Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

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Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by poppyfield » Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:42 am

Up date here please.

I predict Cartman to start and to bag one :thumbup:
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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by jjljks » Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:08 pm

Would love to see that plus a clean sheet of course :thumbup:

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Comfortably_numb » Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:29 pm

Clean sheet a priority for me

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Darlobaz79 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:28 pm

Carts Starts

Barts
Portas (right back?)
Ferguson
Turnbull
Collins
Galbraith
Gillies
Syers
Beck
Cartman
Caton

Subs: Ed
Scott
Thompson
Saunders
Vaulks

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by H1987 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:38 pm

4-3-3 with Syers and Gillies in midfield? Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

(Or we'll destroy them 5-0...)

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Darlobaz79 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:40 pm

Or maybe Caton on the right of a midfield four?

Barts
Portas Collins Galbraith Ferguson
Caton Turnbull Syers Gillies
Cartman Beck

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Spyman » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:59 pm

Darlobaz79 wrote:Or maybe Caton on the right of a midfield four?

Barts
Portas Collins Galbraith Ferguson
Caton Turnbull Syers Gillies
Cartman Beck
That looks like it'll be the one.

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Darlopartisan » Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:00 pm

A very small crowd today be lucky if there's 1200 in

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Post by Darlopartisan » Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:27 pm

Beck just hit the post,good move.

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Darlobaz79 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:33 pm

Collins off Vaulks on

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Darlobaz79 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:53 pm

HT 0-0

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by SwansQuaker83 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:56 pm

Darlopartisan wrote:A very small crowd today be lucky if there's 1200 in
I thought crowds were going to rise when we got back to Darlo :roll:

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Darlobaz79 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 3:00 pm

1277 in attendance

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by SwansQuaker83 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 3:01 pm

Darlobaz79 wrote:1277 in attendance
Really poor

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Post by Yarblockos » Sat Sep 09, 2017 3:14 pm

Not bad for a team in the bottom half of NLN who haven't won in 6 games.

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by JamesDarlo » Sat Sep 09, 2017 3:57 pm

Wasn't just the players who let us down today, absolutely no atmosphere. Piss poor.

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Darlopartisan » Sat Sep 09, 2017 3:58 pm

The only good points today are , we got a point Cartmans back and I thought Vaulks played well , apart from that pretty poor.

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Post by H1987 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:00 pm

Brutal attendance, brutal result.

Attendances i thought would be higher, but i think BM leaves a lot to be desired. Aside from being able to go for a beer and walk from the town, I think HP was actually a better experience. Sigh. We'll get there. There'll be more days like this though.

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Post by Makka Pakka » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:13 pm

That performance was awful. Couldn't work out what the plan was. Fergie huffed and puffed but accomplished zero. Why didn't Thommo come on for Gillies?
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Post by H1987 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:14 pm

I wasn't there today, but i'd assume because if the games I have seen this year, he's been very poor? (Not that Gillies has excelled particularly)

Where on earth is Wheatley? Is he injured? If we're not going to give him a go now, when nearly everyone is out of form, then what is the point.

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Post by HarrytheQuaker » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:21 pm

H1987 wrote:Brutal attendance, brutal result.

Attendances i thought would be higher, but i think BM leaves a lot to be desired. Aside from being able to go for a beer and walk from the town, I think HP was actually a better experience. Sigh. We'll get there. There'll be more days like this though.
I've been saying this since we moved there it's not a solution for me and NOT home and NEVER will it doesn't matter how much money we raise, it's a s*** ground end of!!! Shame as I love the club it's my home town club... 2000 for the FA cup do me a favour...

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Makka Pakka » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:28 pm

I think I'm more disappointed with the performance than the result. The kind that has a knock on effect on attendance. Sub 1000 on Wed?
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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by SwansQuaker83 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:39 pm

HarrytheQuaker wrote:
H1987 wrote:Brutal attendance, brutal result.

