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by MB86DFC
Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Chorley
Replies: 144
Views: 52990

Re: Chorley

Based on how the first 5 minutes played out, I’m very confident that Chorley would’ve won this game easily 11 v 11. JG points out that the players looked tired after Saturday and he’s definitely right but why is that the case? Chorley are part time, they played Saturday, what’s the difference? I ju...
by MB86DFC
Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:27 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Chorley
Replies: 144
Views: 52990

Re: Chorley

Based on how the first 5 minutes played out, I’m very confident that Chorley would’ve won this game easily 11 v 11. JG points out that the players looked tired after Saturday and he’s definitely right but why is that the case? Chorley are part time, they played Saturday, what’s the difference? I ju...
by MB86DFC
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:50 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Gowling MUST go!
Replies: 81
Views: 29275

Re: Gowling MUST go!

lo36789 wrote:
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:44 am
Telling people off.

Sorry I know what I'd do at work if someone 'told me off'.

"Bye"
Great way to prove my point. We want players with grit and fight, not ones who run away / hide when criticised or disciplined.
by MB86DFC
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Gowling MUST go!
Replies: 81
Views: 29275

Re: Gowling MUST go!

I don't think Jonno and Morley would have accepted our recent performances. And do what, exactly, to reject it. Be shouty at grown adults? I was speaking to someone at Bolton the other day. He was recounting how Sam Allardyce when he was there would never shout at players. He would always talk to t...
by MB86DFC
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:28 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Gowling MUST go!
Replies: 81
Views: 29275

Re: Gowling MUST go!

It's becoming clear that we've made a huge mistake with this appointment. There are alarming signs that there are major problems behind the scenes with organisation, spirit and leadership and that has been clear in most of the games, not just in last night's disastrous performance. It is going to t...
by MB86DFC
Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:49 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Chorley
Replies: 144
Views: 52990

Re: Chorley

Every schoolboy error was there, from senseless dangerous challenges, woeful marking & no system plus some cracking goals from Chorley & Moke. The Fans Forum needs to be postponed while this debarcle sinks in & people calm down. No it does not. The club need to hear what the owners think. You can’t...
by MB86DFC
Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Chorley
Replies: 144
Views: 52990

Re: Chorley

I think that is possibly the biggest defeat in my time of watching Darlington going back to the 1960s. Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong tonight. All I would say is, let’s try to refrain from knee jerk reactions, and everyone needs to keep calm. I agree. I think chopping the manag...
by MB86DFC
Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:05 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Chorley
Replies: 144
Views: 52990

Re: Chorley

I think that is possibly the biggest defeat in my time of watching Darlington going back to the 1960s. Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong tonight. All I would say is, let’s try to refrain from knee jerk reactions, and everyone needs to keep calm. I agree. I think chopping the manag...
by MB86DFC
Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:44 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Chorley
Replies: 144
Views: 52990

Re: Chorley

No dressing up an awful result, hopefully a freak occurrence driven in part by the sending off but you have to question the players desire/professionalism to concede 8! All they can do is put it right and perform with some pride v Scunthorpe and more importantly in the league. Will sort out players...
by MB86DFC
Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Chorley
Replies: 144
Views: 52990

Re: Chorley

They must be playing to get Gowling sacked. What the fuck was that ????
by MB86DFC
Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:40 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Chorley
Replies: 144
Views: 52990

Re: Chorley

For me Nelson should be the next out the door, he's never shown any kind of form with us since he has been back. I know its harsh, but we have got to think of the club and survival. Perhaps Alun and Danny were so invested in his rehabilitation that they couldn’t see the wood for the trees. Fact is ...
by MB86DFC
Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Darlo v Chester
Replies: 99
Views: 31327

Re: Darlo v Chester

Superb result. Even though we conceded two, we didn’t collapse so encouragement can be taken from this resilience. Glad the 5 at the back seems to be gone.
by MB86DFC
Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Reality
Replies: 62
Views: 16427

Re: Reality

Quaker-Ste wrote:
Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:01 pm
And just how do you think we can afford to sack another management duo?
Can we afford not to?

