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Given that there is a choice of sitting down the side of the pitch or standing behind the goal on Wednesday night where are people planning to watch the game from?
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Match thread Halifax Town on 07:17 - Feb 20 with 2684 views
It seems like we have 1 way of scoring a goal. Lots of passing, get the ball wide, try and get to the goal line, cross it low and hope someone is in the six yard box to finish. We are so predictable and boring to watch. What ever happened to shooting from distance or even just shooting? Working the keeper?
Its a BRILLIANT goal to cap a BRILLIANT start by Rochdale - Don Goodman 26/08/10
Match thread Halifax Town on 22:20 - Feb 19 by fitzochris
I’ve no problem with our approach play, or what others call tippy-happy football - at the end of the day, it led to so many penalty-box entries tonight. My issue is what happens then. No one is there to tuck the chances away, or worse, someone is there but seems afraid to. And instead we go to the side or backwards. It needs sorting or we will go nowhere.
Actually I thought even though the pitch was the not the most conducive for passing it around/out from the back we did so with aplomb. If only our players were as confident shooting at the oppositions' goal as they are passing it about on front of their own.
'Only happy when you've got it often makes you miss the journey'
Match thread Halifax Town on 08:23 - Feb 20 by James1980
Actually I thought even though the pitch was the not the most conducive for passing it around/out from the back we did so with aplomb. If only our players were as confident shooting at the oppositions' goal as they are passing it about on front of their own.
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.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 09:16 - Feb 20 with 2360 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 08:46 - Feb 20 by TalkingSutty
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.
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Bonnie Blue Army?
Its a BRILLIANT goal to cap a BRILLIANT start by Rochdale - Don Goodman 26/08/10
Ironic I suppose that it was Hoti who missed the penalty. Former players invariably seem to score against their old clubs. I can only echo what has been alluded to earlier in the thread about the only discernible tactic being to get round the back and blast the ball across the face of the goal. It’s very rarely that someone gets on the end of one of these but it’s not just Mitchell at fault here but also whoever is upfront with him eg Ayinde, McBride. If Mitchell goes to the front post for these deliveries then someone else should be attacking the back post. The ball is never cut back into the penalty area for someone running onto it because no-one does that; out of four in midfield two are stationed wide on the flanks and the central pair are not really attack minded. We desperately need a centre forward. Mitchell is 27 and isn’t going to improve. If the team is to be developed year on year a la Gateshead then he needs to be released in summer and a better alternative sourced. The research should be going on now, not in July. He’s not a natural goal scorer although he’s scored some nice goals, he can’t hold the ball up. Hendo showed exactly how it can be done in his late cameo. One thing that did strike me last night was the number of times that a dogged Halifax side were caught offside. They’re a solid, hard working team but Dale can be much better than them if they are the yardstick for a playoff side. The fact remains though that Waller made two good saves to keep the scoreline blank whilst I can’t remember their keeper having to make anything more than a routine contribution. Credit to the travelling support, loud and vocal although I’m not too sure about the toilet seat…..
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Match thread Halifax Town on 10:17 - Feb 20 with 2132 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 09:39 - Feb 20 by EllDale
Ironic I suppose that it was Hoti who missed the penalty. Former players invariably seem to score against their old clubs. I can only echo what has been alluded to earlier in the thread about the only discernible tactic being to get round the back and blast the ball across the face of the goal. It’s very rarely that someone gets on the end of one of these but it’s not just Mitchell at fault here but also whoever is upfront with him eg Ayinde, McBride. If Mitchell goes to the front post for these deliveries then someone else should be attacking the back post. The ball is never cut back into the penalty area for someone running onto it because no-one does that; out of four in midfield two are stationed wide on the flanks and the central pair are not really attack minded. We desperately need a centre forward. Mitchell is 27 and isn’t going to improve. If the team is to be developed year on year a la Gateshead then he needs to be released in summer and a better alternative sourced. The research should be going on now, not in July. He’s not a natural goal scorer although he’s scored some nice goals, he can’t hold the ball up. Hendo showed exactly how it can be done in his late cameo. One thing that did strike me last night was the number of times that a dogged Halifax side were caught offside. They’re a solid, hard working team but Dale can be much better than them if they are the yardstick for a playoff side. The fact remains though that Waller made two good saves to keep the scoreline blank whilst I can’t remember their keeper having to make anything more than a routine contribution. Credit to the travelling support, loud and vocal although I’m not too sure about the toilet seat…..
Chucking that toilet seat from such a height was so unbelievably stupid and I hope whoever did that was caught on camera and is banned for a long time.
