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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 22:23 - Oct 20 with 897 viewsDalenet

Real end to end game...very open. Enjoyable watch and worthy of a point. Yes we should be defending better for the first 30 minutes of the second half, but we didn't give up and Hendo rescued us again. So much better than the performances we saw at the start of the season. Anyone know why Mani was missing?
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 22:32 - Oct 20 with 806 viewsbeat_the_bishop

After promotion I said to my Dad that this season I just wanted to turn up, no pressure going into a game and just go out and enjoy ourselves while never in danger and not really threatening the top. Last season was pretty stressful being scared go drop points, turned out beautiful but I aged 5 years.

That game tonight was a far cry from the national league. It’s was fast, frantic and evidently better quality than the league below. Every team that’s been to here have been energetic and ‘up for it’. Shrewsbury was a flattering scoreline - but they weren’t abysmal nor were we great.

It’s nice to be back. Tonight was fun. I think a draw flattered us after a poor second half but we take it, we learn from it and we move on.

It’s clear the central midfield is the area in question. Not fully convinced on Adeeko, Gilmour has now found some sharpness and looking far more assured but you can tell he has hit his ceiling and it’s likely we won’t get much more out of him, Francis for me just isn’t what we need and yet to actually see him control a game. Petit has more presence and seems to be more involved but again, big step up and never really got a chance last season so a big ask for him when he finally returns.

The immediate craving for me is to see us control a game for 90 minutes. We are seeing glimpses of what the plan is, but we drift in and out of it.

4 points from tonight and the approaching Accy game would be lovely. Let’s see if we can roll back the years and do a job on them like we used to.

As other have said. Tasker was brilliant and my MOM. Ian’s in game management still leaves me a little bit bemused. Generally does what my brain is thinking but after a goal rather than to prevent a goal. Sub no.2 being the example.
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 22:40 - Oct 20 with 715 views_Windydale

Really enjoyable game for the whole match. Middleton again, especially first half was brilliant at whipping those balls in, and his cross early on - I thought Brown might have dived for that one to burst the net. Dale were tenacious and up for this one. Either side did enough to win it, a well earned draw against an energetic Grimsby who looked better than their current league position.
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 22:46 - Oct 20 with 655 views442Dale

TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 22:32 - Oct 20 by beat_the_bishop

After promotion I said to my Dad that this season I just wanted to turn up, no pressure going into a game and just go out and enjoy ourselves while never in danger and not really threatening the top. Last season was pretty stressful being scared go drop points, turned out beautiful but I aged 5 years.

That game tonight was a far cry from the national league. It’s was fast, frantic and evidently better quality than the league below. Every team that’s been to here have been energetic and ‘up for it’. Shrewsbury was a flattering scoreline - but they weren’t abysmal nor were we great.

It’s nice to be back. Tonight was fun. I think a draw flattered us after a poor second half but we take it, we learn from it and we move on.

It’s clear the central midfield is the area in question. Not fully convinced on Adeeko, Gilmour has now found some sharpness and looking far more assured but you can tell he has hit his ceiling and it’s likely we won’t get much more out of him, Francis for me just isn’t what we need and yet to actually see him control a game. Petit has more presence and seems to be more involved but again, big step up and never really got a chance last season so a big ask for him when he finally returns.

The immediate craving for me is to see us control a game for 90 minutes. We are seeing glimpses of what the plan is, but we drift in and out of it.

4 points from tonight and the approaching Accy game would be lovely. Let’s see if we can roll back the years and do a job on them like we used to.

As other have said. Tasker was brilliant and my MOM. Ian’s in game management still leaves me a little bit bemused. Generally does what my brain is thinking but after a goal rather than to prevent a goal. Sub no.2 being the example.
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Agree with your first paragraph, it is panning out like that. The only worry is ensuring we increase the gap from the bottom two in case there’s a bad run.

