3-1 win to the Wombles. Milton Keynes have lost their mojo of late – they had some good young talent, but sold them for journeymen from the globe. I think we will be much the hungrier, and the fans will be in a mood. But you know, easy as it is to target one’s anger against a club…[Read more]

]]> 0 00b47397452567b154bdb15897b7fc4b http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/132/#post-13604 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:38:18 +1000 Famous last words, but I just can’t see how bad it can become before the club sack the Gaffer. He has delivered the goods in previous years. He has little money to work with. He would not be replaced by anyone decent. There is surely no money for a new Gaffer or paying-out our old Gaffer (and all the messy back-room changes that occur). The club…[Read more]

]]> 0 67609456f07b7aff9327a83ebb0dd1b1 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/131/#post-13602 Sun, 10 Sep 2017 12:58:12 +1000 We are only one point adrift of where we were last season, so any calls for the Gaffer to seek a (no doubt) better job will hopefully have to wait. With the budget he has, I’m surprised the Gaffer has stuck it thus far. We should hope that he does not go, as any replacement would likely also struggle and the home crowd would just have to enjoy a…[Read more]

]]> 0 c19b4a9092fb0b105ff53302939084e5 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/129/#post-13585 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:30:00 +1000 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…[Read more]

]]> 0 f3e18be476e5d26703196211d227b178 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/119/#post-13497 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 15:31:24 +1000 Lucky trialists not to have to attend camp in…Wales. Crikey, whatever happened to A Place in the Sun? Odd to hear about the deal whereby we try and sign a player, Milwall re-sign the player, and then we sign the player on loan. It’s not bleedin’ Wall Street is it? League One fitba! No wonder the managers and admin staff don’t have time to…[Read more]

]]> 0 b8ab8a0474fc0aa5a61f14aadf667354 http://www.wdsa.com.au/forum/page/117/#post-13488 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:45:40 +1000 Agreed, fantastic insights! If the Gaffer remains this articulate, he will surely prejudice his chances of moving on. One of the reasons that the likes of Poleon may have brewed discontent is that he burst onto the scene when the club were in a malaise, and did what he was supposed to do, which was score some goals and contribute to results. At…[Read more]

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