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Reply | Salford friendly
at 19:59 4 Aug 2024
Though it could be Henry, Gilmour and East playing a bit further forward.
Think it’s between East, McBride and Burger for the final spot.
The bench will be quite strong with two of those, Henderson, Barlow, Alfa & Ferguson as well as Brad Kelly. |
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Reply | Salford friendly
at 17:24 3 Aug 2024
It would shocking if that display isn’t given a bigger audience. Some of the play that led to missed chances would sell season tickets to the doubters. |
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Reply | Salford friendly
at 17:14 3 Aug 2024
Loads of subs in the second half for both sides.
Mitchell2, Henry, Rodney and McBride the scorers.
This is a different Dale from the one seen last season. Anyone thinking McNulty only plays one way and it’s boring is wrong. Whether it’ll always be as good as today is doubtful but we look like a team with a lot of potential and some really good options to fit within the new system and way of playing. |
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Thread | Salford friendly
at 15:46 3 Aug 2024
3-1 up. Not an exaggeration to say it could be 6 or 7. Rodney alone will be disappointed not to have a couple.
Tremendous attacking play. Of the new players Burger, Henry, Allarakhia and TAR impressing.
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Reply | Fans forum 1st August 7:30pm
at 10:55 2 Aug 2024
McNulty discussing the reasons how we played last season illustrates how important it is for the club to get that message out there. Any other justification for not taking advantage of that will only mean it’s not reaching the desired audience.
That audience should include fans who raised reasonable points about the style affecting their decision not to renew season tickets. Hopefully now, albeit with the evidence of one home friendly alongside what McNulty is saying this week (inc. on the BBC) will lead some to change their minds. It would be a real shame if people missed out on what is, er, a New Era. |
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Reply | DAZN
at 09:38 1 Aug 2024
All comes from the clubs themselves looking to increase revenue, understandably. It’s so far gone now, the EFL deal illustrates that with 10 live games each weekend and all midweek games being available live. Flipping heck, all the EFL trophy games are being shown!
Seeing your club live on tv used to be an occasion. That’s something else that has become lost in the pursuit of bringing access to everyone, all of the time. Some will love it, some won’t. Football fans would look to pay to have this available on demand rather than Disney/Amazon etc. All about where people choose to use their money - that’s one thing that won’t ever change. |
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Reply | Into The Unknown by Chris Fitzgerald
at 22:05 31 Jul 2024
For those who’ve heard McNulty’s radio interview tonight, he touched on what the club experienced last season - there are some really interesting insights from him in the book.
Gives a greater appreciation of the difficulties over the last year. |
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Reply | New kit?
at 21:24 31 Jul 2024
There were 16 shirts that covered enough different interpretations on the club’s colours to offer fans a good choice.
Don’t think the vote was sabotaged, but the initial polls saw voting numbers that won’t have just been Dale fans. Something that’s easy to manage.
The winning shirt appears to be quite popular looking at Twitter, so while we might not all like it, the important thing is it sells well. A positive reaction is a good start. |
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Reply | New kit?
at 19:32 31 Jul 2024
The club already have a mailing list which they can send out a ‘ballot paper from. People can reply via that.
They’ve done the shop vote successfully before. |
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Reply | Big Jim on Radio Manchester
at 19:29 31 Jul 2024
Only about 15 mins in but he does seem to hint on evolving how we play - before it’s cut off annoyingly by the presenter.
Last season they identified a need to “tweak the way we play”. |
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Reply | New kit?
at 16:57 31 Jul 2024
The voting numbers were included after the first round of voting. The numbers should have been a concern for the club at the time as there’s no way that many Dale fans voted. Next time votes should be cast by email or in the shop only. |
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Reply | New kit?
at 15:18 31 Jul 2024
That’s it, the colours are our identity. We were the only club to have blue/black/white in the Football League, now we’re the only one in the top five divisions.
Edit: Sheffield Wednesday have now gone back to black shorts and socks. They always look better with black shorts as part of their kit but they are very inconsistent with using it as a third colour so they don’t count. Neither do Gillingham who have forgotten black for a couple of years now.
There has only been one season in the last 17 when those three colours haven’t been in our home strip (15/16 which was a big mistake and inexplicably justified by the club). We should be proud of that.
Having stripes every year at our level will affect sales too. The 18/19 and 19/20 strips were not noticeably different enough to ensure sales were good. There’s so much we can do with our blue/black/white, Bradford have shown that with their unique colours too.
If we did the’Croatia’ or halves or hoops it would lead to something further unique and would undoubtedly sell as well. [Post edited 31 Jul 16:01]
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Reply | Season 24-25 Bar Operations & Feedback
at 09:36 31 Jul 2024
Makes sense only using the Ratcliffe for bar purchases for a friendly when the crowd will be much lower. There were certainly no queues in the Dale Bar last weekend! |
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Reply | Another push for ticket sales.
at 09:51 30 Jul 2024
While appreciating everything you say, especially the bits about pre seasons past being a bigger deal, interviewing a football manager after a football match is pretty basic and happens at levels much lower that Dale with even less resource. |
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Reply | Another push for ticket sales.
at 08:50 30 Jul 2024
I think there’s plenty of patience and understanding of what the Ogdens and the newer people that have arrived will have to tackle.
It’s things like this that those already at the club, new era or not, can influence and get right. |
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Reply | Another push for ticket sales.
at 08:41 30 Jul 2024
Being fair, there was an interview with McNulty after he signed his new contract.
Also, there has been no need for the manager to ‘read the room’, only for him to utilise the different ways of playing (which we did see last season, albeit not often enough) that make the most of the players attributes. We did pass it round at the back on Saturday as well, it’s more that we played the majority of the game in Carlisle’s half.
The general point is spot on though, not having an interview with the manager after such a positive display is baffling. |
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Reply | Another push for ticket sales.
at 20:12 29 Jul 2024
As said elsewhere, there should have been an interview with the manager to build upon the positivity of Saturday’s performance. One which aimed to focus on the changes those there witnessed.
It makes you wonder if that was noticeable for those who could have ensured such communication went out to the town. That alone could have seen 2/3 people who have been reluctant to buy a season card change their minds.
There could and should have been a highlights video available on YouTube, even if it was only a couple of minutes.
There needs to be a shift in culture. Those at the club cannot complain if the new regime identify this very quickly and demand such a shift occurs. |
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