Darlo Uncovered

Other telling stat was shots Darlo 4 Walsall 1 but theirs was on target

We had no legitimate reason not to let them go. If there was another international involved then we could have had the match postponed Anyway, we sorely missed them & hope they can do the business for us when we play Gainsborough Trinity on Saturday. Will be interesting to see how many of the 3006 g...

For me Hatfield was MOTM ahead of Thommo. Fitness told in the end & lack of options on the bench also came home to roost. Agreed. If we could only clone Will & have them on the bench... Stage was set for Thommo to step up & break the 100 goals mark in front of the TV cameras, but he just did not ge...

Security were 100% ineffective, letting people stand in prohibited area in front of Tin Shed, stood by when people vaped 2 yards away & still some wassocks threw flares before and after the game. Just reinforced the point that BM is not equipped for giving a good view if there are more than 2000 att...

Lads did themselves proud, but effort alone not enough & we did not have players on the bench who could alter the game. Really needed someone to lead the line & hold up the ball.

You'll be wanting VAR as well?

Think it is easier to do the most dubious XI or perhaps give a bench of 5 subs to settle some of the contentious omissions, like White / Wheatley / Cartman / Jameson / Beck?

Vodka_Vic wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:35 pm

We are 1-0 down with 15 minutes to play. A helicopter lands on the rugby pitch next door and Osagi and Justin get out. They leg it to the bench where they are immediately brought on and both play a hand in a 2-1 fightback.

But wouldn't it be great television?

Mixed bag for our lads in Mexico. Bermuda lost 2-1 after Mexico scored in 90+3 minutes.
Osagi credited with an assist but picked up a yellow card on 65 mns & then subbed.
Justin played for 81 mns then subbed.

Is there a dress code - "no flares"
Baggy jeans be OK?

There are so many things about the Sporting Village / Hub beyond our control, particularly the time-scales. Until the politicians make a commitment and some financial agreements are made, all we can do is contribute our & any League requirements to the debate and save our money.

Hope someone puts the covers on tonight. Forecast for heavy frost.

I wasn't going to but, I just watched the highlights , my advice is don't , it will destroy any hope you might have for Wednesday. Thanks for the warning, but a bit late for me. Hot knife through butter in the first half with a lack of tackles upfield & letting them run at pace down to our box, the...

Maybe they will sell a few more of their tickets?

Laing can cause the defence problems, but mainly in ours. Agreed he is good in the air, but not sure he is able to turn or hold the ball up if he played CF, like O'Neill did. Really need someone from midfield to run at their defence & get into the box to create chances. Would love to see Thommo take...

One ray of hope to come out of Brackley was the debut of Lambert in 2nd half (which we won)

Hope the lad has brought his shooting boots with him. If AA thinks Jack can do us a job, then he must have some talents.

Old Git wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:54 pm

No pun intended sadly not that clever

Intended or not, I liked it!

We do have 2 games in hand, there is a lot of away games ahead of us, if we play each one as if its a cup game, we will move up the table nicely. :) Trouble is the squad is stretched by recalls, injuries & international call-ups not to mention the red & yellow card situation. Even if AA can bring s...

The main issue is of course the ongoing talks over the Sporting Village which are still taking place.Board member John Saddington who is a town planner by profession seems to be leading this for DFCSG. Hopefully something concrete to report before the end of the season. Freudian slip perhaps with "...

One way round it is for the rain to keep coming down in Brackley & Darlo but forecast doesn't look too bad :( I know we have a massive cup game next week, but we really need the Brackley game to go ahead, as we'll end up in a massive fixture backlog if it doesn't go ahead. Going down to Brackley fo...

I think I saw a £100k figure on here brought in through the cup run so more than enough for Alan to strengthen the team I would have thought. Only a fraction of the cup run cash would be available as there are long-term commitments which also need the money. Best we could hope for is to get O'Neill...

One way round it is for the rain to keep coming down in Brackley & Darlo but forecast doesn't look too bad

Already fewer than 500 tickets left for sale (11pm Tuesday night).
The link to buy online worked very easily, so well done to our commercial & IT people.

Thanks to the 500 members for helping to get us started. This cup run will help to make us self-sustaining if we invest in our future & not splurge on mercenaries. Ok we may need a couple of emergency signings to shore up a stretched squad, but I would trust AA to do the right thing.

Looked like Clarke had his 1st team back for shooting practice. They are top of their table. Mark Cooper said "we were rubbish. I learned nothing. Saturday's game against Plymouth is more important" and had given an outing to some 16 year olds & 3rd choice keeper. Sounds like Walsall had been given ...

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/scotland/50389854?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCKAE%3D#aoh=15735969917617&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fscotland%2F50389854 Just an example of recen...

Let's take a leaf out of the Premiership when so many players conveniently get "injured" ahead of internationals then miraculously heal & fit to play in crunch matches.
No names but you know who they are.....

The match is not all-ticket but do not expect to turn up at the turnstiles 5 minutes before KO and get in.

As Roy Hodgson might say - we also played Wiverpool in our roaring twenties heyday. Applauded off by an appreciative Kop after a gallant 1-0 defeat in the cup. Also we should allow Wednesday after that 40 yard winner in the league cup. Before the league cup lost its lustre. Except he wouldn't thoug...