I’ve had enough of this shit. This is Dartford FC. YES, we DO have a ‘DIVINE right’ to be in the National Legaue. Because it’s Dartford FC. That simple. Bit like saying Spuds ‘belong’ in the Premier League.
We are seventh in the league (sixth with a game in hand and win) but aeons off the standards required for promotion.
So, sixth (effective) and we’re still shit! What does that say about the rest of this league? What I’ve been saying for feckin ages. It’s shit. It’s a tin pot shit pub side league with tin pot shit pub sides playing in it. And we’re slowly becoming one of them until we slip into Shit Pub League 2.
I absolutely admire those who dedicate all their time and effort to the club and for those fans who attend home and away through thin and thin. (Currently)
Sadly I can’t do that. I now pick my away matches and if I weren’t a volunteer at the club, I’d be picking home games too.
I’m getting awful close to calling it a day.
Can’t be just me.
This is Dartford!!!
Moderator: Gary C
Re: This is Dartford!!!
DFC is going downhill fast and I hope someone at the club realises this and puts together a 5 month plan to change the direction we are going
I will be blunt and call people out when I give my views on what’s gone wrong. I’m not really bothered if I upset someone because a lot of people this season at DFC have upset me. If anyone wants to dismiss me as an irrelevant very upset old fan of DFC then so be it
The mistakes made so far this season are imo as follows
Whoever chose Johnny Henley as our goalkeeper for the season needs to go along with Johnny. He is not good enough.
The pre season friendlies are too difficult for us, we play3 pro teams at home. It’s not easy to chase shadows when you are a part time player , it kills their bodies for the start of the season. The first friendly should be the showpiece and the next 4/5 should all be winnable games to allow confidence to grow. We lost a very promising young player to a season ending injury in a friendly.
The choice of captain was a calamitous choice. Michael is a loose cannon and is not good enough at this level anyway
Then choosing Johnny as vice captain was also very silly
Not stamping out bad discapline early was a disaster
Starting the season without sufficient experience in the squad was Ade’s fault along with his preferred team formation of three centre backs. We started the season badly and truly have not recovered from that setback
We don’t score enough goals and again this is Ade’s fault, constantly starting with Callum , not starting Eddie and constantly subbing Olly when he is the player most likely to score.
The tactics are awful , Johnny and the defenders ordered to hoof the ball long only for the opposition to gain possession and put us under more pressure. Yesterday even Sam Od became a long ball merchant
Ade decided to go with youth and half way through the season Jeriamiah began to look the part and suddenly Ade brings in two very young loan midfielders to take preference over Jeramiha. That was a bad mistake. It is vital that Olly , George , Jeramiah and Sam remain with us next season and the Board must put contracts in front of them now. We cannot afford to lose them.
If you go with youth you stay with the academy players. Then all of a sudden I find that we are playing with a 38 year old centre half, what is going on
Where are our wingers , I don’t come across any teams that do not have wingers in the squad
I firmly believe Ade and his coaching staff must go now, not because I expect a new team to coach us to success in the playoffs, I just want them out because they are useless and I hope that new coaches will show intent for next season and convince the young players to stay another season or two
As for the Board whoever it was that has decided to alienate the youth fans needs to take a look at themselves. They should learn and have a policy to manage young fans. This should start with an apology to the youth admitting they got it wrong and letting 14 to 18 year olds in for £2 if they have valid ID on them and anyone caught misbehaving will be ejected after photocopies taken of the ID and banned for the rest of the season
I think our remaining home games will be played to gates of well below 1000 and that should be a wake up call to the Board
It’s over to the Board now , are they able to make tough decisions to secure the future of our club
I will be blunt and call people out when I give my views on what’s gone wrong. I’m not really bothered if I upset someone because a lot of people this season at DFC have upset me. If anyone wants to dismiss me as an irrelevant very upset old fan of DFC then so be it
The mistakes made so far this season are imo as follows
Whoever chose Johnny Henley as our goalkeeper for the season needs to go along with Johnny. He is not good enough.
The pre season friendlies are too difficult for us, we play3 pro teams at home. It’s not easy to chase shadows when you are a part time player , it kills their bodies for the start of the season. The first friendly should be the showpiece and the next 4/5 should all be winnable games to allow confidence to grow. We lost a very promising young player to a season ending injury in a friendly.
The choice of captain was a calamitous choice. Michael is a loose cannon and is not good enough at this level anyway
Then choosing Johnny as vice captain was also very silly
Not stamping out bad discapline early was a disaster
Starting the season without sufficient experience in the squad was Ade’s fault along with his preferred team formation of three centre backs. We started the season badly and truly have not recovered from that setback
We don’t score enough goals and again this is Ade’s fault, constantly starting with Callum , not starting Eddie and constantly subbing Olly when he is the player most likely to score.
The tactics are awful , Johnny and the defenders ordered to hoof the ball long only for the opposition to gain possession and put us under more pressure. Yesterday even Sam Od became a long ball merchant
Ade decided to go with youth and half way through the season Jeriamiah began to look the part and suddenly Ade brings in two very young loan midfielders to take preference over Jeramiha. That was a bad mistake. It is vital that Olly , George , Jeramiah and Sam remain with us next season and the Board must put contracts in front of them now. We cannot afford to lose them.
If you go with youth you stay with the academy players. Then all of a sudden I find that we are playing with a 38 year old centre half, what is going on
Where are our wingers , I don’t come across any teams that do not have wingers in the squad
I firmly believe Ade and his coaching staff must go now, not because I expect a new team to coach us to success in the playoffs, I just want them out because they are useless and I hope that new coaches will show intent for next season and convince the young players to stay another season or two
As for the Board whoever it was that has decided to alienate the youth fans needs to take a look at themselves. They should learn and have a policy to manage young fans. This should start with an apology to the youth admitting they got it wrong and letting 14 to 18 year olds in for £2 if they have valid ID on them and anyone caught misbehaving will be ejected after photocopies taken of the ID and banned for the rest of the season
I think our remaining home games will be played to gates of well below 1000 and that should be a wake up call to the Board
It’s over to the Board now , are they able to make tough decisions to secure the future of our club
Re: This is Dartford!!!
Rambo
Just confirming what has been said by you
I agree 100% with this post as I struggled to go to the home game on Tuesday even though I have a season ticket and will have to think seriously about the next home game and games thereafter, with just the rapport with fans in the Season Ticket Holders bar to look forward to.
A supporter since 1953 I am hoping that things might improve, but doubtful that the board will do anything to change the current situation and they seem content to let things continue as they are despite the protests from the majority of fans on here.
Just confirming what has been said by you
I agree 100% with this post as I struggled to go to the home game on Tuesday even though I have a season ticket and will have to think seriously about the next home game and games thereafter, with just the rapport with fans in the Season Ticket Holders bar to look forward to.
A supporter since 1953 I am hoping that things might improve, but doubtful that the board will do anything to change the current situation and they seem content to let things continue as they are despite the protests from the majority of fans on here.