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Reply | Meet the board
at 13:41 17 May 2024
One major development will be the role of the new Commercial Director. What the remit and profile will be for this post will be absolutely key to income generation
Possibly the most important signing of the summer.
The right candidate will not be cheap but should be worth every penny. Its a full on challenge getting it right commercially at the Dale.
Amongst a host of other things getting 3000 home fans at Spotland most weekend must be high on the priority list. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 11:03 17 May 2024
Anything that works and helps out both clubs is fine by me!
The club needs to set a realistic target of 3000 home fans average.
That's 750 or so new faces who we need to attract to attend MOST home games.
750 looks very do-able to me. |
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Reply | tomorrow can't come quick enough
at 11:00 17 May 2024
Fair play hoping these bury fans are the majority and the phoenix club stamp out the moronic behaviour.
They look a right bunch of idiots carrying on like this.
Belated Congratulations to Wythenshaw. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 18:40 16 May 2024
The new prices are very fair indeed. Lets all get behind our club and buy as soon as they are available.
To print a card costs.. to post out i assume recorded delivery costs.. this needs to be covered if supporters have not got a smart phone.
This is a real new dawn for the club and this first season is pivotal. Stability off the pitch and a manager who has cut his teeth and has time under his belt. If on the pitch we can be a bit more ruthless in winning games regardless of style and getting into the habit of 3 points most Saturdays that obviously helps but what else can we do?.
I will be getting my app and season pass sorted as soon as they are available. I would encourage everybody to dig deep and do the same (finances permitting).
Also we all know friends, acquaintance, colleagues, lapsed, occasional, and semi interested fans.. If all of us carry on banging the dale drum and get the good news spread as quickly as we can and as deep into the community as possible, hopefully we can get Spotland bouncing (a little) on a match day.
Twin pronged of course.. they club need to do the lions share BUT we can help too and I for one cannot wait for the new season to start.
UP THE DALE!!! [Post edited 16 May 18:45]
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Reply | tomorrow can't come quick enough
at 18:30 16 May 2024
Any excuse and no accountability..
Even the Phoenix reborn bury AFC dont have the good grace to call out these idiots.
They are clearly obvious to identify now. |
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Reply | Play offs
at 06:46 7 May 2024
Joining Dale in the National League 2024/25
Tamworth
Yeovil
Sutton
Forest Green
Braintree
Boston
Travelling has not got much easier has it!! [Post edited 7 May 6:47]
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Reply | tomorrow can't come quick enough
at 06:41 7 May 2024
bury phoenix have short memories only picking out a narrative that suits them.
This is a second offense after a fan stadium ban earlier this season.
NWCL to act? more serious sanctions make the club wake up a bit.
Edit.. to be fair they have condemned the actions of the morons (bury times sport). |
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Reply | tomorrow can't come quick enough
at 11:10 5 May 2024
If this is true they should start next season behind closed doors for the first 6 home games.
Just why do they think they are above rules and regulations.
Time the NWCL showed some balls and impose a stadium ban and deduct more points bury start next season on -10. |
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Reply | Play offs
at 09:14 28 Apr 2024
Barnet 0-4 Solihull Moors
Also
Scunthorpe 0-0 Boston AET
Boston win 5-4 on Pens. |
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Reply | Fan Survey on playing style (n/t)
at 15:53 26 Apr 2024
There are small signs that when we play the Jim Style with a little more urgency and pace it can be difficult to play against.
Whilst not laying a glove at home v 3 relegated teams Dorking / Oxford and Boreham Wood I think we looked the better team against all 3. It is very frustrating therefore that we only mustered 3 draws.
Winning games buys time for managers and with a decent retained list, some good additions to the squad and a quicker tempo of Jim's style might get us all back on board.
Looking at the goal of the season reel quite a few goals had to fast forward several passages of play pre goal as we scored quite a few after 20+ passes.
Its when it goes wrong or the extra sideways pass when the crowd are frustrated that is the problem.
We have Jim starting next season and he will be recruiting this summer so I don't think we have much choice other than to dig deep, buy a season card and turn up to cheer OUR team on. It can be a frustrating watch i agree but in a tricky first full season we finished 11th so lets build on that. [Post edited 26 Apr 16:02]
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Reply | Retained list
at 07:04 26 Apr 2024
The most important summer for a very long time.
Jim I wish you the very best of luck and hope you can pull some pacey attacking rabbits from the hat.
Whilst true, the smoke and mirrors of 16 wins this season as the best in 7 years (Social media not Jim) shouting like this is a success, the reality is 16 wins is bang average.
