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Reply | Match Thread, Dale v In form top of the table Barnet
at 23:13 22 Feb 2025
It was my first visit to Spotland in a while. I'm an exile and the drive up isn't too bad but the costs are not brilliant.
To sum up today's performance... shocking.
Over the season I have been able to watch Dale on DAZN or listen to the games. At one point this season I started to have hope. Dale appeared to mixing up their game plan. Passing slowly, rapid attacks and long ball when appropriate. However, the formation always stays the same and isn't working.
Mitchell is not an individual front man. He is great running onto balls over the top. He is not a player who holds the ball up well. He also struggles on his own, because any problems he causes are fruitless as the other farwards are too far away to profit from his work.
Rodney is not a wide man and is wasted playing out of position. He'd be better playing as two up front with Mitchell, profiting from any work done by the later.
The two forward wide players are wasted when playing wing backs as they all get in each other's way. Wing backs should have targets in the center to aim for not players being employed directly in their path.
The midfield two doesn't work. Fine if bypassing the midfield. But as we try to play through the midfield they are out numbered. Neither East or Gimour are ball winners. We need a ratter, a terrier. Neither East or Gilmour are able to be a box to box player. Therefore isolating Mitchell and the forwards even more.
Defensively we've not been too bad. But at what cost. The 5-2-3 formation doesn't work. If Jim wants to employ wingback the revert to 5-3-2. If we play with a lone front man and 2 wide men then get someone who can hold the ball up.
After today's performance, which was one of the worst I've seen from Dale, and I'm in my late 50s,something needs to be done.
Plan B and plan C need to be employed pretty quickly |
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 19:43 28 Jan 2025
It's bollocks and infuriating. I'm and exile who bought another match pass advertised on the club website at just gone 6.00pm.
Surely, if there was a suspicion you of a postponement there should have been a warning.
Already this season I have started to travel up, although not millions of miles away to find that a game has been called off. It really does make the club look pathetic |
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 19:16 28 Jan 2025
I bought my match pass through an email the club had sent out earlier with no mention of a possible postponement |
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 19:15 28 Jan 2025
Not happy at all. As an exile I bought my match pass earlier to watch the game live on DAZN. |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 18:37 2 Jan 2025
Please don't start picking on his Grandma again |
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Reply | 13 years ago today
at 19:39 19 Dec 2024
Bizarrely beckoning in the most successful spell in the Club's history |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 18:42 18 Dec 2024
Still love the third goal celebration |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 21:33 17 Dec 2024
When Gilmour scored I thought that was about Time
When Gordon scored I thought that was a little Flash |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 21:20 17 Dec 2024
Good idea to take Barlow off from the sound of things |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 21:10 17 Dec 2024
Not for Drysdale he doesn't know his arse from his elbow |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 21:09 17 Dec 2024
Bizarre sending off according to Dale player |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 20:35 17 Dec 2024
Listening on Dale player and it sounds as thought the final ball is not good enough in a scrappy match |
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Reply | Tamworth Tuesday
at 19:54 17 Dec 2024
The Premier League was set up with them as one of the founder members.
Ian Stott was their chairman and once they got relegated and the finances dried up started talking of merging with Rochdale and Bury. |
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Reply | Match thread....Boston United (away) New Era
at 18:41 10 Aug 2024
For the first time in about 4 to 5 years that was great to listen to as an exile (Boston is even further than Spotland).
Always found the commentators on the Dale feed honest about games and their summary at half time and at the end gave me some hope of a good season with decent football.
I know we'll lose games but at lest it sounded more entertaining than the last few years [Post edited 11 Aug 2024 16:51]
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Reply | Dale Player
at 18:38 10 Aug 2024
It worked okay for me, better that the EFL ONE, although I did have to re-log in on a couple of occasions. |
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