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Checked out the Darlington trust site.  There is a thread about them signing a fourth left back, who is really a midfielder.

http://www.the-tinshed.co.uk/

http://users.boardnation.com/~luffk/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=15081

David Duke is training with League Two outfit Darlington with a view to agreeing a permanent deal.

This is on the bottom of this link -


http://www.thisisstfc.co.uk/news_headlines_Story.asp?NewsID=4540

good luck to him. he wasn't our worst player by any means

I'm curious to know who was then in your view?

In my opinion, Duke along with Hewlett and Heywood often cost Swindon dear last season, and the season before that.  I've never been a fan of Heywood as I think he's just a big lump which some manager's like in defence at this level, but Duke obviously had the talent but not the form.  There were flashes of brilliance (hitting the bar at home to Port Vale last season), but more often than not examples of woeful defending (maybe due to his lack of being played in his right position in fairness) e.g.: Bourmeouth at home.   :x

I agree with lebowski.Hewlett,Heywood,Igoe,Howard and Garrard were all worse than Duke last season

I think you'll find he was up there with Hewlett and Heywood as 'donkey of the season'.

He was appalling

Still can't see what anyone sees in Duke. He's weak a crap passer, more often than not he can't cross and above all his positional sense is abysmal. I never thought i'd see someone have as bad positional sense as Sol Davis but Duke certainly was worse.

The player i call daisy [duke] has never played well for us.All the time he has been with us he hasn't improved in anyway.The one thing i wanted to happen this pre-season was for him to go.

you have to remember though that for some reason duke was made the scapegoat last season when many other players were playing just as crap!! he was booed a few times by a large selection of the supporters but then if people remember after that he then played about a dozen games where he was excellent and showed a hell of alot of character to come through that!

okay he may not be the most gifted player we have had here but he showed more guts and character then igoe or hewlett could ever manage!

he will get a round of applause from me for that reason alone!

i hope i never witness swindon fans booing their own players for trying to give their all again even if his best was not good enough!

i heard he's playing for scotland in the homeless world cup.......didnt realise things were that bad  :wink:

My negative opinion of daisy came before last season,i didn't boo him,but can understand why everyone did.Of course he wasn't the only player who had a bad season .But with him it was the culminative effect of all the previous seasons when he's sucked and the fact that he has not played well for us ever.

Evans
Heywood
Gurney
Ifil
Igoe
Hewlett
Howard
Fallon
Garrard

Were all worse then Duke last year....

thats fair enough!

it was time for him to go! he played best for us when lee holmes was on the left and those 2 did link up really well i thought!

i never booed duke but i must admit i booed gurney last season when he seemed more interested in argueing with the crowd than playing football!
i remember they the opposing team scored because he did not follow his man as he was too busy asking a swindon fan if he wanted a fight!! ha ha!
really funny now looking back on it!

Just shows what a prick Gurney is!.

i would argue ifil and howard on that list!

ifil did have some bad games but never got the games duke did!

actually thinking about it apart from the goals howard was shit! fuck him!!!  ha ha!

Id argue Ifil on that list, he was in and out the team all the time unlike Duke.

Picking up the ball while it was still on the fucking pitch

Getting up and twatting Pawel Abbot

Fantastic... :roll:

As for Howard on the list, worst player last season by a mile

I cant wait to give fat boy Howard some stick this season. :mrgreen:

Ifil actually started every game for the first 23 games until his two red cards, then he was in and out of the team.

The good thing is 6 of that list of DV85's have gone.

It's only 5 isn't it?

Heywood
Gurney
Igoe
Hewlett
Howard
Garrard

= 6.

Glad as well, disappointed a bit with Igoe after his first season, but as everyone knows poor last.

Garrard was ok sometimes, but he was awful away at Brentford.

Garrard is still young so we can give him time.Ifil did do some dodgy things last season granted,but he also did some good things as well,like man-marking lita out of 2 games.I think he is great at doing that kind of a job.Plus he is still young as well.Daisy has had enough time to impress and he has always been found wanting.

ifil had a great start to the season and a crap finish!he will be ready for next season. :D

Garrard hasn't gone surely?!  Or did I miss that whilst ejaculating over the signing of Cureton?   8)

he left mid to end of last season didn't he?

He's still listed in the squad on the offficial site, although admittedly that's not saying much.  If he did I'm going to expostulate.  Why on earth should he leave?  He's done pretty well for a youngster coming into the side and could be a decent player in a couple of seasons to come.  People have been extremely harsh on Garrard bearing in mind his age, and when I've seen him he's looked promising going forward - his frailities have been defensive.

i'll do some forum hunting, i'm sure something happened but it was low key

Yeah he left saying he wanted to be nearer to home (Barnet I believe).

God every time we make steps forward, all those great players, but we've lost Garrard....   :x  :x  :x  :x

First Herring, now this....  I'm outraged   :x

http://thetownend.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2699&highlight=garrard

You've shattered my optimism for next season  :(

All my predictions in the league now will need to be revised  :wink:

i prefer the term shit happens and move on quickly  :D

Yeah Garrard left for personal reasons think someone in his family is ill or something so he wants to be nearer home. I think Lapham is more promising anyway.

I'll lamp him to when I next see him  :D






Sorry, I've wanted to use that for ages  8)

I'll not only get your coat I'll pay your taxi.

 :D

I just realised Lapham isn't pronounced Lampham  :oops:   Feel a bit stupid now, I've been screaming out "Lampham" to a computer screen when playing FM.  Not only is screaming player names at a PC sad, I'm screaming the wrong bloody names.  I give up!

why the roll of the eyes?

it was bloody fantastic, stupid polish cunt

David Duke has not been picked up by Darlington, according to their offiial site.  This after apparently not accepting the Town's offer.

David Duke has not been picked up by Darlington, according to their offiial site.  This after apparently not accepting the Town's offer.

I just googled David Duke and it turns out he's an ex leader of the KKK.I ended up reading some of his nonsense :o Scarey hate ridden stuff.

http://www.darlington-fc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10339~689172,00.html

he signed today

:beers:

An asset to the team!, you're having a laugh.

Lets hope he scores against the Yellow scum. :beers:

Here here

good luck to him

I hope he does well, and will look out for Darlington's score every wekk....that they play Oxford.

sounds like they really wanted him, i think he'll do well there.

I wish him well too.  However, when you look at all the comings and goings, only two players, Parkin and Igoe have moved up a division.  Arguably, that's a stretch for Igoe.  If we can sign a midfield ball winner, I think we will be stronger than last season.  Hopefully, the friendlies will point this out to the board.  I am not too worried about the defence, as long as we play 4:4:2, and have somebody in front of the back four,.......... that would be that ball winner, who can do the business.  Final analysis, we have only lost one really good player, Sam Parkin.

just seen on sky sports news duke signs for darlo on a 1 YEAR DEAL  :shock: first igoe and now duke, what on earth is going on?

Were getting rid of the 'Dead Wood', whats wrong with that?. :roll:

like igoe we offer him a contract, pisses us about for over a month complaining 'its a one year deal' and 'i need more money' and then sign or another club for equal if not worse than what we offered them

Millwall are in a division above us he's hardly going to turn it down even if it is for less money.

Saw Duke today, in a lovely cream!? car