Tangled up in blue.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 10:56 - Feb 20 with 2016 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 10:17 - Feb 20 by AtThePeake
Chucking that toilet seat from such a height was so unbelievably stupid and I hope whoever did that was caught on camera and is banned for a long time.
Can't comment about the stadium camera's. But DAZN camera zoomed in on it. Please tell me somebody wasn't vandalising another clubs loos like they did at Macc a few year back.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 11:08 - Feb 20 with 1973 views
It was more of the same last night. we looked good in parts (without really threatening their keeper) for about an hour. Then, they started to put us under a bit of pressure by running at us, and in the end we were probably glad of a point. The best chances all fell to Halifax, and Waller saved us yet again. The penalty was the correct decision, but was a very tame effort indeed.
We do seem incapable of shooting on target. Is this that the players aren't good enough, or is it instructions from the Management team? Either way; it's completely unacceptable and is driving supporters away. Our best cross came from Rodney, and our most effective striker was Henderson. Jim should be held to account for not utilising him more. Unless he is completely knackered, he deserves at least 20 minutes on the pitch.
On paper, a point away at a team above us seems ok; but in reality, it wasn't good enough. A bit like Southend at the weekend... had we gone there to win the game and attacked purposefully, we would probably have won.
Play offs? Looking more unlikely with the passing of every game, but a change in the mindset of the team could still see us get there.
Match thread Halifax Town on 10:56 - Feb 20 by Dalenet
Can't comment about the stadium camera's. But DAZN camera zoomed in on it. Please tell me somebody wasn't vandalising another clubs loos like they did at Macc a few year back.
I'm afraid they were.
If you don't know why your posts keep getting downvoted, there's no hope for you.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 11:10 - Feb 20 with 1959 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 11:08 - Feb 20 by dawlishdale
It was more of the same last night. we looked good in parts (without really threatening their keeper) for about an hour. Then, they started to put us under a bit of pressure by running at us, and in the end we were probably glad of a point. The best chances all fell to Halifax, and Waller saved us yet again. The penalty was the correct decision, but was a very tame effort indeed.
We do seem incapable of shooting on target. Is this that the players aren't good enough, or is it instructions from the Management team? Either way; it's completely unacceptable and is driving supporters away. Our best cross came from Rodney, and our most effective striker was Henderson. Jim should be held to account for not utilising him more. Unless he is completely knackered, he deserves at least 20 minutes on the pitch.
On paper, a point away at a team above us seems ok; but in reality, it wasn't good enough. A bit like Southend at the weekend... had we gone there to win the game and attacked purposefully, we would probably have won.
Play offs? Looking more unlikely with the passing of every game, but a change in the mindset of the team could still see us get there.
Halifax’s substitutions changed the game. I’m not sure that Dale’s did.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 11:13 - Feb 20 with 1942 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 09:39 - Feb 20 by EllDale
Ironic I suppose that it was Hoti who missed the penalty. Former players invariably seem to score against their old clubs. I can only echo what has been alluded to earlier in the thread about the only discernible tactic being to get round the back and blast the ball across the face of the goal. It’s very rarely that someone gets on the end of one of these but it’s not just Mitchell at fault here but also whoever is upfront with him eg Ayinde, McBride. If Mitchell goes to the front post for these deliveries then someone else should be attacking the back post. The ball is never cut back into the penalty area for someone running onto it because no-one does that; out of four in midfield two are stationed wide on the flanks and the central pair are not really attack minded. We desperately need a centre forward. Mitchell is 27 and isn’t going to improve. If the team is to be developed year on year a la Gateshead then he needs to be released in summer and a better alternative sourced. The research should be going on now, not in July. He’s not a natural goal scorer although he’s scored some nice goals, he can’t hold the ball up. Hendo showed exactly how it can be done in his late cameo. One thing that did strike me last night was the number of times that a dogged Halifax side were caught offside. They’re a solid, hard working team but Dale can be much better than them if they are the yardstick for a playoff side. The fact remains though that Waller made two good saves to keep the scoreline blank whilst I can’t remember their keeper having to make anything more than a routine contribution. Credit to the travelling support, loud and vocal although I’m not too sure about the toilet seat…..
Surely you've been watching football long enough to know that 'Former players invariably seem to score against their old clubs' is a bit of a fallacy.
Most goals come from strikers, who by dint of their position will tend to score against most opposition, whether they played for them previously or not.
Neither Rodney, Hogan or Gilmour have scored against Halifax yet in our colours, for instance.
