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Going with my daughter having had a couple of hours on the snow dome first. She can get a return ticket by train from Balham in London to MK for less than £10. I reckon the team will be the same as started Tranmere, except Mason for McCallum. It is amazing how at the start of the season you can...

usually shorted to "pre's"

First, find somebody who is not a business seeking to make a profit, with the buckets of money to fund the ambition. Bournemouth backed by Russian money, Leicester by Thai money. Anybody with even a vague interest in making a profit - like SISU - should not really be in football outside the top 6

Confirms my oft repeated view that he is on a good wedge - and it's even better now. They trust him unlike any other of their 8 previous appointments! The trouble is that he is coming to the end of his third year, which is when managers start to loose impact. His conservatism may yet be his...

Very little evidence Robins ever experiments (although he does have the odd rush of blood to the head). Therefore I venture It will be 4-3-3 Kelly will come back Walsh will make way because Shipley is teacher's pet Kastenaar will retain his place Hiwula will retain his place It will be either...

In the end football Clubs are not social services, they are just businesses with unusually fanatically loyal customers and weird business economics

...I thought clubs should be within the boundaries of the town. That is what everybody says on here ...9,000 is L1 at best. I think the dons had just come down from the top tier when the deal was done ...how many years has it been, 10-15, but no new stadium. A club was on the way to oblivion...

I am in a very small minority. I love what they have achieved at MK Dons. The old Wimbledon was on the road to nowhere. Instead a major conurbation that is growing fast has a proper football team. They seem well managed by their owner. Well done to AFC Wimbledon for resurrecting the name...

There is research somewhere that says that with a few obvious exceptions after three years the law of diminishing returns applies to managers. Players cease to respond apparently, although given the turnover in squads these days, this slightly surprises me. You could easily imagine Robins having...

Age showing but ... Yorath for Kelly Gibson for Shipley Hutchinson for Hiwula

are you sure? sharp reduction in the number of shots and shots on target by our opponents...

money always talks

Said this more than once, might as well again. Robins has shown over the last 2 seasons he can deliver a steady, fairly successful team in trying financial circumstances. He is bound to be on many lists. He left us in the past. Therefore my contention is that the lunch with Joy at Coombe Abbey...

Having expected Portsmouth to be a defeat away, and been, in the most ridiculous fashion, pleasantly surprised, this game is the next one I see us probably losing. All other games I thought we would get at least a point, and we could here, but suspect a narrow defeat. If we do get something I...

Plenty more fish in the sea. The big clubs are awash with players who are very good for L.1 level

There were two new strands to our acquisitions strategy over the summer 1. Source players from Europe (the new guy has connections there). Result - Kastanaar (subs bench) Jobello (underwhelming). Ok you have to allow some settling time, so it is too soon, but at best the outcome is...

f i who gets's dropped?

Glad to see fans cottoning on that we are in a cutthroat business and it is about more than growing talent for our own team. We need the revenue. But also because of the inflated prices paid by the top clubs, we could then bring in more than one with the money and still chuck something into...

Incidentally, which is why Robins sis so important. IIRC we have had 9 managers under SISU and apart from 4-5 months of Mowbray, only Robins has shown a) he can work within tight financial guidelines and at the same time b) get some success. If he goes will it take another 9? I suspect he's on a...