Next season we should have much more ambition what's wrong with targeting 25 wins or more from 46.
Chesterfield had 31 wins last season that is the same as Rochdale and Oldham combined. [Post edited 26 Apr 7:05]
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Reply | Retained list
at 07:42 23 Apr 2024
EEL is on league wages he would have to take a significant pay cut.
Has been very good the last 6-8 games... yes earlier in the season looked out of form and not 100% fit.
If he can fit into the new budget and give us 40 games like the last 6-8 then absolutely another season would give us some continuity at the back.
Its a new dawn, I am hoping Jim is pretty ruthless with the cull and then we recruit well to have a real go at the National League 2024/5. |
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Reply | Investment update
at 18:48 19 Apr 2024
Well said.
Its a second chance that i did not think would be possible. We were VERY close to not seeing out this season.
Its up to everybody now involved at the club and all the supporters to come together like never before to ensure we only move forward and go from strength to strength.
Up the Dale.... When are the season cards on sale???? |
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Reply | Boreham Wood at home take 3!
at 18:02 17 Apr 2024
The commercial director signing could be the most important of the summer. The right one will not be cheap but could be the best signing made in a long time. Commercially we need to be 2024/25 ready just as much as on the field. The right person needs to be a ruthless type who lives and breathes success always moving the club forward.
Onto Jim.
Nice Fella, Dale through and through and he stepped up in our hour of need. We cant have death by a thousand cuts on the pitch next season this is the most boring negative insipid football i have seen at Dale since the bad days of the mid 80,s.
I am sorry Jim whilst i agree we dominated (a poor opposition) last night we dominated possession only using negative boring style of football and never looked like winning. If this is allowed to carry on next season will see the exodus continue. Somebody needs to sit Jim down and ask him has he another plan on how to play quicker more attractive football that will actually excite the dwindling few who attend. Its dire make no mistake and that is from somebody who likes Jim, appreciates what he has done and more than anything wants him to succeed.
The last two home games against relegation fodder we managed 1 point and 1 goal in 180 minutes of football. Two home games when we were safe and it would have been a free hit to take some risks, get on the front foot and see if a faster / simpler more direct style got a different result!
what a mess to unravel... Huge decisons to be made.
Jim - FFS have a go on the front foot on Saturday!!! |
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Reply | Trust update
at 17:43 16 Apr 2024
Fantastic news and a timely update.
I would really like to see record trust membership next season as the club look to move to a new level of professionalism that sustainable.
Thank you to all that are working so hard to make this happen. |
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Reply | Boreham Wood at home take 3!
at 17:39 16 Apr 2024
Dale will have there hands full tonight..
I really hope we spring a mini surprise, play like we know we can (but rarely see) and take all 3 points.
Boreham Wood will be fired up a win and survival is back in there hands. |
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Reply | Dorking
at 09:20 15 Apr 2024
Agreed and we all need to get behind the club and persuade any friends who are not sure to join the new look Dale in 2024/25 season.
Every Penny (Season Cards / Club Shop) in the summer months will help. |
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Reply | Dorking
at 10:08 14 Apr 2024
Jim McNulty is a terrific bloke who was dealt a terrible hand this season.
Great we stayed up but with a more positive approach we would be on the cusp of the playoffs I am sure.
The pedestrian football is dreadful to watch. We allow teams to get back set up two banks of defenders and then try and tippy Tappy through over playing and overcomplicated tactics. What is wrong with a speedy distribution to a wide player overlapping full backs, early whipped crosses attacked at pace and getting shots off galore!!! It would not take much to go for it next year but if Jim wants to keep this style up the board must act.
Agree we cannot waste another close season we need to be out of the traps game one minute one. |
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Reply | Club Appeal Red Card..
at 14:22 8 Apr 2024
I am sure nobody was more delighted than DAlien when the card got overturned.
I agree with his sentiment that it was risking £500 that only days previously we did not have.
On in all it worked.. Mitchell can play out the remainder of the season bar injury or another red!!
Lets get together now and channel all our might into making Spotland financially secure off the pitch for many years to come. The second chance has come out of the blue and really does allow the root and branch investigation into all things club related.
Yes we have made some recent mistakes. Onwards and upwards for the Dale! |
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Reply | Club Appeal Red Card..
at 13:28 4 Apr 2024
Off the pitch stability will lead to on the pitch success.
Absolutley right here is a 3 point plan. Who delivers the plan has a big job to do.
1. Generate more revenue through increased attendances.
2. Generate more revenue with some well thought out initiatives 12 months of the year.
3. Take the money thats generated over a 12 month period and ensure all outgoings are less. |
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