As DJ stated, there are clauses meaning we don’t pay the full contract out for the remaining duration.
by MB86DFC
Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Reality
Replies: 62
Views: 16427

Re: Reality

Darlo_Pete wrote:
Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:19 pm
Nothing should be even considered into the New Year at the earliest.
Even if we lose our next 4 league games?
by MB86DFC
Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Reality
Replies: 62
Views: 16427

Re: Reality

The next manager is whoever the board bring in, hopefully learning from their mistakes in this appointment. Someone like Watson or Lakeland would be nice … I base my expectation that they will be better at attracting players because they couldn’t be much worse than JG. Right, so in your fantasy (ir...
by MB86DFC
Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:22 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Reality
Replies: 62
Views: 16427

Re: Reality

That comment was a bit tongue in cheek, if only we had interviewed him.
by MB86DFC
Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Reality
Replies: 62
Views: 16427

Re: Reality

Under Tommy Wright's reign we flirted with relegation a little bit but I thought we had the players to get us enough points. Guys, the reality is, we have one foot in the next division already. I cannot see us getting out of this. We do not have goals in our team, midfield and attack. We need to ha...
by MB86DFC
Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:59 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Reality
Replies: 62
Views: 16427

Re: Reality

Under Tommy Wright's reign we flirted with relegation a little bit but I thought we had the players to get us enough points. Guys, the reality is, we have one foot in the next division already. I cannot see us getting out of this. We do not have goals in our team, midfield and attack. We need to ha...
by MB86DFC
Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:39 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Reality
Replies: 62
Views: 16427

Re: Reality

Under Tommy Wright's reign we flirted with relegation a little bit but I thought we had the players to get us enough points. Guys, the reality is, we have one foot in the next division already. I cannot see us getting out of this. We do not have goals in our team, midfield and attack. We need to ha...
by MB86DFC
Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:49 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Farsley
Replies: 58
Views: 17294

Re: Farsley

This will be tougher than it looks on paper. Their home form is crap, but of their 6 home games they have played 4 of the teams you’d expect to be in the playoff mix at the end of the season
by MB86DFC
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Ryan Whitley
Replies: 53
Views: 13520

Re: Ryan Whitley

Darlopartisan wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:23 pm
Confirmed, he has signed for Scarborough, now on their website.
Looks like Tommy will be back, unless Eddie Howe starts answering his phone…
by MB86DFC
Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:01 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: The Last 6 Fixtures vs Next 6 Fixtures Comparison
Replies: 35
Views: 10216

Re: The Last 6 Fixtures vs Next 6 Fixtures Comparison

For me the next 2 games are crucial. A minimum of 4 points are needed from these as Chester and Chorley will be very difficult. We currently need to be hitting fractionally over 1.3 points per game from now on the get to 50 points to have a chance of safety. Every game we fail to hit that increases ...
by MB86DFC
Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:54 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Dreadful
Replies: 23
Views: 4385

Re: Dreadful

Going off of Twitter rumours this weekend. Apparently Adam Lakeland, then of Curzon, applied for the role & wasn't even given an acknowledgement. && Steve Watson was apparently 1st choice. At the recent fans forum DJ stated that one of the search conditions was that anyone under consideration must ...
by MB86DFC
Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:20 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Dreadful
Replies: 23
Views: 4385

Re: Dreadful

Going off of Twitter rumours this weekend. Apparently Adam Lakeland, then of Curzon, applied for the role & wasn't even given an acknowledgement. && Steve Watson was apparently 1st choice. At the recent fans forum DJ stated that one of the search conditions was that anyone under consideration must ...
by MB86DFC
Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:16 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: GOWLING OUT
Replies: 224
Views: 54850

Re: GOWLING OUT

This whole thread is a bit s*** I.M.O. This malaise we are in, I mean it's not new is it! I’m not writing anything startling here by stating that the malaise started at the beginning of the year when Beck and others left, but what stuck in my mind then, and still rankles me a bit now, is the follow...
by MB86DFC
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: GOWLING OUT
Replies: 224
Views: 54850

Re: GOWLING OUT

Who would folk want in instead of josh? 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. I have had concerns over the recruitment process. Did they ...
by MB86DFC
Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:20 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Spennymoor
Replies: 52
Views: 11031

Re: Spennymoor

How come we started the game without a recognised centre-back on the bench and left two fit centre-backs out of the squad? So that when Lawlor was injured we had to move Platt from midfield into defence. Isn't it just basic stuff to have some cover in the way Spenny did? Because he is a terrible ma...
by MB86DFC
Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:19 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Spennymoor
Replies: 52
Views: 11031

Re: Spennymoor

Thought we started quite well, and Spennymoor’s first goal came rather against the run of play. Looked like an error from Robson, but he might have been unsighted by defenders lying too deep and not closing down quickly enough. He certainly redeemed himself in the second half making several excelle...
by MB86DFC
Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:27 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: GOWLING OUT
Replies: 224
Views: 54850

Re: GOWLING OUT

GET THAT CLOWN OUT OF THIS CLUB! Beat me to it This is abysmal. Utterly abysmal. Tactics - awful Man management - awful Signings - awful This appointment was so obviously wrong from the minute it was announced. You could see instantly it was doomed to failure. DJ has done a lot of good for this clu...
by MB86DFC
Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Tommy Taylor
Replies: 137
Views: 42727

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...