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Reply | The race for 7th (Saturday 15th Feb)
at 18:26 15 Feb 2025
He actually said respect the point. He said Southend were a strong side. No Jim.
There needs to be one key departure. [Post edited 15 Feb 18:50]
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Reply | The race for 7th (Saturday 15th Feb)
at 17:26 15 Feb 2025
Very much a case of two points dropped. Rodney missed a couple of great chances, yet again we are so risk averse in the final third it’s just bizarre. Subs were negative and then too late. Jim just looks like he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Southend get fantastic support we can only dream of, but my oh my their ground is getting so bad now and their team is the worst Southend team I’ve ever seen. |
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Reply | Leadership team
at 09:31 15 Feb 2025
In my view GD has done a very good job of steering the ship in some very choppy waters, despite the let’s say ambiguities of his boss. I’ve been there, it’s a bloody nightmare having to justify decisions your boss has made even though it’s bloody obvious they’re wrong turns. Some of the fans forums were excruciating to watch - to be honest I’m surprised he didn’t pack it in - the fact we still have a football club is in no small part - because he’s still here. |
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Reply | Club Advisory Board
at 09:25 15 Feb 2025
I think this is a positive step by the club. It is reassuring that this new Willoughby chap is leading on this. But it’s success will depend on the way it’s run and whether the main Board are prepared to hear what they don’t want to hear. There’s something about the wording that’s quite disconcerting- ‘positive attitudes’, yes well that’s fine, but the selection process and interview……will people with strong views, prepared to tell it as it is, be welcomed and selected? The club have The club have opted for the focus group approach - by definition top down and as it is comprised of the club Directors and fans which the club has selected, there’s a risk it becomes quite inward looking. opted for this focus group approach - by definition top down and as it is comprised of the club Directors and fans which the club has selected, there’s a risk it becomes quite inward looking. It’s the clubs call, so time will tell. The trust member on the board has gone native and there’s a real risk that this goes the same way.
It would be useful to know who will chair the CAB - will the club be bold and empower a fan to chair the meetings? Will members have the opportunity to set the agenda? Confident businesses value and encourage customer involvement, interviews and selection criteria….
It would also be interesting to know how does the CAB sit with the Trust member on the main board? The current board - Gauge and Pockney - we know have blind spots on fan matters, will the CAB have actual clout with elements of the ‘we know best’ old guard remaining on the board?
This leaves the Trust at a crossroads. In my view I would have preferred the club to have revamped the Trust, funding it properly as an independent fan voice, with two members on the main board. In other sectors this happens; the business builds capacity in its independent customer group, building capacity to enable it to function, running surveys, properly consulting with the local community and reaching a wide spectrum of customers and critically enabling reaching out to potential customers through having a broad membership. I’d have thought that was important to delivering Project 5000. |
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Reply | The race for 7th (Saturday 15th Feb)
at 12:40 14 Feb 2025
But more positively the last (and under McNulty only) time we have won back to back in the league (without a home game in between) was when we beat Southend on the last day of last season. Our next away game was at Boston which we won 3-0, the first game of this season.
Note the Liverpool St to Prittlewell line is rail replacement buses, so if your planning to go by train, it’s the Fenchurch St line to Southend Central. [Post edited 14 Feb 12:41]
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Reply | Hendo
at 13:30 13 Feb 2025
Rename The Dale bar to Henderson Bar. Our The Hendo. |
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Reply | How’s Jim actually performing?
at 18:42 12 Feb 2025
You can cut it how you like, but McNultys Rochdale is very inconsistent, inconsistent teams do not win promotion. The result most likely to follow a win, is a defeat. Longest unbeaten run five games, on bowling green pitches in the early season. I will be absolutely delighted for you to be right, but that would mean Jim massively improving the teams performance, on heavy winter pitches with lightweight players. The averages do not lie, and he’s bang average. Nice bloke though, apparently. |
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Reply | Leadership team
at 18:33 12 Feb 2025
These changes sound very positive, but these are “officer” posts. There is no mention of changes to the board. I too would hope that Gauge is increasingly sidelined, and that the management line goes from the three amigos to Cameron, not Gauge. The Co chairmanship was always going to be a face saver, time to deal with that ambiguity now we have a management structure in place.
This with the announcement of the solar panels, starts to feel like there’s real tangible progress. But in a way increasing resource is a no brainer. Decisions to cut out poor attitudes and cultures are harder to take, but will be necessary, in due course, if we are to really push on; the drive to grow crowds will be helped by these changes announced today, but home form and the on field entertainment offer does need to improve significantly to support all this good work. |
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Thread | How’s Jim actually performing?
at 17:18 12 Feb 2025
I’ve done a bit of number crunching to inform the debate on our Jim and the performance of his teams. I’ve looked at all league matches and done some analysis.
Here’s what I’ve found:
In Jim’s first season, 22/23 - when he was interim coach - he achieved 1.5 points per game. Looking cumulatively by the end of the 23/24 season, the PPG was 1.32. Including the games so far this season, his average PPG is 1.34. So his teams are not yielding appreciably more as Jim gains experience in the job, and Jim’s Rochdale would achieve 62 points by the end of the season, the same as last season. The highest average he’s achieved is 1.43, which was after Braintree were beaten on 28th September. Had that form been maintained we would achieve 66 points, Barnet currently have 64.
