AFC Wimbledon

[BustaGut]

Whats the chances of the game being on do you think ??? Extreme winds and rain forecast

[mikefleet]

think it will be, windy yes that cant stop a match.

 

looking at the next few days it isnt meant to rain after today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2660

[Hirsty]

...it can if the roof blows off of the stand or there is any other structual damage rendering it unsafe ( cue more comments from our friends from the north about pitch/ground etc......)

 

Cheers,

[Jimmy]

I remember going to an away match against Nuneaton or Tamworth or similar and it being called off due to high winds making their stand unsafe.

 

We ended up watching someone else - either Nuneaton or Tamworth I think!

[Stu M]

Was that because Nuneaton is surrounded by thin, weedy radio masts?

 

Or was that VS Rugby?

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: Hirsty

...it can if the roof blows off of the stand or there is any other structual damage rendering it unsafe ( cue more comments from our friends from the north about pitch/ground etc......)

Cheers,

Is easy then peg everything down with forks

[Ray ellingham]

I once went to Folkestone and the game was called off due to high winds

[David Holden]

Originally Posted By: Jimmy

I remember going to an away match against Nuneaton or Tamworth or similar and it being called off due to high winds making their stand unsafe.

We ended up watching someone else - either Nuneaton or Tamworth I think!

Shrewsbury

[David Holden]

Originally Posted By: Ray ellingham

I once went to Folkestone and the game was called off due to high winds

I was at that match, the referee came out, put the ball on the centre circle and watched it roll across the pitch, and decided that was it.

We all legged it off to watch Maidstone play.

[Stu M]

Originally Posted By: David Holden

I was at that match, the referee came out, put the ball on the centre circle and watched it roll across the pitch, and decided that was it.

Wasn't there a groundsman wrapping windbreakers round the pitch? No? Bloody cheats.

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: Stu M

Originally Posted By: David Holden

I was at that match, the referee came out, put the ball on the centre circle and watched it roll across the pitch, and decided that was it.

Wasn't there a groundsman wrapping windbreakers round the pitch? No? Bloody cheats.

Stick them up Thonge Lane where the real men play, and blowing a gale is the best it gets

[chris blanc]

Hopefully It'll be on and be a good game. Bringing at least one, possibly 3 people down tomorrow who have never been down to see us.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Assuming nobody except the groundstaff have trodden on the pitch since last week, I assume it will be in top condition again, helped no doubt by the drying wind when it isn't actually chucking it down.

[Stu M]

If we're losing at half-time, we can always 'cheat' again and get the groundsman to flood it with a hose.

[Hirsty]

The toilets are always "flooded".....we could divert water from there if needs be and tell everyone to drink more ?!

 

Cheers,

[Harry J Allstars]

Has everyone got their forks ready?

[chilled out entertainer]

just heard on radio 5 it is going to be called off at 1600 today, can anyone confirm?? they mentioned several fixtures

[Harry J Allstars]

Blimey thats quick, we better get forking.

[mikefleet]

it dont want to be, AFC just released there squad details for tomorrow:

 

Trophy squad announced

 

Dave Anderson has announced the following squad for the Gravesend and Northfleet game tomorrow:

 

Andy Little; Paul Smith; Simon Sweeney; Paul Lorraine; Wayne Finnie; Antony Howard; Lee Kersey; Wes Daly; Chris Gell; Lewis Cook; Luke Garrard; Mark Rooney; Jermaine Darlington; Roscoe Dsane; Darren Grieves; Stephen Goddard; Paul Barnes.

 

"Steve Watson is suspended but Wes Daly is available again after serving his ban. Paul Barnes is back in the squad after playing an hour for the reserves yesterday with no reaction. He scored 2 goals and looked very sharp, that’s down to the hard work he and Mike Rayner have put in over the last month. Scott Fitzgerald’s loan has finished, we can’t extend it any further but we’re still working on a deal to bring him to the club till the end of the season. Jermaine Darlington, Mark Rooney and Darren Grieves will all face fitness tests.

 

Looking back on Tuesday we lost the game in the first 15 minutes. You can’t give a team like that a 2 goal start and expect to get anything out of the game but we battled well after the opening quarter of an hour and nearly got a point out of it. I was pleased with the spirit we showed. The players were very disappointed but they can’t wait till the return game next weekend.

 

Tomorrow is a huge test, to go to the club sitting fourth in the Conference and get a result is a big ask of the players – but we can do it.

 

I know the fans can re create the atmosphere we had at Aldershot and the players can play as well as they did the second half.

 

The players, the staff and myself are really looking forward to it”

[Harry J Allstars]

Originally Posted By: mikefleet

Wes Daly is available

Jimmy will be pleased.

We are the highest placed team that they have ever played.