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Negative and personal
at 13:58 21 Mar 2025

The Booing was loud after Ebbsfleet and Barnet at Spotland.

The players reacted in the right was helped by some common sense team selections.

Get back to a team and formation that did so well after the above and lets go unbeaten in five games again!!.

Sadly EEL should be no where near the pitch at the moment it was the wrong decision to start him on Tuesday night and oh my did we pay.

I would like to see Henderson and Bird start up front together on Saturday and Tuesday to give us the very best chance of outscoring Maidenhead United and York City.

This is just not the time of the year to be experimenting and sentimental. Tried and Tested and ruthless is what we need to quickly get back too.

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Refwatch - Rochdale v Boston United
at 15:10 18 Mar 2025

Dale Hot favourites with the bookmakers.

Dale 1/2

Boston United 4/1

The 4/1 looks massive and the gap in form is not as big as suggested by the Bookies.

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Oldham Match Thread
at 06:20 18 Mar 2025

Boston United can possibly lift themselves out of the relegation places for the first time this season with a win.

They will be pumped and up for it no doubt.

Fair play they are turning there season around with their recent form.

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Oldham Match Thread
at 17:22 17 Mar 2025

Good point if we follow up with all 3 with a Win v Boston tomorrow.

Should have been all 3 but we move on.

Bird looks a fantastic signing, more so with each game he plays.. Edit ... YES with us for the remainder of the season.

Loving the albatross style celebration when he scored.. more of that please it was a joy to watch. He also interviews well seems very rounded as an individual so fits in great.

[Post edited 17 Mar 17:25]

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The Kairo Conundrum
at 17:31 13 Mar 2025

Certainly a response from Kairo so well done to him in the last few games..

Nobody was overly critical more perplexed..

I was not sure about the cupping of his ear and finger on lips to the Sandy after his Alty goal but on reflection well done to him.. If some comments stung / resonated his response has been just what he and the team needed.

Hoping he fires straight and true now for the remainder of the season.

We are all in this together Kairo..

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Wealdstone (H)
at 17:46 10 Mar 2025

Players want to play on a regular basis.. even dropping a level.. or two.

Big Jim seems very adapt at selling his dream.. maybe if he thinks Bird is a long term solution he can persuade him.

He does seem to have some X factor and Hendo leaves at the end of this season so we will have to recruit well close season.

We know that goals is the way out of the division having a plan to score 92 goals in a season rather than 65 will stand us in good stead.. I know the rest of the division will also have a similar plan.

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Wealdstone (H)
at 08:25 9 Mar 2025

I thought it was a penalty but not complaining.

Bit of luck and 4 very nice finishes for the goals.

Just keep going now… more of the same please… just keep winning.

Two season defining games now in 5 days

Tuesday Dale v Altrincham
Saturday Oldham v Dale

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Tobi's Interiew
at 11:59 8 Mar 2025

Great personality and must be real character at the training ground and dressing room.

Good lad Tobi…. Now bag another worldie today!

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Pitch covers
at 06:36 7 Mar 2025

Still pitchside.. (Alty Cup Game)

still getting trampled on by players

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Spennymoor at home
at 06:31 7 Mar 2025

4 weeks tomorrow ..

More than enough time to sell plenty of home tickets and get Spotland Rocking.

Where will the drum be for this one?.

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Match Thread Gateshead
at 06:29 7 Mar 2025

Pearl v Sandy will be all over that one!

Big loss Gordon / Okeke and Rodney now into March and the business end of the season.

One game at a time is all we can do so Wealdstone come to Spotland on Saturday and we go again.

Up the Dale..

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Match Thread Gateshead
at 18:04 5 Mar 2025

Hogan raw and stripped back is excellent.

Hogan thinking he is Franco Baresi not so much..

Excellent last night, nice to record another clean sheet.

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Match Thread Gateshead
at 15:40 5 Mar 2025

Excellent 3 points well deserved.

Kingdon was excellent as already mentioned. We have to keep winning to get back onto the coattails of 7th.

I agree there is nothing to fear in this league. Scruffy winner BUT 3 points all the same.

Actually though Buyabu was great offensively he has one hell of a left foot whipped in cross.

Roll on Saturday.

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The Kairo Conundrum
at 06:06 4 Mar 2025

I agree but when TAR fizzes the ball across the face of goal we need at least on forward arriving on time to pop it into the back of the net.

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Spennymoor at home
at 17:26 3 Mar 2025

We have 5 weeks to get this semi final packed out.

A clear short term marketing plan with some attractive pricing needs rolling out ASAP.

How many tickets do Spennymoor need? 250 or 3500? I hope we are in contact to sound them out and find out. The town has 21 000 residents there or thereabouts i am sure they will sell quite a few with Wembley the next stop for the winners.

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The Kairo Conundrum
at 17:20 3 Mar 2025

Kairo is still young / a bit raw, learning and developing.

He is pulling on a blue shirt and has my backing but there are two Kairo Mitchells.

The one we like is more direct and gets powerful shots away that are on target... that gives him the maximum chance of a goal.. On Saturday against Alty he did win a few arial duels as well and generally put himself about when he came on.

The Kairo that's on his own up front and nothing sticking, not bringing runners into the game and generally looking a little short in several number 9 departments is not such a fan favourite..

A conundrum indeed but one that can be sorted with Jim playing the lad to his strengths.

[Post edited 3 Mar 17:27]

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Spennymoor at home
at 15:37 3 Mar 2025

Will be a great occassion... lets hope that it is a celebration at 5pm on the 5th April.

Perfect draw, playing at home in front of what should be a bumper crowd is something to look forward too.

Spennymoor will be equally as up for this one though and i have nightmares still about Telford and more recently FC United!.

As the OP stated - Winnable.

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Altrincham FA Trophy Match Thread
at 10:49 3 Mar 2025

So much better from Dale.. Intensity, goals and a clean sheet.

Looking forward to the semi final now v Spennymoor at Spotland.

Alty looked a really good side and but for a wonder save and some last ditch heroics on another day we are looking at a draw and penalties.

Hoping they take this blue print from Saturday and keep it for the remainder of this 24/25 season.

Excellent home debut from J Bird capped with a goal.

[Post edited 3 Mar 15:39]

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Sack McNulty
at 17:57 24 Feb 2025

24th Feb - I am happy to stick with Big Jim (for now) and see how the next few weeks play out.

Lose on Saturday with NO shots that the keeper has to save and I might change my mind on Sunday 02nd March.

I am sure Big Jim will know its a results business.. More than anything clear the minds of the players.. reset and go on Saturday knowing its win or bust.

Two wins in the next 6 days puts us back on the rails at least.

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Sack McNulty
at 17:49 24 Feb 2025

Yes and the answer is goals..

Score 2+ goals a game and have a strong no nonsense pairing at centre half.

Pace on the wings helps..

Plus a direction of travel that is predominately forward... and positive.

Get the ball quickly into channels with willing runners who can cross a ball into forwards who are hungry to pop the ball into the net.

Stockport / Wrexham and Chesterfield all had a we will outscore you mentality and it showed on the pitch and it showed in the league table after 46 games.

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