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Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 08:19 - Apr 7 with 1150 views
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 23:38 - Apr 6 by dingdangblue
A lot depends on Humphrys. We desperately need him back and scoring this weekend. We have no chance of staying up if he misses many more games.
Having Humphrys along with Beasley is key. And I'd love to see us go with 3 up top with Done being the third. Really make the opposition defenders work and create as much space as possible for Humphrys.
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 08:19 - Apr 7 by boromat
Having Humphrys along with Beasley is key. And I'd love to see us go with 3 up top with Done being the third. Really make the opposition defenders work and create as much space as possible for Humphrys.
If that is key and I agree with you. Perhaps we can cut BBM a little slack regards the position we find ourselves considering how few times they Humps and Bees have played together.
'Only happy when you've got it often makes you miss the journey'
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 08:49 - Apr 7 by James1980
If that is key and I agree with you. Perhaps we can cut BBM a little slack regards the position we find ourselves considering how few times they Humps and Bees have played together.
Nobody disputes injuries have affected us, like they will have many clubs. It’s how we’ve reacted. Done plays really well up front v Lincoln, causing the issues Boromat mentions, since then he’s been back at LWB rather than try other options there. We’ve caused too many of our own problems, despite the limitations of the squad.
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 08:57 - Apr 7 by 442Dale
Nobody disputes injuries have affected us, like they will have many clubs. It’s how we’ve reacted. Done plays really well up front v Lincoln, causing the issues Boromat mentions, since then he’s been back at LWB rather than try other options there. We’ve caused too many of our own problems, despite the limitations of the squad.
I believe mitigating circumstances have played a much bigger part in where we find ourselves than some give credit. I know other clubs have faced their own issues. But events this season have really been the imperfect storm for us.
'Only happy when you've got it often makes you miss the journey'
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 10:19 - Apr 7 by James1980
I believe mitigating circumstances have played a much bigger part in where we find ourselves than some give credit. I know other clubs have faced their own issues. But events this season have really been the imperfect storm for us.
No they have,nt, practically all our woes have been due to poor decision making both on and off the pitch.
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Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 10:58 - Apr 7 with 989 views
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 10:19 - Apr 7 by James1980
I believe mitigating circumstances have played a much bigger part in where we find ourselves than some give credit. I know other clubs have faced their own issues. But events this season have really been the imperfect storm for us.
I too believe we have been affected by other factors. But we should still be at least ten points better off and most of the problems have been our own making, especially with selection and tactics.
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 10:19 - Apr 7 by James1980
I believe mitigating circumstances have played a much bigger part in where we find ourselves than some give credit. I know other clubs have faced their own issues. But events this season have really been the imperfect storm for us.
I disagree.
If the highly rated manager urged his charges to play in the way we know they can, and perhaps utilised his most effective forward player (by which I mean injury-free and with skill and experience) in a forward position, then maybe we would be several notches above where we currently are.
Supporters would possibly be more inclined to commit to the financial outlay of a new S/T, meaning that the Board would be able to count on more close-season income than it currently can.
Whilst the club has attempted to survive during the pandemic, so have other, far more debt-riddled, clubs.
The problem is right under your nose. A manager who does not look at the league table, indulged beyond belief by a floundering and seemingly star-struck CEO, permitting abject result after abject result which will ultimately hit the footfall, and therefore the income, and therefore the lifeblood and the future of the club's very existence.
It is a domino effect, and trying to pretend otherwise is simply delusional. The dominos are slowly and surely knocking into each other in turn, until all are flat, like this club. The only thing that will stop that is a sudden upturn, and fast, in playing approach - players in the right positions, playing with hunger and passion, and trying to win games.
It is not rocket science, but let's stop avoiding the apportioning of blame to the two individuals who are most culpable.
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Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 11:19 - Apr 7 with 949 views
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 10:19 - Apr 7 by James1980
I believe mitigating circumstances have played a much bigger part in where we find ourselves than some give credit. I know other clubs have faced their own issues. But events this season have really been the imperfect storm for us.
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 08:57 - Apr 7 by 442Dale
Nobody disputes injuries have affected us, like they will have many clubs. It’s how we’ve reacted. Done plays really well up front v Lincoln, causing the issues Boromat mentions, since then he’s been back at LWB rather than try other options there. We’ve caused too many of our own problems, despite the limitations of the squad.
Haven't you already explained this to James several times before?
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 13:34 - Apr 7 with 825 views
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 10:19 - Apr 7 by James1980
I believe mitigating circumstances have played a much bigger part in where we find ourselves than some give credit. I know other clubs have faced their own issues. But events this season have really been the imperfect storm for us.
A lot of why we are where we are, James, is because of avoidable errors in games.
Of the top of my head, AFC Wimbledon (home), Gillingham (away), Oxford (home) and Peterborough (home) all saw us throw points away in injury time through bad choices on the field of play, mainly through trying to stick rigidly to the way the players have been conditioned to play instead of just clearing the bl00dy thing!
