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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 12:52 27 Jan 2026
I mentioned on my post that i wasn't sure how accurate the website was. They aren't my figures, they are the websites. The Salford stats are relevant in respect of Hendos prowess when it comes to his penalty conversion rate. I think it's generally accepted that he isn't great on penalties, credit to him for stepping up though. It's a pity there are no stats for chips and lobs, he'd be top of the pile. [Post edited 27 Jan 13:03]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 10:21 27 Jan 2026
I started watching in 1976, probably Nigel O'Loughlin or Steve Mellodew might have taken penalies then, i can't remember. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 09:57 27 Jan 2026
I'm not sure those figures are accurate but the details are there in respect of the dates, opponents and the goalkeeper making the save in all competitions. I'm also not sure who i would name as our best ever penalty taker, i seem to remember Lambert scoring a few but i could be completely wrong about that. [Post edited 27 Jan 10:07]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 09:49 27 Jan 2026
Transfermarkt website has a detailed breakdown in respect of Hendos penalty taking record and it shows it as 29 scored and 13 missed including the recent one against Truro. It shows Gary Jones as 17 scored, five missed. [Post edited 27 Jan 9:52]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Southend United
at 06:40 27 Jan 2026
Heavy rain until about 1pm and then light rain easing off by kick off. A perfect road test for our new pitch and the drainage. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 22:09 26 Jan 2026
How many did Jones miss, compared to Hendo? Apologies if you don't have the figures. Jones was very good from the penalty spot |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 21:07 26 Jan 2026
That's how i saw it. I can understand McNulty wanting to see the game out at 2-0, one goal conceded can quickly lead to two and he didn't want to give them any encouragement. Missing chances and penalties is on the players not the manager. We have to be more ruthless and clinical, the basics of actually hitting your shot on target would be a good start. Head over the ball and don't blaze it over the crossbar. We've been brilliant this season but these are things that will make us even better. Hendo isn't very good at taking penalties, McNulty knows that and so do the fans, somebody else should have taken that. I think we've missed our last three penalties now |
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Reply | Season 25-26 Bar Operations & Feedback
at 20:31 26 Jan 2026
Could you please confirm if there will be any live football showing on the televisions this season, either TNT or Sky? The channels couldn't be accessed on Saturday. You advertised the games last season to be shown before every home game. If the club no longer subscribe to live football channels then could you confirm it. Thanks. [Post edited 26 Jan 20:33]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 19:18 26 Jan 2026
When your centre half has more posession than any other player on the pitch in a 2-0 home win against Truro, there is a good chance he will eventually play a decent through ball 😀..Gilmour did excellent with that by the way. I think we've exhausted the Hogan discussion, as you pointed out EEL does the same at times but he does it a little bit more quickly. We wont be seeing it tomorrow anyway because Southend wont sit back and allow that. [Post edited 26 Jan 19:20]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 18:21 26 Jan 2026
You actually posted that you thought Hogans slow play with the ball was because he hadn't been playing games, you know that's not right. . He was walking with the ball up to the halfway line and stopping with it. The fans were pleading with him at times to just pass the ball to players who where showing for it. If it wasn't so obvious nobody in the crowd would have been displaying their frustration. We saw the tactic employed last season, it stops momentum and the flow of the game and kills the atmosphere in the stadium, i've never seen any other team employ that tactic with their central defender and i believe if they did they would get the same response from the crowd. We played the same way in the first half against Spennymoor and the crowd voiced their displeasure then. If we're relying on Hogan to launch our attacks it doesn't say much for the ability of the rest of the team. We had a decent crowd, a lot of youngsters, they want entertaining not boring to death...Hogan was still at it at 2-0 up, he was obviously playing to instruction so it's not his fault. [Post edited 26 Jan 18:33]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 17:58 26 Jan 2026
Maybe it will be a game when the manager can step up to the mark in a very big home game, he was out manouvered by opposiition managers last season and his team froze in the headlights when it came to doing the business. We don't all have to agree with the managers analysis of games also, it's allowed to disagree with him, we're grown adults who all see the game differently as was discussed following the Truro game. To suggest that some fans would prefer to see a defeat rather than a win is stupid and disrespectful to fellow fans and you know it. What a daft question. Fans where critical of aspects of our approach play and our finishing on Saturday, they're entitled to their view, not everybody is subserviant to the manager and if he doesn't like hearing a different perspective then tough. Its a forum for discussing football and people have different opinions and view the game differently. [Post edited 26 Jan 18:03]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 15:18 26 Jan 2026
I think you're right about that but if McNulty is viewed as a defensive coach i think he's a very good one, our defence has been exceptional this season and he's recruited well. Mani D is quality, i just think we are lacking another real goal threat, somebody with pace and a low sense of gravity in the Hogan/ Dagnall mould. Players who are always pulling up injured are a luxury we can't afford to carry. [Post edited 26 Jan 15:19]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 12:18 26 Jan 2026
We're talking about having recognised goalscorers available then, irrespective of what number shirt they have on their back, or how people identify the position on the pitch. Barlow/ McBride/ Pritchard/ Allarakhia/ Mancini aren't what you would call recognised goalscorers in the same way as Rodney, Mani, Hendo, Duku are. They don't provide the same goalscoring threat and hold up play. In fact some of those players are more midfield players than what you would call forwards and McBrides a good example. Rodney is a completely different goalscoring threat than Barlow, Burger Pritchard even though you view him as a number 10. Playing midfield players in the number 10 position doesn't really work, they are found out when it comes to putting the ball in the net. In fact it could be construed as a defensive rather than an offensive selection. When somebody mentions the number 10 position to me i insinctively think a goalscorer...Devante Rodney, Adam Le Fondre etc and that's why having so many struggling to stay fit is a problem. [Post edited 26 Jan 12:51]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 11:29 26 Jan 2026
I've been saying that for a few months and as you point out the squad is unbalanced and overloaded in certain areas, something we all highlighted last season. I don't have a real problem with the prowess and ability of any of those in the final third but there's a real problem keeping some of them on the pitch.
We're at the point where Hendo at 41 years old is now probably our most reliable player when it comes to being available for selection week in week out. A player who for the last eighteen months has started very few league game and has already had his testimonial year.
I'm really hoping that Duku isn't already injured because we also lost Smith again on Saturday. Rodney can't play Saturday/ Tuesdays so that leaves us just Mani and Hendo. So three of those forwards Rodney/ Mancini/Smith can't be relied upon due to their injury history. [Post edited 26 Jan 11:38]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 07:33 26 Jan 2026
It's the forward line that concerns me, hopefully Duku is available to cover for Smith. We do have a large squad so there are options available for the manager to change things up. We go back to the top of the league with a win tomorrow, we have enough good players available to do that. |
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Reply | NFR - Roughyeds
at 05:54 26 Jan 2026
Everywhere he goes something bad happens which plunges the company/ club into a financial crisis, there's a pattern. He must be the unluckiest man in the world.🤔 |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Truro City
at 05:24 26 Jan 2026
On your last point, we've been short of a reliable striker/ forward all season and going into the crunch part of the season we are still short. Smith wont be back for some time and struggles to stay fit even when he returns. Mancini has been a waste of a squad place, contributed nothing. Rodney is brittle and his fitness is constantly managed. Henderson is now 41 yrs old and Mani is just returning from injury. Duku, who knows why he wasn't in the squad on Saturday, hopefully he's not already injured. So there's a possibility we could now have three forwards injured again. [Post edited 26 Jan 7:20]
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