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Reply | Match Thread, Dale v In form top of the table Barnet
at 23:28 22 Feb 2025
Would love to see a heat map of East/Gilmour today. Deeper than Barry White for 95% of the match.
Tactic was to go long from the back, but we did so retaining our play it out from the back formation.
Consequently when Waller kicked it forward, Hogan was on the 6 yard line, East and Gilmour were 5 yards from our box and Mitchell was as isolated as a transgender individual at a Trump rally.
Mitchell got hardly anything out of the excellent Tavares (25) but on the odd chance he did win, or at least inconvenience Tavares, there was nobody near. Second ball = Barnet ball.
It had obviously been decided to abandon our play it out style today, maybe because Barnet are fast, strong, powerful pressing team, maybe due to crowd pressure (TDS nearly asphyxiates each time we don’t hoof it) but it failed miserably today.
Looked collectively a bit lost today - here’s hoping they can find their mojo soon. |
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Reply | 1% club
at 23:04 22 Feb 2025
Passed on the circle one. Made it to final but couldn’t crack the code.
Junior will be having a go at it tomorrow and is very excited to see thee on it.
Ps definitely easier at home, colleague was on a while back, told me how long winded, tense the day is. Double filming so Lee can crack a joke second take etc [Post edited 22 Feb 23:06]
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Reply | Match Thread, Dale v In form top of the table Barnet
at 13:48 22 Feb 2025
Post match notes from the away game.
Please don’t gift Barnet a goal in the first 5 minutes by playing it out from the back unsuccessfully.
Please hit a barn door numerous times when presented.
Please remember Ian Henderson is quicker in brain than most defenders are in foot. |
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Reply | Match thread Halifax Town
at 21:43 19 Feb 2025
Kept Halifax to an early 1v1 and the clumsy penalty.. Aside from that they had no chances
No real major chances for us of note either, despite our lions share of the possession.
Decent away point if considered in isolation. |
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Reply | Ebbsfleet (H) match thread
at 20:05 8 Feb 2025
The lack of creativity against a deep sitting defence has been evident since the start of the season.
The inability to have a shot v Forest Green after going 1-0 down
The loss to Dagenham and total stale-mate until their long throw tactic worked.
The lesson in football from Oldham on Tuesday
The ineffectiveness v Ebsfleet today.
For the occasional Yeovil performance the main is of lesses fayre.
Early on in the season the Aldershot manager apologised for their defeat by saying he got it wrong v Rochdale by playing an open game.
Looks like the methodology works for even the poorest teams v Dale now.
The formation is that of Gareth Southgate’s. 2 holding midfielders in East and Gilmour. They were so deep for the first half it was almost a back 7.
The substitutes were like for like, the formation remained the same.
In the first few minutes we got a throw in under the main stand. We ambled up, allowed the opposition to all get set in their position. I mention this because we got a throw in at the same position in the second half. They had a lad who was off for 30 seconds injury wait. We wasted 20 seconds and he was back on when we took the throw.
Small moments but summed up today. From the first minute we played with no urgency or burning desire to impose ourselves on the opposition. Slow methodical stuff.
The moos at the end were loud and the Sandy mostly emptied before the players got there for first time i can recall this season. |
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Reply | National Cup result
at 22:17 30 Jan 2025
Draw and a win on penalties would put us through i think.
It’s there to win, go win it attitude. Even if only 400 or so of us watch it. |
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 18:54 28 Jan 2025
This reads as though it is a subjective decision by a ref, that was not expected.
It would be interesting to know if the ref decided on safety grounds or playability grounds.
If not on safety grounds, would be likewise good to know if he consulted both managers before deciding game off.
If the latter, it will be on the lack of bounce for sure. That corner had little bounce v Stoke U21 and Yeovil. The area is right in the corner and if both managers were ok then should be on.
If safety however then that’s poor versus ‘no pitch inspection planned’
Terribly sorry for all fans , especially the Boston fans. Free entry or something for the rematch would be the least we could do. |
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Reply | Yeovil podcast
at 21:13 25 Jan 2025
Very good today.
Ayinde man of match but a very big shout out for Okeke who i think Yeovil will be glad not to play against again this season. |
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Reply | Dale v Stoke U21 21st Jan?
at 21:39 21 Jan 2025
Central area looked fine throughout, but corner near police control looked dead and i assume is one of the areas to be verti-drained from tomorrow. Has certainly been an area of concern previous seasons.
Decent run out for many. Thought Berger had a good game, solid all over the park. Stoke caused us more concern before the sending off than after but that could be down to their substitutes too.
No injuries, good fitness session for those that needed it.
Beat Wolves and cheer on Man U to progress! |
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Thread | Dale v Stoke U21 21st Jan?
at 17:30 19 Jan 2025
Any news re: this being on following pitch repairs?
Not seen any cancellation myself. |
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Reply | (No subject) (n/t)
at 17:10 18 Jan 2025
Nothing between the two teams aside from a slight bit of directness.
Their goal from a long throw in near the corner.5 minutes later we get the same and the ball goes back to our back 3. That is our team mentality.
Lots of possession at 0-1. Zero shots. Okeke going wide right did see 2 decent crosses put in but other than that it was 25 mins of the back 3 having the most touches.
Not be-moaning the loss to FG who are where they are for good reason, but it is another example of us going behind and not having that ‘sh.t we are losing’ approach. |
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Reply | Fylde away match thread.
at 21:41 26 Dec 2024
An away performance on the front foot. Really good today.
Great to see Kairo back on the scoresheet- Fylde must be sick of the sight of him.
Quadruple save from their keeper was tremendous
Cross by Barlow for the 3rd was tremendous too.
Bring on Alty. |
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Reply | Boston - Saturday
at 23:20 19 Dec 2024
Boston won 2-0 at York
Boston win 3-0 at Sutton
They are capable of results away from home for sure. |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 07:20 18 Dec 2024
Same view
A bit more attack minded than v Daggers and started brightly. Credit to Tamworth they didn’t sit and defend and got better as the first half wore on.
Second half started with us doing all of the pressing and sense that we were finally going to break through. Whether that would have happened without the sending off is for the trousers of time to know, sending off was the pivotal moment.
East was pulling strings all game and Okeke good going forward. Need to get Kairo back in the goals since his injury like we did at the start of the season, once he starts, he doesn’t stop. Maybe Sat for that. |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 10:56 15 Dec 2024
Yesterday stats
Shots on goal
Daggers 2
Dale 0
Possession
Dale 57%
Buyabu looks to have had all attacking mentality drained from him as his time with Dale has gone on
Tobi likewise looks far less attack minded than earlier in the season
It’s not a one off. The rare occasions of us going for it e.g Aldershot away are exactly that. Rare.
It’s not a 2024-2025 thing. The squad has been re-built over the summer but the same approach and occasional consequence (goal conceded such as Barnet away)
Every game we play seems to be ‘we could nick this 1-0’ approach
Daggers are a rank average team with little threat other than long throw ins. We treated them like they were Real Madrid. |
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