Nobody knows, but to do it in consecutive games in January (Gillingham & Oxford) was criminal and could have led to a much better February.
It's all "What if" of course, but there are times when we simply haven't helped ourselves.
I also can't get my head around the fact that we couldn't find an available left-back in January, or why we were told the likes of Shaughnessy would "excite" the fans, or words to that effect.
If it had been Steve O'Shaughnessy, at least we'd have a chance with free-kicks 40 yards from goal!
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 14:12 - Apr 7 with 766 views
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 13:42 - Apr 7 by TVOS1907
A lot of why we are where we are, James, is because of avoidable errors in games.
Of the top of my head, AFC Wimbledon (home), Gillingham (away), Oxford (home) and Peterborough (home) all saw us throw points away in injury time through bad choices on the field of play, mainly through trying to stick rigidly to the way the players have been conditioned to play instead of just clearing the bl00dy thing!
Nobody knows, but to do it in consecutive games in January (Gillingham & Oxford) was criminal and could have led to a much better February.
It's all "What if" of course, but there are times when we simply haven't helped ourselves.
I also can't get my head around the fact that we couldn't find an available left-back in January, or why we were told the likes of Shaughnessy would "excite" the fans, or words to that effect.
If it had been Steve O'Shaughnessy, at least we'd have a chance with free-kicks 40 yards from goal!
I would agree the manager and ceo's lack of experience are part of the 'storm clouds.' It does seem bizarre that certain decisions continue to be made and are not questioned by senior players/staff. Taking Done as an example surely he would say to BBM 'gaffer I'm much better up top you've seen me prove that'
'Only happy when you've got it often makes you miss the journey'
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 14:12 - Apr 7 by James1980
I would agree the manager and ceo's lack of experience are part of the 'storm clouds.' It does seem bizarre that certain decisions continue to be made and are not questioned by senior players/staff. Taking Done as an example surely he would say to BBM 'gaffer I'm much better up top you've seen me prove that'
Heh up. So there IS a light on upstairs! (said in jest)
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Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 16:44 - Apr 7 with 618 views
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 14:12 - Apr 7 by James1980
I would agree the manager and ceo's lack of experience are part of the 'storm clouds.' It does seem bizarre that certain decisions continue to be made and are not questioned by senior players/staff. Taking Done as an example surely he would say to BBM 'gaffer I'm much better up top you've seen me prove that'
He might have done.
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 17:28 - Apr 7 with 586 views
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 14:35 - Apr 7 by BillyRudd
Heh up. So there IS a light on upstairs! (said in jest)
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See thing is I have mentioned BBM's rookie status when compared to other managers in the league. Yes I know Keith Hill, I would say considering he was the first manager to get Dale promoted since decimalisation, he was fairly unique.
'Only happy when you've got it often makes you miss the journey'
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 17:28 - Apr 7 by James1980
See thing is I have mentioned BBM's rookie status when compared to other managers in the league. Yes I know Keith Hill, I would say considering he was the first manager to get Dale promoted since decimalisation, he was fairly unique.
The thing about rookie status is it only takes you so far, James. Eventually, you can no longer hide behind it.
The legendary cricketer Shane Warne, when asked to comment about Monty Panesar's thirty Test match appearances summed this up in a nutshell. According to Warne, Panesar had not played thirty Tests, but had played the same Test thirty times.
I see a direct read across to BBM - the failure to learn from what works and does not work, or rather to draw the wrong conclusion and apply it resolutely, to the detriment of gaining points.
At some point you have to learn, and then to apply what you have learned effectively. We do not seem to be there yet.
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Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 17:42 - Apr 7 with 561 views
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 17:28 - Apr 7 by James1980
See thing is I have mentioned BBM's rookie status when compared to other managers in the league. Yes I know Keith Hill, I would say considering he was the first manager to get Dale promoted since decimalisation, he was fairly unique.
If BBM has been in the job a few months, would definitely look to a lack of experience. He’s had the experience of three relegation battles as a manager, one as part of the first team coaching staff. Also while on the coaching team he saw a very poor start to the season in 16/17 that was turned on its head to see the team in the top six by the turn of the year.
He might be behind some managers in terms of time doing the job, but he cannot point to any lack of experience. If anything, out of the managers fighting relegation, there’s only John Sheridan with more experience of such a situation when a no.1, and even then it’s not as much recent experience as BBM.
It’s worth exploring all factors, but we cannot get away from the fact that this season has been pretty awful out on the pitch and absolutely shocking at home. There are no excuses for that.
Match Thread: Rochdale vs Ipswich on 17:28 - Apr 7 by James1980
See thing is I have mentioned BBM's rookie status when compared to other managers in the league. Yes I know Keith Hill, I would say considering he was the first manager to get Dale promoted since decimalisation, he was fairly unique.
Out of the managers of the current bottom six clubs, James, BBM has been in position the longest. He's actually managing in his third season and Monday was his 101st match in charge.
True, none of those seasons have been full seasons (yet), but to say he's a rookie simply isn't correct and is yet another spurious attempt to support your views.
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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