Darlo Uncovered

Beano wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:10 pm

loan_star wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:35 pm

Looking more likely it’s Hodgy as interim manager.

We could do a lot worse and it would generate a buzz and a bit of PR for the club.

I’d love to know who his number 2 would be! Any clues?

Martin Gray for the 1999-2000 reunion

Yarblockos wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:37 pm

Martin Gray can come back and bring along his mate Raj Singh, who having eventually disposed of Hartlepool, will have the money to invest in the club giving us a record budget which AA can come back and spend by giving Andrew Nelson a new 10 year contract.

I think there’s a recognition that this appointment needs to be one that fans will get behind and galvanise support in the run-in. I think Hodgson will be involved as a Director of Football with MG as manager. If not him then maybe AA. Hodgy’s presence will swing the doubters and help to generate a ...

Darlopartisan wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:16 pm

Fairly sure Hatfield is not interested in management at the moment.

They asked him when AA left and he said ‘no’ due to work commitments in Leeds - sensible fella

Vodka_Vic wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:14 pm

His team talk the other day, with the f word every other word was embarrassing. Not that I'm a puritan, but if you're swearing every other word, you're not communicating effectively.

Watch it and look at the players’ faces. They’re not buying into his nonsense

We need a firefighter who can get a tune out of this squad. Other managers refer to how we are good on paper etc but something is clearly rotten and the rot set in last winter. It was negativity all the way from January and this continued over the summer, spilling into this season. Beck and Lambert ...

Loved MG’s contrary interview responses…
Week 1
Ray: ‘well Martin a 3-0 win. You must be delighted?’
MG ‘no not at all.’

Week 2
Ray: ‘well Martin a defeat today. You must be disappointed..?’
MG: ‘not at all I was delighted with the performance…..but one thing is clear this club needs investment…’

Agreed. He should’ve gone at the end of the season. Once we kicked off 23-24 he should have had longer. It’s not like we’d have been adrift by Christmas. The Buxton debacle was difficult and was never fully explained. Thing is he’s not really a ‘coach’ and we lost count of how many average teams cam...

To restore some sort of ‘vibe’ (to paraphrase Chandler) I think the new boss (or new old boss/old new boss) will have to have a connection with the club

We are still paying Alun and Danny Rose is staying put…maybe AA is ready for a return?

Gowling gone

That was a terrible performance today, we just didn't seem to have any clue how to beat BS. The pitch was terrible today, the ball was bobbling all over the place. But it was the same for BS as for us. No doubt we'll win on Tuesday. Credit to the BS fans who make the long journey up when your botto...

Love him. My favourite player last season and this (less competition this season). Never gives up and never loses possession cheaply

I think had we won tonight we’d probably have gone and blown it Saturday. (I blame myself for taking off my mint green away shirt after 5-a-side and having a nervous shower. Come out and it’s 1-1)….Jonny back on Saturday plus Asante fitter and stronger. I’m quietly confident because this is still an...

Looked like Hazel waved us farewell today as he was subbed and then the way he approached us at the final whistle. Sukar had a good game today. I still think he has future leadership potential

Exactly this…we obviously rested players with an eye to our two pretty crucial games next week. Thought Lees looked at fault for the first but he grew into the game and looked more solid. Second was a long-ranger. My standouts today - Griff, Sukar, Moke, Ngandu. We looked better when Will and Salkel...

Adriano is my favourite player. Tidy on the ball and never gives it away. Definitely worth keeping him to play in front of the back four with Platt or Lindley

Chesterfield Twitter confirms he has left the club after contract termination by mutual consent. Wikipedia also has him as being a Darlo player

Playing devil's advocate here. In his interview I believe he had analysed Darlington games, maybe even watched them, and has concluded that a number of players, who have played appallingly since February, are not good enough, regardless of seniority or not, so feels the squad needs big changes True...

Set to be announced on loan from York City, Taylor won’t be returning. For me he would be a good signing , has kept over 20 clean sheets when on loan at Scarborough, was also very highly rated by Andy Collet who wasn’t a bad keeper himself For me Whitley and Burton are the types of players who shou...

AndyPark wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:48 am

no
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.

I had heard that Lakeland had got to the final three candidates along with JG plus one other

Christ I’d forgotten about Lindley already…can’t keep up. Yes sorry Winfield LWB. Lindley will have to play also so a ‘name’ might have to de dropped? Squad has gone from too small to having several players for each position. Presumably Lindley is a replacement for Moke who I like but fear is not in...

I think he will stick to 532

Robson
Rowe Griffiths Lawlor Burton Winfield
Ngandu Platt/Lindley Hatfield
Simms Hazel

Although he seems to like Salkeld so could find a spot for him

Interestingly myself & Vodka_Vic spoke to his dad at a game and he basically said that TT had zero confidence in the defence in front of him. I know he has a biased view but interesting all the same

Meanwhile Junior Mondal, who AA froze out last season, is banging them in for Whitby

So when Alun was saying’we knaa what we’ve got in there Ray’ did he genuinely believe that we had a competitive team with good characters etc or was he just trying to get us all pumped up? When we hit our poor run he then talked about ‘the lads are fragile’ etc. it seems like those worried about our...

I like this too. Only issue is Hedley is very right footed to play LB. Also whenever we play 442 there’s a loud consensus that ‘we keep getting overrun in midfield’
I don’t like 352 but JG seems intent on playing it as did Alun throughout pre-season hence his addition of Windass. Is he injured btw?

On reflection, if you break us down player by player, there aren’t many who you would single out as not being good enough for NLN football. TT - solid keeper Griffiths- good RB Lees - solid CB Lawlor - mostly solid CB Sukar - mostly solid CB or LB Mustoe - mostly solid LB? Platt - very good DM Hatfi...

I thought the goals were pretty awful at the game. On YouTube they should come with a XXX rating. To call it schoolboy defending would be an insult to schoolboys. This has been a failing for too long now. Maybe Lambert and Beck papered over the cracks last season? JG was right in his interview that ...

If some players are unhappy that their cosy status quo has been busted then they should have tried a lot harder to keep AA and DH in a job. It was too cosy and poor performances didn’t result in team changes for months on end