| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:29 - Jan 26 with 2157 views | D_Alien |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:27 - Jan 26 by IOMDale |
Fair dos DA, didn’t see this, sorry.
We agree though, it’s asking for trouble. |
And just to add, it's not about my opinion here, it's about absolute basics of professional football
Karl Robinson must be laughing his socks off, and i just hate being a fan who has to try and stomach that
(Apologies for voting down your having a laugh at the Trump post - too soon after the game) |  |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:30 - Jan 26 with 2163 views | 442Dale |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:24 - Jan 26 by since58 |
Ellen Smiths.??? |
A 56 seater could turn up for training and the first thing it’d be told would be to focus on keeping the ball at the back. |  |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:30 - Jan 26 with 2149 views | TVOS1907 |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:22 - Jan 26 by IOMDale |
No doubting that TVOS, though I wonder whether we looked at a more experienced defender than Osho or whether he was our number one target?
Nothing wrong with him at all - I said earlier that he looks superb - but I just wonder whether we discussed potentially bringing an experienced leader in? Mind you, finances may have been too tight. |
No idea, IOM, but it's a good question.
I would guess, from the interviews, that Osho has been on BBM's radar for a while. |  |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:33 - Jan 26 with 2083 views | IOMDale |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:29 - Jan 26 by D_Alien |
And just to add, it's not about my opinion here, it's about absolute basics of professional football
Karl Robinson must be laughing his socks off, and i just hate being a fan who has to try and stomach that
(Apologies for voting down your having a laugh at the Trump post - too soon after the game) |
No worries at all, NM’s wisecrack stopped the impending cardiac arrest I was about to have! |  |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:40 - Jan 26 with 1986 views | IOMDale |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:30 - Jan 26 by TVOS1907 |
No idea, IOM, but it's a good question.
I would guess, from the interviews, that Osho has been on BBM's radar for a while. |
I’m only playing Devil’s advocate here but you’d like to think that if - for argument’s sake - BBM wanted to bring in another couple of youngsters on loan, there’d be somebody at board or executive level who’d have a discussion with him, maybe suggesting that more experience would be better in our current state.
Do we have anybody like that? Maybe the new GK coach will provide a sounding board as he sounds as though he’s got a vast knowledge of players. | |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:45 - Jan 26 with 1903 views | Frog |
1 home win in 12, I honestly think it's time we had a change of manager. But who? |  | | |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:47 - Jan 26 with 1872 views | Sandyman |
It's now one win in all 16 home games this season. 9 points out of a possible 36 in League home games. What a great pitch (pardon the pun) to encourage people to buy a season ticket for 2021/22, especially given the circumstances surrounding sport and society right now. "We desperately need your support to get an assistant CEO, creative vice-president, customer service manager, cultural experience transformation officer and paper clip purchasing champion. We're OK for players" |  | | |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:49 - Jan 26 with 1840 views | Frog |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:47 - Jan 26 by Sandyman |
It's now one win in all 16 home games this season. 9 points out of a possible 36 in League home games. What a great pitch (pardon the pun) to encourage people to buy a season ticket for 2021/22, especially given the circumstances surrounding sport and society right now. "We desperately need your support to get an assistant CEO, creative vice-president, customer service manager, cultural experience transformation officer and paper clip purchasing champion. We're OK for players" |
Surely we need someone to lick envelopes too? | | | |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:49 - Jan 26 with 1830 views | TomRAFC |
It's not just the awful defending, it's the lack of change. Either BBM is refusing to change it or lacks the coaching skills to change it. The "we'll score one more than you" approach only works if you score more. |  |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:50 - Jan 26 with 1812 views | D_Alien |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:49 - Jan 26 by Frog |
Surely we need someone to lick envelopes too? |
There are arses within the club they could practice on | |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:53 - Jan 26 with 1779 views | 49thseason |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:11 - Jan 26 by Sandyman |
Given their limitations, you can't fault many of the players for a lack of effort, but the naivety especially towards the end of a half is staggeringly poor. We had a prolonged spell like that under Hill, throwing away points in the last 5 minutes of a half or in added time. We're at it again. That and the regular weaknesses in the defence. Issues that don't seem to be addressed.
Mind you, without the resources and experience available, as mentioned many times last Summer, there's only so much we can do, but we have an HR manager now instead. Too many generals not enough soldiers.
Who mentioned "managed relegation" in the close season? |
BBM has accumulated a team that physically isn't really capable of competing in this division,
Man for man, the Dale players are giving away inches in height and several pounds in weight, which culminates in every Dale player being worn down by every challenge and every contact with the opposition. Their willingness to try and compete is , by and large exemplary but in the final analysis, a good big;un, beats a good little'un 90% of the time.
