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Reply | Another one gone…..
at 11:10 27 May 2024
Sod that, should Dale be making a run at him?
Make Jim his assistant, Pete can show him how to manage and it would be akin to on the job learning for Jim. |
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Reply | "the Wall of Rochdale"
at 10:38 27 May 2024
Switched over and watched Leinster v Toulouse in rugby european cup, brilliant game and the french side won in Ireland. Thought the fa cup final was drab to say the least, still a firework show compared to Jim's football though. |
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Reply | Salford looking for investment......
at 20:33 23 May 2024
The attraction for the Council for warehouses is that stacks of warehouses = stacks of business rates for the Council. In the era of declining Revenue Support Grants and central govt push for them to become self-sufficient, it is Councils ability to retain their business rates that is absolutely key to their survival.
Also, the location lends itself to a warehouse landscape. Furthermore, there is appetite for the construction of warehouses from the company building a warehouse and utilising our excellent road connections to the pension funds that invest in the construction of warehouses to provide rental returns. Pension funds, who have stacks of cash to invest in assets that provide steady eddie returns and warehouses do that. |
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Reply | Salford looking for investment......
at 19:25 23 May 2024
Agreed on the parking issue, feel some of the drainage issues this year are a mixture of mother nature and perhaps cutting costs, so we made it to the end of the season. I lived near vicarage road and for the football you just plan for it and get used to it for the 23 home games a year for 3-4 hours a time. No great shakes.
Had a look into the Atom Valley development and the vision is to create a dynamic, interconnected manufacturing mega-cluster, blending innovative world-class industry with ground-breaking research and development.
The main site has the capacity to accommodate a mega-factory, one of only a small number of sites in the UK with this capability. However, the sites are suitable locations for companies of all sizes.
The main focus on the type of industry is advanced machinery for manufacturing and advanced sustainable materials, with a special emphasis on innovative technologies which contribute to achieving the Net Zero target.
I don’t know if a football ground will fit in with the Atom plan, but GMCA lead on it and it would have to go through them. |
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Reply | Salford looking for investment......
at 21:09 22 May 2024
I think the challenge from RMBC would be you have a perfectly good stadium that is more than fit for purpose and it is not as if the current stadium is falling to pieces and we need to move.
RMBC may also point to the mutli millionaire owner of RAFC and may also suggest that the proceeds from the sale of COA could help with any shortfall.
A quick look at the RMBC Q3 finance report has reported that adult social services is heading for a £2.9m overspend and childrens social services are £6.8m overspent. Football may not be top of the agenda.
The levelling up money secured in the last round of bidding will be spent on improvement works at Rochdale station, Heywood town centre and Middleton town centre.
The upsides quoted are heavily in the football clubs interest and cannot see how it benefits or, more importantly, provides value for money for the Council or the wider council taxpayers. |
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Reply | Club Statement. Deal done
at 18:27 14 May 2024
I think that sponsors are looking for more than just positive vibes from the fanbase and performance comes into it somewhere along the line.
Just can't see past Ryan Air right now. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 12:38 14 May 2024
Agreed and if you want to get your matchday ticket from the ticket office there is now a £1 printing charge. This may impact the floaters who do not buy season ticket but are an essential revenue stream for the club and the price will go to £23 for non league football for Pearl St. That may be a sticking point for some.
Its like Michael O'leary from Ryanair has visited for the day to revise our pricing structures. |
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Reply | Club Statement. Deal done
at 12:19 14 May 2024
Co-op have agreed to sponsor the co-op live venue in eastlands to the tune of £100m over 15 years.
Start playing winning football and the sponsors should come but what is the attraction to sponsor us right now? Going to need at least a season to turn it around. |
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Reply | Andy Burnham
at 10:27 6 May 2024
Effective steps for running productive board meetings
1. Step 1 – get clear on the board chair role. ...
2. Step 2 – ensure board members know their role. ...
3. Step 3 – communicate before, during, and after the board meeting. ...
4. Step 4 – use meeting time well: right agenda, right leadership. ...
5. Step 5 – prepare for meetings effectively.
0/5 - they need help or replacing. |
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Reply | Fair Game statement to the FA
at 20:48 1 May 2024
Agreed and most teams will know where their season lies by Jan anyway.
