Darlo Uncovered

Adam Mitchell is on trial with Gateshead.

Quaker-Ste wrote:Robinsons might be a 3 match ban. Wasn't it a straight red?

No, double yellow.

Would be a real shame to see a player as talented as Dale Hopson leave. Martin Gray clearly failed to utilise him properly last season. Also there isn't much point in keeping him anyway if we are going to continue just lumping the ball forward as we did for much of the second half of last season. D...

I can see Brown playing right back In favour of Walker? I don't think so. Fair enough but it wouldn't be the first time. Brown started there in the play offs. Walker only came on due to injury. We had Tait back then though. Shoe-horning your best players into unnatural positions does not work. Take...

Ingleby wrote:I can see Brown playing right back

In favour of Walker? I don't think so.

All the best to him, he did more than a good enough job for us. Hopefully we've got a decent fee for him so we can go and get ourselves a centre-mid. Does anyone know if Davis has definitely left? It was mentioned that he'd agreed terms with Durham a while back but nothing official has been mentioned.

Spennymoor transfer list Alex White and Chay Liddle.

Think it was mentioned somewhere that we were in for Liddle before he moved to Spennymoor so it'll be interesting to see if we make an enquiry.

Shane Henry signs for Spennymoor from Whitby.

He was a player we were rumoured to be after according to someone on the Whitby forum (also correct about Portas). Seems to be another good signing for Spennymoor.

footydaft wrote:Rumours rumours rumours of course Craig wants to play for Darlo lot going on behind the scenes

Interesting.

Gott probably just wants first-team football and if that's the case then so be it. I highly doubt he'd have handed in a transfer request last time around if he was playing regularly.

But yeah, I'd love to have him back and if he signed then he'd more than likely be a mainstay in the team.

Davis was a good squad player to have, not quite sure he had enough for a team pushing for promotion though and if he has left due to wanting first-team football then it's understandable. As mentioned I couldn't imagine Gray getting rid of Scott and I wouldn't like to think he'd let Robinson go but ...

Jonny Davis is in talks with Durham.

Willie Gibson renews contract at Celtic Nation.

Shame because if we were in for him then he would have been a great signing but a small contingent of NL teams trumping us is what to expect sadly.

Ingleby wrote:Maybe Stockton, Thornaby or even Aycliffe.

Love this thread.

Or maybe we should re-sign Andrew Johnson?

Hatch is a funny one. The money we can offer will be nothing on what he was on at Gateshead I'd have thought. Realistically the past decade of being a full-time pro should have set him up nicely. Obviously his affinity with the club helps too. Hatch is interesting. Am I right in thinking his partne...

Sidarlo wrote:is mitchell even still with us? wasnt sure if he was just a loan

Mitchell was released from Sunderland and we signed him on non-contract terms I believe.

Whether we talked to McReady or not I have no idea, but I honestly can't see how we can't be just about maxed out on our playing budget anyway. We've brought some real quality in, and not really let anyone go - and I'd be amazed if there was more in the pot than last year. It made more sense financ...

John McReady signs for Spennymoor on a 2 year deal.

Bugger, had a feeling that he may have been one of our targets. Certainly no messing around from Spennymoor this summer.

There's a rumour on NLZ that Celtic Nation's best player Willie Gibson is going to sign for us. Position/history etc.? Where was he before CN? 29 year old right winger/midfielder, played for Kilmarnock, St Johnstone, Crawley signed him for 150k (played in the 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford a couple of ...

Done a quick blog regarding those who i think should go/ stay out of the current squad Hardest one for me is i think its a toss up between Amar and Fisher with one staying one going. http://simonhahn89.wordpress.com/2014/06/01/darlo-squad-updates/ Pretty much agree with right-back not being first p...

?.... although if he stays then he's a good option to have to bring on for Thompson and give him a rest or to offer us something different when we're struggling. Am not convinced with this "rest" business. It severely backfired on us against Burscough, which ultimately made us lose our momentum in ...

Hopson is much better in a free-role as we saw a few times last season but you have to question how often is he going to get that chance because not only do we already have Thompson but we may not even play a formation next season that fits him in. It's difficult to justify having both Hopson and Th...

I'd rather not have Fisher or Purewal drop back into midfield, it'd just be a case of shoe-horning our better players into un-familiar positions and that isn't what we need. Get around 2 or 3 players off the wage bill and bring in a bit of quality in midfield because that's exactly what we were cryi...

On paper a very good signing. Nigh on 30 appearances last season for Gateshead so should be in good shape. Need to see a few leave now, couldn't see Ward getting a look in after the signing of Armstrong so certainly not now. As for Fisher, if touted around then there should be plenty of interest fro...

Boyes has already signed for Guiseley.

Shame we don't need any forwards.

Ramshaw was the one I was looking for but never mind.

lo36789 wrote:

Ingleby wrote:I'm not a Purewal fan, but he's ahead of Fisher no doubt.
People say Fisher hasn't had a fare chance yet, well he's had a lot longer than some others that were shipped on who were arguably much more successful.

Are you referring to Shaun Reay?

It'll be Andrew Johnson.

As for Purewal, more like a poor run of goalscoring form spanning around 10 games than half a season, and even then he was putting in big performances. Seem to remember him going on a similar run of form in the Northern League before delivering in the remaining two games, in fact his scoring pattern...

As already pointed out Walker was a stop gap after Harrison left although I'd have no qualms about him being first choice right-back next season. Athletic, tall, good technical ability albeit lacking on the physical side, but he proved he was good enough in the games he played last season. Hunter ag...

Arguably the most low-key signing of the summer has turned out to be the best. Had Thompson not pissed all over the league like he has done then Hunter would definitely be my POTS. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the summer with Tait. Three top quality centre-backs vying for two places, ...