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Reply | RIP Norman Bodell
at 18:10 15 Dec 2024
That's a brilliant article, thanks for finding and posting it
Reminded me that i was at that Wolves v Man City League Cup Final in 1974. At the time, you could buy a combined coach & match ticket for Wembley (can't remember if it was Ellen Smith's or Yelloway) but i was stood in the Wolves end when John Richards scored the winner... chaos!
Had no idea Bodell was involved with them, and never saw him play for Dale (just before my time) but his story shows the ups and downs of football and how much depends on attitude and appreciation of being involved
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 14:25 15 Dec 2024
It could be argued that Dale have some of the most patient fans in the country
Those who've followed for decades will understand what i mean by that
It's not patience that's lacking James. As i pointed out earlier, we also know what progression looks like, KH being the prime example. It took him three and half years to achieve what no Dale manager had done for over 40 years, but we could see the progression happening - we could smell it, in fact, the excitement being palpable
What we're seeing right now looks and feels nothing like that. I'm not being unfair in comparing JM to KH, who was probably a once-in-our-lifetime's manager, just suggesting (as nordenblue described it) that it feels like we're playing with the handbrake left on, deliberately, and that's not a recipe for building either success or the fanbase |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 13:07 15 Dec 2024
Hardly rocket science, since (in the absence of spendthrift owners) that's what any team in any division would need to do, and exactly what all our competitors are trying to do
What we're more interested in is genuine signs of progression, both in general and during the course of games. As said before, the games over the holiday period are key, both in terms of regaining momentum, league position and crucially, morale |
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Reply | Shareholders AGM 2024
at 10:14 15 Dec 2024
Good point about legislation involving a regulator, and the club may be awaiting the fine detail, but provision of a GS needn't be contingent upon something that may not happen, or just be "kicked into the long grass" due to other government priorities
Communicating this would be simple and uncontroversial |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 23:13 14 Dec 2024
I don't disagree 49th, it's just that there's a much bigger fish to fry in my opinion
And that's getting people through the turnstiles. The way we play just won't do that, however many points we pick up along the way
Football is an entertainment, and it's more than perfectly evident that we just aren't being entertained
My hope (more than expectation) is that JM will gain the confidence to set the talents of this squad free. That's precisely the kind of magic that KH set in motion, and JM played under KH so you'd hope something would've rubbed off. In the meantime, there's always next year, or year after... |
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Reply | Shareholders AGM 2024
at 23:03 14 Dec 2024
As per the "discussion" on here in midweek, this will be seen as the arbiter of how the relationship between owners and fans can move forward
It needs to be established how this will come about - not as a promise, but as a fact, a reality
Having "the Trust" as the holders of the Golden Share suggests the Ogdens see the Trust as it is, and has been known, for many years now
It's unlikely to be offered to any other body, but this all needs to be fully set out and communicated, along with a timeline |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 21:13 14 Dec 2024
Don't be cruel
49th has just spent the best part of his Saturday evening working all that out! |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 20:54 14 Dec 2024
Even a draw on Tuesday would put us back to sixth
As i said earlier, it's tight. I just wish i could stop thinking of metaphors |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 19:46 14 Dec 2024
There's some truly ridiculous-sized cards out there these days
Mine are 3x3ins
What that says about me, i dread to think, but does size matter? I'm talking about squad size here, of course... [Post edited 14 Dec 19:47]
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 19:43 14 Dec 2024
"never been in it"
That's just about the first sensible thing you've posted. I'll rephrase it then: do your lot discuss if your new club will ever get as far as the National League? |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 19:23 14 Dec 2024
That's not a bad description
If you've managed to get anything as good as that into your Xmas cards, i applaud you |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 19:09 14 Dec 2024
Bet you wish your lot had such things to discuss, rather than "how the f*ck do we get back into the National League" |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 18:28 14 Dec 2024
Bloody hell, wasn't watching but it was that bad?
There used to be threads about what people were doing when Dale weren't playing / called off... |
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Reply | Dagenham match thread
at 17:08 14 Dec 2024
Apart from the obvious initial pressure to stabilise the playing side amid the possibility of extinction last season, this is the first time JM has to demonstrate the ability to stop a slide in a far more stable environment financially
It's still very tight in that lower group of playoff hopefuls and we've games in hand on most, but you're right in saying that our performances over the key Xmas/NY games will likely shape the rest of the season
An inability to turn things round rather than more of the same has been the single factor which has me doubting his abilities in the longer term
Come on JM, prove me wrong, i'd be delighted |
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Reply | Trust /club meeting
at 16:39 13 Dec 2024
This info doesn't routinely go out to Trust members; it has to be checked out by logging in
So whilst the info is clear, it's dissemination isn't, either to Trust members or the wider fanbase |
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Reply | Dan Adshead signs for Boston. (n/t)
at 16:35 13 Dec 2024
If Wiki is to be believed, we got £750k for him
Maybe we wouldn't have had a future without him?
Thanks Dan, and best of luck |
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Reply | AGM Tuesday.
at 20:34 10 Dec 2024
That's precisely what i'm looking to do
Having someone continually counter with the bleeding obvious doesn't help one bit |
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Reply | AGM Tuesday.
at 17:35 10 Dec 2024
Erm, yes... we know all that, why repeat it?
The GS is actually more important, and central to the Ogden takeover, which is why i raised it in the first place. I also raise the question of whether the GS can ONLY be made available to the Trust as currently constituted. If anyone can update on that, i'm sure we'd all be grateful |
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