Jim’s achieves a win percentage to date of 37%.
Consistency, Jim’s Rochdale have lost a game following a win on 15 occasions, won following a win on 9 occasions and drawn following a win on 5 occasions. So the most likely result following a win, is a defeat.
Jim’s Dale have won three games in a row, twice and four once; drawn four in a row once and lost four in a row once. The longest unbeaten run in the same season (this season) is five games.
Draw your own conclusions but I believe the statistics based on his performance over 80 games support my and many other fans on this messageboards view, that nice guy as Jim might be, he’s not going to get us out of this division.
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Reply | The voice of the fan in the boardroom
at 08:56 11 Feb 2025
The latest Trust update confirms that we do not have an independent fan voice in the boardroom.
It would be good to have the Trusts view on what’s happening- not if you want to know watch the forum! |
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Reply | Reg Jenkins
at 07:15 10 Feb 2025
Indeed, Plymouth beating Liverpool with 25% possession. The Argyle manager changing tactics throughout the game to nullify Slots attempts to break through. One for Jim to watch back and learn from. |
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Reply | Pitch covers
at 06:33 10 Feb 2025
And it ended up in a skip… |
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Reply | Why Do Managers See Different?
at 12:06 9 Feb 2025
Ha ha, no hysteria here! On the game by game point, you are right, there is absolutely no point getting carried away with a win, because a loss or a poor draw is just as likely to follow. McNulty’s team don’t do consistency or build momentum. The NL isn’t a shit league, it’s Division 5 - but being in it means we have to qualify to get into the FACup, we replace the League Cup with the FAT, we get to play in the U21 cup whatever it’s called. The product is devalued, the fixture list becomes confused and congested. Witness record low attendances. Couple that with McNulty ball… it’s rubbish. His run into the pitch to applaud the Sandy was a particularly low. He’s somehow deluding himself into believing his own nonsensical utterances. No Jim, Ebbsfleet we’re not a good side, he tried to have us believe Fylde were last season. There’s a hype around Jim at Forums and his post match interviews are frankly Trumpian. But there’s a huge difference between arrogance and expecting better. Arrogance to me is Jim trying to justify his poor performance - he clearly thinks fans are unjustified in being critical, I wonder how he’d get in with say Pat Murphy asking the questions? But Jim and Gauge see criticism - as not supporting. I personally expect more honesty openness and commitment to achieving better, not the usual drone of excuses we are fed.
I’ve long given up on Gauge and McNulty being able to change, I’ve posted many times to that effect. Eventually the Ogdens will take proper control and ring the changes, but until we do we’re stuck in this doom loop. |
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Reply | Ebbsfleet (H) match thread
at 11:06 9 Feb 2025
I believe we have another game on Tuesday versus Wolverhampton Wanderers U11s, or something - in any case a pointless opportunity to do some more damage to the pitch. |
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Reply | Why Do Managers See Different?
at 10:38 9 Feb 2025
I may not, however I believe my point is correct, and I do not believe Jim McNulty is a good manager, any more than Simon Gauge is a good Co Chairman. Both are stubborn individuals and Gauge would rather support his manager despite his continual deployment of negative anti entertainment football. McNulty has made me lose any sense of expectation that we may win. Consistency is non existent - you might as well draw lots to decide our results. You will no doubt cite the Yeovil result as counter evidence; but that would ignore the circumstances surrounding Yeovil, a squad demoralised by the departure of a key player on the eve of the match, a squad looking forward to a week off to reset after a run of poor results, a squad not looking forward to playing on our sodden pitch. The Yeovil result was at least as much to do with Yeovil as it was Dale. The Oldham and Ebbsfleet performances reveal more, if you have resolve and determination to compete, McNulty ball will fail.
If you don’t like hindsight, here’s a prediction, we won’t get promoted being managed by Jim McNulty. I’m personally sick to death with this division but I’m even more sick to death of the acceptance many have for where we have found ourselves through mismanagement on and off the pitch. |
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Reply | Ebbsfleet (H) match thread
at 17:01 8 Feb 2025
Can’t wait for McNultys post match, bullshit bingo session. Pitch, tiredness, water leak at the training ground, dog ate his team sheet. Etc blah. |
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Reply | Why Do Managers See Different?
at 16:58 8 Feb 2025
It doesn’t really matter what the personnel is, McNulty will crush any group of 11 players into his stultifying system. |
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Reply | Investment in solar energy
at 20:02 6 Feb 2025
Great news, good to hear the club tangibly moving forwards after a lot of talk. Well done to everyone involved. |
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Reply | Head Steward type fella...
at 16:34 5 Feb 2025
Would very much support this, one for the Trust to take forward on behalf of fans. |
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Reply | Oldham game
at 10:25 5 Feb 2025
Allarakia had a shot on target when he came on in the 88th minute. I think that was it for shots on target. |
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