Windlesham Don

Truly a relief that the club has managed to secure a bridging loan – let’s just hope that we don’t have to draw down too much of it as the interest rate is bound to be punitive.

As this is the final piece in the ground funding jigsaw, the club now needs to shift it’s focus to the debenture issue. Glyn needs to be given a budget that will keep us…[Read more]

To while away a few minutes here are my thoughts on the club’s release list.

The three ‘high earners’ on the list were liable to be Appiah, Wordsworth and Wagstaff.

Appiah was a ‘dead man walking’ since he never fully recovered from the hamstring injury he picked up against the Franchise. After that he lost pace and looked fearful of getting…[Read more]

Hi Liam and Dave,

IMO the debenture is ideal for those who can only make it to a few games a season (funds permitting in these tough times, of course).

Other than the £500-600 outlay, the seat can be given back with no cost for all the games that you can’t make.

The ability to join together in groups is also great for keeping family and…[Read more]

On Friday the club published details of a debenture scheme for the allocation of seats at Plough Lane. Whilst sure to annoy some who may see it as the club cashing in on their wealthier fans to the disadvantage of those who are in financial difficulty, the scheme has been broadly welcomed.

It is designed to provide enough funds up front to…[Read more]

Agree with all your points, CCW, and on a purely selfish note it would likely be the case that resuming the season behind closed doors would disadvantage us more than any of the other relegation candidates.

Assuming that Bolton and Southend are beyond rescue, then four sides (Rochdale, Franchise, us and Tranmere) would be fighting to avoid the…[Read more]

It certainly seems like there is now no appetite for completing the league fixtures. As far as we are concerned, we have everything to lose and little to gain from playing on so IMO it was a ‘no brainer’ to come out with the statement that we did. The major question for me now is whether the EFL and football authorities will make any structural…[Read more]

So the outcome of the EFL league season is liable to rumble on for a while yet. It is unsurprising, but still very sad, to see the bickering dominated by the self interest of many club owners. Greed, ambition and ego seem to be dominating much of the debate, which is as expected to those of us who have been watching football for many…[Read more]

One further point which I forgot:

There appears to be almost a straight read across from those currently in the Chemflow end (365 responders) to those who wish to sit in the South stand behind the goal (381 responders).

My estimate of the capacity of the temporary South stand is around 1100, not much different from the capacity of the Chemflow…[Read more]

I hope everyone is keeping well, wherever you are located. Still no significant downturn in deaths here in the UK, although things appear to be levelling out.

I had a look at the results of the survey of ST holders on their intentions for NPL. Hopefully I won’t be boring you with my thoughts, but here goes anyway:

Almost 1200 responses, which I…[Read more]

One ray of light in the gloom? Reports of a laboratory in Oxford being 80% likely to have developed a vaccine by autumn. Just newspaper talk perhaps, but in these dark days we’ll cling on to whatever we can. Keep safe.

Hello all from a rather surreal Blighty! I guess it is a little easier to avoid other people outside of the big cities in Oz, but we are a small island and self isolation/social distancing are not coming easy over here. We have the normal idiots and f*ckwits who see it as a joke, and I feel that the road back normality is going to be a long and…[Read more]

Although I expected a disappointing result, even I was shocked at the toothlessness of our attacking play. As well as a strike force lacking any real pace or skill, we are hampered by a midfield without any creativity. In Hartigan, Reilly and Wagstaff we have a central trio without the ability to spot a killer pass. Thus, we get the normal…[Read more]

Exciting times at the moment with the new stadium now looking secure and apparently due for completion late August/early September. The latest picture I saw actually showed earth being deposited on the pitch!

On field, the boys produced a superb display to deservedly beat Gillingham and in the process stop the whingeing of their hateful…[Read more]

Sadly, having slept on it, my feelings of annoyance and frustration at yesterday’s result remain. In our position we cannot afford to throw away vital points, but that is exactly what we did yesterday.

I arrived at the ground debating whether I preferred seeing Wordsworth, Sanders and Rudoni in the centre of midfield, or Reilly instead of Rudoni…[Read more]

Still keeping my fingers crossed for all you guys living in blaze stricken areas – hang in there!!

This afternoon we start the new year with a biggie. Southend have been dreadful this season (as proven by us netting 4 times at their place) but they have started to improve in the last few matches, so I am expecting another tough encounter.

Our…[Read more]

Well, an amazing afternoon at KM yesterday!

It started when the team was posted on Twitter – no Wagstaff, no Kalambayi, no Roscrow and Delaney warming the bench?! It was only when Glyn announced the team in the carvery did we get an idea that McLoughlin may be filling in at right wingback…

The outlook was gloomy in the bar pre-match, but not…[Read more]

After a couple of horrendous weeks discussing whether we have a future it will be good to get back to football for a couple of hours!

With such a limited and injury-hit squad, Glyn and the boys have done well to get out of the relegation zone. I’m not kidding myself that this is due to outstanding play, more due to the ineptitude of the teams…[Read more]

What I cannot understand (and I find it hard to believe that the DTB do not see this as a crucial question to be answered) is that we have been offered £7.5m by three so called ‘investors’ – they have no current or previous connection with the club and they are not willing to reveal their identity. How do they think they are going to make a…[Read more]

So, the overall impression from last night is that we are right royally f*cked!
How we have arrived at this desperate situation I do not know, but at the moment if we do not accept outside investment then the numbers do not add up for the new stadium – we are around £11m short. The ‘bare bones’ stadium option was pretty well taken off the table…[Read more]

I travel to Kingsmeadow today in hope more than expectation. We have a crippling injury list and the removal of Forss up front leaves us toothless. It will be interesting to see the formation (not sure we have enough centre backs available to play 3-5-2 unless Jack Madelin is thrown in at the deep end…)
Doncaster are one of the better teams in…[Read more]