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Reply | No coach to Stockton
at 10:21 7 Jan 2025
Agree with that but i think Simon should be removed from his position. His contribution should be recognised in the same way as Jack the Kitman for his services to the club. We need people running the club who are passionate, dynamic and engaging. People with a proven track record. [Post edited 7 Jan 10:27]
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Reply | No coach to Stockton
at 10:16 7 Jan 2025
The fans have also contributed vast amounts of money down the years, far in excess of what Simon Gauge and his family have. David Clough contributed hundreds of thousands of pounds of his own money and raised many hundreds of thousands of pounds. Past Chairman and Directors have contributed hundreds of thousands of pounds. All of this before Simon Gauge even knew Rochdale had a football club. We also have people like our ex Director Jamie Sarsfield and others such as Richard Knight who have tipped up big sums of money into the club. This isn't the Simon Gauge show James, it's a old historic club and it's still going because for over 100 years the fans, shareholders, chairman and Directors have all contributed financially. They've done that in good faith without taking back. Every season the fans contribute hundreds of thousands of pounds to the club by purchasing season tickets, merchandise, hospitality, sponsorship, food and beverages. Every season they do that and a lot of our fans have been doing this for 40/50/60 /70 years. Long before Simon Gauge was born. It's great that he put in a lot of money at a crucial time in our history but that doesn't give him a free pass to think that he owns the club and can do with it as he likes, because he doesn't and he can't. |
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Reply | No coach to Stockton
at 06:27 7 Jan 2025
The sooner the Ogdens start smelling the coffee the better. Simon Gauge is not capable of running a football club, his track record since he became chairman will tell you that. Every decision he makes is a bad one and invariably it results in alienating the fans..the paying customers. He has no background in business and i hope to god the Ogden family aren't relying on him to engage with local councillors or influential people. His personality and communication skills are the opposite of what is required. The Ogdens need to seriously look at this and engage with their fellow Directors. As for the Trust, well they aren't fit for purpose neither, a nodding dog in Simon Gauge's back pocket. Things need to change and quickly, Cameron Ogden needs to start taking some responsibility and speaking to other people, including the fans...and i don't mean the fan in the Boardroom. As a outsider looking in you would suspect that sabotage was at play since the Ogden take over, that's how much regression we have seen with the stagnation of the club and the alienation of the fans by those purporting to be in charge of running the club. We expectrd the opposite and so did the Ogden family i think. It's time the other Directors all got a grip of this situation and the club. We need a new co- chairman. [Post edited 7 Jan 6:36]
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Reply | AGM Tuesday.
at 08:21 11 Dec 2024
I've sent a email to the Trust in relation to the ridiculous 10am start, it's obviously designed to deter attendance rather than encourage it. I can't believe the Ogden family are supportive of that. To be honest I've all but given up on the Supporters Trust and sending the email was against my better judgement. The worst thing to happen has been Murray Knight going into the Boardroom, this has in fact weakened the Trust rather than strengthened it. A total disaster i think. The Trust has been reduced to a timid weak kitten and is neither use nor ornament as it stands. They have no voice whatsoever and the whole set up needs disbanding and setting up again in a different supporters format. One that is stronger and fit for purpose, one that is aligned with how the Ogden family see the club going forward in the future. |
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Reply | Mount Rushmore
at 11:52 18 Nov 2024
It's a post born out of frustration. I honestly feel like finding out where Cameron lives and going down to see him face to face, a suggestion I've put to others. I'm fed up with individuals in high places holding petty grudges and putting their own personal agendas before the football club. We want a club that treats everybody with respect don't we and one that pulls everybody together for the good of the club. We have a wonderful opportunity to make this club good with the Ogden family and any individual who isn't on board with that needs to be replaced. I'm also fed up with our Supporters Trust pussy footing around Simon Gauge and that includes the Trust representative on the board..subservient the lot of them and bloody frightened to death of upsetting him. [Post edited 18 Nov 2024 12:12]
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Reply | Mount Rushmore
at 11:41 18 Nov 2024
Well you will be aware of their fantastic contribution to the club, neither of them did it for recognition but when others at the club are being recognised and awarded honorary positions at the club then these two as a example should certainly be. They should be welcomed and given the same matchday privileges as any other serving Director, or those previous. The fact that they haven't takes some explaining, neither of them feel welcomed and nobody at the club has reached out to them. It could be rectified straight away but the person who makes all the decisions at the club has chosen not to do so. As i said, the Trust have tried to rectify this wrong. We have a Trust Ditector in the Boardroom but still nothing happens. It's like the rest of the club, nothings changed has it. We have new Directors in the Boardroom, when are they going to get a grip of the club and ensure good people like Chris Dunphy and Jamie Sarsfield are treated properly? [Post edited 18 Nov 2024 11:43]
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Reply | Mount Rushmore
at 06:40 18 Nov 2024
Yes, it's a strange choice that when we're talking about people who shaped the history of the club. I notice Jack is also on the honours list in the programme, a life president or similar. No doubt he's been a good kit man but we have people who've invested a awful lot of their own money to save the club and they are treated like imposters. People like Jamie Sarsfield and Chris Dunphy, our most successful Chairman ever, who made a real difference to the club and are now snubbed and treated like lepers for no reason. They stand wiling to help the club in any way they can, Cameron needs to speak to them.