If they are that concerned then they should stack their teams with the stars in the first place. It is not the lower leagues teams fault that their B teams can't beat them first time of asking.
Don't whine, try harder! |
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Reply | Changes to the National League for next season
at 20:31 1 May 2024
If they are just switching the dates but retaining the format of a home and away fixture with the same team then the timeframe between boxing day and new years day is 6 days, for the Easter period it is only 3 days. |
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Reply | Hartlepool sack Kevin Phillips......
at 17:11 30 Apr 2024
I believe the word was he did not do as well as south shields expected based on budget versus that of the rest of the division and so got shut of him.
There wasn't much of a queue of teams trying to snap him up when he did become free though. |
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Reply | NFL Draft
at 15:16 29 Apr 2024
performed the 40 yard dash at the combine in a time that no offensive lineman had recorded in the previous 10 years. |
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Reply | Fan Survey on playing style
at 19:33 26 Apr 2024
It is already here, there is a Fan Controlled Football league in the US.
At the outset, fans buy an NFT that attaches them to a team and gives them voting power. Then, every Wednesday, fans participate in a live draft to determine the players and teams that will play that week. The condensed version of an outdoor football game (7 vs. 7 competition) is played on a 50-yard field in a high-tech arena and streamed live on various platforms. Using the mobile app, fans can vote on which plays to run during the one-hour game. For example, when the team is on offense, fans can vote to “run” or “pass” and then pick one of four diagramed play options. Within 15 seconds, the coach is informed and tells the team the play that won the vote; fans then watch as the play unfolds on the field.
It would also be a way of attracting the Gen Z/millennial to football as well. |
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Reply | Investment update
at 20:45 22 Apr 2024
I think the board and the manager have had their prove it year and it didn't go that well.
I appreciate SPO wants continuity, just hope that he puts in place a board member that knows what they are doing or at least trains the current board. Then if things do not improve then they can make the required decision at an appropriate time during the season, preferably by the end of Nov to coincide with marketing the xmas games bundle.
Final attendance for Rochdale v Borehamwood 1,797. The more worrying statistic, which only style of football and results can change. |
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Reply | Fa Cup replays
at 19:51 22 Apr 2024
You would have thought that they may have practiced penalties from their last visit to wembley though. |
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Reply | Boreham Wood at home take 3!
at 18:15 17 Apr 2024
No he should definitely NOT continue in the role. He has demonstrated that he is not fit for purpose and I hope that SPO can see that. It was under the current boards watch that we didn't nearly make the end of the season financially and the decision to pay of some loans and not ensure we had the money to complete the season is not the skill set you want in the board room.
New board, new manager, new playing style are required or the 1700 attendances will become the new normal. Which may be compounded with the inevitable ticket price rise ahead of the new season. |
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Reply | Dorking
at 12:30 15 Apr 2024
Replacing Jim may be one solution to drive season ticket sales.
Standard has been bang average and only been to 3 - altrincham (good), ebbsfleet (bad), fylde (ugly).
Have dropped below and watched teams further down the pyramid because they are more attacking and delighted that you have turned up.
Atherton Laburnum Rovers, Jarrow v Blyth Town (I had no idea Blyth had 2 teams), Atherton Colls, Daisy Hill, Spennymoor, Farsley Celtic, Heaton Stannington, West Allotments Celtic and West Didsbury & Chorlton v Wythenshawe Town where there were 1320 in attendance. Wythenshawe Town are in second in north west counties prem level on points but with inferior goal difference and the team top are Wythenshawe. Although Bury would go up of they won their remaining 2 fixtures - they are playing at FCUM tomorrow as their pitch is waterlogged. Playoff final is at the highest placed teams ground. |
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