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  • May 28, 2021 at 8:37 pm #14995
    onyadon
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    As expected talisman Joe Pigott has declined to sign a new contract and is leaving the Dons on a free transfer, aiming for a Championship club.
    It is a significant loss ..

    It will be a test for the club’s new recruitment committee to find a suitable replacement, whether it’s a signing or on loan.

    May 19, 2021 at 3:49 pm #14972
    onyadon
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    A selection of reaction to the fans returning to Plough Lane …

    May 2, 2021 at 1:01 pm #14967
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    It all ended without much fanfare – an all-in social media blackout to support anti-racism saw to that – but the Dons have survived the drop and will play in their sixth campaign in League One next season.
    It was all a strangely flat muted outcome given the months we have all pored over the table permutations to check how many points the Dons would need to avoid relegation, yet not even a 3-1 loss at home to promotion-chasers Portsmouth could prevent Wimbledon from staying up.
    Rochdale and Northampton Town both lost and with it their remaining mathematical hopes of staying up, so Wimbledon achieved their target without getting a result on the penultimate weekend.
    There is still one match to play next Sunday (early midday local ko) against another promotion hopeful Lincoln City, but we can all watch without anxiety as Mark Robinson’s team have confirmed their League One status.
    Now an interesting part of Robbo’s management will get underway as he begins to reshape the squad how he wants in the coming months.
    It was an incredible turnabout by Wimbledon under Robbo. Inheriting a team that had earned just two points out of 33, the Dons racked up 28 points from the next 60 and achieved safety with a game to play. An outstanding effort from Mark Robinson to turn around the club’s fortunes.

    April 21, 2021 at 1:44 pm #14966
    onyadon
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    The finish line is coming into view, Rusty… four more to go..
    Some tweets I’ve been posting..

    To come: Ipswich (a), Rochdale (h), Portsmouth (h), Lincoln (a)

    April 18, 2021 at 12:32 pm #14964
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    Certainly is some turnaround, MacWomble… Looks as though Mark Robinson’s coaching/mindset is rubbing off on the players – many of whom were under him during their Academy years. Still five games left, we’re not over the line (yet)… but reasons to be optimistic.

    January 31, 2021 at 1:59 pm #14904
    onyadon
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    TRANSFER WINDOW UPDATE
    [No players involved in this update but two significantly outgoing…]

    It is with a genuinely heavy heart that I have to announce that we have parted company with Glyn.

    CEO Joe Palmer made the announcement of Glyn Hodges leaving the club by mutual consent just hours after the club’s poorly-received loss to THEM at Plough Lane. Given the raw emotionalism of the defeat, given the historical background and just TWO points from the last 33 – and a sixth consecutive defeat at fans-less Plough Lane – the writing was well and truly on the wall. Yet, given Glyn Hodges stature in the Wimbledon story it is a sad, poignant day.

    Joe Palmer…
    I think it says it all about the man and his love for the club that we were able to come to this decision together. I want to place on record my thanks to Glyn and Nick Daws for their efforts in my time here, and I wish them both every success in the future. Glyn’s service to Wimbledon goes back a long way and he leaves the club today with our thanks for all he has done for us over the years, as player, coach and manager.

    The first team squad will be looked after in the interim by Mark Robinson as the club faces the daunting challenge of escaping relegation in the remaining 21 games of the season. We’ve been through all this before, it will be another tough struggle especially as the Dons have not won a league game since December 2. As good a coach as Robbo undoubtedly is he somehow has to pick up a squad massively down on confidence and self-belief and saddled with a brittle defence. Robinson only has goalkeeping Ashley Bayes left as support, but the club is expected to announce coaching reinforcements to help with training and match preparation.

    Robinson’s elevation is shades of Simon Bassey’s caretaker role following the sacking of Terry Brown and leading into the Neal Ardley era. It is hoped whatever the club decide going forward that Robbo does not become another casualty, given his immeasurable work over the years with the club’s academy and development of current first teamers – Hartigan, Nightingale, Rudoni, Osew, Kalambayi, Zach Robinson.

    Found this lovely tribute to Glyn Hodges. For many of us it is a sad time to realise his time as player, coach and manager at Wimbledon has come to an end. Football is not always about fairytales.

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