Darlo Uncovered

Who’s contracted for next season? Bar those, I’d probably only want to keep Hatfield if he’s not in the above. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hatfield , Nelson and possibly Asante. Not sure on Main. Priority for me is ensuring Steve W and Terry M are with us. Can you imagine relegation with no ...

Yes I know to protect both parties, ie you can’t just give someone a 2 year+ contract and say, sorry your out here’s a months wages You can if there is a clause in the contract which allows you to In which case it's not a two year contract. Fixed term employment contracts require the employee to fu...

What does a "two year contract" mean, then? Have you seriously never seen or signed a contract before? Almost every contract is full of clauses and various terms to protect both parties in case of disputes. That's literally the point of a contract. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk Yes I know...

Aye you can just terminate 2 year contracts for a couple of months salary.. :wtf: It would be completely bizarre to offer a football manager a 2 year contract that didn't include any break clauses, notice periods etc given the nature of football and the rate at which clubs change managers at every ...

I’m conflicted. I don’t think mass change will be helpful but I’m so disgruntled with the decisions made and the attitude shown by some people on the two boards. It is highly unlikely that we will stay up, so only because of that I think we keep the same leadership as having wholesale changes off th...

Is that a fact? I’d heard we weren’t paying AA anymore? What do you know?! He knows fuck all.He needs counselling. Aye you can just terminate 2 year contracts for a couple of months salary.. :wtf: It would be completely bizarre to offer a football manager a 2 year contract that didn't include any b...

The fact Armstrong and Asante are still likely going to be costing us next year is frightening Is that a fact? I’d heard we weren’t paying AA anymore? What do you know?! He knows fuck all.He needs counselling. Aye you can just terminate 2 year contracts for a couple of months salary.. :wtf: Notice ...

It is a good summary but it doesn’t suit 97s narrative that the club is being mismanaged. Don’t know if he has some personal grudge with some people at the club, or is just a serial moaner, but either way he is beginning to sound like a broken record. Old Git, are you not seeing what’s in front of ...

Same issue, zero creativity. Hatfield & Platt both tough, hard working midfielders but neither of them can create literally anything. Liddle back to non existent self. Cannot win games with those 3 together. We can't win games with Lees and Lawlor together either. They just aren't solid consistentl...

In the boards defence, they had to take a risk given Armstrong left them up s*** creek with his woeful management That being said given his record would have hoped there is at the very least a breaking clause or agreement he is on reduced wages next year if we go down I’ve never known someone so ob...

We’ve missed out on another target today who has ended up at Shields. As much as I hate the idea, we may be better going with what we have rather than signing people for the sake of it, find a formation that gets us scoring goals again and see what happens I tend to agree. Even with one or two addi...

It has already been stated that we have applied for a 70% grant towards the work. Not absolutely certain that it has been approved, perhaps we are still waiting for the money to come through. Only club officials would know the answer, so as others have said, maybe ask the people in the know what th...

Darlopartisan wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:51 pm

Does this work in our favour as regards recruitment, judging by the team selection, without a shadow of a doubt, again no Asana , would be good for to know what the score is with him.

He’s an over the hill wage thief that Gowling spunked the budget on. That’s the issue

MikeinBlack2 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:47 pm

Wasn't he meant to have been coming to Darlo earlier in the season as a coach/player but went to was it York instead? If correct what has changed his mind? Large fee and or wages? Just curious not putting the potential signing down or anything.

I think that was Stockdale

Of course we are not going to give in but let’s be realistic here, we probably need to win 10 out of 19 games. We don't need 30 points. We need 8 wins and then some draws along the way. Just as hard to see it happening mind, not sure we are able to be unbeaten never mind win. Can't help but feel we...

Yep if Fenton is on our radar he will also now be on Spendy's radar as well. Possibly even Shield's radar again. Same with Watson who is my pick. He may even end up on Hartlepool's radar. We've double fucked this up, firstly by turning down quality applicants for Howling, secondly by taking too lon...

LoidLucan wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:11 pm

Probably would have been better if JG went before Hazel did.

And then spunked all the money on his unfit and uninterested mate. Absolutely disgusting that this whole farce was sanctioned

Happy with this. No mention of a power point at all.

And Spenny have now got shot of Dickman. Wonder if they've got Fenton lined up already. I'm afraid skint and probably relegated Darlo are maybe at the end of the queue. It's looking like we had our big chance and a clear run at the managerial market when we sacked AA. Now the water is muddied. I'm ...

The danger of taking MG on a short term free deal is that it could prevent us from employing a better long term solution.

However, I think we’re fucked this season regardless of who comes in, so taking MG and resetting in summer may be the best thing to do.

Don’t worry Martin Gray says he’ll work for free…that’ll help IF this is true I don’t see that we have any choice tbh. Beggars can’t be choosers If it is a free deal then it’s a no brainier, regardless of previous shithousery. I’d be interested in knowing if there is any survival bonus in this “fre...

That’s a bit of a circular argument, if those in charge were infallible they wouldn’t have given Armstrong his contract (or Gowling) in the first place, and I think It’s reasonable to question (politely) the impact of this on the financial situation at the club While I don’t think they are to use y...

Darlo_Pete wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:55 am

Surely a decision will be made in advance of 2 crucial games over the weekend?

It doesn’t look likely. A statement has come out announcing Rose as being in temporary charge for Saturday.

I expect the departures at both South Shields and Blyth will complicate the managerial search.

If it’s Hodgy we may as well turn the lights off on this season now. I would like to have him in as a club ambassador type, but not the manager.

It can’t be AA. That will divide the fans further

Only problem is where do we get the money to even pay the binman if he wanted the job never mind all these names that people are bandying about We don’t really have much choice in paying. What’s the alternative? Danny Rose?? No thanks. Gray may be a less expensive option. He’s been out of the game ...

Julio Arca and assistant Tommy Miller just been sacked at South Shields. Anyone fancy them? No thanks Why don’t you think they would be suitable? I may be wrong, but I don’t think Arca has managed a relegation scrap or improved a club which is massively underperforming. He got SS up last season, wh...

Darlopartisan wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:38 am

Julio Arca and assistant Tommy Miller just been sacked at South Shields.
Anyone fancy them?

No thanks

So a guy who has been out of management for 5 years is the best we can hope for? or a guy out of management for 20 years? Really? Has Gray ever successfully fought relegation? Or just been a decent manager when having the biggest budget to work with? We are what, 7 points off safety. We apparently ...

I expect budget will be very tight, so having 2 names like Gray and Hodgy will be pushing it.