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Reply | Negative and personal
at 09:55 19 Mar 2025
I can think of several worse defenders.
In mitigation EEL made a career out of being a traditional centrehalf.
Now, straight back from a serious injury, he’s being asked to play like John Stones.
Would the likes of Bob Scott, Gareth Griffiths or even Keith Hill have been asked to convert in a similar manner? |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Boston United
at 22:46 18 Mar 2025
Can only echo most of the above.
The team looked terribly disjointed.
East and Gilmour found themselves facing their own goal instead of having the space to move forwards with the freedom they’ve enjoyed recently.
For all of that if one of those early second half chances goes in it could have been a different story.
I just hope we don’t end up rueing this fixture being postponed in January.
The only good news was that Alty, Gateshead and Halifax all contrived to lose at home as well. Bizarre really.
And where were the ball boys? |
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Reply | Negative and personal
at 20:37 18 Mar 2025
It got quite toxic.
Worst I can remember since Sam Graham was booed in the early Stockdale days. |
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Thread | FRMSE pops up again.
at 17:55 18 Mar 2025
He’s now on the coaching staff at Matlock Town under interim manager Adam Clayton, another with a Dale connection. |
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Reply | Oldham Match Thread
at 17:53 18 Mar 2025
There were a few more limping at full time on Saturday as well eg TAR and Tarryn |
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Reply | £5 million boost from the Govt
at 21:11 17 Mar 2025
News from Halifax Town today as well.
The local council have agreed to sell the Shay to the owner of Huddersfield Giants rugby league club.
They’re relocating to the Shay for a few years from 2026 so three clubs will be based there.
In return he’s renewing the pitch and upgrading the floodlights and other facilities.
Halifax Town fans are angry as apparently there’s an EFL rule that member clubs can only groundshare with one other team and so this could potentially block promotion for them. |
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Reply | FA Trophy semi
at 19:57 17 Mar 2025
I’ve made the conscious decision to go to the ticket office before the game tomorrow and buy one in person instead.
Prefer to have a paper copy anyway. |
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Reply | DAZN weekly pass price increase
at 17:00 16 Mar 2025
Looking at DAZN their losses in their latest published accounts seem to be over £1 billion?
The German government have pursued them for trading standards breaches and they’ve also had issues in Italy where they had the rights to Serie A only for the service to suffer from blackouts amongst other problems. |
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Reply | DAZN
at 13:40 16 Mar 2025
I remember both “piecan” and “tripe hound” being used as insults whilst I was in my schooldays in the 1960s along with “knobstick”. |
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Reply | Oldham Match Thread
at 21:54 15 Mar 2025
Played four teams in the last month who are playoff contenders if you count Halifax as well. Been the better side for long periods of all those games. |
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Reply | FA Trophy semi
at 07:24 13 Mar 2025
I never knew that. You learn something every day! |
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Reply | FA Trophy semi
at 19:07 12 Mar 2025
1400 is presumably how many they estimated they need. If they sell those there is spare capacity for a further allocation?
I suppose if they don’t need more then some could perhaps go on general sale providing that segregation is possible eg separate toilets and refreshments provision. |
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Reply | Oldham game
at 14:51 12 Mar 2025
I’m not so sure that they are there for the smashing.
Beat Eastleigh last night with Norwood returning on the bench.
And they’ve signed Kian Harratt although who would have bet on that?
Apart from the player himself of course! |
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Reply | Time to go Jim. The turning point
at 08:30 12 Mar 2025
He seemed to change tactics quite effectively last night once Dale had gone 2-0 up and some subs had been made.
Just after the introduction of Mitchell there was a stoppage in play and BJ brought Waller over to the touchine and from his gesticulations seemed to be telling him to “go long” which is exactly what happened when Mitchell scored the third. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Altrincham
at 07:39 12 Mar 2025
Altrincham had one spell, midway through the first half, when they looked really dangerous and forced corners in quick succession.
Apart from that, with the exception of a break from Newby following a Dale corner, Dale controlled the game I thought.
Waller saved that one to one opportunity really well though. He’s so good in those situations. Did it in the cup tie the other week and also early on at Halifax.
The best compliment that you can pay Kingdon is that Gordon isn’t being missed too much. He’s visibly growing in confidence with every game.
Alty’s manager might boast that he understands how we play down the right but his team have been incapable of stopping TAR from getting to the bye line.
Don’t forget that teams in the top places of the league have to play each other as the season reaches a climax - Oldham play Halifax next week for example. |
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Reply | Time to go Jim. The turning point
at 23:16 11 Mar 2025
To be fair there was a sense of despondency when the thread was started.
Memory of the Boston postponement still lingered as did the thought of dire home performances against Oldham, Barnet and Ebbsfleet.
Even what can be seen as decent away points at Southend and Halifax attracted criticism.
March has been a completely different month though!
There’s a long way to go yet but a feeling of optimism has returned. |
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