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Reply | Aldershot Screening 07/09/2024
at 11:42 8 Sep 2024
I'd say the latter - they had some joy down their right so he had a lot of covering to do; when he was subbed didn't look like he'd enjoyed the game much. Also Armstrong (who I didn't rate last season) did a good job when he came on marking their winger. |
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Reply | M62 closed at Rochdale
at 18:35 7 Sep 2024
I knew all about it in advance so allowed extra 1 hour to travel from Rochdale to Wigan (in line with google maps prediction - outward 27 miles journey took an hour, return took 5 hours... the outside lanes need closing in turn several miles before the motorway closure rather than allowing 4 lanes to converge at the closure [Post edited 7 Sep 19:36]
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Reply | Sven has passed
at 16:24 28 Aug 2024
the red tops love a bit of hypocrisy [Post edited 28 Aug 16:25]
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Reply | Salford friendly
at 18:09 3 Aug 2024
Ody Alfa (edited) 25, winger/WB, ex-Chelmsford, 1 year deal to Summer 2025.
Don't recall Trialist B having any great impact - others might. [Post edited 3 Aug 19:46]
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Reply | Salford friendly
at 17:40 3 Aug 2024
2 changes from Carlisle game - Burger for McBride & East for Gilmour. Subs included Alfa (thanks IOMD getting a person's name right is much more than pedantry), Gilmour, McBride, Barlow, Henderson, trialist.
Built on last Sat playing 3:4:3 - another screamer from Henry who I think also knitted in M/F better today; Gordon outshone Beckwith defensively although Beckwith's touches in & around the box in the first half were encouraging. EEL had another solid game as did Adebayo-Rowling - good to see he coped well when switched to LWB when the subs came on. Even McNicholas' long kicks (to feet) worked better to day.
Again lovely progressive triangles around the edge of the box carved Salford open regularly and Allarakhia was often at the centre of those. He finished up playing as a striker.
Rodney, Mitchell and Burger pressed well, made some great runs and were often found by short through balls between CB & FB - Burger looks a real asset.
Icing on the cake was Henderson slipping McBride in for the 5th
One disappointment was Gilmour coming on as a sub failed to influence the game in his usual way. [Post edited 3 Aug 19:45]
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Reply | Demonstrations outside Rochdale Police Station
at 13:55 28 Jul 2024
You make some fair comments and I agree with you & DA that skin colour doesn't determine youth criminality but it isn't true Paul Waugh's comments were all biased against the police or lacking concern. Here are some of his comments:-
Parliament 24/7
"Our police face a very difficult job everyday in keeping us safe"
X 25/7
"The police have said that while trying to arrest a suspect, three of their officers were attacked. They said that one officer suffered a broken nose and all three needed hospital treatment."
Facebook 25/7
"I also asked the Assistant Chief Constable to pass on my thoughts and concern for the female police officer injured in the run up to this incident....There is a wider background and context to this incident which will be explored by the Independent Office for Police Conduct and it’s important not to rush to judgment based on social media clips."
X 27/7
"Yesterday's meeting in Rochdale made clear that this is a community that strongly believes in the rule of law, that the criminal justice system should follow the evidence wherever it leads, and that offenders should be punished appropriately."
Perhaps it's more about what selection the media make of someone's comments. Overall I share DA's view that Waugh has done well in attempting to defuse the situation whilst rightly representing his constituents. |
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Reply | Demonstrations outside Rochdale Police Station
at 21:08 27 Jul 2024
Not particularly.
This looks like an excerpt from (official?) static CCTV footage whereas the original broadcast footage was from a private mobile phone which may not have captured all the incident. Even this footage doesn't show the start of the contact between the police officers and members of the public.
The question was never whether the officers had or hadn't been attacked but whether, whatever the provocation, their response was proportionate/professional etc |
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Reply | Carlisle friendly
at 18:57 27 Jul 2024
Agreed – some positive signs although it's early days
Keeper had an easy game – he looked to mix up playing out through their press and low-trajectory long balls which were a bit hit & miss.
Beckwith looked comfortable on the floor and his was the first pass through the lines which started the move for Mitchell’s goal. Gordon & EBL had solid performances. Their weakness is possibly in the air - the 3 of them rarely won a header.
Allarakhia had some good moments including couple of interceptions & appeared to be playing more an inverted FB role in the 2nd half and, whilst I didn’t notice Adebayo-Rowling as much in the first half, both added to the MF sharpness.
