Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:36 pm  

Could London not play at Rosslyn park until supporters are allowed and then move to Plough Lane.

In regards to Plough Lane people will be desperate to see live sport when they are able to do so and there are a lot of houses around the new Plough Lane. How about leaflet dropping the local area offering admission for a fiver and offering AFC Wimbledon fans a cheap ticket.

Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:57 pm  

gardener wrote:

Could London not play at Rosslyn park until supporters are allowed and then move to Plough Lane.

In regards to Plough Lane people will be desperate to see live sport when they are able to do so and there are a lot of houses around the new Plough Lane. How about leaflet dropping the local area offering admission for a fiver and offering AFC Wimbledon fans a cheap ticket.

Not heard what the decision is yet at Wimbledon, but unsure about using Rosslyn Park for League matches, our players need time to adjust to the new Plough Lane surface as well.

Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:41 pm  

Unless i have missed something, are the rest of the lads continuing to train at Trailfinders? While RP's ground is nearer to AFC's ground, what happens if their fans vote NO & we end up playing lord knows where?

Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:33 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Unless i have missed something, are the rest of the lads continuing to train at Trailfinders? While RP's ground is nearer to AFC's ground, what happens if their fans vote NO & we end up playing lord knows where?

Does it matter where you train?

Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:24 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Does it matter where you train?

If it means splitting the first team and academy id say yes. The club made noise about Trailfinders being so great as they could all train together

Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:45 pm  

Having all levels of the club training in the same place does make sense, creates an atmosphere of being one club, splitting seems daft, the young lads learn from training witj the old heads

Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:53 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Does it matter where you train?

I think it does, experience and memory from playing and training on the same ground should help develop a much better knowledge of any quirks and how to exploit them.

I would also think it helps if your constantly practicing attacking / defensive drills, kicks or any other game plan stuff on the ground you'll need to execute them on, also perhaps helps to understand the impact of differing weather conditions.

Granted it would be a small advantage but an advantage nonetheless.

Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:19 pm  

Traffic wrote:

I think it does, experience and memory from playing and training on the same ground should help develop a much better knowledge of any quirks and how to exploit them.

I would also think it helps if your constantly practicing attacking / defensive drills, kicks or any other game plan stuff on the ground you'll need to execute them on, also perhaps helps to understand the impact of differing weather conditions.

Granted it would be a small advantage but an advantage nonetheless.

St Helens have trained many years on an ex Grammar School pitches for many seasons now, not near the new ground! doesn't seem to have harmed them.

Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:49 pm  

jaybs wrote:

St Helens have trained many years on an ex Grammar School pitches for many seasons now, not near the new ground! doesn't seem to have harmed them.

Exactly

Wigan at Orrell
Man Utd at Carrington
Leeds Rhinos at a pitch that flooded
Warrington on a public Park
Harlequins at Surrey sports centre
England RU at a fancy 5 star hotel in Bagshot

Re: Plough Lane Stadium - Wimbledon : Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:34 pm  

All good points but how many of those teams have a pitch that is capable of being trained on in the week in all weathers and then played on during the weekend? Not 100% sure but are all of those pitches grass?
As I said a small advantage but nonetheless one we seem to be giving up.