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Post by tonya on Sept 18, 2021 20:23:39 GMT
Just a tad worried we’ll see less than 800/900 there Tuesday night unless we do a £5 special and just get numbers in etc? Surely the club need to act fast and incentivise something, may as well just open the 1 stand…. I'll come down if it's a £5 special not for £15 though. There's a limit to my finances right now. And loyal fans deserve a reduction. I would imagine 800 crowd. The football being served up is dire so give the fans some gratitude and reduce the gates for Tuesday.
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Post by CH2 on Sept 18, 2021 20:35:58 GMT
I'll come down if it's a £5 special not for £15 though. There's a limit to my finances right now. And loyal fans deserve a reduction. I would imagine 800 crowd. The football being served up is dire so give the fans some gratitude and reduce the gates for Tuesday. We've got to be careful though, we have got to take into account the cost to host the game along with having to split the gate money. We'd end up out of pocket (even more if we lose!).
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Post by Moltisanti on Sept 18, 2021 20:37:46 GMT
League prices for a 2nd round qualifier will put hundreds off IMO. 1,100 max there on Tuesday.
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Post by lincolnexile on Sept 18, 2021 20:40:32 GMT
The club can't reduce the price. Darlo want it to be full price and the price can't be reduced without their permission and the smaller the crowd the less the effect of the home advantage. It doesn't make any sense for them to allow a reduced admission price.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2021 20:52:36 GMT
The club can't reduce the price. Darlo want it to be full price and the price can't be reduced without their permission and the smaller the crowd the less the effect of the home advantage. It doesn't make any sense for them to allow a reduced admission price. Yeah that’s a fair point, so we’re pretty stuck with it. Just hope a win will pick up the attendance for Saturday as we need to start getting back towards 2k a game. If not we might have to get some reductions going for a home game soon and not produce a dire performance when we do so 😂
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Post by Lobster on Sept 18, 2021 21:05:36 GMT
It was a pretty awful game I thought, but I'll take it. There seemed to be a lot more shape about us today. Please let's keep Roberts and Askew as full backs, it doesn't need to be more complicated than that. I'd go as far as to say after the scare in the first 10 mins, we never looked like conceding, which is a big improvement.
We didn't look much like scoring either though. I actually thought Stephenson did OK but he does look a limited player and lacks intelligence on the pitch. I certainly didn't think he wasn't trying though. Waring and Dudley both did OK. Great to see Lacey back and not looking like a player who's been out for nine months. Weeks was the poorest performer for me - way off his usual game.
Darlo's ground makes me thankful for the Deva, for all its faults. Stuck in the posh end of town lodging with a rugby union club who seem almost ashamed of them being there. They deserve better than that. Still, they have a decent bar at least.
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Post by waggoner on Sept 18, 2021 22:02:55 GMT
It was a pretty awful game I thought, but I'll take it. There seemed to be a lot more shape about us today. Please let's keep Roberts and Askew as full backs, it doesn't need to be more complicated than that. I'd go as far as to say after the scare in the first 10 mins, we never looked like conceding, which is a big improvement. We didn't look much like scoring either though. I actually thought Stephenson did OK but he does look a limited player and lacks intelligence on the pitch. I certainly didn't think he wasn't trying though. Waring and Dudley both did OK. Great to see Lacey back and not looking like a player who's been out for nine months. Weeks was the poorest performer for me - way off his usual game. Darlo's ground makes me thankful for the Deva, for all its faults. Stuck in the posh end of town lodging with a rugby union club who seem almost ashamed of them being there. They deserve better than that. Still, they have a decent bar at least. I feel a bit sorry for Darlo tbh. The ground is crap really does not feel like a football ground either. And to cap it all their former ground (Northern echo arena) is 2 miles up the road
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Post by Anders on Sept 19, 2021 0:02:43 GMT
Wasn’t the most exciting game but definitely felt like a step in the right direction for us. Defensively we were solid and other than for a 10 minute spell in the second half where they came at us a bit we never looked like conceding. We also had a few more and probably better chances than they did so felt we shaded it overall. I’ll be disappointed if we can’t finish them off at home on Tuesday night in the replay.
Great to see Lacey, to come back from the injury he’s had and not play a game of any description for 9-10 months and slot back in as seamlessly as that was really good. Askew had a good game as well but seemed to get tired late on. Grand’s legs might be going but he had a better game today to be fair. It was one that suited him though I think up against Cassidy, who has always been a bit overrated. Waring and Dudley did ok as well, the former really does need someone to get closer to him which did happen a bit more today. Stephenson was a bit better than recent games but still frustrates, a lot.
Kev Roberts & Askew at full back every week please. That looked so much better than what we’ve been doing so far in those areas.
