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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:11 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Tommy Taylor Departs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1676
Re: Tommy Taylor Departs
Tommy is a good Conference North standard player, whereas Young is clearly something special and not the yardstick to judge him against. Before this season, many were saying he was one of the better 'keepers in this league, and fairly so. Unfortunately, as our form capitulated under two consecutive ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:29 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: The Bottom Ten, Saturday Apr 06th 2024
- Replies: 67
- Views: 4190
Re: The Bottom Ten, Saturday Apr 06th 2024
There could be one further, potentially huge, complicating factor that may come into play. Rushall have said nothing about whether they will be able to complete their crucial and extensive ground grading work. This includes a new seated stand, new floodlights with new columns, new turnstiles and ma...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:30 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: The Bottom Ten, Saturday Apr 06th 2024
- Replies: 67
- Views: 4190
Re: The Bottom Ten, Saturday Apr 06th 2024
Tuesday night’s games will have a massive impact.
Fingers crossed Peterborough can win at home as I fancy Rushall to take 6 more points.
Fingers crossed Peterborough can win at home as I fancy Rushall to take 6 more points.
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:45 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Leamington new ground
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2830
Re: Leamington new ground
Darlington Town have gained support from DBC, apparently spending £1.6m on a new ground at Hundens! Given this, I cannot see any public funding for anything outside of that location. I can't see us building a ground from scratch without a lottery winner donating seven figures. I'm no expert in this...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: The Bottom Seven, Saturday Mar 02nd 2024
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1099
Re: The Bottom Seven, Saturday Mar 02nd 2024
I hate to put too much focus on a single game but we’ve got to beat Rushall.
Get our noses ahead of them in that game and it’ll be a game changer.
Get our noses ahead of them in that game and it’ll be a game changer.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington v Banbury 2/03/24
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6669
Re: Darlington v Banbury 2/03/24
The real deal is having a manager who is just down to knowing the basics required to win games. Not over complicating things and a million miles from what JG was attempting to do. We are right on the coattails now of those above and if and when we are above the dotted line I can see us staying ther...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Boston v Darlington 20/02/24
- Replies: 102
- Views: 9345
Re: Boston v Darlington 20/02/24
Sick and tired of saying it but we are asking players to play in positions that don't suit them. Nelson and Main would be best suited in a two up front formation, not all this someone in the hole bollocks that we seem to have persisted with for nearly a year under 3 managers, when it doesn't work w...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:37 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Boston v Darlington 20/02/24
- Replies: 102
- Views: 9345
Re: Boston v Darlington 20/02/24
It is genuinely sad to see Nelson such a shadow of his former self.
In his first spell he was electric, but genuine misfortune with injuries has ruined him.
In his first spell he was electric, but genuine misfortune with injuries has ruined him.
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Asante
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6888
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:32 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Blood on hands/heads must roll
- Replies: 180
- Views: 12624
Re: Blood on hands/heads must roll
As i said previously, the board made a mistake trusting Armstrong with a 2 year contract and this years budget Since then it’s been scrambling to catch up which is costing us even more, the argument for keeping Gowling wasn’t he was good, just that the die had been cast and we were spending more an...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:15 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Blood on hands/heads must roll
- Replies: 180
- Views: 12624
Re: Blood on hands/heads must roll
The bit that really grates on me is how DJ and the board reacted to Mark Beck leaving. We were told targets were unaffordable, expectations were dampened, and ultimately AA’s budget was reduced. At the time we nodded along but given the disastrous appointment of JG who was given a significantly incr...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: v Tamworth
- Replies: 93
- Views: 10011
Re: v Tamworth
The crazy thing is, with a couple of key signings, as Beck and Lambeth proved, we could still end up having a good run and winning a few in a row. As others have said, Watson has improved the performance but can’t polish turds. The worrying aspect is that we pissed away our easiest fixtures but no o...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:15 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Good luck Steve Watson
- Replies: 80
- Views: 38584
Re: Good luck Steve Watson
Armstrong made mistakes with us, particularly towards the back-end of his time here, but it won't be his decisions that take us down, it will be Gowling's. Literally this. With hindsight, and the significant budget given to Gowling, Armstrong was massively let down by the board and it unraveled fro...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Good luck Steve Watson
- Replies: 80
- Views: 38584
Re: Good luck Steve Watson
Just seen Hazels goal, fantastic finish. Know we have to move on but what we would give for a front 3 of Felix, Barnes, Hazel going forward. Creativity, pace and a finisher, exactly what Watson has to somehow get back in very quickly. So many very poor mistakes by AA, JG and the board. Quite a task...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:04 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Boost the Budget
- Replies: 44
- Views: 20732
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:27 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Boost the Budget
- Replies: 44
- Views: 20732
Re: Boost the Budget
There was other options.
