Darlo Uncovered

Looking at the highlights took me back two years when I was at the Alfreton away game. Liddle's incident remained me of a similar event in the first half back then when one of our players went down under a clear leading arm foul, which looked like a clear sending off, but the ref did nothing. The la...

Comparing him to Burn is daft. If it didn't work out then he leaves after the 3 month break and goes back to Iceland. Burn we are stuck with even when he was offered a very good deal by Whickham. I am disappointed that you think that anything in this thread, including my two post, was in any way co...

And he is a local lad[emoji106][emoji110] Just like Johnny Burn. And that's where the comparison ends.Stupid remark. Sent from my moto g(6) play Sorry. It was meant to be a humorous comment on the Burn situation rather than any comment on the quality of Martin, which is, I am sure, what you took of...

jjljks wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 29, 2019 6:27 am

And he is a local lad

Just like Johnny Burn.

I see that Burn was being put through his paces yesterday after the game was over. Did several circuits of the pitch and up and down as well. Any chance he might be considered for next week?

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Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:10 am

theoriginalfatcat wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:57 pm

Re Hodgie’s pre match Q and A session, I wonder if anyone will quiz him on Singh’s failed takeover attempt and his part in it- or would this prove to be a little controversial.

More like Pointless

Surely that is hosted by a different Armstrong?

It is easy to see that we are well short of being the team that AA set out to run with at the start of the season, and even with better luck with injuries it still may have been a tough season to make headway, especially in the opening rush of games. But we are where we are and have to try and make ...

O'Neill is most certainly a forward, but better than that a very good footballer who carries the ball well when surrounded by opponents. I have been amazed how often he manages to come away with the ball when it looks as if there is no way out. And he gives 100 per cent, which shows in the way he ha...

THeres good and bad points of fan ownership im sure and the likes of bury prove its advantages, but one thing thats not been mentioned on here is the clubs that were rescued by fans after bad ownership who later accepted outside investment that they deemed suitable. Portsmouth and york are good exa...

Well, before we play tonight we seem to be about on par with Spenny in terms of where we find ourselves, far too near the bottom of the league. I'm sure they started the season with higher expectations than we did, but that doesn't count for much when you are falling down the league and can't seem t...

As our own club has been through the careless owner experience you can certainly sympathise with any set of fans, who like ourselves, hoped the control of the club was in safe hands. It is also clear to see how it is easy to get seduced by the availability of money to buy yourself some success. I st...

Just something that’s probably been done 1000 times before but something I’ve been thinking about recently! Plus it takes away from some people’s negativity about the team at the minute. Answer all if you can and say something about your decision. Since leaving Feethams who has been: Worst Player W...

It is very early in the season to undo the ills of last season's home form. For those who came and witnessed the often poor fare that was served up last campaign, it will take a few positive results and reports to get the belief flowing again. The team is certainly doing its bit to create a better v...

This thread is getting to feel like a debate over Brexit. There are two opposing views of where the future lies but, without any clear facts to work on, both sides have managed to fill up nearly 4 pages bashing each other over their particularly partisan viewpoint without any benefit , or insight be...

Having just listened to Michael Liddle's post match interview, where he mentions the way in which the current members of the defence are beginning to gel, I would think there will be little reason for AA to make wholesale changes to the starting back 4, bar the obvious need to replace Luke Trotman. ...

Btw did anyone get the 50-50 number tonight, I can't remember hearing it called out, which is remarkable given that the PA was certainly loud. Mind you, given the number of times they got players numbers wrong in the substitutions, I'm not sure I would have believed any number they quoted. It did l...

I have been very impressed by O'Neill and thought he really made a difference when he came on last night. I think we would be a different team if we could get our noses in front, and he certainly contributed to us doing that against Boro under 23s. We haven't started too well in both matches so far,...

Btw did anyone get the 50-50 number tonight, I can't remember hearing it called out, which is remarkable given that the PA was certainly loud. Mind you, given the number of times they got players numbers wrong in the substitutions, I'm not sure I would have believed any number they quoted. It did lo...

I'd like to give a big thumbs up to Tyrone O'Neill who made a big difference when he came on. Suddenly the many aimless balls forward from the first half were beginning to stick up front, and the lad has very good feet as well. Thought Campbell was given more chance once he had a partner to work off...

When it first came out, going back a few years now, that the league were making these demands there was a massive wave of support for everything you do and we all felt the injustice of what the league was asking clubs supply. There seemed to be little respect, on the league's behalf, that the produc...

Heaton won't be signed on in time and Hall is probably still injured, so the team as stated with Watson and Wheatley in to replace these two.

Superb news, absolutely superb. By my reckoning that means the squad must look like the following: Elliott/Hall Trotman/Laing/Galbraith/Heaton/Watson/Liddle Atkinson/Hatfield/Holness/Wheatley/Bascombe Thompson/Rivers/Holmes/Donawa/Bell Campbell/O’Neill With Burn the odd man out. Frankly speaking I’...

My wish for the coming season is mainly to see progress over what was served up last year, and, in particular, a much improved home record. It is great for those who do travel to get reward for their efforts with decent performances and results, but a major improvement in results and form at home is...

Tyrell is still to show something that will get him a place in the set up and he has been given quite a few chances to impress. I could see him going to Bishop if they like what they saw and for us to have a watching brief to see if with some real game time he shows more than he has in the friendlie...

Really wondering where tez fits into this equation mind. Pretty sure liddle will be our starting left back. Nice problem to have though. Can imagine Laing, Heaton & Galbraith being rotated. Liddle & Watson to cover LB, Trotman at right-back (but bare in mind that we have no cover for Luke meaning o...

Just seen the preview write up on the official site which states that the game is additionally being used to make decisions on three players, Scott, Holness, and Bell. After the Northallerton game there was an assumption that Donawa had done enough to get signed but nothing further has been said. Th...

Of the areas that needed improvement, I would imagine he was not too happy with some of our defending which was a bit open and disorganised from time to time, and in the first half we didn't really make our tackles stick, with the ball often squirming out to a Northallerton player. But as was also s...

One thing he talked about that occurred to me last night was the care not pick up any more injuries as the season gets closer. A small squad will suffer if major players are missing through unnecessary injuries in preseason, as has happened already to Atkinson. Maybe this was in the back of the play...

Looks like Donowa will be signed. Not sure about Bascombe and Holness. AA was critical of some aspects of his performance after the last game. Bascome is a bit frustrating to watch at the moment. He can make intelligent cross-field passes that find the man, but will fail to get a 10 yard touch to a...

I think the very warm conditions played their part in the first half, and whilst Northallerton were up for it, I think Darlo were playing a rather more measured game, although this sometimes slipped into the lackadaisical. As the sun faded in the second half Darlo looked far more on their game. In b...