Attendances i thought would be higher, but i think BM leaves a lot to be desired. Aside from being able to go for a beer and walk from the town, I think HP was actually a better experience. Sigh. We'll get there. There'll be more days like this though.
I've been saying this since we moved there it's not a solution for me and NOT home and NEVER will it doesn't matter how much money we raise, it's a s*** ground end of!!! Shame as I love the club it's my home town club... 2000 for the FA cup do me a favour...
I agree...

Anyone know why we were selling cup tickets on general sale today? I was there at 2pm and there was a separate table for general sale cup tickets...

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Feethams 1966 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:46 pm

As far as I'm concerned the season fizzled out by the end of August. Hate to say it but after years of progress we may have passed our high water mark.

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Vodka_Vic » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:47 pm

We appear to be stuck in a vicious circle. Gate prices were put up so that the budget wouldn't be reduced with the expectation that we'd be up there challenging. However, we're not, so people are voting with their feet. We desperately need a cup run to improve publicity and interest.

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by al_quaker » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:51 pm

Disappointing. Poor crowd too - I dread to think what it'll be like on Wednesday.

The players tried, there was plenty of effort, but next to no creativity. I thought Cartman may have given us a spark, but he was anonymous until he missed what appeared to be our best chance (although it was hard to see as I was sheltering in the Tin Shed from the rain). Something needs to change to give us something different. Maybe time to give Saunders a go from the start - at least he'll give us some pace.

Vaulks looked like he had potential at least.

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by al_quaker » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:54 pm

HarrytheQuaker wrote:
H1987 wrote:Brutal attendance, brutal result.

Attendances i thought would be higher, but i think BM leaves a lot to be desired. Aside from being able to go for a beer and walk from the town, I think HP was actually a better experience. Sigh. We'll get there. There'll be more days like this though.
I've been saying this since we moved there it's not a solution for me and NOT home and NEVER will it doesn't matter how much money we raise, it's a s*** ground end of!!! Shame as I love the club it's my home town club... 2000 for the FA cup do me a favour...
I feel pretty much exactly the same BUT whats the alternative? The Arena? I suppose we could try and save up millions to build our own ground, but we can't even afford any more seats right now.

BM is what we've got, so we have to try and make BM as good as it can be.

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by LoidLucan » Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:55 pm

If they had been a bit more clinical in front of goal they could easily have won it as they had the best chances. And it's difficult to see how we are going to patch together a defence out of what's left from the injury wreckage. Looked like Portas had a hamstring problem and Collins hobbled away. Didn't look good.

Extra seats?... It doesn't look to me like we'll be troubling the judges this time around.
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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by Darlo94 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 5:17 pm

Piss poor. I thought the performance against Spennymoor was awful but this was just as bad. Were fairly dominant first half, Caton looked dangerous and Portas had a good showing at right back, but second half we seemed completely out of ideas to break down a team that had turned up for a 0-0. Attendance not great but you can't expect to convince people to pay £14 to come and watch that.
There were some kids slide tackling each other on the sideline that were better entertainment than the match.

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Re: Darlington FC V Leamington Match Thread

Post by SwansQuaker83 » Sat Sep 09, 2017 5:41 pm

al_quaker wrote:
HarrytheQuaker wrote:
H1987 wrote:Brutal attendance, brutal result.

Attendances i thought would be higher, but i think BM leaves a lot to be desired. Aside from being able to go for a beer and walk from the town, I think HP was actually a better experience. Sigh. We'll get there. There'll be more days like this though.
I've been saying this since we moved there it's not a solution for me and NOT home and NEVER will it doesn't matter how much money we raise, it's a s*** ground end of!!! Shame as I love the club it's my home town club... 2000 for the FA cup do me a favour...
I feel pretty much exactly the same BUT whats the alternative? The Arena? I suppose we could try and save up millions to build our own ground, but we can't even afford any more seats right now.

BM is what we've got, so we have to try and make BM as good as it can be.
Yeah the arena.

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