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Why do threads always descend into personal point-scoring? I don't really care if someone thought Gowling should have been given more time, or if Martin Gray was the only man to get us out of the mess, or if the signing of an injured Asante was an egregious assault on our very existence as a fan ow...

Competitive sport is (or should be) about winning every single time. If not, then what's the point? That doesn't mean it should be the expectation, but you can't tell a manager or a player to only try to win half their games. If we were to go up (can't believe we're seriously having this discussion ...

Why do threads always descend into personal point-scoring? I don't really care if someone thought Gowling should have been given more time, or if Martin Gray was the only man to get us out of the mess, or if the signing of an injured Asante was an egregious assault on our very existence as a fan ow...

Obviously not but for the record I thought there was no point in getting rid of Gowling because someone like Watson would not want to walk into that mess. Delighted to have been proved wrong on that. I doubt that very much due to your constant defending of Gowling and the fact that applicants such ...

A fantastic achievement that we have stayed up, considering the absolutely dire position we were left in after Gowling was sacked. Well done to Watson and Mitchell and the players for stepping in and stepping up and producing a magnificent run of results and retaining our National League North plac...

I think we'll need to deepen the squad a bit if we're to do well next season. We have been quite lucky over the last few weeks that injuries haven't hit too hard (other than a couple of long term absentees).

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Yeh, Young won't be back. I'm sure a new GK will be a priority, and I'd hope that we have a good chance of securing Cornish and Barrow on contracts. If we can get those sorted early on, move out a few of the squad players/under-performers, then we should hopefully have a decent core of a side to fle...

Darl-Zero wrote:Not everything will go our way but I still think we should come out 3-1 winners.
I'm basing this on the 2 games I've seen this season. Curzon and Warrington away.
Let's hope I'm not needed at Chester.

Hope you had a bet on that scoreline!

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Things have fallen apart on and off the pitch at Blyth since the takeover. The takeover has yet to go through so we've been hamstrung in terms of recruitment. The old Chairman has been reluctant to invest while he's selling the club and the new chairman unwilling(or unable) to do so as he doesn't o...

I also like Hodgy and he definitely made Quakers one of the best teams to watch at that level I always thought this was a myth of his own creation tbh. He always used to talk about us playing this attractive brand of football, but other than than undeniable technical ability of a few of the players...

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Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:52 am

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Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:50 am

So, if I'm looking at this correctly, we beat Farsley on Sat and we are mathematically safe as, regardless of what Blyth do in their last two games, Farsley won't be able to catch us.

Correct. It's a big old game.

Fair to say its our biggest game in something like 8 years?

I also like Hodgy and he definitely made Quakers one of the best teams to watch at that level I always thought this was a myth of his own creation tbh. He always used to talk about us playing this attractive brand of football, but other than than undeniable technical ability of a few of the players...

Things have fallen apart on and off the pitch at Blyth since the takeover. The takeover has yet to go through so we've been hamstrung in terms of recruitment. The old Chairman has been reluctant to invest while he's selling the club and the new chairman unwilling(or unable) to do so as he doesn't o...

Get something on sat then we cant start making the statues, second bit is a joke of course but what a job both have done! Jokes aside, get Sat out of the way then pray we can tie both Steve and Terry down for at least another year, 2 ideally. Yeh I think even if we were to go down, assuming we can ...

There's one or two things gone on in the background at Blyth that don't sound great. Apparently there's been a couple of cutbacks at the club since the takeover was announced with a big fanfare, one of which means the club is no longer providing food for the players on away trips. The independent s...

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Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:50 pm

Just when NLN wave goodbye to Bishop Stortford, up come Needham Market FC - almost Ipswich!!

Needham Market will go south.

We will get Chesham and possibly Oxford City and St Albans I think.

Personally, I'd be very happy with that!

I think Southport are still in a spot of bother even though they have 53 points. Their goal difference is only 1 goal better than ours and they have 2 massive games to play. They are at home to Rushall on Saturday, and on current form I quite fancy an away win, and their final match is away at Sout...

It was pointed out much earlier in the season how few points separated pretty much everyone from 5th down, and I expect that's played a part in why a slightly higher total than usual will be needed to stay up this year. Spennymoor looked in danger of being sucked into the mire a while ago but are no...

Unless he's absolutely ripping it up in training, I can't see Watson putting him in under current circumstances, and it seems unlikely that he's ripping it up in training if he's lacking match fitness.

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Here’s one specially for you 97 Best Manager ? Worst Manager ? Worst signing made my worst manager ? Best signing by worst Manager ? Player who looked completely lost but has improved once someone who knows what they’re doing has guided them ? How about "best manager we could've had"? Sent from my ...

Player of the season: Cedric Main. I know he's not been here long but he is everything we were missing and he's been crucial in this (fingers crossed) great escape. Best young player of the season (u23): Matty Young Best signing: Cedric Main Most improved: Toby Lees Mr consistent: Will Hatfield Mos...

Player of the season: Cedric Main. I know he's not been here long but he is everything we were missing and he's been crucial in this (fingers crossed) great escape. Best young player of the season (u23): Matty Young Best signing: Cedric Main Most improved: Toby Lees Mr consistent: Will Hatfield Mos...

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Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:32 am

I don't mean to be funny but what the feck's holding that stand up at the back....
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Its got about as much chance of staying up as a Josh Gowling Darlo side

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Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:43 pm

Watson's record is 10-0-9, not a single draw!

But crucially a +50% win ratio. I couldn't have dreamed he'd win 10 from 19 at the point when he joined.

And it took a few games for us to get into gear - there wasn't a 'new manager bounce' when he came in.

If we go down this season, it's not because the referee/linesman got that decision wrong yesterday. It's because for the vast majority of the season we've been dogshit. Funny how these terrible officials are only ever terrible in one direction [emoji2371] Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk If ...

If we go down this season, it's not because the referee/linesman got that decision wrong yesterday. It's because for the vast majority of the season we've been dogshit.

Funny how these terrible officials are only ever terrible in one direction [emoji2371]

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To me the 2 must win games are Southport and Farsley any other points are a bonus This is my take also - annoying I'd have only had Farsley if we had beaten Rushall... They might be the two most winnable games (on paper) but heaping all the pressure on those two games is also not a great idea. We s...

Saw this thread from Leamington FC on Twitter last night regarding their new ground. Lots to be jealous of, not least the level of support from Warwick District Council. If only DFC could get some real strong local government support behind us and build the football club into the local plan. https:...

It would be a real surprise if he's able to make a meaningful contribution in the final 5 games of the season. He's been out so long now that he's probably still in need of this "mini pre-season" that was talked about months ago. He's very clearly been injured, unfit and fragile over a very long pe...

I wonder if Asante comes into the reckoning for this match. Maybe a place on the bench. Not sure why we’d want him on the bench - for me Main , Nelson , Curry and Rutledge should all be in the side before him (if fit ) We need togetherness and team spirit You seem to be suggesting that Asante's inc...