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Reply | Race for the playoffs
at 10:22 30 Mar 2025
Indeed, no let up available. The higher we get up in the play offs gives better chance of home tie eliminator. |
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Reply | Race for the playoffs
at 20:55 29 Mar 2025
Woking look to be quite a hard team to beat, their recent games either drawn or decided by a 1 goal margin. To be honest, I’d settle for a point down there on a Tuesday night…. |
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Reply | Oldham
at 19:50 29 Mar 2025
Gateshead are in free fall, lost six in a row…. |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Aldershot Town
at 19:11 29 Mar 2025
When we click, we look excellent, when we don’t we, don’t. The aim has to be to click consistently. The league position looks good, but still very tight for the last couple of places. Let’s have another mini run of wins now and secure that play off place. |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v York City
at 11:03 27 Mar 2025
Thanks for taking time to feedback. Particularly interesting to hear how our manager comes across from the outside. |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v York City
at 20:42 26 Mar 2025
You talk about the 3 year plan as if it’s something all fans unanimously agreed with and bought into. I didn’t. In my view the longer we spend in this dreadful division the more institutionalised we will become. You clearly take a great pleasure from picking holes in the views of loyal fans opinions, it would be interesting to know what you think about the performance of McNultys teams, do you enjoy every game? Do you have a view on what he talks about in his interviews. Are you indeed the one fan who McNulty relies upon to applaud win lose or draw? Did you stay to the end last night or five minutes after the game finished when McNulty was taking the team around clapping the empty stands. What do you think about it all James? I’m interested.
And I mean, considered thoughts, not some clever smart arse one liner. Persuade me and others of your view. At the moment, you sound like a wind up merchant who isn’t in touch with the majority of Dale fans. [Post edited 26 Mar 20:49]
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Reply | Would you take out of the cup & play offs if it meant McNulty being sacked?
at 07:32 26 Mar 2025
When McNulty was appointed for the last few games of our league existence I and I suspect the majority of fans supported the decision and wanted to see how Jim got on. On my part I was a bit sceptical because in his post Stockdale caretaker role, he was clearly out of his depth. But nevertheless, we were skint, dropping down a league and I supported the team and wanted him to succeed. The first season under Jim, wasn’t a great watch, but we know the circumstances given the off the field shenanigans. Jim enjoyed a good degree of support, the football had to be pragmatic, we were where we were. I did have increasing reservations about Jim’s style of play, and also how he conducted himself in pressers and at fans forums. There was one last season where fans lauded his bringing an identity to the team, Simon Gauge said he enjoyed the football Jim’s team played. It didn’t sit right with me, the limitations were clear, but I and we all parked that and settled for stability and the Ogden ownership being settled last spring gave me and I think most fans cause for optimism. Awarding Jim a three year contract was for me a worry, Jim had proved nothing, had kept us ticking over but nothing more. Meek performances typified his first season, the defeat to Hereford a particular lowlight. But in the Ogdens we had a sense of optimism, they do have a plan, they know what they’re doing I hoped. Pre season performances were encouraging too, and the opening day win at Boston, Jim had a lot of credit in the bank at that point, I and I think the vast majority of fans wanted Jim to push on. When Burton apparently came knocking, views were mixed on whether it would be a good or bad thing if he went. On my part I would have been happy to see Jim go, because I could see he wasn’t for changing. But when he did stay, I wanted him to prove me wrong, go on a run, prove beyond doubt that Burton had been wrong not to appoint him, but he didn’t did he. He proved he’s not for learning.
Simply, Jim has not pushed on. We have not shown consistency of results, but there are two things that really dispirit fans; the absolute inability of the team, individually to show fight and determination, not the players fault, we have a team of diminutive players, easy to outmuscle off the ball, and secondly for me the most irksome trait of Jim’s is his post match interviews, god the bloke talks rubbish, he must think fans are stupid and probably why some would rather rid of McNulty than get in the play offs, because it would just paper over the cracks.
I’d never vote to lose games, but do I want rid of this manager, yes, he’s shown over two seasons he is incapable of learning. [Post edited 26 Mar 9:52]
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v York City
at 21:57 25 Mar 2025
Whether we stick or twist, we absolutely have to get a Director of football in to assist with preparation for next season. |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v York City
at 21:22 25 Mar 2025
Apparently the Ogden family are present tonight. Good they are getting to see the home fans leaving with a quarter of the game remaining. Hopefully they will have a chat with Jim afterwards, a short one. [Post edited 25 Mar 21:25]
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Reply | Paul Tait...
at 17:15 25 Mar 2025
Wasn’t there a rumour we’d signed the wrong Paul Williams? |
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 21:31 22 Mar 2025
Ha. Do we have to do this.
Mr Spellcheck now are we?
Next time you’re at an away game, toddle round the Dale fans and sell them - your, we’re doing alright stuff. If you can wake us up that is.
You see what you see. I see what I see. It’s boring, boring football.
Years ago, Bob Wilson did a piece on grandstand or something, about how he analysed all the penalty takers in the league. Not long after Man City were awarded a penalty against Arsenal. Franny Lee - hammered the ball past the intellectually superior Wilson, and shouted analyse that you c**t.
Too much analysis leads to paralysis. Football is a simple game.
McNulty has turned out to be a Bob Wilson of a manager. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 18:14 22 Mar 2025
16 wins from 36 games. 44% win rate. Simply we don’t win enough with Jim.
The highlight today was the singing in the bar at half time.
But looking around me in the second half. Resigned expressions on faces, heads slowly shaking, glum, the odd grumble. That’s the experience on a match day under Jim.
442 and a dwindling bunch of McNulty apologists can state their opinion as fact, but it’s not good enough. Needs to change, but not sure it will.
Sixteen out of thirty six… |
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 10:11 22 Mar 2025
Yes, they’ve a good online ticketing system. Looking forward to this one, good train connection to London via Elizabeth line for London based Dale fans a fiver to get in, what’s not to like!
Hoping for a win. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Boston United
at 10:15 19 Mar 2025
Defending to me is as much about communication as anything else. Teams with good defences try to stick with the same player in positions, so they can buildup and understanding. Players get to know the strengths and weaknesses of their colleagues and compensate and play to those strengths. With solidity comes confidence, and players thrive on it - allowing them to be better ball players. You can get away with more when your on your game, you know your mate will cover you. Putting EEL back in drove a coach and horses through that.
I wouldn’t mind the overplaying at the back, it can draw the opposition and create space. But it has to be high tempo, ideally one touch passing, the moment you introduce a player who is slower on the ball EEL or, give the ball to a player facing their own goal, there have to be more touches or a risky lay off - Gilmour last night. If you don’t have the players, don’t try it.
The other frustration for me is how we take more risk at the back than we do in the final third. The phrase is recycling the ball, which actually means stopping going forward and run away from the opposition. It’s not a positive. Dale players don’t seem to be encouraged to attack space, they are attracted to the ball. It’s a shame because we have Hendo in the squad, who even at 40 seems to have more space on the ball than Mitchell.
And finally, shooting. We don’t seem to have players, except for Bird, with a shot on them, it’s all placement, with no power.
This is a poor league, Barnet aside, with better coaching, selection and recruitment we could be so much better placed. [Post edited 19 Mar 14:25]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Boston United
at 21:45 18 Mar 2025
Agree - with the possession style tempo is key. EEL needs more time on the ball, and if the opposition press on, it’s a real weakness.
No doubt McNulty will say he needed to make changes to keep it fresh.
Still other results went for us, still seventh with two games in hand, need to show some character on Sat and win at Maidenhead. |
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