Darlo Uncovered

it was only a matter of time before one of these rich foreign consortiums tried to take a club right from the bottom to the top, rather than buying an already established premier league side. notts county was a good proposition as they already have a large stadium c20k, some history of partial succe...

yeah a stadium for £13....if only eh

There's no hard and fast rule (at the moment) that would see us deducted points if we start the season in administration as we have already agreed a CVA. The 'tests' that are mentioned must be what the FA alluded to last week with their statement in response to Raj's. No doubt with us being in admin...

Todd said we might possibly be out of admin by the end of this week (tomorrow is 28 days since CVA was agreed) and will definitely be out by next week - i think he was just playing it safe. Also as far as im aware Todd said money gained from the friendlies would be used to help pay off the admin - t...

if todd manages to pull off the signings of franks and waghorn i'll worship him forever, these lads have done very well in pre-season and franks could easily find himself involved in the boro squad, while waghorn could no doubt find a championship/league 1 club that would take him, thats if bruce do...

I thought kendrick did improve towards the end of his darlo career, altho not sure what he's been doing since todd played mark bower at left back during his time at bradford and he's currently on trial at chester, who if reports are to be believed are in a right mess, he's more a centre half that ca...

uncovered wrote:personally i would have thought Colin would have said something tonight on BBC Tees if he had let them go.

he dropped enough hints

Came across well on the radio and is under no illusion its going to be difficult but he's keeping positive which will hopefully rub off on the players. Also thought it was a lovely touch to invite a young caller and his parents to meet him before the game for a chat about the football club. That and...

Todd would definitely have been better off waiting until he was able to tie everybody to contracts before letting those two go. He must obviously have replacements agreed to come in. unless he thought that might be even harsher - ie tie the players down thinking the whole bunch were staying, only f...

Think its a tad harsh on both if true. Craig James - although we know about his last stint here, he could have at least been offered a 'back up' players role! he's a waste of a wage, even as backup he's a liability, todd obviously thinks he can bring someone else in thats better, and we may not hav...

i think timing is the key here, i think todd has been very shrewd in when he has come out and said what he has as fingers crossed we'll be in a position to offer contracts to those he wants to on what gets me is why he didnt just get a verbal agreement with the lads who could possibly be snapped up ...

BishopQuaker wrote:

divas wrote:

BishopQuaker wrote:I'd be impressed if we got Orange again.

hmmmmm

Lovin' your work

hahaha, i wouldnt hold your breath tho, there's been contact but thats about it.

Can somebody ask him if he tried to keep Ryan, or if Ryan had already decided to go, if he answers that he didn't try and keep Ryan then the obvious follow up question is James, WHY? Followed by abuse. Think the answer to this will be plain for all to see no i did not try to keep ryan as he was out...

Surely Bannatyne would be worth tapping for sponsorship? I know he's said he'd never own a football club etc etc, but what does he have against sponsoring one? cant see what he'd get out of it return on investment wise, and he's tighter than a ducks arse under water unless there's summat in it for ...

BishopQuaker wrote:I'd be impressed if we got Orange again.

hmmmmm

in this day and age in the bottom tier your lucky to get a transfer fee for anyone unless you either paid one in the first place for the player, or the player is a young up and coming talent that is bought by a bigger club using that rationale i reckon that lot will be worth absolutely zero we *may*...

they were in the second tier around 15 years ago, not getting massive crowds but still a sustained 7-10k, something which we've never done, looking at the gates for their big cup games it also seems as tho the floaters are there, the likes of which will probably turn out again should the club start ...

i hear ya mate and i know where you're coming from, notts will no doubt make a success of it if they people behind the club are genuine as they have a history of good crowds and a big city to get behind them - id imagine they could realistically emulate what hull have done in the next 5/6 years. the...

ill be calling to ask "Toddy" if he reads this messageboard, and if so, what he thinks of it, and whether he knows Darlo Pete.

I'll also then be raising the issue of the pie price increase....scandalous.

if anything i expect it to be in an advisory capacity, im pretty sure he wont be involved in much day to day stuff

wonder what ricky thinks of it all?!

the club are currently actively looking for new sponsors, however i dont know if the shirt sponsor will be one of them.

maybe we'll bear raj's prestige group as a sponsor.

Was expecting a few to be over for trials this pre-season what with Todd's links to the area. Suppose being on the bones of our arse means that they cost to fly them over and house them is an unneccessary luxury we cant afford.

the days of us having 20 odd first team players are long gone, if we get 3 loan players, and its a big IF, then that will be the strongest squad we can possibly hope for this season. the kids such as main, gray, riley and groves will see a fair amount of action this year. we've been spoiled for the ...

I thought there was a rumour we were looking at Keltie? very much doubt it, we're probably better covered in CM than any other area of the team and keltie wouldnt come cheap. priority is full back, right wing and centre forward 3 key season long loans and we could be transformed from mid table medi...

dont quote me on this either but i heard somewhere that griffin is back at stockport :wtf: correct, both griffin & poole are on trial at stockport, or at least they were 2 weeks ago. stockport's budget wont be a million miles from ours as they are also in administration, hence trialing lads that ha...

dont quote me on this either but i heard somewhere that griffin is back at stockport :wtf: correct, both griffin & poole are on trial at stockport, or at least they were 2 weeks ago. stockport's budget wont be a million miles from ours as they are also in administration, hence trialing lads that ha...

Being tracked by Norwich, Swindon & Notts County, lets hope he honours his gentlemans agreement with Todd and signs when we (fingers crossed) come out of administration on Thursday.

Spyman wrote:

RH79 wrote:Is it an injury? We are going to need him and WIndass ot lead and show an example to the younger lads

Presumably he's still recovering from the operation he had at the end of last season.

correct - he is in light training at the moment - drinking ale and smoking fags.

princebishop wrote:Is he the ginger haired midfielder?
Thought that he was useful against Sunderland

no, thats lumsdon, altho he's also impressed, as has jeff smith on the left, its not all doom & gloom.

former boro midfielder was at mk dons a few seasons ago and released by brentford last year, his talent wasnt in doubt but he'd missed a fair chunk of time out injured.

if he can stay fit he'll be a massive asset.