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- Sun Nov 12, 2023 7:23 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Hazel
- Replies: 60
- Views: 21228
Re: Hazel
Massive mistake to let go the only player at our club who is capable of scoring 20 goals a season. It beggars belief if we sell him. Should be building a side around him, not alienating him while trying to flog him to a rival Building a side around him? I think you mean that unless he has a very go...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:46 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Reality
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16539
Re: Reality
This is the entire reason for my next 6 matches thread. No, in his first 6 matches he demonstrated no ability to turn things around, but that was only 6 matches (5 league, 1 cup, 0-2-4), and 6 matches really isn't enough no matter how alarming the initial signs are. The next 6 matches are almost li...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:42 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Peterborough V Darlington
- Replies: 131
- Views: 36429
Re: Peterborough V Darlington
People need to start talking about the obvious....which is: 1) The decision to sell Kaine Felix 2) Opting against extending Finlay Barnes' loan 3) The decision to replace neither. Gowling has now finally seen the light & ditched 3/5 at the back, the problem being we now have a squad stacked with fu...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:52 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Peterborough V Darlington
- Replies: 131
- Views: 36429
Re: Peterborough V Darlington
Playing Hazel and Nelson up front will get us relegated.QUAKERMAN2 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:54 pmBest option imo is Hazell and Nelson up front with Salkeld playing wide right and Nkondu wide left, Platt and Hatfield CM and Rowe/Griffiths,Lawlor,Burton and Sukar at the back.
No brainer for me.
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- Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Peterborough V Darlington
- Replies: 131
- Views: 36429
Re: Peterborough V Darlington
If Hazel needs a high quality target man to play alongside him, as people keep suggesting, and given that we are very unlikely to find such a player at this stage of the season, then sticking with Hazel up front seems a guarantee of relegation. In fact, if we stick with Hazel/Salkeld/Nelson up front...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:23 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Exactly a year ago……
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3638
Re: Exactly a year ago……
Worth remembering when fans criticise Armstrong - he got us there and it was always about more than Beck and one or two others. There is a lot of trashing of Armstrong on this forum which I strongly disagree with. Last year same as most years he was in charge, he was tasked with getting us into the...
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 5:48 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Peterborough V Darlington
- Replies: 131
- Views: 36429
Re: Peterborough V Darlington
A few days ago the Farsley game was a must win. We won. Now if we lose the next game apparently that must win Farsely game is meaningless!
- Sat Nov 04, 2023 9:45 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Farsley
- Replies: 58
- Views: 17390
Re: Farsley
It's interesting that 8 of the 11 today were Armstrong players. Most of the loans Gowling has brought in haven't been an improvement at all. Simms on the bench, Winfield not even in the squad. Maybe Gowling might slow down on his rapid recruitment and work with what he has.
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Farsley
- Replies: 58
- Views: 17390
Re: Farsley
The six matches thread showed this forum at it's best with lots of real support for the club but for me it really comes down to this game. We really have to win it - anything less and I think that's it for this campaign. People talked about the next six matches for a reason, we'll have a realistic ...
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 7:18 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: GOWLING OUT
- Replies: 235
- Views: 56586
Re: GOWLING OUT
Thank God we have DJ at the helm, if he wasn't here I can't image where we'd be, probably bottom of the league and facing relegation to the NPL.
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:24 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: GOWLING OUT
- Replies: 235
- Views: 56586
Re: GOWLING OUT
I highly doubt Gowling is going anywhere after six games in charge. The most realistic thing to do it is to stop throwing good money after bad and accept the fact we are probably going to go down. The next two games are very important. We have a fans forum after those I believe, and if JG is still w...
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:13 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: The worst and best manager performances after 10 games?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1578
Re: The worst and best manager performances after 10 games?
Not sure you can beat Futcher, although what was Colin Todd's record?
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:37 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: GOWLING OUT
- Replies: 235
- Views: 56586
Re: GOWLING OUT
Not sure I'd trust this board to make another appointment, and I don't think DJ has much understanding of football to be fair. Do an impressive powerpoint presentation and you could have it yourself.