If you don't know why your posts keep getting downvoted, there's no hope for you.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 11:29 - Feb 20 with 1875 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 09:39 - Feb 20 by EllDale
Ironic I suppose that it was Hoti who missed the penalty. Former players invariably seem to score against their old clubs. I can only echo what has been alluded to earlier in the thread about the only discernible tactic being to get round the back and blast the ball across the face of the goal. It’s very rarely that someone gets on the end of one of these but it’s not just Mitchell at fault here but also whoever is upfront with him eg Ayinde, McBride. If Mitchell goes to the front post for these deliveries then someone else should be attacking the back post. The ball is never cut back into the penalty area for someone running onto it because no-one does that; out of four in midfield two are stationed wide on the flanks and the central pair are not really attack minded. We desperately need a centre forward. Mitchell is 27 and isn’t going to improve. If the team is to be developed year on year a la Gateshead then he needs to be released in summer and a better alternative sourced. The research should be going on now, not in July. He’s not a natural goal scorer although he’s scored some nice goals, he can’t hold the ball up. Hendo showed exactly how it can be done in his late cameo. One thing that did strike me last night was the number of times that a dogged Halifax side were caught offside. They’re a solid, hard working team but Dale can be much better than them if they are the yardstick for a playoff side. The fact remains though that Waller made two good saves to keep the scoreline blank whilst I can’t remember their keeper having to make anything more than a routine contribution. Credit to the travelling support, loud and vocal although I’m not too sure about the toilet seat…..
Sadly, I now feel the same about Kairo. His goals have been invaluable, particularly last season when we needed to stabilise, but if we are to have a serious tilt at getting back into league football, either this or future seasons, I don't think he's the answer (at least not as the main man). There was one moment last night, when a cross came over and just eluded him that I'm sure he turtle necked and could have got something on had he been a bit braver, though I might be doing him a disservice and I'd have to see it again.
How Mitchell or anybody else failed to create anything of note is almost criminal given that the Halifax centre half Alimi-Adeboto?, was dreadful.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 12:18 - Feb 20 with 1707 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 22:26 - Feb 19 by Clivert
Perhaps I'm being a romantic but Hendo still shows that he has more football intelligence than Mitchell and Rodney in his sparse cameo roles for me. It's baffling that McNulty is restricting his time on the pitch but then most stuff that McNulty does baffles me.
On the 11th February, 9 days ago, Hendo played a full 90 minutes against Wolves u-21s and scored 2 goals.
You can`t tell me he can`t do a lot more than 5 minutes at the end of a game.
Unless he has some private agreement with McNulty.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 12:23 - Feb 20 with 1688 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 12:13 - Feb 20 by richfoad32
Sadly, I now feel the same about Kairo. His goals have been invaluable, particularly last season when we needed to stabilise, but if we are to have a serious tilt at getting back into league football, either this or future seasons, I don't think he's the answer (at least not as the main man). There was one moment last night, when a cross came over and just eluded him that I'm sure he turtle necked and could have got something on had he been a bit braver, though I might be doing him a disservice and I'd have to see it again.
How Mitchell or anybody else failed to create anything of note is almost criminal given that the Halifax centre half Alimi-Adeboto?, was dreadful.
You're right. He completely misjudged a free header yards away from goal.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 12:38 - Feb 20 with 1576 views
He said they showed bravery and took risks- He wasn`t referring to the risks the defenders continue to take in their own penalty area. And Halifax were more cautious.
He said he was excited about meeting Barnet on Saturday (managed to get in an aside that they were undefeated in 18 games- preparation for a thumping?)
Well Jim, I`m excited as well but not I think for the same reasons.
He repeats ad nauseum how good the players are on the training pitch.
To join in with earlier posts, what they are playing at the moment can only be described as boring, Do any of the 900+ that went last night disagree?
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Match thread Halifax Town on 12:41 - Feb 20 with 1543 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 12:18 - Feb 20 by samueloneils
On the 11th February, 9 days ago, Hendo played a full 90 minutes against Wolves u-21s and scored 2 goals.
You can`t tell me he can`t do a lot more than 5 minutes at the end of a game.
Unless he has some private agreement with McNulty.
Sadly, that's the only conclusion that can be drawn (an agreement)
How, or why, that could happen, or be allowed to happen, i've no idea, but if i'm wrong - and i've said this before - it'd be grounds on it s own for McNulty's dismissal
At the same time, i can't for the life of me imagine why Hendo would be party to it, at almost certainly the end of a stellar career in Dale terms. If it's not his last season as a pro, lack of deployment would indicate he wouldn't get another year at Dale
Forget Mitchell - until the end of this campaign, no Hendo, No Party
Match thread Halifax Town on 12:41 - Feb 20 by D_Alien
Sadly, that's the only conclusion that can be drawn (an agreement)
How, or why, that could happen, or be allowed to happen, i've no idea, but if i'm wrong - and i've said this before - it'd be grounds on it s own for McNulty's dismissal
At the same time, i can't for the life of me imagine why Hendo would be party to it, at almost certainly the end of a stellar career in Dale terms. If it's not his last season as a pro, lack of deployment would indicate he wouldn't get another year at Dale
Forget Mitchell - until the end of this campaign, no Hendo, No Party
Not saying it's the case with us, but I've read of instances where the manager just doesn't like having senior pros around because a) they carry too much influence in the dressing room and b) as they're coming to the end of their career, they might be a perceived threat to the managers job...