There's clearly attempts been made to airbrush worthy individuals out of the clubs history and ostracise them from the club. I think thats something Cameron Ogden should be made aware of and is something that should be one of the topics at the fans forum if he is in attendance. No point mentioning it to Simon Gauge. I believe the Trust have approached Simon Gauge about this and Murray Knight is aware but the can is continuously kicked down the road and there's no appetite to reach out to them. George Brigham also banged the drum very loudly but probably ended up frustrated. At the start of a 'New Era' you would like to think that this isn't a vindictive policy, if it is then it's petty and childish and reflects very poorly on the person who should be looking for unity and inclusion. A personal refusal to put the interests of the club first and embrace individuals who have made a real difference to the club and could help him and the club in the process. These are open goals and big wins for the club but somebody within the club is blocking progress and it's harming the Ogdens family football club. The club can't progress with people like that making decisions, carrying grudges and pettiness doesn't belong in football clubs, we're fed up to the back teeth of people like that and i thought the new era and Ogden takeover would have eradicated all that sort of childish stuff from the Boardroom. It is childish and it needs calling out for what it is. It's ridiculous and disrespectful.
Cameron Ogden could do a lot worse than sit in a room for a hour with a mix of maybe a dozen life long Dale fans/ Shareholders and have a full and frank discussion with them to really get a feel of what concerns the fans have. Chris Dunphy lives up the road from the club, they would get on like a house on fire if they had a meet. Make contact and go to his house for a brew, I'm really surprised Cameron hasn't already done that. Instead of just listening to Gauge and his fellow Directors, go and speak to our best Chairman ever who oversaw two promotions and the redevelopment of the stadium and then go and have a pint in the Cemetery with a bunch of fans and listen to their aspirations and concerns. Chris Dunphy and his associates also have relationships with influential people in the Town and the Council, they negotiated with RMBC their investment in the club and also went through the process of getting permission to redevelop the stadium. It's madness that their experience isn't being tapped into by the Ogden family, they will probably help to open doors for them. I'm sure Chris would help and advise in that area if he was aked. Cameron or one of his own Directors needs to make the approach though to ensure it's done in the correct manner. What would they have to lose and I'm certain Chris would help the club in any way he could. [Post edited 18 Nov 2024 8:42]
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Reply | Mount Rushmore
at 14:54 17 Nov 2024
David Kilpatrick
Chris Dunphy
Gary Jones
David Clough
The two best Chairman, our iconic captain, the superfan
If there was a mini collective award for a Mount Rushmore then i would give it to Simon Gauge and ALL the other Directors who put in their own money to buy back the shares from MH. They still all need properly recognising for that, especially the ones who have since left the club. [Post edited 17 Nov 2024 15:42]
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Reply | Mount Rushmore
at 14:50 17 Nov 2024
Yes, i phoned Dusty. This is a great idea by the way, it would be more fun if we could have a villians version though and a explanation why?🙂 |
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Reply | Mount Rushmore
at 14:40 17 Nov 2024
What's a Mount Rushmore? Edit..googled it. [Post edited 17 Nov 2024 14:45]
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Reply | What’s our worst squad ever?