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:55 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Boost the Budget
- Replies: 44
- Views: 20732
Re: Boost the Budget
This is the bit about fan ownership that I am beginning to dislike. When Singh sold us down the river, fan ownership was the ONLY option (in the end). I welcomed that in the hope that the Club could be run for the right reasons, in a transparent manner, and be self sustaining. This was, more or les...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:55 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: How is this being paid for?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12898
Re: How is this being paid for?
Funny how Armstrong was given a two year deal and then had his budget cut, only to be sacked and his successor given the money he wasn’t allowed to spend. Poor form from the board that. Armstrong had enough credit in the bank from previous seasons (cup runs, tv games, player sales) to be given ever...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:56 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington V Scarborough
- Replies: 46
- Views: 24431
Re: Darlington V Scarborough
There needs to be a complete rebuild, from the players to the staff and the board imho. The club has malaise that has set in and been allowed to grow deep into every fibre, and leadership has allowed that. In the past 4 years are we any better off than we were before? On the field definitely not, o...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:16 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: New manager poll
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17315
Re: New manager poll
Word on the street is two Directors threatened to resign if Gray was appointed on the commentary chat. I think that things happened that left a sour taste with some people at the end of Gray's reign. I don't know exactly what happened so won't speculate, but if people are still feeling that they ca...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Who next?
- Replies: 317
- Views: 171793
Re: Who next?
Well a lot of people seem to think we have a good squad assembled by Armstrong who would have turned it around so the next guy should be ok given the great platform AA Set in between moaning about the budget :roll: :roll: Armstrong absolutely would have got more out of this lot in the last 16 match...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Who next?
- Replies: 317
- Views: 171793
Re: Who next?
This squad will not even get us anywhere near at the level below. Imagine last time we won it we had a core of Brown, White, Burgess, Galbraith, Turnbull, Thompson, Armstrong, Cartman etc. Who of our current squad gets into that one………exactly, none! Every one of those above were winners, would run ...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:53 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington V Scarborough
- Replies: 46
- Views: 24431
Re: Darlington V Scarborough
We are a long way off at the moment.
However, the gap in quality in the division
is so small that signing 2-3 quality players would be enough.
However, that needs cash and willing players. I don’t doubt we’d put together a decent BtB but can we attract the players?
However, the gap in quality in the division
is so small that signing 2-3 quality players would be enough.
However, that needs cash and willing players. I don’t doubt we’d put together a decent BtB but can we attract the players?
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: New manager poll
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17315
Re: New manager poll
Word on the street is two Directors threatened to resign if Gray was appointed on the commentary chat.
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 1:51 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Who next?
- Replies: 317
- Views: 171793
Re: Who next?
MG doesn’t care about the first team. All he wants is the academy to go under so he has a monopoly on the college program. He spent the summer contacting prospective parents telling them the academy was going bust so they should join him instead. This outlines the very real conflict of interest the...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Who next?
- Replies: 317
- Views: 171793
Re: Who next?
Steve Watson is the only sensible solution now. First of all, we shouldn't have sacked AA so early in the season. But, as we did, we should have picked Watson there and then, for me it would have been a literal no brainer. Now the echo says Watson, Stockdale and another one I can't remember are in ...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Who next?
- Replies: 317
- Views: 171793
Re: Who next?
A "director of football" is surely daft. If you have someone overseeing how you play and taking care of player movements then you may as well bin the manager's job - thereby making the DOF the manager. I agree, a Director of Football is stupid at this level of football and with our resources. It is...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:56 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Who next?
- Replies: 317
- Views: 171793
Re: Who next?
We could do a lot worse.Darlopartisan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:43 pmGraham Fenton has left Blyth Spartans,
Maybe it’s him?
Maybe AA going to rock up at Blyth again.
I’d be happy with Fenton or Gray.
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:43 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Who next?
- Replies: 317
- Views: 171793
Re: Who next?
That’s mental.
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:35 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Who next?
- Replies: 317
- Views: 171793
Re: Who next?
Looking more likely it’s Hodgy as interim manager. If this is true our board may as well resign too :thumbdown: Absolute laughing stock I disagree. If people are happy to appoint someone even on an interim who’s not managed for almost two decades then I’m done with this club The truth is that the g...