Darlo Uncovered

Also Thompson clearly does not just have pace about him. He is very strong on the ball. His first touch is genuinely cock arousing and he can beat a player with ease. His issue is without doubt finishing but he also creates a shed load. Don't think I said that Thompson just has pace. All I said is ...

We might as well have had a mannequin dummy up front. Or Michael Smith. But preferably the mannequin. A man who can't see the qualities of Michael Smith and you want me to listen to your views on Broughton! Broughton wasn't what we were used to, but his touch was nowhere near as bad as you are sugg...

On Broughton, he never stood a chance. The amount of abuse he got before he had even pulled on a shirt was ridiculous. In the games I saw him I actually thought he held the ball up ok and he played the ball into the right areas. He was easy to point the finger at because he was slow and ungamely but...

If it was £50,000.02 then it was between 50k and 100k. In fact if that was the case he wouldn't be wrong to say "It is between 50k & 350million".

I'm wondering if the winds help dry pitches out at all. I don't know whether it would have an impact or not really - I can only assume if the water is spread out it can evaporate easier. Slightly warmer winds as well on the West than on the East could that have a slight impact upon evaporation as we...

please don't tell me the North West has had less rain than us. Been no rain in Liverpool or Manchester. Maybe not yesterday, but you'll have had your fair share this year. Ah right, thought you specifically meant yesterday. What impact does being this side of the Pennines have, given the ol' prevai...

princes town wrote:please don't tell me the North West has had less rain than us.

Been no rain in Liverpool or Manchester.

He'll be a class above in the A League....

where is clark keltie now?

This is purely speculating. I would have thought those on contracts may be on £50-£150 per week basic but that would be BASIC (no match played etc.). These will probably be bumped up with £20-£100 appearance fees (depending which end of the scale you are the higher your basic the lower your appearan...

super_les_mcjannet wrote:What we pay will be after Tax/NI. So take home would be £150 and then expenses if we pay them.

So it would be cheaper for us to pay it in expenses.

We might say to player there are no 'additional' expenses being paid - but it would be cheaper for us to claim a proportion as expenses payments.

I remember it being posted on here at the start of the season that we don't pay expenses. Well that's not something to be proud of. If we go by micra's figures - you pay a player £150 - that player is only taking home £120 after being taxed at 20%. Why would we say no expenses, theoretically for a ...

micra3 wrote:Also remember MG has said that no player he has signed has done so for money.

Yes. I remember this was said about Theo Walcott as well, but when put on the spot whether his new contract stalled because of £10k per week he couldn't have deflected the question any quicker!

Not sure how/if say West Auckland pay tax/NI or if they is a way round this that we don't do as we don't have a money man. There is, it's called expenses. I bet if you delved into the Northern League club finances you would be amazed as the distances which players are having to travel for games - b...

DFC players earn between £50 min to £150 max basic per week Where did you get your info from? That doesn't seem enough given where our players have come from. I know West Auckland are paying some players about £250 basic. Would have expected us to be paying something similar to this. Ditto! ;) Thin...

Fibonacci0112358 wrote:

micra3 wrote:DFC players earn between £50 min to £150 max basic per week

Where did you get your info from?

That doesn't seem enough given where our players have come from.

I know West Auckland are paying some players about £250 basic. Would have expected us to be paying something similar to this.

What's wrong with playing on a wet pitch? or a snow covered pitch? or a frozen pitch? Are we all getting soft to need to call a game off if the conditions aren't right? You want a root cause? We live in a culture where if a player picked up an injury because of the pitch and can't go into work the ...

well it changed by here... http://www.darlofc.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23054&hilit=trust "What is the five year plan for the club and where does the move back to Darlington fit in this? The published five year plan was to achieve two promotions in four years. Where the move back to Darlington...

Jazz Maverick wrote:Yeah that'll be it, the government read a drunken darlo fans ramblings on the Internet and decided foreign policy based on it.

The day this happens and it is DCs policy. Is the day I will seek refuge in Burundi.

Makka Pakka wrote:I thought it was 2 promotions in 3 years, twice. Or 4 in 6 years.

Think is was 2 promotions in 4 years...but this was part of a 5 year plan - so it's anyone's guess what was expected in that 5th year!?

This has been discussed before but I was told quickly we had other priorities. Pitch covers would be an asset, something which the club will own. If we had covers we could have had a couple of Saturday games on at least. Not having these games on is costing us much needed Saturday revenue. So I tho...

I thought 5 year plan was 2 promotions? That would see us in Evostick Premier in 5 years. Which suggests to me that only after that time was it seen viable by the previous board to have a ground to then get into BSN (that's my guess as to the reason behind that timescale anyway!). I think we could g...

I know it's a menial thing but I do think it's a nice touch. It is compulsory for match officials in the Northern League (it's compulsory in the Teesside League for that matter) to turn up in a suit and it does add an air of professionalism about the whole set up. Good move in my book - certainly no...

Mr_Tibbs wrote:They're not getting an extension, are they? Has anything changed since Mike Amos said the FA had told him that all games involving promotion need to be completed before May 4th?

Yeh but then someone independently asked the FA and the FA responded directly that it was up to the league.

What planet are you on Quakerz. We've has the wettest autumn/winter in memory, the water table is high the ground is satutared, were do you expect the water to drain to? Look around you, fields are flooded right across the region including other football fields. There is nothing that Bishop Fc can ...

Spenny are going to benefit from an extension to the season... and its very likely to happen now. At some point it becomes impossible to play 5 games a week. Spenny will need one hell of an extension to the season before they start to benefit so no need to panic Correct. What extension can they get...

Just looked into pitch covers on line. Websites I have been on suggest that you can get full pitch cover for under 30k - does lost revenue from Saturday games being called off outweigh this cost!?

princes town wrote:When will we ever learn that big club 'academy' and 'work experience' players do not cut the mustard at Northern league level. It's not all about technique.

Where did that come from!?

Darlo_Pete wrote:I reckon Saturday's game against Gusiborough must be a major doubt, as the forecast is continuous rain from now till kick-off. If that happens then our next game on a Saturday will be at the end of March, around 4 months after the previous one.

Thought it was mentioned that they had pitch covers?

ted_do wrote:Not a dig at anyone we all thought it was the right thing to do but maybe next time the club should always come first.

Next time?