MK Dons part company with Karl Robinson

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    True.
     
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    I imagine that he was the longest serving manager in the football league (and 2nd in England behind Arsene Wenger).

    I get the impression with MK Dons that they've hit a saturation point as a football club. They have the disadvantage of having no history and little in terms of long term fan base. Dwindling crowds in a half finished stadium which always has and always will be too big for them, even at its current size.

    Obviously it's all their own doing considering their seemingly immoral conception.

    I think Robinson has done well to get the success out of them that he has. Whilst I think they have the tools to finish in the top half this season, I think they'll progressively slip further and further away from the Championship as I feel crowds will only dwindle further.

    I just don't think they have the infrastructure, fan base or wealth to rebuild themselves in the same way that the likes of Bradford, Southampton and Norwich have after going through a dark period in their respective histories.

    #TeamsLikeBarnsley
     
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    And look where AFC Wimbledon are in League One...
     
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    Agree with the comments above. MK Dons were an artificial creation in a town that had spent decades happily not having a football club of any note. They will always struggle to have a fan base that allows them any feasible forward momentum above League One. Their lovely stadium is two thrids empty and hence an away side's paradise. I'd argue that their youth system is their only major attribute as a club, other than a loyal, wealthy owner.

    As an aside, looking at AFC Wimbledon's rise through the leagues, it got me thinking. As morally bankrupt as the move to Milton Keynes was, in the long run may it have worked out for the best? The old Wimbledon were rattling around Selhurst Park with pitiful attendances, no money, a frightening rent to pay and essentially no positive future. As loathsome as the MK Dons re-incarnation was, it did give the supporters of the old Wimbledon the opportunity to start over and create a club absolutely along the lines of how they wanted it to be. 12 years is a long time to wait of course, but with the new stadium in the pipeline, one wonders if the future of AFC Wimbledon is a lot more rosey than it would have been had they remained in London back in 2003, at Selhurst or wherever they could rent, plummeting down the leagues. Who knows?
     
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