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Reply | Oldham game
at 18:53 1 Feb 2025
A lot of winter still to come, medium term forecast looking like cold is going to be more of a problem than rain as we go through February.
The comment in the last pitch update that the weather will naturally improve is a bit optimistic at best. |
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Reply | The voice of the fan in the boardroom
at 18:44 30 Jan 2025
The club has a stated aim to be a community club, it’s their responsibility to foster meaningful engagement with the supporters group. In other sectors, where community engagement is key, businesses provide funding and capacity building to ensure that local stakeholders are able to be involved in how those businesses deliver their services.
This will have to happen at RAFC if we are to fulfill the Ogden objectives and I have absolutely no reason to believe Simon Gauge understands this. His way or no way. |
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Reply | The voice of the fan in the boardroom
at 07:32 30 Jan 2025
Do we know yet whether Cameron is going to be there? It really would be good for him to see how the non Ogden Co chair handles himself under questioning.
Like others, as an exile, I’ll be unable to attend, and not having appreciated there was a deadline for questions, I’ve missed out on that.
Had I been there, my question would be:
To Cameron, or in his absence SG. Can you please describe the roles of the the two Co chairmen, assuming you can’t be responsible for the same things - who is responsible for what? How do you measure the progress, since last season, of the off the field activity, particularly in building our match day attendance to 5,000?
Anyone want to ask it for me, feel free. [Post edited 30 Jan 9:23]
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 12:34 29 Jan 2025
What odds the forum gets cancelled because the club are busy preparing for or trying to avert a disaster next Tuesday? Time is very short to rearrange that fixture to another ground, imagine our lot trying to organise ticket allocations?
All of the Boards own making this, fail to prepare, prepare to fail. |
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 21:35 28 Jan 2025
The Board of directors now need to wake up. The pitch condition ain’t going to magically improve in January and February. In Rochdale it will be cold, or wet, or both. Always has been, always will be. Failure to understand that the pitch is deteriorating is, a failure of management, one for the board to be held accountable for.
Fans could see last Tuesday the problematic area, but the club knew best, the Board knew best, as ever Simon Gauge knew best. But, what was apparent last Tuesday, and we got away with on Saturday, it wasn’t fixed and it came back to bite us, again. We have Oldham next week, hope for the best eh Simon?
We now have a problem which is getting worse, because on 21st December - minimal rain postponed the first Boston game. Not enough was done to resolve the problem, questions like why was only the centre square relaid? Finances? Well that’s false economy now. A poor decision Simon - or did he just hope for the best? Hope for summer to arrive in January?
For too long Dale fans have tolerated Gauge and his race to the bottom leadership, it needs to end soon. Come on Cameron, you can see it, surely, he and his self serving cronies need to go. |
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 19:19 28 Jan 2025
Yup, same here. So far I’ve spent over £300 on not watching this game. Non league and we know we are. |
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Reply | Yeovil podcast
at 21:28 25 Jan 2025
It’s funny how people see the game differently , and that’s how I saw the first half - we started the game slowly, then got into the game, clearly causing problems on the left wing, but with no edge in the six yard box. We then started to try to pass the ball into the net. Yeovil were poor, really poor but as the first half wore on we gifted them two great opportunities to score through footballing in non footballing areas which we were fortunate they didn’t convert.
The second half, we got better and they got worse. The result was fair in the end. Yeovil turned up resenting the long trip north in the hope of giving us a game, that’s what their coaching staff were saying loudly in the Norton Grange on Friday night. That attitude got them exactly what they deserved.
The second part of my half time post was about the attendance, which given we haven’t played at home in a Saturday since November was poor and we are probably further away from 5,000 home fans than when the idea was announced. Something I’ll be asking the Trust to raise at the forum. |
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Reply | Yeovil podcast
at 15:47 25 Jan 2025
Boring. Main stand looks sparse. |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 09:34 25 Jan 2025
Don’t worry James, it’s not rained since. But this snow is annoying… |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 06:04 25 Jan 2025
It’s a fair point, Kel, it’s where we are now, but you wouldn’t be worried about a pitch inspection with the usual January rain - anywhere - except Rochdale. Let’s hope last nights heavy squall doesn’t mean the next communication is “Pitch inspection at 10:30”. |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 21:23 24 Jan 2025
Drive up from Essex despite woke weather warnings, read comms from club saying- no inspection (who does that!) so bought ticket. Now leathering it down - hope the damp patch is covered 🙄 |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 08:36 21 Jan 2025
Back to the subject of the thread. Looking at the forecast, the pitch is going to get another test on Friday. |
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Reply | Forest Green away thread
at 17:17 18 Jan 2025
So - TS - How did today’s performance measure up in terms of your call to arms?
I suspect we have indeed, as you’d hoped we wouldn’t - expired without knowledge…. |
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Reply | Tonight’s games
at 17:12 18 Jan 2025
Typical Dale - we do better when we’re not playing.
The sooner we clear out Gauge and McNulty the better. |
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Reply | (No subject) (n/t)
at 16:40 18 Jan 2025
Inconsistent- like everything else about our club |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 18:44 15 Jan 2025
I’d be interested to see your calculations on that valuation. Obviously you’ve taken into account abnormals, eg demolition? Your appraisal would need to allow for developers profit, fees, dpi, S106/CIL contributions, based on a scheme which would get planning consent. Having taken into account likely GDP of a site in a low to middling value location for Rochdale - you run the site through any developer appraisal model and come up with any positive value - I’d eat a pie with my pint in the Ratcliffe.
“a new start” Does not equal a financial turnaround. Proper financial stewardship with people who understand how to promote a product does.
The sooner the Ogdens bin Gauge and the current board the better. Putting Gauge in front of a relocation - honestly how do you think that would go??! |
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