It wouldn't be too bad if we had amazing pace in the team but mostly we don't. This is what happens when your recruitment is the equivalent of the seagull flying behind the trawler... we pick up the sprats, the broken toy, the injury prone, the lightweight, the one with no real pace or no height, the one who needs a split second too long, the one who lacks a real sense of urgency, and too many with too little experience. yes we have O'Connell, McShane Lund, Rathbone and Humphries but L1 is unforgiving and teams exploit every crack and niche and our best side, were it ever available, would be tested to the point of destruction every week ,sometimes twice a week.
Sometimes it looks like this team of misfits might just be successful, but there are no easy games in this division and the other teams are prepared to simply run us over if playing actual football doesn't look like working. They use their strength, height and power, we don't really have any answer to it.
I cant blame BBM, he is playing with a deck of cards stacked against him and with no cash to speak of and no hardened senior players to call on. He does what he can, its an impossible position to be in. Its time the board either put its hand in its pockets or found someone who will. |  | | |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:54 - Jan 26 with 1753 views | judd |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:47 - Jan 26 by Sandyman |
It's now one win in all 16 home games this season. 9 points out of a possible 36 in League home games. What a great pitch (pardon the pun) to encourage people to buy a season ticket for 2021/22, especially given the circumstances surrounding sport and society right now. "We desperately need your support to get an assistant CEO, creative vice-president, customer service manager, cultural experience transformation officer and paper clip purchasing champion. We're OK for players" |
Brilliant 😠|  |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:56 - Jan 26 with 1724 views | 442Dale |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:53 - Jan 26 by 49thseason |
BBM has accumulated a team that physically isn't really capable of competing in this division,
Man for man, the Dale players are giving away inches in height and several pounds in weight, which culminates in every Dale player being worn down by every challenge and every contact with the opposition. Their willingness to try and compete is , by and large exemplary but in the final analysis, a good big;un, beats a good little'un 90% of the time.
It wouldn't be too bad if we had amazing pace in the team but mostly we don't. This is what happens when your recruitment is the equivalent of the seagull flying behind the trawler... we pick up the sprats, the broken toy, the injury prone, the lightweight, the one with no real pace or no height, the one who needs a split second too long, the one who lacks a real sense of urgency, and too many with too little experience. yes we have O'Connell, McShane Lund, Rathbone and Humphries but L1 is unforgiving and teams exploit every crack and niche and our best side, were it ever available, would be tested to the point of destruction every week ,sometimes twice a week.
Sometimes it looks like this team of misfits might just be successful, but there are no easy games in this division and the other teams are prepared to simply run us over if playing actual football doesn't look like working. They use their strength, height and power, we don't really have any answer to it.
I cant blame BBM, he is playing with a deck of cards stacked against him and with no cash to speak of and no hardened senior players to call on. He does what he can, its an impossible position to be in. Its time the board either put its hand in its pockets or found someone who will. |
BBM can be blamed though for sending his players, irrespective of their size, out onto the pitch without a philosophy where preventing goals in our defensive third is far more important than the way we play there.
It’s simply that. Doesn’t need over complicating because that’s what we do when we step into the pitch. If Osho and Roberts are told to hold their positions, get rid in the first instance and only consider a pass if a man is free, immediately that simplicity is added. | |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:57 - Jan 26 with 1714 views | love_the_dale |
What a wonderfully entertaining game of football.
So much effort and skill from everyone on the field. A draw would have been a fair result and was only prevented by a poor kick from our goalkeeper at the end.
Without it, the comments on here would have been totally different. Instead of the team, the defence, individual players, the manager and the board being slated, it would have been what a superb performance against a high flying team that, before the game, we would have been perfectly happy to have won a point against. |  | | |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:59 - Jan 26 with 1687 views | 442Dale |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:57 - Jan 26 by love_the_dale |
What a wonderfully entertaining game of football.
So much effort and skill from everyone on the field. A draw would have been a fair result and was only prevented by a poor kick from our goalkeeper at the end.
Without it, the comments on here would have been totally different. Instead of the team, the defence, individual players, the manager and the board being slated, it would have been what a superb performance against a high flying team that, before the game, we would have been perfectly happy to have won a point against. |
Not at all. People were saying the same at 3-3. And at various other scorelines.
