END OF SEASON POLL
1999-2000
NOTE: All SW19's comments are in
brown
NEXT SEASON
Where do you think we will (realistically) finish? :
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Playoff |
49 % |
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Top / Automatic promotion |
17 % |
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7 to 10th |
10 % |
OTHERS : 11 and below, did not say
YOUR COMMENTS:
WFC will notice that the difference between Premiership and 1st div. is less
than expected. The strength of English football is that you have a handful
of top teams and about 50 good sides who can beat the top teams on a good
day. The way back is more difficult than anyone can believe. WFC has the experience
and the tradition that can help on a difficult day BUT next season WFC will
be the target for any opposition. They will be the favourite top team that
everyone wish to beat. They will not be the underdog, everyone will expect
them at least to reach the play-offs. It is a brand new situation for everyone
and it may be difficult to carry.
Big question – it depends on ATTITUDE (did not say)
Cautious optimism abounds.......
Do you believe
that the playing staff needs to be "freshened up"? :
(ie, a clear out of about 10 players?)
| |
Yes |
78 % |
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No |
21 % |
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Only the Norges
|
2 % |
YOUR COMMENTS:
10 is far too many
We carry way too many players, we are not ManU; Should have had a clearout
three years ago
A couple need to be offloaded and youngsters/inexperience players need to
start getting more regular shouts. Damo and Jupp need some games, while Euell
& Cort can fuck off to Spurs as far as I care. New signings wouldn’t really
be necessary.
let the rotten wood sink
The figure of 10 was one suggested by BRG
at the end of last season. So far, about that number has actually gone. A
lot of people - even those who said "yes" - weren't too keen on a mass pruning.
Which
3 players would you prefer to go? :
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Jason Euell |
26 % |
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Carl Cort |
25 % |
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Carl Leaburn |
12 % |
OTHERS : Badir, Roberts, Earle, Gayle, Blackwell, Andresen,
Waeler, Lund, Kimble, Sullivan, Pedersen, Jupp, Harford, Hartson, Castledine,
McAllister, "anybody else who wants to go"
YOUR COMMENTS:
For free transfers if it has to be (Euell,
Cort and Gayle)
Earle to go cause he needs a zimmer frame
Mirroring the "Tosser
Of The Year" award. Cort's gone, how far will Euell be behind? Ironically,
this award was finalised the day after Carl Leaburn scored a good header against
Bristol City in a friendly....
Which
3 players would you prefer to keep? :
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John Hartson |
25 % |
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Ben Thatcher |
24 % |
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Kenny Cunningham |
15 % |
OTHERS : Andersen, Hughes, Hrreidarsson,
Euell, Andresen, Ainsworth, Sullivan, Earle, Ardley, Pedersen, Lund
YOUR
COMMENTS:
These have a lot more to give (Andersen, Andresen,
Pedersen)
JH further cements his hero status at WFC. The one word
I will say about Maggie's huge support in this bit is "bugger", though after
he left nobody voted for him.
Do
you think the players' attitude in general will "improve" in the
first division? :
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Yes |
53 % |
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No |
20 % |
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Hope so |
12 % |
OTHERS : It has to, don't know, unlikely
YOUR
COMMENTS:
Can it get any worse?
Yes, if there is a clear out performed. If not you will carry on with a bunch
of people who believe that they are the best.They have already fired one manager
- if necessary they will undermine the ground for another. They have played
Premier football and feels that it is unfair that they are representing a
1st div team. The same attitude that brought the club down will continue to
undermine the work of the new management team. Weeds should be exterminated
by the roots !!! I still believe that organisation and discipline is the key
to success in football.
A lot depends on whether we have cunts like cort in the team. You often have
a crack at REMBE, but I think he’d be good for us next season….it’ll be more
his level of playing….and now he has what he wanted (not EO) he should keep
in line more
Unlikely. If they don't respect WFC, it doesn't matter which division WFC
is in. You don't hear Lawrie Sanchez or Harry Bassett condemning us because
WFC is no longer in the top flight. I think if the players really enjoying
playing their football for WFC, it would not matter to them whether we are
in the top league or the Nationwide. The thing is if they really do not want
to play in the Nationwide, they would have sweated blood for WFC in the last
few crucial games. The fact that they didn't means WFC is beyond their care.
After they get a shock of losing the first 3 games - yep
I am not Herr Dr. Freud (don't know)
Again, cautious optimism abounds. Generally,
people think that providing the like of Euell and Cort sling their hooks,
we'll be OK.
