First half was pretty even but i thought second half we just edged it on chances and opportunities and may well have won the game if we had not taken too many touches in and around their box when a shot or early pass was the better option. The penalty we were given was debatable but i thought we had two far more decent shouts (one in each half) and the booking for Elliott was ridiculous.
Nice to see more players returning to the squad today as i cannot ever remember having such a bad run of injuries and glad that they were back as we had to rely on some of them starting the game when i would have expected SK would have preferred to have worked them back slowly, so all in all another good effort from the lads and we are moving in the right direction.
Going to have to think about MOTM as all the lads put in a decent shift.
Dave T wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:09 pm
... any real supporter with even half a brain cell would appreciate, survival is the priority this season, given the complete mess he inherited.
I think you may have set the bar too high for one individual Dave.
In over half a century supporting the Darts, I don't think we've ever had a worse season for injuries. Turned up today to find Andy Pugh and Ky Marsh-Brown had both been injured in training ... it is bordering on the ridiculous. So great credit to SK and the boys for putting up a decent performance and almost grabbing the win. We could so easily have nicked it and had a couple of nailed on penalties turned down, although the one we got shouldn't have been so it was through the ref's incompetence, not bias. The ref was immensely annoying, he blew up for next to nothing and completely ruined the flow of the game. They added 3 minutes on at the end but with his constantly stopping the game for non-existent infringements, he must have wasted 10 himself. Great credit to Jordan Wynter for putting in a decent performance in centre-mid. It can't have been easy after such a long absence. All things considered, I'm reasonably pleased with a point although as the game progressed it looked more and more likely that Darts may snatch the winner.
A draw was a fair result at the parallel universe that is Dulwich Hamlet's Champion Hill ground. Unless there is a radical improvement in the injury crisis that has taken away our best players we must accept a mid table finish is the best we can expect. Jordan Wynter had a fair game considering the time he's been out but Luke Wanadio continues to disappoint.
Pugh's injury apparently involves three breaks and a possible operation, followed by a lengthy absence. Marsh- Brown's injury is to a hamstring. Sheringham's injury seems to be taking a long time to recover from , compared with the two similar problems earlier this season.
I would have been happy to have got a point yesterday, but it seems we should have got a winner after a good performance. And as said, nice to see Jordan back in the throng.
Come on the lads.
I wasn’t at the game so nothing to say other than another fantastic point to win and we have a gem of a manager
I continue to be blown away by the size of the DH support. I strongly feel our board should sit down with the DH board and explain what they do to get the fans in the stadium then replicate as much of it as possible
After all when Steve King got the job he did say we must find a way to get PP filled a bit more
I see no reason why we should not be able to average close to 2000 gates
Rambo wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:27 am
I wasn’t at the game so nothing to say other than another fantastic point to win and we have a gem of a manager
I continue to be blown away by the size of the DH support. I strongly feel our board should sit down with the DH board and explain what they do to get the fans in the stadium then replicate as much of it as possible
After all when Steve King got the job he did say we must find a way to get PP filled a bit more
I see no reason why we should not be able to average close to 2000 gates
maybe make it cheaper to get in i think £14 is a lot for the level where at.
Rambo wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:27 am
I wasn’t at the game so nothing to say other than another fantastic point to win and we have a gem of a manager
I continue to be blown away by the size of the DH support. I strongly feel our board should sit down with the DH board and explain what they do to get the fans in the stadium then replicate as much of it as possible
After all when Steve King got the job he did say we must find a way to get PP filled a bit more
I see no reason why we should not be able to average close to 2000 gates
maybe make it cheaper to get in i think £14 is a lot for the level where at.
Agree £14 is a lot for us, but with gates of 2300+ DH can probably afford to keep prices down.
Agree pricing is the obvious thing to look at first . I agree £14 is too much for what we serve up and agree wholeheartedly with your comment Silverado but it goes deeper than what you say. It’s not just a case of make it cheaper and they will come. There needs to be a proper think up and expertise in making PP a place that people will want to spend an afternoon at
As regards the pricing it’s like the chicken and egg story . Someone needs to be forward thinking and innovative about price reductions . Any reduction that gets punters in must be backed up with other things that punters can enjoy and will make them come back for more