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Post by everhopeful on Sept 19, 2021 7:32:12 GMT
He was really poor today for me just seemed to be jogging around . Summed up by when he had a chance on goal he sliced it into the side netting . Also his link up play was virtually non existent and passing was poor . Someone is going to have to tell me what he brings to the side because I can't see anything at the moment. Stevenson isnt the best but I think you could get him to do a job up and down the flank. I think he is better defensively than Johnston, for example. Its a strange one because he looked like a decent player when Stockport blitzed us. Looks like he has gone backwards. My neighbour's 3-legged dog is better than Johnston!
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Post by Moltisanti on Sept 19, 2021 8:13:50 GMT
Stevenson isnt the best but I think you could get him to do a job up and down the flank. I think he is better defensively than Johnston, for example. Its a strange one because he looked like a decent player when Stockport blitzed us. Looks like he has gone backwards. My neighbour's 3-legged dog is better than Johnston! He’s probably struggling even more for confidence because of comments like this.
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Post by arthuro on Sept 19, 2021 11:32:22 GMT
My neighbour's 3-legged dog is better than Johnston! He’s probably struggling even more for confidence because of comments like this. Seeing him get a game every week does not do the fans confidence any good either.
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Post by weareblues on Sept 19, 2021 12:31:19 GMT
Thought Danny livesey put in his best performance of the season when we stuck him upfront
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Post by Jack on Sept 19, 2021 13:43:01 GMT
Thought Danny livesey put in his best performance of the season when we stuck him upfront Livesey is a massive threat when he goes up front. He has great anticipation and always seems to be in the right area. He's still got a lot to offer at centre half but definitely think he's good option when chasing a game.
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Post by muffinthemule on Sept 19, 2021 13:47:58 GMT
With what we've got, or haven't got, up front at the moment he may be worth a shout from the start. We've got enough centre backs to cover his move and who knows what may happen
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Post by weareblues on Sept 19, 2021 13:53:32 GMT
Anyone remember when Astles used to go up top for us last 20 mins
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Post by avfo on Sept 19, 2021 14:59:39 GMT
Quotes taken from local press - 'Darlington host York City this weekend, by which point hopefully the grass has been cut. It was too long on Saturday and the pitch was not fit for purpose.' Anthony Johnson, joint Chester manager, said: “We changed the style in terms of what we asked the lads to do, especially when we turned up and saw the pitch and he length of it. Obviously it’s a rugby pitch, so I felt sorry for them to be honest.” Alun Armstrong was understandably furious. The fan-owned club pays landlords Darlington Rugby Club to use the venue, and he said: “I couldn’t believe it when I came in today and saw it. It’s not acceptable. The lads couldn’t control the ball, they were taking three touches instead of one because it was getting stuck under their feet constantly. Alex Purver is usually very tidy on the ball, so I felt sorry for him because the ball kept getting stuck under him. The pitch on Tuesday will hopefully be a lot better and we can play our football and cause them some problems.” Match 'highlights', enjoy - darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/darlington-v-chester-highlights
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Post by Lobster on Sept 19, 2021 16:57:26 GMT
Quotes taken from local press - 'Darlington host York City this weekend, by which point hopefully the grass has been cut. It was too long on Saturday and the pitch was not fit for purpose.' Anthony Johnson, joint Chester manager, said: “We changed the style in terms of what we asked the lads to do, especially when we turned up and saw the pitch and he length of it. Obviously it’s a rugby pitch, so I felt sorry for them to be honest.” Alun Armstrong was understandably furious. The fan-owned club pays landlords Darlington Rugby Club to use the venue, and he said: “I couldn’t believe it when I came in today and saw it. It’s not acceptable. The lads couldn’t control the ball, they were taking three touches instead of one because it was getting stuck under their feet constantly. Alex Purver is usually very tidy on the ball, so I felt sorry for him because the ball kept getting stuck under him. The pitch on Tuesday will hopefully be a lot better and we can play our football and cause them some problems.” Match 'highlights', enjoy - darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/darlington-v-chester-highlightsTalking to one or two Darlo fans before the game, I sense there is no love lost between the football club and the rugby club. They think the rugby club are happy to take their money but peer down their noses at them. Looking around the stadium you would hardly know Darlington FC played there. Stretching those "highlights" out for 10 minutes seems a bit much, although I forgot that they nearly scored in the opening seconds. About as close as either team came all game.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Sept 19, 2021 19:25:56 GMT
At the beginning of yesterday I’d have been more than happy for us to earn a replay, therefore I am pleased we will have the chance to complete the job on home soil on Tuesday. It was a boring match in all honesty, but from our perspective our lads put in a much-improved performance to grind out a draw, thus ensuring we recorded our first clean sheet of the campaign. Up front we had little quality again, but it was in defence where we performed brilliantly with Danny Livesey and Simon Grand in particular performing to their old standards, which was really pleasing to watch. We could’ve easily edged the tie to be fair, but I do think a draw is the right result considering it was a very even match, while with so many things riding on it for both clubs, us especially, it was understandably an edgy affair with our camp under a lot of pressure to perform. They handled it quite well though so I am happy for us to give it another shot in a couple of days. Darlington were nothing special to be fair because after their early dominance they didn’t do much after that, with their poor finishing in front of goal letting them down.