Which is why I disagree with the second paragraph! The quality of teams is all much of a muchness with few truly controlling games. There is more physicality and it’s quicker, but the basic standard of play is very average so far - possibly because of how frantic it is. That said, Grimsby were the best team I’ve seen albeit easy to get at when you go wide.

It’s interesting to see reactions to games though (not specifically yours BtB!). Something that was discussed on the podcast last week was performance v result, is winning above everything or does a good display trump that? Maybe entrenched opinions to suit an argument sometimes ensure it reflects on how sone view a game/result?

As long as fans continue to support, that’s the main thing!

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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:01 - Oct 20 with 522 viewsbeat_the_bishop

TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 22:46 - Oct 20 by 442Dale

Agree with your first paragraph, it is panning out like that. The only worry is ensuring we increase the gap from the bottom two in case there’s a bad run.

Which is why I disagree with the second paragraph! The quality of teams is all much of a muchness with few truly controlling games. There is more physicality and it’s quicker, but the basic standard of play is very average so far - possibly because of how frantic it is. That said, Grimsby were the best team I’ve seen albeit easy to get at when you go wide.

It’s interesting to see reactions to games though (not specifically yours BtB!). Something that was discussed on the podcast last week was performance v result, is winning above everything or does a good display trump that? Maybe entrenched opinions to suit an argument sometimes ensure it reflects on how sone view a game/result?

As long as fans continue to support, that’s the main thing!


Yeh your second point is valid. No one team has really played us off the park and looked silky. Grimsby were good tonight but I felt most threatened by crosses and corners than being carved open in open play. You could argue it was self inflicted pain as both goals came down the left hand side and after a series of silly decisions, chances to clear and hesitation.

It’s certainly there to go at in this league but our injuries are the primary burden.

Until the new year I am points over performance. With a view of a few tweaks in Jan. The only real target this season is staying in this league and everyone top down bottom up growing on the back of the experience.

I am sure Watson has seen enough now to know where the extra attention is needed. Collecting points will allow him to work on that without any distractions.
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:03 - Oct 20 with 500 viewsNerazzurri

I thought the first half was one of the most enjoyable halves of football I’ve seen for a while. Ok we struggled second half but a hard fought point, a goal for Hendo & then we could have won it.

Give me a game like that any day rather than the last 3 years of facing 11 men defending behind the ball.

Forza Nerazzurri

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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:05 - Oct 20 with 476 viewsSaxonDale

My lazy take on the league is (at least stylistically):

League 1 is a poor man’s version of the Premier League
League 2 is a poor man’s version of the Championship
National league is a poorer blend of the two.
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:06 - Oct 20 with 472 viewsdingdangblue

Talk about 100mph football! I'm not sure what Jim from last season would've made of it? Fair play to Grimsby for keeping it up all game - they've a very effective away of playing putting in lots of high bouncing balls and putting defenders under pressure. Well done to Dale for somehow finding a way of getting an equaliser. And we could've nicked it at the end with Brown ballooning over and Middleton's deflected strike bouncing agonisingly wide! Happy with a point as it looked like we weren't getting anything for most of the 2nd half. Hopefully Beckwith will start on the left on Saturday and Tasker back on the right - putting Taylor there was an odd choice for me and cost us.
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:10 - Oct 20 with 434 viewsdannyuk

TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:06 - Oct 20 by dingdangblue

Talk about 100mph football! I'm not sure what Jim from last season would've made of it? Fair play to Grimsby for keeping it up all game - they've a very effective away of playing putting in lots of high bouncing balls and putting defenders under pressure. Well done to Dale for somehow finding a way of getting an equaliser. And we could've nicked it at the end with Brown ballooning over and Middleton's deflected strike bouncing agonisingly wide! Happy with a point as it looked like we weren't getting anything for most of the 2nd half. Hopefully Beckwith will start on the left on Saturday and Tasker back on the right - putting Taylor there was an odd choice for me and cost us.
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Can't see Beckwith starting yet. If Watson thought he could play 45 minutes he'd have been on at half time tonight.
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:10 - Oct 20 with 425 viewsTVOS1907

TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:06 - Oct 20 by dingdangblue

Talk about 100mph football! I'm not sure what Jim from last season would've made of it? Fair play to Grimsby for keeping it up all game - they've a very effective away of playing putting in lots of high bouncing balls and putting defenders under pressure. Well done to Dale for somehow finding a way of getting an equaliser. And we could've nicked it at the end with Brown ballooning over and Middleton's deflected strike bouncing agonisingly wide! Happy with a point as it looked like we weren't getting anything for most of the 2nd half. Hopefully Beckwith will start on the left on Saturday and Tasker back on the right - putting Taylor there was an odd choice for me and cost us.
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I'm not convinced Beckwith is yet up to playing for much longer than he has done. In the last 5 minutes, he was struggling to get back with any pace.

Although, with Taylor and Tobi now both injured, he may have to start on Saturday.

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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:12 - Oct 20 with 418 views442Dale

TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:03 - Oct 20 by Nerazzurri

I thought the first half was one of the most enjoyable halves of football I’ve seen for a while. Ok we struggled second half but a hard fought point, a goal for Hendo & then we could have won it.

Give me a game like that any day rather than the last 3 years of facing 11 men defending behind the ball.


That’s a fair point about the opposition. Teams are more open, then you see games where neither team has control. It’s that the passing and choices are so average at times.

Can we find a way to gain control or do we continue to play in an open way? Think getting the right combination in midfield may be the answer.

Watson confirms Dieseruvwe out with a hamstring injury. He says they’re looking at why the injuries are occurring.

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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:15 - Oct 20 with 375 views442Dale

TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:06 - Oct 20 by dingdangblue

Talk about 100mph football! I'm not sure what Jim from last season would've made of it? Fair play to Grimsby for keeping it up all game - they've a very effective away of playing putting in lots of high bouncing balls and putting defenders under pressure. Well done to Dale for somehow finding a way of getting an equaliser. And we could've nicked it at the end with Brown ballooning over and Middleton's deflected strike bouncing agonisingly wide! Happy with a point as it looked like we weren't getting anything for most of the 2nd half. Hopefully Beckwith will start on the left on Saturday and Tasker back on the right - putting Taylor there was an odd choice for me and cost us.
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McNulty from then may have pointed at the opposition which would sit in, preventing a team playing so expansively. McNulty of this season would point at his team scoring freely at the top of League One.

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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 00:11 - Oct 21 with 195 viewsEllDale

It could have gone either way in a last ten minutes which were just as hectic as the rest of the game.
Ok, so Brown missed a great opportunity, but they had one cleared off the line when it looked easier to score and Waller had to make a stunning save as well.
How drained the players are though, both physically and mentally, with another game on Saturday is anybody’s guess.
If Tobi and Taylor are both on the injured list now as well as all the others in the treatment room queue then we’re down to the bare bones at weekend.
Perhaps the other alternative to playing Beckwith at leftback is to pick Sherring at right back and move Tasker back to the left?
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 00:15 - Oct 21 with 187 viewsD_Alien

TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Grimsby Town on 23:15 - Oct 20 by 442Dale

McNulty from then may have pointed at the opposition which would sit in, preventing a team playing so expansively. McNulty of this season would point at his team scoring freely at the top of League One.


He is indeed flying high in L1, and ultimately, perhaps he knew he could cut out having to adapt Dale to the new division by simply skipping to the one higher up with a team that already had potential

We've been through all the arguments about his style in the NL, they ended when we escaped at Wembley, but that should have us appreciating (as said before) our new era and the initial efforts to build from almost scratch, even though the ride might be more bumpy

Looking forward to Saturday against Accy who took a good point at York tonight, providing we can put a team out
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