Do
you approve of the current manager? :
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Yes |
92 % |
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Undecided |
7 % |
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Not yet |
2 % |
YOUR COMMENTS:
He's got cool hair
He must replace Mick Harford sharpish
Is he tough enough? Look at all the top managers…..they’re all tough bastards
who don’t bow to anyone!!
Least worse available choice right now
Rather
striking endorsement for TB. Not too sure about the "cool hair" comment.
Will
you get a Season Ticket? :
| |
Yes |
77 % |
| |
No |
21 % |
|
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Depends |
2 % |
YOUR COMMENTS:
No - I don't live in England
I have never had a season ticket but I was hoping the price would go down
now we are in Div. 1 but it is still £100 so its the Crazy Gang membership
for me
Yes - if my husband pays for it
Now my wife has joined (these two comments ARE related)
Yeah. 38 quid for one match ticket. See, I am rich. (note:
person who wrote this has a ST yet lives in Hong Kong)
Never had one despite going to 20+ matches a season – don’t know any other
fans either – being a Dons Fan you get used to solitude and loneliness. I
guess if I wasn’t always on my own I would get one.
No, because I hate the journey to Shitehurst (1 hr 45 mins on the train/tube)
and about 6 changes
One of the highest ST possessions ever is mirrored
by the response here.
Do
you think our general away turnout will improve in the first division? :
| |
No |
49 % |
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Yes |
20 % |
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Same |
10 % |
OTHERS : Depends how we're doing, unlikely, hope so, don't know
YOUR COMMENTS:
Some will not go, whereas some new people will go because of
the novelty
No, but I expect that for many opposition teams their highest home attendance
figure will be against us
I reckon our away turnout will not be worse or better than last year. Most
home game regulars cannot afford to go to away games anyway. I believe it
will be our home attendance which will "suffer". On the other hand, we may
have fewer "supporters" but we end up having a greater proportion of genuine
supporters.
It’s difficult. A good number of people do buy ST’s to be guaranteed of watching
their team come and play at Selhurst when their fixture comes around. Some
of these might realise that they enjoy coming to every game, and will develop
a like/love of the club, meaning they want to come back. Some won’t. There
is also a number of people that will come along more often now the club is
in need, and there are more games to come to. Away support may be down a bit,
but for the missing out on Arse/Man U/Celsi, local clubs like Fulham and QPR
will always bring a large following.
Yes - can't be worse
Not such a positive outlook,
though this may be proved wrong if the promising turnouts at the pre-seasons
are anything to go by.
How
many matches do you foresee yourself attending next year? :
| |
21 to 35 |
55 % |
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10 to 20 |
18 % |
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0-9 / 36 and above |
13 % |
Many foreign
correspondents are trying to get to at least one game this season
Is
this more or less than last season? :
| |
More |
51 % |
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Same |
47 % |
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Can't say |
2 % |
YOUR COMMENTS:
Beyond my control (can't say)
More and
more people are going to all home games and some away
Additional
Comments about next season :
We MUST get promoted, nothing else will do!
I see it as a season of hope with the chance to build a new chapter and exorcise
the ghosts of the past.
I’m looking forward to it – the more I think about it the more I think this
will do the club good in the long run
Clear out the moaners and dead wood, bring on the young guns - Davis, Wilmott,
Francis, Hawkins, Gray, Angryman and a healthy Ainsworth
The most important in the club’s history since 1986/87. Everyone who claims
to be a Don should buy a season ticket.
Obviously the excitement of playing in a new division and the fact that we
won’t storm it will sink in shortly after it starts. That will bring things
down a bit. I think it will be very difficult next season, if we don’t do
well many more players will leave than now. But having said that…..I’m quite
looking forward to it…….the thing I’ll hate is Saturday night….and we won’t
even get to see the goals!!
Div One is bloody hard. Are we as a club up for it ?
In a way, looking forward to it. It won’t be easy, but nothing worth doing
ever is.
It’s going to be a long tough season, (my missus is not going to like zero
weekends off from start to finish.)
Whoever says Stockport is easy to get to is fucking lying. Just check Railtrack,
it's 3 ½ hours!! And I bet it will cost something like 99 quid to get a return
ticket. Bollocks! The club should subside away trips.
I believe the season placings will be know by September 30th. 20+ points top
two assured, 15-20 points playoff's assured, 10-15 will need to work hard
for playoffs, yet unlikely, 10 or less-season the youth or prepare for sad
times. (All of this is obviously tempered by injuries)
Up for it like you wouldn’t believe, very confident too