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:23 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Spennymoor
- Replies: 52
- Views: 11154
Re: Spennymoor
I’ve employed people over the years who may interview well and have good cv’s on paper but you can sometimes tell very quickly they aren’t up to the job. This is one of those moments for the board to be seriously discussing. We are going backwards quickly. They’d have been better off sticking with ...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:11 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Tommy Taylor
- Replies: 137
- Views: 42972
Re: Tommy Taylor
Far too many incomings for my liking. Getting 09/10 vibes from this season so far. Another kid who has had very little football experience. This isn’t going to get us out of this hole. Gowling is taking a massive gamble with all these short term loans and allowing some decent,experienced, contracte...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:11 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Wouldn't it be ronic
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1559
Re: Wouldn't it be ronic
The article does not say that. It was a tongue in cheek tweet by Jamie Carragher.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:18 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington V Blyth
- Replies: 65
- Views: 15566
Re: Darlington V Blyth
I know people keep saying that Hazel needs to be alongside a big man, but given that effective big strikers are hard to find, it would seem better to try and offload Hazel and replace him with someone who can play as a focal point, or at least can hold the ball up, lay it off, and link up with his ...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:20 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington V Blyth
- Replies: 65
- Views: 15566
Re: Darlington V Blyth
However, I just cannot see where the goals are going to come from. We are devoid of any creativity. The strikers in the first half were far too isolated. It improved slighlty in the second half with the tweak in formation, with Ngandu and Hatfield getting pushed up behind Hazel, but I just cannot s...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:09 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Parallels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3529
Re: Parallels
Sadly I am forced to agree with the comments above. I am very much reminded of the Staunton situation when I think we ended up fielding a record number of players in a season. I think after just 13 games we have already used around 23 players and possibly another one to come in on Saturday. Having ...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:00 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Parallels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3529
Re: Parallels
Staunton did win a few games if I recall, Gowling is paralleling Paul Futcher at the moment! For those of you old enough to remember, Futcher took over in the latter part of the 94/95 season and didn't win any of his first ten games before getting the push. I do think November and December will see ...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:49 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington V Blyth
- Replies: 65
- Views: 15566
Re: Darlington V Blyth
If Hazel isn't served up with chances then he contributes absolutely nothing. Can't hold the ball up, can't lay it off, looks nowhere near good enough, gives us nothing up front.
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:14 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Kings Lyn
- Replies: 111
- Views: 27938
Re: Kings Lyn
Really solid performance all round, working as a team, everyone knowing their role, left feeling really optimistic for the future. The Q&A I mean.
The football not so good.
Another good performance at the fans forum and we should be safe.
The football not so good.
Another good performance at the fans forum and we should be safe.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:16 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Hypothetical ownership structure
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10072
Re: Hypothetical ownership structure
Nobody is going to put in six figures per annum without wanting the controlling share. Why not? There’s loads of minority shareholders further up the food chain that do that. Their funding doesn’t just come from sky and one other person otherwise the majority shareholder would just take over all th...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 12:44 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Engage with the Football Club Board event this Wed. @7.00pm
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17758
Re: Engage with the Football Club Board event this Wed. @7.00pm
For those of you who missed it... :arrow: https://yourclub.darlingtonfc.co.uk/2023-dfc-fans-webinar-oct-2023 Listened to it all of it tonight which as I said earlier was refreshing and honest. My big fear is that if we did go down god forbid then DJ would imo call it a day which would likely lead t...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:09 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Engage with the Football Club Board event this Wed. @7.00pm
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17758
Re: Engage with the Football Club Board event this Wed. @7.00pm
For those of you who missed it... :arrow: https://yourclub.darlingtonfc.co.uk/2023-dfc-fans-webinar-oct-2023 Listened to it all of it tonight which as I said earlier was refreshing and honest. My big fear is that if we did go down god forbid then DJ would imo call it a day which would likely lead t...
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:43 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: POLL: Mid-Season Boost the Budget?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6725
Re: POLL: Mid-Season Boost the Budget?
I mean, if you don't want to contribute you don't have to, but if other people want to why stop them? Was that aimed at me? Based on my answer of "no"? Aimed at anyone who doesn't want another BTB You know my opinion, I don't think it's a great idea to have a mid season BTB after just having a reco...
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: POLL: Mid-Season Boost the Budget?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6725
Re: POLL: Mid-Season Boost the Budget?
Aimed at anyone who doesn't want another BTBGhost_Of_1883 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:33 pmWas that aimed at me? Based on my answer of "no"?Yarblockos wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:30 pmI mean, if you don't want to contribute you don't have to, but if other people want to why stop them?
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:30 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: POLL: Mid-Season Boost the Budget?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6725
Re: POLL: Mid-Season Boost the Budget?
I mean, if you don't want to contribute you don't have to, but if other people want to why stop them?
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:29 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Engage with the Football Club Board event this Wed. @7.00pm
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17758
Re: Engage with the Football Club Board event this Wed. @7.00pm
I hope that everyone who has something to say, has their say and doesn't go mute when they got their chance to voice it to David Johnston and Josh Gowling. The Q and A event is with the board only. I suspect the main questions will concern why we are where we are as a club and what can we do about ...
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:04 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Tamworth V Darlington
- Replies: 115
- Views: 24973
Re: Tamworth V Darlington
No, we don't do another BTB. We already had a record one and there is only so much you can squeeze out of 1,000 fans. It's a tiny amount of people in reality. The only way to increase income is better commercial revenue and better gates. The people of Darlington never supported the club in large en...