Darlo Uncovered

Windass was not signed as a player. He doesn't want to play, Todd doesn't want him to play, he was only ever cover because we had fuck all players.

The club is losing thousands every week

Is this true? I thought we had a s*** squad because the budget was based on getting s*** crowds. And we haven't disappointed.

I assume that everyone who hasn't mentioned Craig Liddle has either forgotten or was unaware that he was on loan before he signed.

Of players who haven't gone on to sign for us, I thought Lafferty was quality.

This may seem a bit strong of a word but he has FAILED 3 times with you, how many chances do you want to give him What were the 3 failures? 99/00 is debatable, we finished 4th and lost a play-off final 1-0, had we won it, it would have been a success. 06/07, it was said on here that he had a large ...

You've got a talent there.

Don't think McAndrew was ever in charge, wasn't he from the Little / Gray era? Maybe you're thinking of "Big Fat" Ray Hankin.

"one place above the drop zone is the equivalent of us winning the league this season." 3rd bottom is the minimum requirement. Had we been -30 or something then this statement might have been true. I believe this set of players are better than they are showing at the moment, I am cautiously optimis...

Didnt Hodgy claim that he would never return whilst certain people (Houghton/Sotnick) were in charge, these are no longer here I thought he'd said just plain never again. He won't do it, if only because there is a real chance that we are beyond saving, and he will not want to be the man who took us...

A good manager would have had us promoted with the players he had at his disposal. Ah come one now. We don't know for sure if we would have gone up last season, but it wasn't going to happen whoever was manager after administration. The season before is debatable but you have to admit we were unluc...

Don't know if he's the same in this interview as he was on BBC Tees last night, but I think he could rival Reynolds for the repeated use of "you know".

Thought we were the better team throughout, and the passing was much much better. Could have scored more, but could have conceded also. Convery put 4 or 5 good crosses in first half including the goal. Smith (G) and Chandler were the stand-out players for me.

1649 for the attendance hope you're right. I think 900.

He was only short term to cover an injury wasn't he?

Yes, that's right, I thought someone would post that!

I think coloured boots draw attention more so fans can instantly identify the player who has made an error and it sticks. Might explain the OTT criticism Keltie got.
Jeff Smith take note.

My over-riding memory of Pollitt was away at Hyde Utd when he told a Darlo fan to "shut the fuck up" when walking back to take a goal kick. We were one down and someone shouted something critical. He said it with so much feeling, everyone stopped in silence.

Speaking of ex-keepers, I see Mike Pollitt is still getting the odd game in the Premiership. Who'd have thought that 15 years ago when he signed for us?

Yes - 15 years

It is oddly refreshing to watch football without the burden of expectation, like the good old days, or were they bad?

We are desperately short of quality at the moment, but battling like that will bring some points, and some entertainment. Gall reminded me of Tommy Wright chasing everything, fantastic stuff.

Wasn't this the game that Swedish superstar Magnus Andersson played his entire Darlo career in?

It's a fine line between success and failure, on another day this wouldn't have been given and the penalty would have gone in. We'll get the luck next time.

Just when you think the world can't get any weirder. I thought gender differences are clearly defined, even if a gadgie does lob off his meat & two veg, you'd surely be able to tell.

There needs to be some homework done on this one because I haven't done any... IF most people only buy one replica shirt (home OR away), why not try to entice them into buying both by giving a discount when buying home and away together. Of course if most people buy both anyway then you sell the sam...

£18 is cheep to watch our club.

Well then £16 is a bargain, which as Wylam pointed out, is what it actually costs. If people feel the need to ignore the £16 entry and say £18 is too much, then I presume that £16 is ok and they are just looking for excuses.

We were very bad in the first half. Probably shaded the second. Overall : didn't deserve anything.

We did ride our luck a bit in the first half and they did hit the bar in the second. I did think Knight had a good game, no clangers to speak of, and Baines did very well. (Yes he did shin a clearance but he got his head to a lot of crosses)

Over 90 minutes we probably deserved to lose because we were so poor in the first half. But we should take heart from a massive improvement in the second half, Thorpe looked a completely different player.

Who the f**k are Darlington Town?

I see on the official site that the Leeds programme sold out - a surprise with the crowd being smaller than most people thought. Is this the new plan to cut losses on the programme this season? Make sure we have none unsold?

Hartlepool conceding 8 (eight) at home to Plymouth.