Darlo Uncovered

100% this - no way Gray unites the fan base. The same can be said for Hodson too - far too many people see Frank Tweddle's book on us as their sole source of managerial inspiration. The only thing that will unite the fanbase is winning matches. The reservations about MG would be largely pushed asid...

grimsbyquaker wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:24 pm

Rose hasn’t gone (yet) so expect he took training tonight

We shouldn’t be left to assume that.

For me Martin Gray is the obvious choice until the end of the season, he's available, he take's no prisoners - dropping out of this league will set us back years, the people that don't want him back need to bite their tongue for now if it means we stay up. There is no obvious other choice. Needs mu...

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Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:39 pm

CrazyDarlo wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:17 pm

Nothing against him but he hardly “ticks all the boxes”.

May I ask who does?

Well nobody but on paper Martin Gray, Steve Watson and Graham Fenton would tick more boxes.

Nothing against him but he hardly “ticks all the boxes”.

Looking more likely it’s Hodgy as interim manager. If this is true our board may as well resign too :thumbdown: Absolute laughing stock I disagree. If people are happy to appoint someone even on an interim who’s not managed for almost two decades then I’m done with this club The truth is that the g...

All Hazel needed was a big lad alongside him with some ability to keep at least one defender busy. We have replaced him with someone who could have been that man but needs someone like Hazel alongside him….. And does he have that at Boston..........if so why are the goals not flowing? Don’t you rea...

What’s the craic then? Seemed likely that Danny Rose was going to step in as caretaker at least for now but no announcement of the sort as of yet.

Whitby manager Nathan Haslam if we accept relegation is now nailed on, would be my choice. Used to the division below and turning out a reasonable team on an average budget (you would think). By all accounts applied last time when Gowling was given the opportunity. Either way we are now skint and l...

So a guy who has been out of management for 5 years is the best we can hope for? or a guy out of management for 20 years? Really? Has Gray ever successfully fought relegation? Or just been a decent manager when having the biggest budget to work with? We are what, 7 points off safety. We apparently ...

There’s legitimate reasons why MG might not be the right guy for us in the long term but in the short term it makes a lot of sense. He’s 100% the best we can hope for.

Managers are desperate not to have a relegation on their CV, the job wasn’t an attractive one when JG got it, it’s even less attractive now. Watson was the calibre of manager I was calling for before but can we attract him in our position? Not convinced.

Personally I think he should’ve been given more time given the mess he inherited and that things did seem to be going in the right direction before the Bishop Stortford game. You have literally lived up to your name of Crazy. He should have gone after we were thrashed 8-0. Regarding the mess he inh...

Lawman3 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:17 pm

Gray can only be effective managing a big fish in a little pond,

Based on what? He wasn’t a big fish when he got us 5th in the NLN.

Personally I think he should’ve been given more time given the mess he inherited and that things did seem to be going in the right direction before the Bishop Stortford game. That being said, if we have a better candidate lined up then I’m for it as things are getting desperate and survival looks un...

I suspect we’ll see a similar type of game to what we saw in the previous two home matches. We should have plenty of control in the game, just hope we can show a bit more of an edge in the final third to get us over the line. Harsh to change a winning team but I do feel that Griffiths and Salkeld ha...

Seadog365 wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:55 am

Rutledge got a hat-trick for The Seadogs yesterday. Can’t believe you didn’t snap him up when you had the chance

What makes you think we weren’t in for him?

:) Are they being asked? Or have they come together and said they want to stay away to increase the chances of a win? If it’s the latter then I can’t see any problem They were asked. So they were asked if they wanted to contribute towards an overnight stay, or travel down and back on the day? They ...

I'd settle for 0-0, I really would. Definitely not.Its now s*** or bust time to get out of this mess .We’ve got to have wins to catch up.I’ll settle for 0-0s when we’re safe. I mean it isn’t it’s December but two very important games nevertheless. Four points would be a very good return and a clear...

Taken from Banbury forum
“Pitch currently playable and has been prepared. River level well below critical point.”

Crowds won’t drop significantly from what we’re seeing this season at BM, the 1 to 1.2k have proven to be pretty much unmovable, even when playing 10 miles out of town. The only difference will be the 1 or 2 decent away followings we get a season in the NLN. 4 out of 24 teams go down every season. W...

The Golden Hairclip wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 03, 2023 7:21 pm

Did Hodgy actually say these things? I ask because they’re categorically untrue. Nobody turned us down either, Josh Gowling was first choice.


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I suspect you’re probably right, seems highly implausible that Hodgy was ever offered the job.

Are we forgetting the whole - "I've never lost by more than two goals" statement? And all is not what it seems regarding the Sukar situation either. Excuse us for not accepting things on face-value. I missed most of the fans forum with the live stream issues but I did hear Gowling clarify that he c...

Are we forgetting the whole - "I've never lost by more than two goals" statement? And all is not what it seems regarding the Sukar situation either. Excuse us for not accepting things on face-value. I missed most of the fans forum with the live stream issues but I did hear Gowling clarify that he c...

Mustoe is back in full training as of last Thursday, which is why he's not on the list. That be an end to the utterly pointless speculation about him. We constantly moan about club communication on here but when our manager tells us a player is injured and people still don’t believe it, what more a...

Mustoe is back in full training as of last Thursday, which is why he's not on the list. That be an end to the utterly pointless speculation about him. We constantly moan about club communication on here but when our manager tells us a player is injured and people still don’t believe it, what more a...

Honestly, have we got no patience at all in this fanbase? Asante is an outstanding coup for a club in our position, regardless of the fact it’ll take him a couple of months to get up to speed. Gowling said in a recent interview that he hoped he’d be ready to start against Southport. This! Whilst he...

Whatever Asante is on it's a waste of scarce resources - he's being paid for cantering around for ten minutes or so, seeming to be quite unfit then it's the usual just wait and see we get from the club. They could tell us honestly when he's likely to be fit. What must the other players think of thi...

Whatever Asante is on it's a waste of scarce resources - he's being paid for cantering around for ten minutes or so, seeming to be quite unfit then it's the usual just wait and see we get from the club. They could tell us honestly when he's likely to be fit. What must the other players think of thi...

You obviously believe him. I and others do not let's leave it there. The Taylor and Sukar situations tell us that the manager says one thing but the grapevine (often coming from people who know) tells us something to the contrary. What situations? You mean dropping poorly performing players? And tr...