Darlo Uncovered

don'tbuythesun wrote:Ah Aston Villa!

Michael Oakes,
Steve Watson,
Riccardo Scimeca,
Gareth Southgate,
Alan Wright,
Paul Merson,
Ian Taylor,
Simon Grayson,
Lee Hendrie,
Julian Joachim
Dion Dublin

Subs
Mark Draper
Gareth Barry
Stan Collymore

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Say no to Barney the Dinosaur. Vote 4!

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Their keeper could barely stand up, yet we weren't shooting. And what was even more mystifying were the short corners or outswinging corners instead of getting the ball under the crossbar. We had 9 shots in the second half. How many up until Hatfield's goal? 0 or 1 perhaps. There are 6 on the highl...

Yesterday marked the 25th aniversary of the last all-English Premier League side. "Not Darlo related, do-one" you scream? That team contained two players with Darlo connections. Who can guess who they are? And the last "All English" side to actually win anything were" ? I thought it was West Ham......

They're fine. As with the home kits, not sure what people expect really?

I've voted for 4 but I'd be happy with 3 as I always regret not getting that burgundy kit we had a few years ago when we played at Bishop Auckland.

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theoriginalfatcat wrote:Steve Watson and Julian Joachim.

Correct (although both already guessed above)!

Gareth Southgate also a member of the same team.

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Yesterday marked the 25th aniversary of the last all-English Premier League side.

"Not Darlo related, do-one" you scream?

That team contained two players with Darlo connections. Who can guess who they are?

Any keeper who has made it to semi-pro level, no matter how inexperienced, should be more capable playing in goal than an outfield player (with the odd exception where you have someone who has a decent level of experience in goal). Positioning and technique from someone who has been coached properly...

At least with him being on loan we can presumably terminate it early and use the money to bring someone else in if he's going to be sidelined for a while.

Yes and he knew the score so why did he accept a new contract if he wasn’t happy ? His time was up, move on the rest of us have. I concur. We are where we are and need to focus on the remainder of this season and then plan for next, whatever that involves. Mistakes have been made and we need to lea...

In the absence of Ginge and his stat machine, I've had a look at the fixtures for the bottom seven (realistically, the others are clear of being dragged into the relegation places). Even (rose-tintedly) allowing for us having the best record (W4 D5 L2), we still go down on goal difference. Might ne...

The only hope I cling onto is putting it that we need 6 more points than Kings Lynn, 7 more points than Banbury and 8 more points than Southport out of the 36 that there are to play for. We play Banbury and Southport so that is where we need 3 of them need to come from... I'd say we need 6 points f...

Only so much you can do with a hooped shirt, other than the collared shirt (which looks a bit like a golf top to me), they're all much of a muchness and all completely fine if you ask me.

I was absolutely over the moon for Nelson yesterday to get the goal and assist. His injury problems do look way behind him and he has looked in recent months an energetic and hard working player - just without the goals. Hopefully that will give him a massive shot of confidence because he came on a...

theoriginalfatcat wrote:One of my spies tells me Asante expects to be in the squad the week after next. So that's maybe for the Scunthorpe game?

Or, maybe not?

Out of interest, is Asante related to Stephen "a week away" Thomas?

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That was a real cannon-fire of a shot by Nelson to earn the Victory... sorry but it had to be done :D. Pleased that he made amends for Tuesday's misses and played such a key role in a crucial win. It clearly meant a lot to him. Maybe just the confidence booster he needed. We stuck at it despite the...

It's generally accepted that the club has been run with a very modest budget... and there were still losses to be covered by Platten. Unless there are substantially increased income streams and a huge rise in attendances those losses will be magnified if this guy splashes the cash. Blyth probably a...

we_8_poolie wrote:Robbo .. it may be tempting but don’t give Hazell motm this afternoon

For Buxton? [emoji848]

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I've seen a suggestion that it was £1 with Platten writing off £700,000 loans. It is therefore said to be debt free. There is still no evidence that this new owner has been linked to successful, long-term companies ie not ones that have been dissolved without filing any accounts. The basis for trus...

A quote from the owner: "The financing of football in this country is precarious and can only thrive in the lower divisions where there is either a close collaborative relationship with the local authority, it is a trophy asset or is backed by substantial local individuals and businesses," We fall i...

Nelson's had a tough time with injuries - plus it's only 4 years ago I saw him at Tynecastle scoring the winning goal for Dundee v Hearts in the scottish prem in front of 15,500 people. can only hope Steve Watson can get into his head and turn him around. Lengthy layoffs and knee injuries can be ha...

Guess it just brings it home when you do read of other clubs in takeover talks and the potential money and excitement this brings, just how far behind we are again as a club with little to no sign of it changing. But again you're making this wild, unsubstantiated assumption that clubs being in take...

Bang on. Obviously Kev would be at most matches anyway, but he must be putting in 10 hours of graft away from the ground per match he records - decimating his weekend. He also uses up his leave from work to go shit-tips on a Tuesday night. And all of that is before we talk abou8t the fact that his ...

but I for one would swap that if a similar opportunity came out of thin air. I am so, so happy that we are protected from you or others making such rash and ill-informed decisions to hand over our club to anyone making unsubstantiated claims of being a "successful businessman" and in the process co...

but I for one would swap that if a similar opportunity came out of thin air. I am so, so happy that we are protected from you or others making such rash and ill-informed decisions to hand over our club to anyone making unsubstantiated claims of being a "successful businessman" and in the process co...

we_8_poolie wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:59 pm

we don’t have time for Nelson to get going.

Nelson has had all season (and some of last) to "get going". I think we can safely assume he's not going to get any sharper than he is now.

Just read about the takeover at Blyth and how they are already planning for new players next season. Totally get that it does not guarantee success but my god it helps. So that’s basically every other decent non league club in the N East probably able to offer much better deals than we can. We will...

Bang on. Obviously Kev would be at most matches anyway, but he must be putting in 10 hours of graft away from the ground per match he records - decimating his weekend. He also uses up his leave from work to go shit-tips on a Tuesday night. And all of that is before we talk abou8t the fact that his ...

QUAKERMAN2 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:23 am

LoidLucan wrote:Gowling did pretty much what the Hereford fans said he would. Lots of ineffectual recruits coming and going, often hardly playing.

And didn't Gowling sign James Caton.
Say no more.

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Yep, as did Martin Gray.

That was my point. Gowling signed a crock in Asante. Watson signed a crock in Barrow. Very little difference in the last 12 months for the pair of them, but you can't say Asante was typical of the type of player Gowling brought in. Sometimes players who have been injured work out, sometimes they do...