Darlo Uncovered

I'm sure we'd all tolerate the media shortcomings and 'Ray' if he and they were representing a winning team, maybe even find the output endearing. so it seems a bit unfair to keep taking it out on them because the main issue is the prolonged difficulties on the field. It must be hard for them having...

Is this Mardi-Grass 'DJ' the same guy at Quakers - can we expect celebrations at the Meadows soon?

A wiseacre prediction. Darlington 2 Scarborough 0 - I said it before somewhere but all we need is some better results and the threads will improve too.

Vodka_Vic wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:00 am

Any relation to John Hannah?

I wondered that - John Hannah, the flying picket. We could do with him now.

We just need to win a few games then all the footling nit-picking about what was meant in a pedestrian post, or who might have been transfer listed should subside. Scarborough are quite beatable and if our players can claw back some confidence we can build on it. I posted earlier that I saw some pos...

The next league game = away at top of the table Tamworth next. Gulp. Has away win written all over it to those in the know (in the know meaning long time followers who know it'd be typical Darlo). Lump on if at good odds. It would be typical of Quakers perversity but I saw enough on Saturday too to...

Spyman wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 19, 2023 2:35 pm

I notice he also has a degree in psychology and is Managing Director of a car-leasing firm.

Transferable skills there. Good to see the goodwill and optimism on this thread - 'got to admit it's getting better (couldn't get much worse)'.

Out of interest why does it Scream no ambition? Personal opinion but 24% win record at Rochdale, not an ounce of experience at NLN level, to me that’s not getting the best person for the job. Ambition to me would be going for someone like Steve Watson, knows the level, been there done it, got the t...

Heard tonight that Stockdale has got the job. Screams no ambition to me. Don’t think this will last long to be honest. I hope it’s a deal till the end of the season incase it doesn’t work out I think we will here something today, possibly early afternoon. If Stockdale has got the job I am hopeful h...

I think it's laudable that people - including me - put in as much money as they do. Whoever comes in to manage should respect that. What we really need is a couple of wins and our lot are capable. Remember the feel good factor after the Alfreton result? Some decent results and the right appointment ...

Three oblique mentions on this thread so far for Martin Gray. Is he still persona non whatsit? He must have got the situation with our budget by now so if he can work with that could we work with him? As an unreconstructed Gray ultra I would welcome him and if we want managers with a strong non-leag...

Every other team we play seems to be well organised and difficult to beat. They also seem to be able to exploit our weaknesses. On a good day last season where we clicked, we looked like promotion contenders. Sadly there weren’t enough of those situations. Second observation is that players who loo...

I thought the Brackley, Alfreton and South Shields games showed steady improvement which i thought would be maintained but Saturday was so awful that we seem to be back to square one. This what seems so odd to me, did anyone expect them to run out and play so badly after the encouraging form over t...

The gig is up, I'm afraid. A good management reign has just withered on the vine. It's a shame but it's the truth. Not being able to name a successor is no reason not to want him to go. Look at the change Chester made last season for example. How would we react if the team produces an improved perf...

And Nelson's name is on the score sheet again - the club deserve so much credit for looking after this lad.

One of my problems with Armstrong is that he seems to totally embrace the minnow mentality whenever he is interviewed, but not in a positive way. I sometimes wonder if this negativity has seeped through to the players, and their confidence and spirit has been a bit eroded. We are DARLINGTON FC say ...

I think the reality is that we should back AA simply because we can't pay him off and I can't imagine another Knowles or Little turning up soon. It might sound negative but we do know that Armstrong can manage winning teams. If we win tonight - and I think we can - we might have something to build o...

On the plus side we certainly created some decent opportunities with Hazel and Salkeld linking up well on a couple of occasions. Salkeld was getting a ridiculous amount of stick on Twitter last night, some fans saying he's the worst player they've ever seen. Based on 2 matches. Looks like this seas...

Having moaned all week I think I might have been wrong - on the evidence of our second game anyway; Salkeld could have had a hat trick, Taylors display was excellent, including some accurate kicks down the left, the penalty was very dubious and their goal was brilliant rather than reflecting poor de...

PierremontQuaker03 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:38 pm

Anyone know our win/draw/loss record in the last 20 games?

I think that's best left unexamined but never mind we did well at Hereford last year so maybes with a bit of luck ...

PierremontQuaker03 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:38 pm

Anyone know our win/draw/loss record in the last 20 games?

I think that's best left unexamined but never mind we did well at Hereford last year so maybes with a bit of luck ...

We did well at Hereford last year so why not this season? There's a lengthy thread waiting on that one and I think we'll get it after Saturday's match. Is that really the extent of our managers faith? It's the daftest thing I've heard from him and makes me think he's lost the drive and imagination a...

An on/off switch would have come in handy for me with some of our comedy defending. Looks even worse on the highlights. Don't think Curzon will find many teams as generously obliging. Exactly, OG reckons a cup run plus avoiding relegation could be acceptable but I don't know how you could swing tha...

Old Git wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:35 pm

shildonlad wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:18 pm

Aaron martin gone to south shields

Is Martin instead of Beck?

Is that a reference to Aaron Beck a pioneer of CBT thinking? If he's available and fancies it he would be a real addition.

What game are you talking about? I've been playing exclusively gambling lately, which has slightly lost touch with the outside world and the gaming industry. By the way, not so long ago I found a new online casino, which I hadn't heard about before and info about which can be read at the link, and ...

Thank you, I knew there must have been a Ford. This is my last one I promise - if it's vehicles, what about Lawrie Pearson?

Desperate measures if our defence creaks next season? Incidently, how many vehicles have played for Quakers? We must have had a Ford in our time, wasn't Mick Tait built from an old Tank and somewhere in the old Soviet Bloc there must have been a sporty little car called a 'Bortic' - a nice runner in...

Who were they, the Chubby Hoofers? Lets have a sub-thread here - my own favourite in recent years is Scott Ainge but there must be others, wasn't Martin Burleagh a stocky kicker?

I think the Olivier Bernard issue shows up the difficulty of grafting top players onto a team who are not on the same wavelength. He struck me as the kind of player you hardly ever see at our level and used to a different standard. The other players don't always pick up on what they're doing. Peter ...

DavidCurriesMullet wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:44 pm

And what will the windowlickers do if he does get one?

Who are they, associates of the bed wetters,friends of the arselickers? Or an unkind name for people on a bus - any carpet baggers among the posters, wall bangers or are we just becoming overcome by potty mouths?