HarryCharltonsCat wrote:No-one was commenting on how they approached the game. The original comments were about them raising their game against us, and cheating their fans the rest of the season by not displaying the same level of performance. Which as the Lancaster fan has pointed out, is not the case.My opinion wrote:Beano wrote:Correct.Darlogramps wrote:I agree with HarryCharltonsCat.
Sides always improve their performances against the bigger and better sides. These performances are a one-off, with the team playing beyond their usual level.
It's very difficult for professional footballers to play above their normal level for a whole season, let alone part-timers.
Darlington are a big draw in this league, owing to our history, fan-base, ambition etc and sides are always going to want to beat us. There's more kudos in beating us than there is in beating Burscough or one of the Ossetts, with the greatest of respect to those sides.
That's just the way it is and it's something we have to deal with. Most sides raise their games when we play, particularly when we're away to them. More often than not this season, we've been able to break them down, sometimes going on to trounce them.
Fact of the matter is that Clitheroe and Kendal were better on the day and beat us. It's as simple as that. To complain about them improving their performances for us just comes across as bitter. If anything, we should take it as a compliment.
Similar circumstances would apply if we had the opportunity to play a Football League side or one of the larger non-league sides such as FC United.
Two things.
1 If we were to play a football league side it would be a one off, probably in a cup game. I would only expect us to play the way Lancaster did if it was a cup game and to get a replay for extra revenue
2 If we were to play FC United and played the same way as Lancaster did, I would be shouting for the manager to leave the club.
When i go to watch a game that involvs Darlington I expect us to at least show some ambition for most of the game
Quoted from a Lancaster fan "In fairness in 2015 we have beaten Bamber Bridge, Northwich, Salford (you're welcome), Mossley, and Droylsden, as well as drawing with Spenny and yourselves."
Well what happened when you played the also rans, them teams you have mentioned have been around the top all season so in a way this proves my point that you can beat the best teams so what about the lower rated teams that you don't get the results against. If I was the manager I would be asking them players why perform against the best if you can't beat the rest means cheating the Chairman, Manager and fans because they only turn up when it suits them.