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Reply | Halifax away: pay on the day?
at 20:33 19 Feb 2026
It was pretty empty in the seats last year, so should be fine for anyone who wants to sit. Terrace was much busier but still lots of room.
Total guess, but would think between the two stands there’s space for 2.5-3k away stands. |
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Reply | Halifax away: pay on the day?
at 19:58 19 Feb 2026
Last season we had the terrace and the seats down the side, so can’t see it being any different. |
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Reply | Mirroring
at 12:52 19 Feb 2026
On the theme of derbies, the Halifax one reminds me a bit like the games at Accrington these days. It’s not far and we always take a good following, but without the ‘massive occasion’ tag that the Oldham and Bury games used to have attached.
Though that’s probably being a bit unfair to Accrington as their home support outnumbers and creates a better atmosphere than seen at the Shay in recent times. |
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Reply | Security
at 18:30 18 Feb 2026
Just catching up on this thread. Have you had a response to your email from the club yet and would you be able to give us a bit of an overview when you do?
At the Sandy it actually seemed a bit better for checks going in, definitely quicker than v Carlisle. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 15:49 18 Feb 2026
The Dale version of the highlights are a bit longer. We missed so many good chances. Pritchard first half and Pettit’s late on being notable ones.
They also illustrate how much impact Rodney had on the first half. Involved in the build up to five chances, including directly for two clear cut ones for Dieseruvwe and a big part with his run in behind for the equaliser. The enigma summed up just before half time by his driving run which saw the Scunny defence back off looking scared to death… only for his effort to be curled just wide. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 12:58 18 Feb 2026
Would agree that sometimes issues are missed when they take place earlier in the play. It was the same the other week with the criticism of Hogan when he’d been vital in his part at the start of moves that led to goals.
Similarly the overall way we play with ball retention at the back being the reason we can create space further forward. Building that style over the last few years and adapting along the way has been vital to all our present success even if there’s plenty of times we haven’t got it right. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 12:40 18 Feb 2026
Always try and reply to the post rather than the poster anyway! Open to listening and reading through all opinions, it’s interesting to hear and appreciate different perspectives. Even when I might disagree.
If Trump starts telling us we should change the away kit to Stars and Stripes, my concerns would focus on the choice of sock colour. Not the overly dramatic way he announces it on Air Force One. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 12:15 18 Feb 2026
Oh yeah, he wasn’t the only one. Was trying to give a balanced view.
At this point, it’s about staying positive. For me, there were positive signs that we may see the same Rodney we saw for the end of last season contributing in a similar way this time around.
We shall see. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 12:13 18 Feb 2026
That’s a realistic assessment of where we are I think. The concerns everyone had right back to games like Carlisle away when McBride should have had a hat-trick remain. Thats not to say we still haven’t been excellent, the table shows that we are. It’s that in a shootout like this, we need to be ruthless as well as relentless.
It’s why also why we have needed that York blip. We will overachieve in terms of points from what anyone could have expected at the start of the season. It’s that they could be Wrexham to our Notts County.
That felt wrong saying that! |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 12:06 18 Feb 2026
You’re right, I was trying to say that it would always be joyful no matter how it was achieved. Just clumsily. As in if anyone did think reaching the League again would feel joyless they would probably not appreciate what an achievement it was, irrespective of how it happens.
On Rodney, it was good to see him looking more like his old self last night after performances over the last few months seeing him being on the periphery. Others may disagree, others may not. I’ve been the biggest advocate that it is vital that he steps up his game.
His finishing last night was poor again though. [Post edited 18 Feb 12:19]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 11:35 18 Feb 2026
He’s signed a striker who was sought after by other clubs, one who is probably on a significant wage. He’s added to that with Amantchi, Smith and Duku over the season.
Have the signings all worked out? No. But it is simply wrong to say the manager has any less concentration on the striker role than other areas of the team.
If anything, it could be said we haven’t had enough options to challenge EEL in the role the manager played throughout his career. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 11:07 18 Feb 2026
The Henderson conundrum is linked to Dieseruvwe. Unless we suddenly switch to a front two, it’s rare that both will be used at the same time - as seen by the substitution on Saturday which probably came too early.
He did come on with Diesruvwe still on the pitch late on last night though, but again went wide. Unfortunately when he’s played that role he hasn’t looked anywhere near as effective (Brackley being the best example) with his talents now primarily suited to playing no.9.
Don’t think anyone would argue about taking a joyless promotion, it’s a good job there’s been plenty of good football, at both ends of the pitch, alongside the consistent need to win games. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 22:32 17 Feb 2026
We are relentless yet not ruthless. Mentally we are excellent at grinding out results, they all believe they’ll win games. It’s that we don’t win games before the final whistle at the moment because we don’t make the most of where we get to in and around the area. It was the same when we were winning all the time too, but now we’ve hit a period where we don’t get the bounce of the ball or sheer will is seeing us to three points.