The first half was a rather tense affair, especially early on when it was Darlington who looked more likely to break the deadlock. After just three minutes into the tie a Will Hatfield curler was in the net for Darlington, but thankfully for us it was disallowed for offside. We had a few decent chances at the other end, but like the home side our finishing in front of goal was also off the boil, which is probably my only gripe from yesterday. Louis Gray produced a very easy save early on to deny Junior Mondal from the far side. Halfway through the half Declan Weeks tried to produce the spectacular from the halfway line, which almost caught Tommy Taylor out who had to claw the ball over, thus ripping the net off in the process. George Waring headed wide from the following corner, while a Paddy Lacey free kick was denied by Taylor. A Kevin Roberts attempt was then pushed out by Darlo’s custodian, which resulted in Declan Weeks’ rebound flying well over. Meanwhile, Gray was well alert to prevent Will Hatfield, while at the other end Declan Weeks blasted over once again. Like I alluded to, we had lots of chances in the first half but unfortunately we couldn’t convert them, hence it was deadlocked at the interval.
Meanwhile, the second period was more of the same as we remained solid at the back, but nothing came our way in the final third. I’d say we shaded the first 45, but in all fairness to Darlington they had the upper hand of the second half given most of the goalmouth action was near the home end. Under ten minutes into the half Darren Stephenson fired into the side netting, before a low cross from Dazzler found George Waring whose header was kept out by Tommy Taylor. Another header had to be denied by Taylor with James Hardy the next to test Darlo’s goalie, while at the other end ex-Torquay United forward Andrew Nelson fired wide for the hosts. That was after Jake Cassidy going ever so close to putting The Quakers in the lead, but his goal-bound strike was superbly cleared away from danger by Simon Grand. Neither side could find a breakthrough, therefore we will have to do it all over again at the Deva on Tuesday night.
A much-improved battling performance yesterday, with our boys remaining resilient to stop the rot. Simon Grand was excellent so he will be picked as my man of the match, because he kept us in the game in the latter stages by clearing Jake Cassidy’s effort away. He was also better in the air so let’s hope that showing will give his confidence the world of good, because he was much more consistent in the air to win key headers and interventions. It was great to see him back to his usual self yesterday so hopefully he will kick on, while another player who was back to his best was Danny Livesey who was equally brilliant in defence. Livesey was very effective when placed up front in the second half, and given fellow defender Dan Cowan is our joint-top scorer, a Livesey-Cowan strike partnership could actually work 🤣. I was also impressed with Paddy Lacey too as he was exactly the type of player we needed yesterday in that type of cup tie. I’m not one to make excuses, but the pitch was long so it would’ve been very difficult for George Glendon and Declan Weeks to play their game, so an enforcer like Lacey went in our favour considering he was successful at breaking up the play and applying pressure to Darlington’s midfield. Kevin Roberts also put in a solid shift out on the right, and he was another player we desperately needed to provide our defence with more shape. This is because we have been very disjointed in that department recently, but considering we started with a proper right back in Kev and a proper left back in Josh Askew, it allowed everybody to be in their natural positions again with Robbo doing very well to limit Darlington’s chances especially.
Pleased we managed to earn a replay, although it’s very important we don’t take this opportunity for granted because I remember us grinding out a solid draw at Southport in the FA Trophy a few years ago, before we failed to turn up in the home replay the following Tuesday. However, I believe the fact we kept our first clean sheet while playing well will give us a boost in confidence, so let’s hope that will play to our favour as we are in desperate need for an FA Cup run. A disappointing away turnout yesterday given it was an FA Cup tie, but our lads will need our full support on Tuesday if we want to move forward. Our next match is on Tuesday night as we play Darlington at home in the Emirates FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round Replay where it’s vital we take this opportunity to progress to the next round. Hopefully in the meantime we will improve on our finishing in front of goal, because if we just learn from our limitations from yesterday we should progress.
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Post by RonD on Sept 20, 2021 6:34:09 GMT
Hope those who can locally make an effort to be at the replay. A nice home draw today, and a win tomorrow could kick-start the season. Shame that Darlington wanted full prices, as a little price drop may have enticed a few more to the game.
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Post by massivefloodlights on Sept 20, 2021 8:22:01 GMT
Gotta be looking at 2k for a cup replay under the lights surely?
