astottie

3 minutes ago, nzlatic said:

Can I suggest before we all start panicking and assuming the worst that we just wait and see how this plays out and what the full story is?

And where's the fun in that?

1 hour ago, disjointed said:

Thanks doc, I knew it wasn't a Saturday but I struggle with the Christian date process and Palm Sunday if that is what Easter is based on. 

12 minutes ago, disjointed said:

You must live somewhere in between then because it's a good drive even to live near one of them. Fair play to you supporting non league football, I suppose you get priority on away game tickets as well. 

We live in Greenfield but have holidayed over there for years and now have a static caravan over there. Away game priority is not usually an issue.  One coach and its not normally full.

I watched Whitby beat Morpeth 1-0 in the 3rd qualifying round yesterday. Cracking second half. 2 portly goalies who had blinders. I'm a season ticket holder at both clubs and would love us to draw them. The match sponsor was a 65+ year old fan who was sat in his usual seat to my right. With 5 minutes to go he yelled across the Stand to his left to the stadium announcer . 'Oi Tony sponsors man of the match Shane Bland.' Crowd applauding before it was officially announced. 

35 minutes ago, disjointed said:

It was tongue in cheek

Is that how he's rowing the boat?

1 hour ago, daniel said:

Yes, previous owner of Ilkeston by all accounts, whose fans warned of him being dodgy. Someone really needs to start being held accountable for the checks on who can buy football clubs. 

That's interesting because they have been doing well and there is a view that it's because of what he did when he owned the club. I don't know if he still does or has àn interest.

This sounds dreadful. Didn't their new owner own Ilkeston? 

11 minutes ago, Monty Burns said:

literally?

Yes .  written exactly like that and pronounced Ladasha.

Came across this one recently La-a

(Ladasha)

1 hour ago, L1onheartNew said:

Didn't we get hammered by them 7-2 in the ZDT that same year?

After being 2 up in 5 minutes if I recall correctly

16 minutes ago, Gaz_Oafc said:

What's the deal with Harry Vaughan this season? Has he been suffering with injuries?

 

Out of 8 games, he's:

 

Started 1

Come off the bench late on in 2

An unused in 2

Not been in the squad for 3.

I think Hull have made a couple of shrewd  signings , Scott Twine being one, and have a stronger squad than last year.

2 hours ago, Shrek said:

We were already playing that before Reid came on

Yes. Nutters had gone wide left.

7 hours ago, Monty Burns said:

l would agree we don't give the subs long enough. at least Hallam did sumat good and got clapped by the main stand, l liked that.

The clown who sits behind me said ' he was on 20 minutes before he touched the ball on Tuesday so I'm going to time how long he takes before his first touch today.' Thereby missing his first touch within 5 seconds of coming on.

3 hours ago, Lukers1 said:

The more I see Thompson and Muzza on  the touch line the clubs in safe hands on the playing side.

 

If the results come I’m sure we’d all be happy with that combination.

If the results come in I'd be happy with Laurel and Hardy.

Jonathan Greening has done well at Scarborough and has a good pedigree.

Kofi Moore scored 2 for Wuckington today.

Dean Furman and Javid Swaby Nevin played for Warrington Rylands at Whitby  today. My mate on Furman- how many games did you say he played for Oldham? 

58 minutes ago, Gaz_Oafc said:

Thought we were ok overall.

 

Should have managed the game better though, and I agree with the above, bringing Nuttall on exposed Sutton, although what he was doing dropping off so deep on his own for their second?

 

The referee's are absolutely atrocious in this league, I thought they were bad in the EFL but fuck me, so bad down here.

 

Unsworth looked proper deflated towards the end.

Sorry but it's impossible for Unsworth to look deflated

1 hour ago, St92 said:

Watched it on TV

 

Slight improvement at times, but not enough improvement by a long way.

 

We only seem to score when we get help from their GK which is a huge concern with our strikers

 

Again, we created nothing for Norwood

 

2 games in the same week where we get a player sent off for 2 yellows where one was for kicking the ball away

 

Poor game management from DU, bringing Nuttall on when we have Sutton obviously struggling with cramp. And playing Nuttall as a winger full stop is poor.

 

Stupidity from Hogan and Hudson for their 2nd

 

And again, poor from DU to have the bench set up as it was. If we're playing 433, you need wide players on the bench. They're not world class players, but Hope or Tollitt has to be on the bench for that. You don't need Reid and Nuttall there when you're playing with 1 ST. Needs to be brave, pick which one he wants, and the other isn't in the squad. Willoughby can play wide or central so there's the option if you need to bring more forwards in to the team.

 

All in all, struggling to see what people are seeing to think DU can turn it around. Looks like a matter of time before we have to change it for me, and if we wait too long it could be another season of trying to avoid relegation.

 

Expecting a big drop in crowd for Dorking

Agree with every word. 433 looked OK before the subs. Wooden and lop sided afterwards 

25 minutes ago, Longlostfan said:

On your travels if you find a rb/rwb and maybe a manger let us know.

I think we may have enough strikers if someone knew how to use them or get the ball to them.

24 minutes ago, Longlostfan said:

@astottie that's not to say we aren't interested in your observations.

Fair point, will do. The lad at Worksop and Green at Scarborough are wingers worth a punt. Greening might well be a manager worth going for. I'll keep my eyes open.

4 hours ago, BP1960 said:

 

Yes all forward thinking players, add Berry and the 4 would take some stopping.

Even Regan Linney scored, who I suggested to the club but was told not good enough scored again. Willoughby was signed instead and although he has a reputation of scoring goals I thought Linney was more a menace to defenders.

Although I've only seen him once I've recommended the giant Ashton United forward Marcus Cusani for trials, Unfortunately, the situation is we already have 5 so it's not going to happen.

Its a shame really as he's quick, mobile, brings others into play and showed a phenomenal work rate..and when I saw him he scored twice against Burnley's  under 21s.

PS. I see Alex Robertson of Manchester City who was available when I highly recommended him to the club has joined Portsmouth on loan.

I saw Ashton on Saturday and Cusani scored twice and I was impressed with him. First goal was an excellent first touch of a dropping ball and a good finish. Second he was upfield on his own with only the keeper to beat  and looked a mile offside.

He's big and played on the left up front. I'm not sure he's a giant but I suppose that's relative. Interestingly the Ashton fans I was speaking to were giving him grief! Another one in that league who's looked good is Luke Hall winger at Worksop. Already been sent off this season he'd fit in!

7 minutes ago, LaticMark said:

York City have sacked manager Michael Morton.

I wonder who they would go for. Greening might be a good fit but I can see their owner wanting a 'big name'.

The general feeling seems to be that there is a buyer in the wings and that it will be completed within the 42 days. My concern would be that its been dragged out for ages now. Is there brinkmanship going on from one side or the other? This could still go belly up.

10 hours ago, redlion said:

Wonder if he celebrated with a lovely portion of cod and chips ? 

He couldn't go wrong round here.

And scores...... with a header.