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Reply | Time to go Jim. The turning point
at 17:30 26 Feb 2025
Fair point but I'm willing to bet his budget at Bolton was still well in excess of Accringtons. Scunthorpe was a total disaster. He gave us the best time ever as Dale fans, thats what he should be remembered for, in the end he'd lost the plot though. [Post edited 26 Feb 17:34]
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Reply | TAMWORTH
at 22:31 25 Feb 2025
A poor result against a poor team. To be fair i thought we knocked it about well tonight especially in the second half. We aren't ruthless in the final third though and that's been apparent all season. Draws are like defeats now, theyre no good, |
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Reply | Time to go Jim. The turning point
at 20:48 25 Feb 2025
The reason he was sacked was because he took on the whole fan base and said that they were wrong to have expectations in respect of the play offs and also belittled the club in a post match interview.They were in the play offs at the time. The Chairman had very little choice but to replace him. Constantly picking fights for no reason. Their fans forum was very telling at the time, the fans hated him even though he had them at the right end of the table. He did the same with the Bolton fans on Radio Bolton after they lost 7-1 at Accrington and stated the fans should realise where the club was...they had one of the largest budgets in the league at the time and just been taken to the cleaners by Accrington. A bit like McNulty telling us how great part time Tamworth are. [Post edited 25 Feb 20:56]
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Reply | Time to go Jim. The turning point
at 19:07 25 Feb 2025
Still would have relegated us. BBM simplified it, we rolled up our sleeves and put in a shift and kept winning 1-0. Then he moved away from that and complicated everything. We didn't cross the halfway line for three months and he copied Hill and broke a record, our worst home run of results in our history. Relegated us with a good team, turning good players bad. You can't keep blaming the players for under achieving and I'm seeing it now with Jim [Post edited 25 Feb 19:11]
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Reply | Time to go Jim. The turning point
at 18:30 25 Feb 2025
With one of the top budgets in the league. I think Bolton lost 7-1 at Accrington when Hill was managing them. That scoreline needs some digesting. [Post edited 25 Feb 18:33]
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Reply | Time to go Jim. The turning point
at 18:17 25 Feb 2025
We were nailed on for relegation when he was sacked. He was collecting players like postage stamps and we regularly conceded three and four goals. Nobody liked him at Tranmere or his football, he turned on the fans in the main stand and suggested they were out of order for expecting the team to do well in the play offs...that was him on toast when he did that. He broke the record when he then went to manage at Scunthorpe, the worst results of any manager in their history..two wins over 40 plus games i think. He'd lost the plot at Rochdale and was deservedly relieved of his job, his demise continued. It's madness that anybody would want him back at the club. Our best manager ever until he started believing his own hype and then his ego consumed him unfortunately and he couldn't see the wood for the trees. He forgot what worked and embroiled himself in coaching manuals, posession stats etc. It was his downfall and we are seeing it now, same happened with BBM. Complicating a simple game. Before he became all self consumed there is no doubt he was our best ever manager though. It's a shame what happened to him. [Post edited 25 Feb 18:26]
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Reply | Sack McNulty
at 08:53 23 Feb 2025
No chance of kick starting Project 5000 then. Hes been given a play off budget, that was stated earlier in the season. We are now losing matchday support rather than building on it. Nobody wants to watch this diet of boring, backward sterile football. You're making excuses for us to fail. The squad of players should have easily made the play offs. He's making excuses for the Tamworth game already, a part time club that is languishing in the bottom half of the league. If you are a player listening to your manager speaking like that you'd be drained of confidence before you even got onto the pitch. He's trying to pull the wool over the owners and the fans eyes, excuse after excuse and most fans can now see through it. Gibbons and himself looked like two little boys lost yesterday on the touchline, the players looked thoroughly cheesed off. They all downed tools and threw the towel in after an hour, tapped out. [Post edited 23 Feb 8:54]
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Reply | Match Thread, Dale v In form top of the table Barnet
at 17:10 22 Feb 2025
Total surrender that, we need a new manager. Easiest game of the season for Barnet. Lose next Saturday and it's season over. Good luck selling season tickets with McNulty and his side kick in the dugout.
