The Dart(s) Board

Good luck Tom and thank you for all those years of loyal service to the club. There's been some great memories and you will go down as one of the very best players to have worn the shirt. Nevertheless, whilst we have to respect Tom's decision and wish him all the best for the future, it does leave u...

ozymandias wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:10 am Isn't Block a centre back?

I think he's a right-back.

M1 South wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:52 am I too am leaning towards option 1. ??

Just give it one more shot Tom.

You're a long time retired.

What planet are people on? If Tom Bonner, who has black and white running through his veins, is away on holiday - how the heck do you expect him to sign on for another season? Give the guy a break and let him enjoy a good rest after giving the club everything he has year in, year out. Oh and next t...

Whatever the situation is with Bonzo, as more time passes it looks increasingly unlikely that he will be with us next season. If so, that would be a massive blow as he really has been a rock at the back. George Whitefield is a decent prospect, has bags of potential and would benefit greatly from pla...

Terry Sulivan, now there's a footballer. He was, in my view, the best player I've ever seen in a Dartford shirt.

To my mind, what constitutes success is actually winning something and whilst in recent years we have won a lot more games than we've lost, we've not actually won anything significant since TB took us up by winning the play-offs. Obviously, the next level up is a massive upgrade and you could easily...

A forum is a place for opinions ,as long as there’s no agenda behind it , views should be respected. I hope Dowse has found a gem who will entertain , I hope he does have a few quid left to get the players he needs , i (singular , just my thoughts) think this is the toughest division I’ve seen in a...

The doubt over Ben just makes the Wilkes decision even more baffling. Presumably Dowse has a card up his sleeve.

I get on alright with "Reg", but I'm afraid that a lot of the stuff he posts on social media goes far beyond banter. Some of it is personal, malicious and slanderous and I would have thought, illegal. It's quite sad really, I just wish people could move on with their lives and leave the pa...

Tony H wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:24 am It’s never good news until it’s formalised and announced (sorry, glass half full!) nothing for over a week now - very worrying. Still no announcement about Tom either. Anyone?

I'll start worrying only when M1 South disappears off here and shows up on someone else's forum.

Pre-season shenanigans seem to be going quite well. Personally I'm not disappointed that Samir has departed I found him quite frustrating. Yes, he's undoubtedly one of the most naturally gifted players in the division, but I often felt he played like he was making a self promotional video rather tha...

It's been a good day overall, but this is the one bit of today's business that I'm disappointed about. Really sorry to see Wilksy go, he was and still is a massive favourite amongst the fans. It did seem as though this was always coming after Dowse signed Ben, but personally, I felt Ben was an excel...

Park Life wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 10:25 pm I seem to recall that when this has happened before the league helped with travel costs etc. so maybe that will be the same again??

That would seem to be the only logical solution. All the other ideas would just lead to more appeals and more problems.

Fair play to Dowse, that's a much more positive and constructive interview. They obviously caught him at a low point, just after the St Albans game, and he clearly regrets coming across so negatively. Time to put all that aside and move on. Excllent news if we do sign Harvey Bradbury as he's a bit o...

It's a dreadful interview and it sounds like he's given up already. I was just starting to get over last week's disappointment and looking forward to an exciting new season and this pessimistic and defeatist interview has just stamped all over my enthusiasm. Dowse appears to be prepping us all for m...

The three things that sums up our season are as follows: 1. Too many soft goals conceded. 2. The ratio between chances created and converted unacceptable. 3. The general standard of refereeing in the National South piss poor. Those points are all true Ajax, but in my honest opinion, if we are going...

A decent effort by our lads and I thought we just shaded the game without maybe doing quite enough to win. In the end though, all that effort getting 2nd place amounts to nothing and we, once again, failed when it really mattered. If I'm honest, I've never really felt the squad was strong enough and...

A solid performance and a respectable result for both sides. Decent crowd, lovely weather and a good atmosphere. Unfortunately our hosts were hopelessly ill equipped to deal with such a crowd but an enjoyable day out nonetheless. MOTM for me was George Whitehead ... and like M1 South, I thought it w...

Clearly, there are very good arguments to be made on both sides of this debate and the only thing I am sure of is that if we go on to win promotion through the play-offs then Dowse will have made the right decision and we'll all forget what side of the argument we were on. If we fail, then whatever ...