Darlo Uncovered

Financial considerations again blamed for having to do this. How did we have a budget that was deemed good enough for a play-off spot so quickly collapse into one that may not be enough to keep us up? Given our history of average crowds and poor cup runs, surely these were not set to be relied upon ...

quote]I think if most fans were asked in the abstract whether they'd rather follow a fan-owned club or one that was owned by (and dependant upon) a wealthy benefactor they'd always choose the former. I think your wrong, I know plenty of fans who would swap our current situation and the thought of a...

I would like to add that any talk of cancelling BTB pledges is a betrayal of the football club, our club. Absolutely. Agreed. I sometimes think that those who have suggested such a thing forget that it is us, the supporters that this whole project is about. If we lose faith in what we are doing and...

I didnt introduce the comparison but the stats especially long term are the best way of assessing how a manager has done. Managers know they stand or fall by them. The rest of the stuff around whether they can lead, motivate and organise is based on opinions from what we see on the pitch. I just st...

Just a gut feeling boys. In the mean time, let's all keep on blaming the manager. Things do feel a bit creaky, no doubt, but it doesn't make Wright any less culpable for the on pitch s*** show. What's really surprising is that there is no great outpouring of support for him despite the unbeaten run...

Just a gut feeling boys. In the mean time, let's all keep on blaming the manager. Things do feel a bit creaky, no doubt, but it doesn't make Wright any less culpable for the on pitch s*** show. What's really surprising is that there is no great outpouring of support for him despite the unbeaten run...

I see the official site has just put up the form for the above vote, but I cannot see Jordan Nicholson's name on the list. Does this mean that we are just about to announce that he to has been sold to balance the budget? No - his name was mistakenly missed. Updated vote link: https://survey.sogosur...

I see the official site has just put up the form for the above vote, but I cannot see Jordan Nicholson's name on the list. Does this mean that we are just about to announce that he to has been sold to balance the budget?

Have been lurking on this forum for a while but I'm just going to blather on now and get out all my thoughts on the current situation. The Good Recruitment Firstly I think that some of the criticism Wright is coming in for is unwarranted. His recruitment has largely been good. Styche was a superb s...

I have waited until some of the dust has settled before making any comment on Friday night's disappointing result. The easy response, and the one I certainly felt coming away from the game was the despair of feeling that what was served up on the night was the best we could hope for. We didn't feel ...

If, as seems the case on other threads, our situation demands that we freshen things up by changing managers to get the "bounce effect", and we can't afford to release our manager to unemployment, why not consider a manager swap with another struggling side. And it might tick the box of many fans th...

Seen a lot on Twitter over the weekend, I didn't go to the game as I was in Grimsby. But seems to me, that whatever TW does. He can't possibly win. I agree it's frustrating to be having so many draws, but we need to look at the bigger picture and understand we are no longer a big fish in a little p...

Given the disappointments of the current season, I was wondering how it compared to last season at this point. At 17 games, as we are at present, we had 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats, so 21 points from a possible 51. We had scored 20 goals and shipped 22. Goal difference - 2. So one point different ...

I would add to the above list of chances that I thought that the tackle on Trotman just before we scored the second goal looked very much like a foul and a penalty. The amount of anger shown by the Hereford players seemed to be on the basis that Trotman had dived, but there was no appeal by our lad,...

I'd select a trip to Yaxley as I lived there many moons ago, and wouldn't mind seeing how the place looks now.

Going back to music to run out to - given the disquiet from some quarters over our budget for this year why not play Money For Nothing.

Or if I were to go back in time, as some have, why not the Joe Meek classic, Telstar - not for any reason other than it's a great upbeat tune.

Despite being a season ticket holder Saturday was my first game in a while and I thought it was a decent watch for a 0-0. I’m not quite sure why people seem to be so down, upset or quick to have a go at the players (both at the game and online). First half I can think of 5 or 6 opportunities where ...

Received a few PMs about users being blacklisted when they try to post - the forum was attacked by a large amount of spam a few weeks back so I turned everything up to 11 to try and stop them - seems a few of you got caught up in the crossfire, apologies for that. Have turned everything back down t...

Just seen the highlights and it looks as if we weren't perfect in the first half but were showing greater fluidity than in the two recent wins. Whilst hoping that this will encourage more free-flowing football that we know the team is capable of, we clearly can't forget the need to defend well. We a...

Not wishing to deflect everything from what has proved to be a deeply disappointing end result, but looking on the up side, after the departure of Styche, there does seem to be evidence that we still have a goal scoring threat in Harvey and Ainge.

jjljks wrote:2 wins in 2 days (ok Reece unavailable for 2nd game) but Gib now only 3pts behind D4 group leaders Macedonia & hope for promotion

Does this suggest that if you leave Styche out of the side you might get back to back wins??

Just looked up the Cambridge game stats and see that the goals were scored by Don Burluraux, Stan Webb, Eric Young, Colin Sinclair and Billy Yates. Some memorable performers there. Sinclair was a sort of Styche character who could win a game almost by force of will, and Stan Webb was powerful in the...

The confidence issue has been referred to by both TW and the players and it seems clear that with that and potential backlash for not beating the bottom club under the most extremely favourable circumstances the players might be excused for not knowing if they should stick or twist when a goal and a...

I wasn't there today but it sounds as if this was the kind of nervy performance you might expect from a side that is low on confidence, which will make even the simple things seem difficult. Rather like Leamington last year, more than the performance we needed the luck and the result, and that much ...

This game worries me! We should no doubt win it BUT the scope for things to go wrong is big. As we have already seen this season against Brackley and Telford it is often easier to play with freedom when expectations are lower. In the position we have today there may be more of a fear of losing that...

Don’t disagree that Elliott has been the best of a very ordinary bunch of signings, apart from odd flashes, at best.......but what 1 out of 7 decent signings is ok then? Does TW interview fill you with any confidence at all that he knows what to do to put it right. No, apart from it’s back to the d...

Came away deflated after that game, which is not me. Not just as it was another defeat at home, and out of the cup again, but the big loss of money, (not sure the players realise how much the fans had to dig deep to pay their wages and will have to do it again next year unless we can raise cash by ...

Knowing that Ainge was signed to play alongside Styche, if both are available I would think it more likely that today's team would line up as a 4-4-2. I agree that the spearhead formation suggested is the one which works best, but I feel that does require Syers behind the striker and if he isn't ava...

Having watched the match highlights I was surprised that what was being talked of as a stone wall penalty for Darlo was dismissed by the commentary team as certainly not a spot kick. From what I saw it appeared to be a good shout but they had the benefit of seeing it as the ref would have in real ti...

[quote="50 years"]Last year we had a larger budget under MG and we were in a no better position, only 10 games in this season and some good and bad games it is true, but with lots of injuries, new players etc therefore unable to field a settled team, even on Saturday we had three changes to the one ...