Gilmour took 10 mins to get into the game but once he did he became more and more influential – getting his distances with Henry right will come with game time.
Apart from his excellent 25 yds free kick goal, Henry is forward thinking (possibly more so than East), had several attempts at a pass behind the FB though his execution let him down sometimes today.
Good to see Rodney & Mitchell up top though both struggled to break down a rugged Carlisle defence, bar Rodney hitting the post (see MH below) & the first goal. Rodney had a couple of good driving runs but lost the ball trying to turn his defender on a couple of occasions (lost focus?) and Mitchell ran hard but perhaps didn’t make the most of the long balls.
Conner McBride played as 3rd striker, had one excellent run and pressed well.
We mixed it up with balls over their back line and also playing out from the back with some lovely triangles moving forward quickly (as with Mitchell’s goal). [Post edited 27 Jul 21:15]
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Reply | Paul Waugh
at 23:42 5 Jul 2024
Fair points but didn't the Industrial revolution temporarily re-balance the wealth inequality of the South over the North, so much so that by 1979 the wealth gap in our Country was at an historical low. It was the de-industrialisation policies of the 1980s neo-liberalism ideology that reignited that inequality - the same neo-liberalism that gave away our water, energy supply, public transport and housing to the private sector...that worked well. |
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Reply | Paul Waugh
at 15:56 5 Jul 2024
yes, the PR devil will be in the detail.
One interesting option is to leave the constituency representative election system as it is but weight the votes of MPs in Parliament according to their party's UK 'popular' vote?
Or the House of Commons could be based on party lists and the 2nd Chamber could be geographical representation?
We need a wider constitutional debate (on Federalism, Devolution and an England Parliament, 2nd Chamber, voting systems) using discussion forums like Citizens Juries. |
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Reply | Paul Waugh
at 11:12 5 Jul 2024
and that is not going to change until we introduce PR.
How can a system where the 2 leading parties get 2/3 of the seats from 1/3 of the votes be considered democratic or where Reform gets 4 seats from 4m votes or the Greens 4 seats from 2M votes whist the LibDems get 70+ from 3.5M!
PR would allow folk to vote for those who properly champion their values rather than 'lie' by voting tactically. It could lead to a realignment of the parties with a broad centerist party of Starmer, Sunak and Davey etc regularly forming a government and significant representation for at least one genuine right wing party (like Reform) and at least 1 genuine left wing party.
and if you're worried about 'extremism' - the best antidote to that is the light of being seen, heard and held to account in Parliament. |
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Reply | Azhar Ali
at 10:18 31 May 2024
wasn't he born in Huddersffielldd |
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Reply | Awards evening
at 18:06 13 Apr 2024
Due to unforeseen circumstances well beyond our control we are unable to provide a live video of the end of year awards
April 13, 2024 Dale Trust Comments Offon Due to unforeseen circumstances well beyond our control we are unable to provide a live video of the end of year awards
As the title says, difficulties beyond the Trusts control has meant we can not provide a live feed of the awards night we will though video it snd list it in our web snd YouTube […] |
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Reply | Refwatch: Rochdale v Hartlepool United
at 16:52 2 Apr 2024
but there's no contact with their player!
Fair point that Mitchell's foul was a 50:50 ball but it was a red mist response from him to losing the earlier encounter and sliding in towards another player (& therefore out of control) is a card these days every time [Post edited 2 Apr 16:55]
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Reply | Refwatch: Rochdale v Hartlepool United
at 20:58 1 Apr 2024
Of course lots of ifs but it was Mitchell failing to holds the ball up (because he's also lightweight) that actually led to him seeing red (in every sense). 2 footed sliding tackle is a card every day in the modern game. Agree about the early play being more forward passes (though most went astray).
What's the alternative to Mather - well the player who replaced him today is a good start.
Agree EEL good (and Sassi had a much more solid game than last time) and Gordon was excellent - as he has been for a while but disagree about Hayes today - thought he overcarried the ball and almost always finished up losing it. |
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Reply | Refwatch: Rochdale v Hartlepool United
at 20:18 1 Apr 2024
but how frustrating that it takes going down to 10 men to get that team to play with some bite and enthusiasm - if we'd done that all season our squad is good enough for a play-off place. Agree it all changed with Keohane's introduction and from then on we won our battles all over the park and dominated the last 20mins.
ps Mather is just what you don't want in the NL - too lightweight and not enough effort. |
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