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Reply | Pitch update
at 20:55 3 Jan 2025
It's time the Ogdens asked a few hard, business-like questions of the way the club is being run on a day-to-day basis
If only they knew it, the fanbase would be behind them all the way. I suspect they've been sold a false picture of us, and the way the Trust fails to intelligently challenge at board level will have done nothing to alter that view
Perhaps it does need a minor catastrophic fixture pile-up to change things. The manager and players can't be at all happy about this, having given up the Xmas/NY celebrations to continue training only for incompetence and lack of foresight to waste their efforts. The weather is one thing; a lack of planning and provision for it another |
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Reply | Beware the Town!
at 12:18 3 Jan 2025
It would, James
It used to be called "a football match" |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 00:40 3 Jan 2025
A Daley would say "we're going over to Hull"
Over and out |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 17:30 2 Jan 2025
No-one living in Hull would say they were coming "up" to Rochdale
That's not a matter of grammar, or spelling |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 17:00 2 Jan 2025
So you've told us
Hence, you'd be travelling west and slightly south to reach Rochdale, so not sure why you'd say you were coming "up" for the game |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 16:54 2 Jan 2025
"Up" from where?
I thought where you lived, you'd be travelling west and slightly south? |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 21:16 1 Jan 2025
I wondered about that
Are they our covers, or were they borrowed/hired? Were they a kind of 'sticking plaster' to make it look as if something was being done, when in effect the coverage was wholly inadequate and potentially even worse. If the game had gone ahead for instance, there would have been areas relatively soaked and others not, leading to all sorts of issues with footholds and the movement of the ball
I agree it's wrong to just expect the Ogdens to stump up for decent pitch protection, but any cost/benefit analysis has to be made with lost revenue and goodwill of those who've already forked out for travel/accommodation etc.
As you say, the playing surface is the foundation of everything that happens at the club. With fixtures building up due to postponements, there's potential for losing not just momentum but also league position at the end of the season [Post edited 1 Jan 22:18]
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Altrincham
at 20:47 31 Dec 2024
It's more than likely involuntary
Solid quality is required, and your own comms as Chair would serve as a fine example
There's not much danger of falling between two stools |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Altrincham
at 19:17 31 Dec 2024
Fine comment
It's not unlikely that the update occurred due to the conversations going after yesterdays AGM. I've been hinting at this since i couldn't get anywhere near (due to the enclosed space the meeting took place in) but knowing those involved in conversation with the directors - and the fact they were looking out at the pitch - i'd be surprised if the matter of communication wasn't raised
Not sure if the penny has therefore dropped (it's been thrown into a void many, many times) but if the ethos of a Community Club is to be realised, it's absolutely essential that the minimum that happens is the kind of update posted today
The clue is in the word "community" - which doesn't exist without communication that all are comfortable with |
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Reply | AGM Tomorrow 10.00am
at 12:31 31 Dec 2024
Cheers, i should've checked the OS, but as expected
By my calculation, just over 290 shares were against the re-election of Tony Pockney
That means the Trust poll would indicate the Trust voted in favour of his re-election
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Reply | AGM Tomorrow 10.00am
at 12:14 31 Dec 2024
I doubt we'll find out the result of the voting for re-election of directors since any negative result will be offset by the weight of shares in favour (one presumes the majority shareholders are happy with their re-election)
It would still have been interesting to find out the poll result, for one in particular |
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Reply | Leicester to be relegated?
at 12:08 31 Dec 2024
Left Plymouth "by mutual consent"
Chairman: "Rooney, you're a shit manager"
Rooney: "Aye" |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Altrincham
at 14:16 30 Dec 2024
"Informal" conversations looked to be taking place with at least one club director after the AGM, whilst looking out over the pitch... |
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Reply | AGM Tomorrow 10.00am
at 11:12 30 Dec 2024
There was an opportunity to raise questions (pertinent to the business of the meeting) which duly happened, otherwise it would've been 10 minutes
Also, to register a vote
Good view of the pitch from Box 4 (moved from the Ratcliffe) and it looked great in the sunshine... |
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Reply | AGM Tomorrow 10.00am
at 10:56 30 Dec 2024
You didn't miss much
Done and dusted in 25 minutes |
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Reply | Leicester to be relegated?
at 17:50 29 Dec 2024
Surely Wayne Rooney can't last much longer at Plymouth, who've just hit rock bottom in the Championship?
And surely, no other club (at least in the UK) would waste their time giving him yet another chance at management? |
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Reply | Tickets
at 15:02 29 Dec 2024
Rather than being promoted, if ever a game was being relegated, it's this one |
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Reply | Tickets
at 17:41 28 Dec 2024
That's why there needs to be accountability
After the post-Bottomley efforts to keep the flame alive by those without substantial resources but who nevertheless put their cash and effort into the Dale cause, we shouldn't be having to make these points again
That's the whole point of having a Trust rep on the board, and it barely needs repeating - it's not working, and that's despite getting answers to questions in retrospect. There needs to be proactive input, but for that to happen, we need Trust input that's proactive [Post edited 28 Dec 2024 17:44]
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Reply | Tickets
at 16:20 28 Dec 2024
it'd be useful to know who's taking these decisions, and whether it's one individual or as a result of a discussion which the Trust were party to |
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