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Reply | Match thread Halifax Town
at 08:46 20 Feb 2025
We did pass it around OK between both penalty boxes but i don't recall us creating one real chance throughout the game. I dont recall their keeper having to really extend himself. Keith Hill used to describe it as like watching a soft porn film..plenty of promise but nothing happening in the box. [Post edited 20 Feb 11:34]
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Reply | Match thread Halifax Town
at 23:33 19 Feb 2025
Yes, should definitely have had six points. I thought we played well at Southend but never looked like scoring tonight. |
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Reply | Match thread Halifax Town
at 23:08 19 Feb 2025
There were no chances to tuck away, we created nothing and over the ninety minutes we didn't invade the penalty area enough. It was another toothless display and Halifax were there for the taking. We need a new manager i think. |
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Reply | The race for seventh, midweek 18th/19th Feb
at 09:09 19 Feb 2025
Well summed up. Progress in the day to day running of the club is probably just as important as our final league position also. Unless the whole structure of the club is firing on all cylinders, or at least moving in the right direction, then everything else falls down. The changes in the leadership structure has been badly needed for a long time, so that gives us hope. [Post edited 19 Feb 9:46]
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Reply | The race for seventh, midweek 18th/19th Feb
at 07:37 19 Feb 2025
The importance of winning games seems as though it's secondary to the performance and the process when you listen to McNulty. I think thats the difference between us and most of the teams above us and it's reflected in the league table. They all seem to find that bit extra and win the games that they're expected to win in general. More fire in their belly's, more desire to fight, more ruthlessness from the dugout. We beat Halifax at home, in all honesty they ran rings around us that night, we need to be up for the fight from the first whistle tonight because Halifax will realise the significance of tonight's result and won't be taking a backward step. We're due a monumental cock up in defence while trying to play out, inviting pressure, hopefully McNulty will take into account the state of the pitch when he conducts his team talk and we don't see any of that tonight. It's about which team wants it the most tonight. [Post edited 19 Feb 8:35]
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Reply | The race for 7th (Saturday 15th Feb)
at 07:44 17 Feb 2025
Good post, attitudes at the club do have to change. Gauge should no longer be involved in the day to day running of the club or the decision making. The Ogdens have people in salaried positions to run the club now so it's the likes of Andy Duff who is responsible for overseeing these sort of things. I dont think Cameron Ogden would be very impressed if Simon Gauge was interfering with those that have been specifically tasked to do their job. Individuals with far more experience than Gauge will ever have and if they have any backbone they will remind him of that should he try to interfere and report it back to Cameron Ogden. Employment tribunals and compensation payments have cost the club in the past so let's hope the club is now run in a professional way and there is respect given to all members of staff. The last thing we need is any individuals sticking their beak in when people are trying to do their job [Post edited 17 Feb 9:25]
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Reply | The race for 7th (Saturday 15th Feb)
at 18:52 16 Feb 2025
Speaking of project 5000, in two weeks time we have a absolutely massive home game against Altrincham, beat them and we are one game from Wembley and would be favourites to win the first meaningful trophy in the history of the club. Does McNulty see the significance of the Altrincham game and does he embrace it? Do those in the Boardroom recognise the importance of this game? If you are looking at launching a 5000 project then this is a marketing dream for the club and could kick start a generation of new fans and significantly boost season ticket sales over the season if we can link Wembley tickets with early bird offers on season tickets.
I'm not confident anybody at the club has even recognised the significance of what is at stake though, theyve probably not even given it any in depth planning or thought. Mc Nulty will hate the pressure, even if it's the FA Trophy and he'll talk Altrincham up as though they are Real Madrid. If those in the Boardroom have the stomach for it they should be rallying the Town and looking at strengthening the forward line this week. Let's see how it pans out, it's the biggest game of our season but we'll probably wimp out of it like we do in big games. [Post edited 17 Feb 7:34]
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Reply | The race for 7th (Saturday 15th Feb)
at 15:51 16 Feb 2025
I dont think Gauge will leave of his own accord. Mc Nulty will either be sacked or he will wait for a better option to present itself. [Post edited 16 Feb 15:52]
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Reply | The race for 7th (Saturday 15th Feb)
at 03:06 16 Feb 2025
'Roll substitutions on and off' is just another ridiculous excuse. McNulty has the option to roll substitutions on and off also but he didn't do. He has a good squad and decent options on the bench. The league table says we have been superior to Southend all season so his attempt to pull the wool over the fans eyes with his 'football speak' doesn't wash unfortunately. It seems that the opposition manager outsmarted him with his in game substitutions. That's what happened. I watched the game on the telly and we are a reflection of the manager..nice to look at but too soft, lacking fire in our belly and a desire to kill off teams. Mc Nulty is managing us out of the plays offs, he'll have a excuse for it though and cite the three year plan. It's similar to BBM relegating us with a good squad of players, there's no character or steel in the team. [Post edited 16 Feb 7:53]
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Reply | Club Advisory Board
at 12:12 15 Feb 2025
I would like to think that those selected for a interview will also be savvy enough to interview those doing the interview at the same time. Interviews should never be a one way process. If i'm giving up my own time free of charge to help the Club then it will be me asking plenty of questions and then deciding if the position is right for me, it won't be the other way around i'm afraid. I won't be being interviewed by Gauge and Pockney neither, i value my time. I'm fine with anybody else. [Post edited 15 Feb 12:21]
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