Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

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Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by MikeinBlack2 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:46 pm

Alan White out of side as he is needed by Harrogate Town!

Darlington (4-4-2): Bell, Davis, Hunter, J Robinson, Scott; Moore, Edwards, Galbraith, Thompson; Purewal, Johnson. Subs: Hall, Brown, Pilatos, P Robinson, Dowson
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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by super_les_mcjannet » Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:47 pm

Gary Brown is on the bench today.

Although I think he may need an operation on his ankle soon.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by MikeinBlack2 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:48 pm

super_les_mcjannet wrote:Gary Brown is on the bench today.

Although I think he may need an operation on his ankle soon.
Hope he isn't brought on too early and re-injures himself. Good news if he is near to match fitness though
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Post by MikeinBlack2 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:54 pm

No sub keeper?
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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by MikeinBlack2 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:02 pm

Craig Stoddart ‏@CStoddartEcho 2m
Gary Brown is on the bench...wearing goalkeeping shorts. And there’s no Craig Turns, so can only assume Brown is DFC’s reserve keeper today.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by Darlo_Rob » Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:05 pm

Brown definitely sub keeper, as under 18 keeper is also injured.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by joejaques » Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:17 pm

What's the weather / pitch like at that end of the world? :roll:
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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by Darlo_Rob » Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:20 pm

Thompson just hit the post

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by AndyPark » Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:46 pm

0-0 at half time with Darlo on top.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by MikeinBlack2 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:09 pm

Johnson off - Dowson on
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Post by MikeinBlack2 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:14 pm

Galbraith off - Robinson on
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Post by MikeinBlack2 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:37 pm

Substitution:- Chris Moore OFF - Bruno Pilatos ON
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Post by MikeinBlack2 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:48 pm

FT 0-0
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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by joejaques » Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:15 pm

Curzon Ashton only drew as well, so perhaps not much damage done. :roll:
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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by MikeinBlack2 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:25 pm

On the plus side, the players got in the right places etc just didn't finish well. On another day it could have been 4-0 or if we had been unlucky 0-1 lol
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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by njb » Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:27 pm

Not sure what went wrong today, far too many players well below par. Although we didn't set the world alight the first half it looked like only a matter of time, but we just fell away in the second half and only a great save from Bell got the point. Galbraith just doesn't look fit to me and Davis needs to be in midfield to get some drive. Can't really single any players out good or bad, just a bad day at the office hopefully.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by super_les_mcjannet » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:07 pm

Disappointing today, when the team was announced it seemed a bit strange and possibly disjointed and that was how we played. Given that, we done enough to get a goal or two in the first half but it didn’t happen.

Gott would have been great in he second half today, I get the feeling the team was in a bit of transition today. White getting called back, J Robinson getting put straight back in after only getting back on Friday, where was Turns and Davis being played at right back.

Does the current squad today possibly reflect why Gray showed his frustration in the papers in regards to the attendances?

It’s a long season and whilst today was very frustrating I have faith that Gray will get it right.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by poppyfield » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:10 pm

njb wrote:Not sure what went wrong today, far too many players well below par. Although we didn't set the world alight the first half it looked like only a matter of time, but we just fell away in the second half and only a great save from Bell got the point. Galbraith just doesn't look fit to me and Davis needs to be in midfield to get some drive. Can't really single any players out good or bad, just a bad day at the office hopefully.
agree with this, should have won, just no spark at all, disappointed.
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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by D_F_C » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:21 pm

could have been 4 in the first half, and agree it just looked like a matter of time. More disappointed at the second half showing, we didn't create that much.

Nevermind, onto the next game

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by quakerste » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:29 pm

Disappointing game today. Not getting the early goal was the issue today as Harrogate parked the bus across the penalty box and we ran out of ideas on how to move it.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by Big Tim » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:45 pm

The fickleness within our fanbase showed today, booing a clean sheet and a point against a hard working team? Pure arrogance, it's embarrassing!

We didn't play well, too many chances wasted and we were lucky to even get a point tbh as Harrogate did create a few decent chances, just one of them days. Also Steven Thompson needs to stop diving/going down too easy in the penalty, absolutely no need for it.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by D_F_C » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:57 pm

Big Tim wrote:The fickleness within our fanbase showed today, booing a clean sheet and a point against a hard working team? Pure arrogance, it's embarrassing!

We didn't play well, too many chances wasted and we were lucky to even get a point tbh as Harrogate did create a few decent chances, just one of them days. Also Steven Thompson needs to stop diving/going down too easy in the penalty, absolutely no need for it.
Whilst I can agree with your first paragraph I don't agree with too much in your second.

I think the chances were about 8-1 in our favour therefore I think they are the lucky ones really.

In the second half when their keeper went walkabout, one of their defenders knocked into Thompson and I'd wish he'd of gone down. He didn't and tried to score

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by Big Tim » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:02 pm

Can't quite understand why you'd 'wish a player to go down'

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by love it! » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:29 pm

Big Tim wrote:Can't quite understand why you'd 'wish a player to go down'
To get a penalty, score and take 3 points rather than 1 point. Not rock science

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by swadquaker » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:33 pm

love it! wrote:
Big Tim wrote:Can't quite understand why you'd 'wish a player to go down'
To get a penalty, score and take 3 points rather than 1 point. Not rock science
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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by HarryCharltonsCat » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:37 pm

Big Tim wrote:The fickleness within our fanbase showed today, booing a clean sheet and a point against a hard working team? Pure arrogance, it's embarrassing!
Agree with this. Have these people followed us for long - do they not remember the seasons where a point at home was a good result because most weeks we got beat. We are in a better league, and aren't going to thump everyone every week like last season - to me that's what football should be like, not shooting fish in a barrel. If we go up this year, then there is no doubt we will have had to earn it every week.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by m62exile » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:45 pm

Get over it man. There was a very small minority of fans who booed at the end of an abject performance, the day after a petulant outburst by the manager.

Whilst I didn't think it was worthy of booing some of the stuff I've read tonight seems to suggest everyone not being happy clappy every Saturday tea time is somehow disloyal. The team deserve measured criticism when they are poor just as they deserve our adulation when they pla well.

For 70 minutes today they were crap against the worst team we've played all season, and there was an arrogance about the performance which Gray needs to be all over before Tuesday night.

Those at the facts, time to move on.

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Re: Darlo v Harrogate RA Match Thread

Post by Darlo_Pete » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:47 pm

That was really poor fair today. We could have still been playing and we still wouldn't have scored. I brought along extra people today and they won't be in a rush to repeat the experience.

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