I was in OI's seat last nighr, getting a general feel for when OI elopes to the East stand. The first 5-10mins of each half have constant interuptions for supporters getting their alcohol quota in.

On the leggy issue, those who say it's no excuse because every side is fatigued at this time in the season are partially right, but as others rightly pointed out it is then a test of squad depth. Shallower squads will feature more players who play every minute and will be leggier. So in that sense leggyness is an excuse for cash poor clubs to some extent, but it's complicated by managerial choice. Especially when managers aren't the most flexible on tactics and selection.

Definitely helped me Trigger ;)

Oh and bit of a shame to see an ex DTB member spend the whole pre-match stood inside the meet the DTB cabin thing and then drop his pint glass down on the floor for someone else to clear up despite the recycling thing being about 2m away. It’s interesting sometimes to observe people’s personal standards.

Re the half time pinters - I think we’re probably the same as every other club in that people enjoy the match day in many different ways. For some it’s all about supporting the team, watching every minute and not leaving till the final whistle no matter what. For others it’s a bit of that mixed with the more social aspect of football, chatting with mates and enjoying some down time from the stresses and strains of modern life and all that.

We only had 88 fans at Port Vale despite the kick off, I counted them

In that case I say make them 8pm kick offs then

Galty - Port Vale match was rearranged, so clubs have a bit of freedom on times. The 7pm kick off enabled those who were travelling back to London post-match to catch the train.

Leadon said that many times. they rather sup their beer than support the team.

It was hard enough to get to Ashford two or three times, so I can't see many people going for Ks home games on a regular basis. They shouldn't have fallen out with Corinthian Casuals (and every other club that has hosted them).

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Sandy - agree totally. I also reckon that having half our crowd in the bar doesn’t help us getting on to a good start in 2nd half

There were plenty of young kids there last night, less than a weekend game but still a decent number

Laurence - I get that - but it doesn't explain why some clubs i.e: Port Vale appear to schedule their evening matches for 7pm. Also times have perhaps changed with a lot people either doing no work or "working from home". I will attend whatever the kick off time but a 7.45pm kick off makes it impossible for me (and I assume a number of other fans) to get home that evening. It also makes it impossible for young kids to attend.

Spit-Exeter look favourites for the 4the relegation spot now

Mark L - I couldn't detect any specific tactical changes Orient made at half time. Perhaps it was nothing more than the 2 subs and a bloody good team talk! Dunno if this was part of it, but it was noticeable that we weren't able to touch the ball at the start of the second half before they scored.

Lose Saturday and we are again in one of our slumps, shame blackpool turned their game around to reduce our gap to only 8 points

I’d start Nkeng again on Saturday - he gives us a chance of scoring whilst Bugiel, Browne and Stevens are firing blanks…

Game of 2 halves.

“I couldn't go in 22/23 season, and I heard the horror stories, and was worried the stewards would be idiots, can I just say the @AFCWimbledon stewards last night, were the friendliest and nicest i've seen in a very long time, so kudos to that team, because they was class”

Didn’t realise Towler is at Lincoln

Rotherham manager sacked

Night matches have been 7.30/7.45 since I started in 82, maybe Galty needs to move nearer to plough lane or use the heliport in wandsworth:-)

Looking at yesterday, we need a back 5 not a 4

Disappointing result yesterday especially after the first half where we played well. I felt Lewis really struggled yesterday. Too slow, positioning was often really poor and was chaotic at times which rubbed off on Johnson. Decision making was really poor in the second half and we looked lethargic. Too many games in a short space of time. Needed to make the subs much earlier which as usual Jackson failed to do. Way too late. Hippolyte was struggling from about 50 minutes.