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Post by Malcolm Tucker on Sept 20, 2021 8:23:48 GMT
Gotta be looking at 2k for a cup replay under the lights surely? That’s not true and you know it’s not. Anyway, you don’t “gotta be looking” at anything Chester-related.
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Post by waggoner on Sept 20, 2021 8:41:17 GMT
Gotta be looking at 2k for a cup replay under the lights surely? Not likely. The problem is that our Floodlights are nowhere near as big as yours. Now if we had your lights we would attract at least 20,000 every week. Unlike Moths, Humans are not attracted to light.
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Post by uptonblue1 on Sept 20, 2021 12:03:31 GMT
Marske United away next round if we go through
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Post by andydarlofc on Sept 20, 2021 19:20:59 GMT
Looking forward to the trip down tomorrow night, hopefully a competitive game between 2 decent teams. As you can tell we’ve not had the best of starts to the season.
Is there a bar at the ground, that allows away fans? I’ve never noticed before as we normally drink in the City Centre beforehand - but coming down on the supporters coach tomorrow.
I’ve not seen us win at your place since 2009 I believe it was. The last visit we had was when we all chipped in for Matty Hughes’s fundraising so that was a fond memory.
Good luck guys!
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Post by RonD on Sept 20, 2021 19:29:34 GMT
Looking forward to the trip down tomorrow night, hopefully a competitive game between 2 decent teams. As you can tell we’ve not had the best of starts to the season. Is there a bar at the ground, that allows away fans? I’ve never noticed before as we normally drink in the City Centre beforehand - but coming down on the supporters coach tomorrow. I’ve not seen us win at your place since 2009 I believe it was. The last visit we had was when we all chipped in for Matty Hughes’s fundraising so that was a fond memory. Good luck guys! Blues Bar open to all from about 6 pm.
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Post by weareblues on Sept 20, 2021 19:43:01 GMT
Think it says a lot of about where this clubs going if there’s not over a thousand there tomorrow
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Sept 20, 2021 19:58:11 GMT
Looking forward to the trip down tomorrow night, hopefully a competitive game between 2 decent teams. As you can tell we’ve not had the best of starts to the season. Is there a bar at the ground, that allows away fans? I’ve never noticed before as we normally drink in the City Centre beforehand - but coming down on the supporters coach tomorrow. I’ve not seen us win at your place since 2009 I believe it was. The last visit we had was when we all chipped in for Matty Hughes’s fundraising so that was a fond memory. Good luck guys! 2009 - you beat us on the final day in our last ever Football League fixture. We’d been relegated the weekend before and obviously we all know what happened about nine months later.
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Post by cameandabel on Sept 20, 2021 20:04:15 GMT
Think it says a lot of about where this clubs going if there’s not over a thousand there tomorrow But we only had a crowd of 1,400-odd for a replay at the same stage against Gainsborough (a club at the same level at the time) back in 2012/13 when we were flying on the pitch and we hadn’t been in the FA Cup since reforming. The simple fact is that people are used to both Chester and Darlo entering the competition three rounds later and early qualifying round games are low down their list of priorities. I doubt first round games for the likes of Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland hold much appeal for their fans either. I’ll be there tomorrow night anyway.
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Post by weareblues on Sept 20, 2021 20:50:00 GMT
Think it says a lot of about where this clubs going if there’s not over a thousand there tomorrow But we only had a crowd of 1,400-odd for a replay at the same stage against Gainsborough (a club at the same level at the time) back in 2012/13 when we were flying on the pitch and we hadn’t been in the FA Cup since reforming. The simple fact is that people are used to both Chester and Darlo entering the competition three rounds later and early qualifying round games are low down their list of priorities. I doubt first round games for the likes of Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland hold much appeal for their fans either. I’ll be there tomorrow night anyway. Sounds daft but I think the whole cashless turnstiles thing has put a few off Don’t think the club made it clear when it first all came out
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Post by Anders on Sept 20, 2021 20:50:27 GMT
Think it says a lot of about where this clubs going if there’s not over a thousand there tomorrow But we only had a crowd of 1,400-odd for a replay at the same stage against Gainsborough (a club at the same level at the time) back in 2012/13 when we were flying on the pitch and we hadn’t been in the FA Cup since reforming. The simple fact is that people are used to both Chester and Darlo entering the competition three rounds later and early qualifying round games are low down their list of priorities. I doubt first round games for the likes of Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland hold much appeal for their fans either. I’ll be there tomorrow night anyway. We only had the same amount of home fans in for the City of Liverpool game as well which was on a Saturday afternoon. FA Cup crowds at this stage will be poor for the higher ranked clubs like us. With season ticket holders having to pay full price and it a bit too early to get really enthused about it means we know the crowd will be crap. Most of them are, York had 1,200 home fans on Saturday for example.
We know our crowds are down but cup games are for most. We'd get a poor one tomorrow even if we were flying averaging 2,000+ every week.
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