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Appiah ever after as Ardley has words

By Nick Bull

AFC WIMBLEDON manager Neal Ardley believes an honest half-time team talk was the catalyst for his side securing their first win of the season against previously-unbeaten Doncaster Rovers.
Following an uneventful opening 45, two goals in three minutes after the break from Kwesi Appiah and Andy Barcham earned the Dons a deserved victory at the Cherry Red Records Stadium.
“We didn’t have enough intensity, energy, forward runs and pace in the first half,” admitted Ardley. “If you don’t have any of them you’re fighting a losing battle, so at ha...

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