No need to say all is lost. No need to panic. But we do need to find that clinical nature we’ve seen before when games are won by half time.
York have Halifax H, Scunthorpe A, Morecambe A and Boreham Wood A in the next four games. Win them all and I’d expect them to win the league. We need them to drop some points. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 21:11 17 Feb 2026
Im not and never do. Thought he’did well first half, as did those around me, at least looked to drive at them.
If he was involved in their goal, fair enough. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 20:35 17 Feb 2026
Excellent response to the crazy penalty incident. No reason at all for him to turn away and not take it.
Mentality to brush that off and get the equaliser shows what we’re made of. The best version of Devante Rodney is here tonight.
On top of that, it’s a cracking game of football to watch. |
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Reply | Liam Hogan
at 19:30 15 Feb 2026
He was taken off at half time when it was 1-1. The main issue, coming from those who were at the game and those who watched it, was that we failed to capitalise on good situations at the other end of the pitch.
Nobody disputes that Hogan’s inclusion has coincided with a 50% win rate, nor that we’d all prefer EEL to start every game. But if he can’t, Hogan has come in and done quite well, his contributions to goals are evidence of that.
The biggest problem, as identified by fans for a number of weeks and discussed at length on the last podcast, is the no. 10 position. Get that right and we’ll continue winning and by greater margins. |
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Reply | Liam Hogan
at 18:29 15 Feb 2026
Whilst most acknowledge that it would have been better to retain EEL, what did Hogan do yesterday that means we should feel sorry for him?
The highlights show that he was involved in the build up to our goal. Something that happened twice in his last appearance after he’d been out of the squad for even longer. Unless we recruit someone else who is also prepared to have little in the way of game time, that’s where we are at present.
The central defender and the centre forward are two positions where we can’t retain a lot of options because the two playing there would be first choice almost all the time - fitness permitting. At some stage we will sign a player as good or better than EEL, then he might become the stand-in. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Yeovil Town v Rochdale
at 14:13 15 Feb 2026
The numbers are interesting and quite scary at the same time. There have been changes, but still think we need to aim to get to 109 and if that’s not four points clear of York by the last day it’ll be because they haven’t had the slight drop in form I think needs to happen.
Having had discussions with other fans and thinking about it more, yesterday’s result has clarified a few issues.
Could be wrong but sensed some frustration in McNulty’s interview after the game. For weeks there’s been agreement across the board with fans that while we’ve been relentless with our pursuit of three points, there’s also been some concerns about how ruthless we are in the final third.
This isn’t a “we’re not creating enough/not going forward enough/too negative” concern, more that when we do get into good areas the final pass/cross/finish has been lacking at times. Thinking back to the other night against FGR, there was that scramble at the Pearl St end at 2-1 when it looked inevitable we’d score and put the game to bed. Yet we didn’t.
Yesterday was probably the culmination of that, borne out in the highlights when we really should be affecting the scoreline when in good positions around the opponent’s goal. So, what are the solutions?
We firstly should be looking at ensuring those not getting game time, or likely to get it, are offered out on loan. For their own benefit as well as ours. It’s not definitive but Mancini, Tutonda or Hosannah, possibly even McBride could go out on loan for a month. That frees up not only some money in the wage budget, but space in the squad. From there we can consider where a final piece in the jigsaw can be sought.
As said previously, if Rodney was firing on April ‘25 cylinders, this wouldn’t be an issue and the other 10s are all contributing as a collective rather than as stand outs. It would then need establishing if there’s a Rodney/Bird/NML type player out there who can come in and add pace, explosiveness and goals to that role. Bird’s injury has probably indirectly held us back, because he was a bit part player at Salford and they’ve continued to add forwards. His ability to be as equally effective wider (as at Oldham) or centrally would have negated the need to bring in Duku as he’d covered both roles.
Aside from that, and it might just be a temporary thing, the Duku and Bilongo signings are currently not working out. Their lack of regular selection on the bench is proof of that so far. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Yeovil Town v Rochdale
at 13:23 15 Feb 2026
Indeed. There’s a difference to making mistakes and naivety. Name one manager who doesn’t make the odd mistake. In fact name one manager who doesn’t rotate their squad these days. If someone was to refer to McNulty and his coaching team as naive when they’ve garnered more points after 30 games than any other Dale team in history is, being kind, slightly disrespectful.
The “change a winning team” argument is nonsense because we have been doing for weeks. And plenty expected changes this weekend, including mentions of Hogan returning. It didn’t work this time, it has for weeks. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Yeovil Town v Rochdale
at 08:48 15 Feb 2026
If we ended Amantchi’s loan to bring in Duku, you’d expect the latter to be contributing much more than he has. Unless there’s a reason to not overuse Dieseruvwe after his return from injury, then he shouldn’t be being subbed if we aren’t winning. |
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