Matt A wrote: > > The fact is that AFC W have steam rollered their way through > the normally > tranquil world of non league sometimes paying 10 times more > in wages than > other teams hence cherry picking the best from each team making it > impossible for other clubs to compete.
That's life - It only hurts them for a season as AFC W pass through. I'm sure AFC W fans would have preferred that their original club had remained in Merton and they had continued to have a football league club to support. You seem to be blaming them because they don't. > > Now its fair enough in some ways because they belong at a > higher level based > on support backing etc... but to simply wander into the > combined counties > league and ryman etc.. and pick off the best players from > each team or > import players who belong several rungs up based on money (I > know this via > an aquaintance from Banstead Athletic) is actually more > pronounced and > uncompetetive than what Chelsea have done over the last few years. > Sorry, I don't agree. Chelsea have, in effect, borrowed £600M from Roman Abramovich and according to their accounts are that much in debt to him - AFC Wimbledon have spent money they have earned. It isn't AFC W's fault that they are well supported, is it? Leeds could well be in the same position next season, Leeds will probably have a turnover as big as the rest of the division put together. > Now if I was an AFC W fan I wouldnt complain at all but I > work round the > Surrey area and know some of the teams who have witnessed > this and (of > course many of them have benefited fom an extra thousand on > their gates one > a season which is the other side of it if they had the > grounds to cope in > the first place) It sounds like sour grapes and jealousy to me - like a Wigan fan complaining that ManU can afford to pay Rooney more than their entire wage bill. > > I personally have nothing against AFC Wimbledon but its not really > understood in football as a whole that their fairytale has > had its victims > along the way. These victims have trebled their annual gate via ONE game and as such they have a better financial footing then they did the season before AFC W entered their division. That the football league insisted on Wimbledon and FCUM starting at the bottom rung is the anomaly. > > Plus as well as an extremely large fish in a small pond they > seem to have > side stepped a large points deduction which others have been > massively > punished for similar things. As far as I know they were deducted more points than West Ham United, but I stand to be corrected. Cheers Paul _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org