at 14:06 17 Nov 2024
Statistically but they were playing at a higher level than those players who followed. The squads i remember as the poorest are the ones towards the late 1970s. I didn't see the 73/74 team. Things only seemed to buck up when Danny Bergara became manager. No disrespect but the likes of Helliwell and Boslem didn't even look like footballers, we had local pub players on the fringes of the first team late 70s, early 80s. Mind you Bill Williams and Geoff Thomas went on to great things. Speaking of which i was in the Cemetery pub with Geoff last week. [Post edited 17 Nov 2024 14:11]
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Reply | The Bigger Picture
at 13:50 17 Nov 2024
Yes, i get that, a competitive budget in respect of aiming for a play off place was how it was described during the summer. He mentioned improving on last season, that should have us in or around the play offs. I think that's what the fan base expect when you speak on matchdays and listening to numerous interviews from the players i think that they expect the same thing. I havent heard anybody say they dont expect us to finish in the play offs to be honest. We certainly shouldn't be seeing the type of performances that we saw yesterday. Maybe McNulty has spoken with Cameron last week prior to the radio interviews and expectations have now been reset. [Post edited 17 Nov 2024 13:52]
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Reply | The Bigger Picture
at 13:20 17 Nov 2024
Punching above our weight in terms of budget? I believe Wealdstone are a part time outfit and they beat us comfortably yesterday. At no point did we look like scoring. Apart from the win at Fylde i can't remember when we last put in a good performance that resulted in a win. Halifax had us chasing shadows, we dug in and managed to win the game. We scored the injury time winner with our only shot on target during the second half last week. Neither could be classed as good performances. Hartlepool away was the last good league performance i think. [Post edited 17 Nov 2024 13:22]
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Reply | The Bigger Picture
at 08:55 17 Nov 2024
Fantastic post and thanks for your time in composing it. It would be great if you and other supporters could forward something similar to Cameron Ogden. The opportunities to question how the club is being run are being closed down, the decision to remove the shareholder forum is the best example of that. Who made that decision, was it Cameron Ogden? A fans forum isn't the best platform to discuss in detail the things that need addressing so fans are left to find other ways of channelling their concerns. No good submitting a question to the Trust, if its going to upset somebody in the Boardroom it won't get asked and it certainly wont get challenged. So there's nowhere else to go apart from straight to the source. The Ogdens own the Club, they need to know how shareholders and fans feel in respect to how their club is being run. We have two Chairman, i have no faith in Simon Gauge after his last performance at the AGM, so i'll direct any concerns i have to Cameron Ogden. [Post edited 17 Nov 2024 9:18]
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Reply | Wealdstone match thread
at 08:04 17 Nov 2024
Back from a injury and he's played out of position, as a consequence so is McBride. Our two forwards both played out of position, well McBride isnt really a forward as such. We have Henderson on the bench who has scored three in his last four games i think. As 442 rightly pointed out, the squad is unbalanced and it's over loaded with similar type wide players. It's what Hill did when Dunphy was Chairman, collecting players like stamps. It was highlighted during the summer recruitment that we needed strengthening through the spine of the team in particular..Goalkeeper, central defender and another goalscorer who we can keep on the pitch.
The on loan keeper from Wrexham came in at the last minute, we've used four keepers already this season and we aren't halfway through yet. So we now have a young kid with no experience at this level as our number one goalkeeper, the most important position on the pitch. Good luck to him. The centre of defence is still a running sore, i accept Ferguson has done well in his limited appearances but i don't have confidence in him and it's clear that Jim doesn't neither, he sees him in training every day. Rodney is always going to miss games, he's consistent with injuries and Hendo is 40 years old, so that's another area that wasn't addressed. In the meantime Jim's signed a load of wide, utility players who let's be honest are very inconsistent and raw at this level.
So the criticism of McNulty in respect to the make up of the squad is warranted, irrespective of the good players he's also signed. How does he keep all those players happy and how can he have clarity of thought when it comes to team selection? It's like every game is a experiment and even more so when it comes to the substitutions. [Post edited 17 Nov 2024 8:24]
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Reply | Wealdstone match thread
at 07:12 17 Nov 2024
Loyal to our new owners, as a fan that should be the number one priority. I know I'm a dinosaur expecting loyalty from McNulty but four months in to his contract isn't good. On a separate note, i have doubts as to whether next Saturday lunchtimes game will go ahead looking at the weather forecast for the rest of the week. Oldham have good frost covers, we could do to give them a ring and double up with theirs and get them down early. |
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Reply | Wealdstone match thread
at 03:32 17 Nov 2024
The end of a bad week for the club, in particular the Ogden family. Apparently Cameron invited over 250 of his business associates to yesterday's game in an attempt to drum up investment and sponsorship for the club. Hired out an entire pub and put on presentations etc. To organise something like that takes some planning and no doubt it will have been a costly exercise. Such a fantastic thing to do. Look how he's been rewarded.
Listening to McNultys interview it sounds like the manager and players didn't fancy the game before a ball had been kicked...they didn't like the pitch and had already identified that prior to the game. After the events of this week i can't imagine Cameron will be very impressed, he's pulling his tripe out trying to drum up investment while his manager is being interviewed for another job, four months into a three year contract (i realise that doesn't bother some fans). Then we throw in a performance like that and the manager tries to kid people that it was the pitch and the referees fault. Insulting people's intelligence and disrespecting our opponents. The bigger picture here are the Ogden family and the football club, i think McNultys disrespected both, just my opinion obviously.
A big part of ' Team Rochdale' and the special bond died for me last week, things now feel a bit different and that's down to McNulty. You look to your manager to provde unity and instead he did the opposite.The players will now know he has one eye on his next move and it looked like it was reflected in their lacklustre performance, a spark was missing. I understand some fans don't have a problem with what went on with McNulty and Burton but try putting yourself in the shoes of Cameron Ogden, deep down he must be so disappointed. [Post edited 17 Nov 2024 7:00]
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