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Reply | Pitch update
at 10:03 7 Jan 2025
Yeah, we know that
It must, however, never be used as an excuse for complacency going forward. In fact, just the opposite
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Reply | No coach to Stockton
at 09:25 7 Jan 2025
I've said it before, but it looks to me as if SG has fed his co-chair with his own line on the fanbase. It'll take something major for us to change that
My earlier comment was, of course, tongue in cheek
I'm not even sure that, having been tasked by his father with stabilising the club and putting a business plan in place to move towards Dale becoming a true community club, CO understands the community. His life from birth has been very different from his father's. That's no criticism whatsoever (how can it be?) but simply a reflection on how a disconnect can occur
The question is: what can be done to change that? I've referenced the way in which the Golden Share issue impacts upon all this. It needs to happen, and whilst the Trust obtained an answer to my question by way of "being written into the articles of association" and "consulting other clubs who've done this" how long does that take? It could - and should - have happened by now. The takeover by the Ogdens took much less time [Post edited 7 Jan 9:27]
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Reply | No coach to Stockton
at 20:00 6 Jan 2025
It's just badly worded, but it reads as if the club are answering a question on behalf of the Trust
Definitely not a Freudian slip |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 17:16 4 Jan 2025
I was probably thinking of an hiatus in fixtures, ending with a 1-1 draw against Hartlepool; may have been the 78/79 gap
The odd thing i remember is that the gate against Hartlepool was around 1900, which everyone thought was a huge success given our average at the time [Post edited 4 Jan 17:18]
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Reply | Pitch update
at 16:35 4 Jan 2025
I'm guessing that'll be a club (mid-season) record?
There was an extended period of severe weather in the late 70s? when we didn't have a home game of any description, between something like New Year and March, but the same applied to a lot of clubs |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 11:19 4 Jan 2025
IMO the Golden Share is being used as leverage for compliance by the Trust - even if not explicitly
Until that issue is sorted, i doubt there will be much pushback on behalf of the fans [Post edited 4 Jan 11:22]
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Reply | Pitch update
at 20:55 3 Jan 2025
It's time the Ogdens asked a few hard, business-like questions of the way the club is being run on a day-to-day basis
If only they knew it, the fanbase would be behind them all the way. I suspect they've been sold a false picture of us, and the way the Trust fails to intelligently challenge at board level will have done nothing to alter that view
Perhaps it does need a minor catastrophic fixture pile-up to change things. The manager and players can't be at all happy about this, having given up the Xmas/NY celebrations to continue training only for incompetence and lack of foresight to waste their efforts. The weather is one thing; a lack of planning and provision for it another |
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Reply | Beware the Town!
at 12:18 3 Jan 2025
It would, James
It used to be called "a football match" |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 00:40 3 Jan 2025
A Daley would say "we're going over to Hull"
Over and out |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 17:30 2 Jan 2025
No-one living in Hull would say they were coming "up" to Rochdale
That's not a matter of grammar, or spelling |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 17:00 2 Jan 2025
So you've told us
Hence, you'd be travelling west and slightly south to reach Rochdale, so not sure why you'd say you were coming "up" for the game |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 16:54 2 Jan 2025
"Up" from where?
I thought where you lived, you'd be travelling west and slightly south? |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 21:16 1 Jan 2025
I wondered about that
Are they our covers, or were they borrowed/hired? Were they a kind of 'sticking plaster' to make it look as if something was being done, when in effect the coverage was wholly inadequate and potentially even worse. If the game had gone ahead for instance, there would have been areas relatively soaked and others not, leading to all sorts of issues with footholds and the movement of the ball
I agree it's wrong to just expect the Ogdens to stump up for decent pitch protection, but any cost/benefit analysis has to be made with lost revenue and goodwill of those who've already forked out for travel/accommodation etc.
As you say, the playing surface is the foundation of everything that happens at the club. With fixtures building up due to postponements, there's potential for losing not just momentum but also league position at the end of the season [Post edited 1 Jan 22:18]
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Altrincham
at 20:47 31 Dec 2024
It's more than likely involuntary
Solid quality is required, and your own comms as Chair would serve as a fine example
There's not much danger of falling between two stools |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Altrincham
at 19:17 31 Dec 2024
Fine comment
It's not unlikely that the update occurred due to the conversations going after yesterdays AGM. I've been hinting at this since i couldn't get anywhere near (due to the enclosed space the meeting took place in) but knowing those involved in conversation with the directors - and the fact they were looking out at the pitch - i'd be surprised if the matter of communication wasn't raised
Not sure if the penny has therefore dropped (it's been thrown into a void many, many times) but if the ethos of a Community Club is to be realised, it's absolutely essential that the minimum that happens is the kind of update posted today
The clue is in the word "community" - which doesn't exist without communication that all are comfortable with |
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Reply | AGM Tomorrow 10.00am
at 12:31 31 Dec 2024
Cheers, i should've checked the OS, but as expected
By my calculation, just over 290 shares were against the re-election of Tony Pockney
That means the Trust poll would indicate the Trust voted in favour of his re-election
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Reply | AGM Tomorrow 10.00am
at 12:14 31 Dec 2024
I doubt we'll find out the result of the voting for re-election of directors since any negative result will be offset by the weight of shares in favour (one presumes the majority shareholders are happy with their re-election)
It would still have been interesting to find out the poll result, for one in particular |
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