AFC Wimbledon - Stevenage

Wimbledon is one of the teams I have mentioned several times during this season and not even with the most flattering words. As I have repeatedly stressed, this is a totally insufferable and slightly mediocre group that will ... spit out blood on the effort to stay in the League 1, with the picture so far showing her a particularly bleak future.

After XRUMX-1 from Shrewsbury and in a play that actually received the overturning of the score, it has been hoping for seven consecutive defeats and ten in its last eleven official games, displaying only a marginal 2-2 on Oxford in late September, when Oxford was racing ... not seen. At the same time, this was the fourth consecutive defeat at home and ninth (!!!) already in the first eleven in all competitions (the other did not defeat 1-0 with Coventry in the second game), which has scored nine goals has accepted 0. If we take it one step further, eight of these eleven have received more than one goal, confirming the poor defense function and the lack of a clear mind, as Neil Ardley recently admitted. The game with Shrewsbury was another of the many examples, with the team accepting both goals from set phases and the second one at 21 's minute, which, as the coach pointed out, was simply unthinkable.

The Wimbledon coach has generally appeared torrential in his statements in recent days, referring to the black squad of his team, without chewing his words. He spoke openly for bad racing, for lack of a clear mind and a lack of motivation that he discovers to some of his footballers. In addition, he was honest about the limited and probably inadequate roster he has at his disposal, stressing, of course, the many injuries he has suffered that do not allow him to make the best possible duel and the stability through which he would have existed and a normal homogeneity as a game with a game, something is coming up, causing it to change its shots continuously.

The latter, though justifiably, did not put it as the main cause of his team's tragic past so far, admitting that most of the additions made in the summer were personal choices, that is to say his own responsibility and hence only responsible himself for what his team has shown on the field. Asked also about any transfer aid in January, the answer he gave was that in this situation, he doubted whether he would be on the team bench until then to talk about transfers, borrowings and more. His typical quote: "As we go, I do not make it until January ..." and although from the point of view of the administration there is a willingness to support, the raw reality is that it rather counts backwards.

Inside all of this he is invited to host Stevenage for Trophy, an event that few take seriously, and it should be noted that three days later he has a game for the FA Cup, Friday night with the small Haringey Borou - noteworthy the game is already in my ... microscope, watching the story and waiting for the evolution of this game we are discussing plus ... the waves of it.

By finishing with Wimbledon and Ardley's statements, another question about a possible rotation answered that with so many injuries he has to manage and the relatively small roster, his choices are de facto limited, so he will move with ... that he has.

On the other side Stevenage last Saturday saw a second consecutive victory, with which he again took up the rally bar, building a positive momentum he wants to maintain. Like her opponent, she has a match for the FA Cup, away from Plymouth, but the difference is that her own game is Saturday afternoon, which means one day more for better preparation and in any case does not have to tackle Wimbledon's problems.

In addition, any victory against Wimbledon ensures her qualifying in the next round, and there is a willingness to entertain the impressions after the humiliating 0-8 of her previous match with Charlton. If we do not judge from the two teams' prehistory, Stevenage have every reason to be optimistic as they score six wins and a defeat in a total of nine matches.

In conclusion, and without ignoring the division difference between the two teams, I have the feeling that whatever value is on the "right".