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Match thread Halifax Town on 13:02 - Feb 20 with 1417 views
Are the highlights an accurate reflection of the game? Based on them Halifax did absolutely nothing offensively apart from the early shot and the late soft penalty whereas we spent a lot of time in and around their box with shots/passes getting blocked by massed defenders or blasted over from distance. It looked like another game where we found it difficult to get through teams who defend en masse and create clear chances.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 13:47 - Feb 20 with 1287 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 12:41 - Feb 20 by D_Alien
Sadly, that's the only conclusion that can be drawn (an agreement)
How, or why, that could happen, or be allowed to happen, i've no idea, but if i'm wrong - and i've said this before - it'd be grounds on it s own for McNulty's dismissal
At the same time, i can't for the life of me imagine why Hendo would be party to it, at almost certainly the end of a stellar career in Dale terms. If it's not his last season as a pro, lack of deployment would indicate he wouldn't get another year at Dale
Forget Mitchell - until the end of this campaign, no Hendo, No Party
Hendo, Mitchell and Rodney!
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Match thread Halifax Town on 13:55 - Feb 20 with 1268 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 09:39 - Feb 20 by EllDale
Ironic I suppose that it was Hoti who missed the penalty. Former players invariably seem to score against their old clubs. I can only echo what has been alluded to earlier in the thread about the only discernible tactic being to get round the back and blast the ball across the face of the goal. It’s very rarely that someone gets on the end of one of these but it’s not just Mitchell at fault here but also whoever is upfront with him eg Ayinde, McBride. If Mitchell goes to the front post for these deliveries then someone else should be attacking the back post. The ball is never cut back into the penalty area for someone running onto it because no-one does that; out of four in midfield two are stationed wide on the flanks and the central pair are not really attack minded. We desperately need a centre forward. Mitchell is 27 and isn’t going to improve. If the team is to be developed year on year a la Gateshead then he needs to be released in summer and a better alternative sourced. The research should be going on now, not in July. He’s not a natural goal scorer although he’s scored some nice goals, he can’t hold the ball up. Hendo showed exactly how it can be done in his late cameo. One thing that did strike me last night was the number of times that a dogged Halifax side were caught offside. They’re a solid, hard working team but Dale can be much better than them if they are the yardstick for a playoff side. The fact remains though that Waller made two good saves to keep the scoreline blank whilst I can’t remember their keeper having to make anything more than a routine contribution. Credit to the travelling support, loud and vocal although I’m not too sure about the toilet seat…..
I saw one insipid soft header (Mitchell) on target second half straight into the keepers arms.
No other keeper save. It was either..
1. Shots blazed over the bar (by impressive distance)
Or
2. Shots hitting defenders legs.
Part of the problem is we are tortoise like in transition allowing opponents to easily get back and defend deep in numbers.
Halifax keeper had not one meaningful save to make all night. Do the players reflect and actually work on hitting the ball with purpose between the goals on target as yet another game slips by.
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Match thread Halifax Town on 14:30 - Feb 20 with 1115 views
Match thread Halifax Town on 14:20 - Feb 20 by Dale_4_Life
Our shooting is woeful..
I saw one insipid soft header (Mitchell) on target second half straight into the keepers arms.
No other keeper save. It was either..
1. Shots blazed over the bar (by impressive distance)
Or
2. Shots hitting defenders legs.
Part of the problem is we are tortoise like in transition allowing opponents to easily get back and defend deep in numbers.
Halifax keeper had not one meaningful save to make all night. Do the players reflect and actually work on hitting the ball with purpose between the goals on target as yet another game slips by.
"Part of the problem is we are tortoise like in transition allowing opponents to easily get back and defend deep in numbers."
It's not part of the problem, it's the key to JM's way of playing, which leads to invariably trying to unlock a massed defence and handing our opponents a huge advantage from every kick-off
I referred to the Yeovil game earlier, where it looked like we'd found the right balance. Setting our forwards free against a retreating (not settled) defence is the surest way to create good chances. That absolutely doesn't mean "hoof ball" - it means using a minimum of effective passes to breach a defence. Jim's going for some kind of maximum, and we're snookered
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