The same comments have appeared all season, irrespective of results. | |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:00 - Jan 26 with 1677 views | DaleiLama |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:53 - Jan 26 by 49thseason |
BBM has accumulated a team that physically isn't really capable of competing in this division,
Man for man, the Dale players are giving away inches in height and several pounds in weight, which culminates in every Dale player being worn down by every challenge and every contact with the opposition. Their willingness to try and compete is , by and large exemplary but in the final analysis, a good big;un, beats a good little'un 90% of the time.
It wouldn't be too bad if we had amazing pace in the team but mostly we don't. This is what happens when your recruitment is the equivalent of the seagull flying behind the trawler... we pick up the sprats, the broken toy, the injury prone, the lightweight, the one with no real pace or no height, the one who needs a split second too long, the one who lacks a real sense of urgency, and too many with too little experience. yes we have O'Connell, McShane Lund, Rathbone and Humphries but L1 is unforgiving and teams exploit every crack and niche and our best side, were it ever available, would be tested to the point of destruction every week ,sometimes twice a week.
Sometimes it looks like this team of misfits might just be successful, but there are no easy games in this division and the other teams are prepared to simply run us over if playing actual football doesn't look like working. They use their strength, height and power, we don't really have any answer to it.
I cant blame BBM, he is playing with a deck of cards stacked against him and with no cash to speak of and no hardened senior players to call on. He does what he can, its an impossible position to be in. Its time the board either put its hand in its pockets or found someone who will. |
Expect to read on the OS tomorrow we have brought in a Vitamin D supplements manager  |  |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:02 - Jan 26 with 1654 views | RippDale |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 21:56 - Jan 26 by 442Dale |
BBM can be blamed though for sending his players, irrespective of their size, out onto the pitch without a philosophy where preventing goals in our defensive third is far more important than the way we play there.
It’s simply that. Doesn’t need over complicating because that’s what we do when we step into the pitch. If Osho and Roberts are told to hold their positions, get rid in the first instance and only consider a pass if a man is free, immediately that simplicity is added. |
It's so blatantly obvious that we don't possess players who can play the way BBM wants to play. The fans see it, opposing managers see it, opposition commentators see it but our manager can't. Yet we all persevere with the same old mistakes every week. Something has to give but I'm not sure what? | | | |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:07 - Jan 26 with 1581 views | nordenblue |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:00 - Jan 26 by DaleiLama |
Expect to read on the OS tomorrow we have brought in a Vitamin D supplements manager |
We could certainly do with a ray of sunshine at the back at the minute... | | | |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:07 - Jan 26 with 1578 views | dingdangblue |
They had Winnall.
We've just got WinFookall. |  |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:09 - Jan 26 with 1560 views | DaleiLama |
You don't even need to watch film of how we play, the basic scouting is even summarised on the web (found this when I was checking how many we've conceded):
https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/202/Show/England-Rochdale
Rochdale Characteristics
+ Strengths
Shooting from direct free kicks
Very Strong
Creating long shot opportunities
Very Strong
Coming back from losing positions
Very Strong
Creating chances using through balls
Strong
Attacking down the wings
Strong
Finishing scoring chances
Strong
- Weaknesses
Aerial duels
Weak
Defending counter attacks
Weak
Defending against long shots
Weak
Stopping opponents from creating chances
Very Weak
Defending against attacks down the wings
Very Weak
Defending set pieces
Very Weak
Avoiding individual errors
Very Weak
Rochdale's Style of Play
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Attack through the middle
Take long shots
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Playing in their own half
Non-aggressive
Consistent first eleven [Post edited 26 Jan 2021 22:10]
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:11 - Jan 26 with 1529 views | DMR90 |
You can predict how the post match interview will go - ‘so Brian, disappointing finish but you must be really pleased that we scored 3 goals’ | | | |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:21 - Jan 26 with 1422 views | 49thseason |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:00 - Jan 26 by DaleiLama |
Expect to read on the OS tomorrow we have brought in a Vitamin D supplements manager |
I am available if needed..... and don't laugh but Liverpool give Vit D supplements to all their players as a matter of course. Man U put their players under sun beds.
Role of Vitamin D in Athletes and Their Performance: Current Concepts and New Trends:
"We are currently experiencing a vitamin D (VITD) deficiency pandemic across the world. Athletes have the same predisposition to low levels of vitamin D, the majority of its concentrations being below 20 ng/mL in a wide range of sports, especially in the winter months. Vitamin D is important in bone health, but recent research also points out its essential role in extraskeletal functions, including skeletal muscle growth, immune and cardiopulmonary functions and inflammatory modulation, which influence athletic performance. Vitamin D can also interact with extraskeletal tissues to modulate injury recovery and also influence the risk of infection. The data presented in this paper has triggered investigations in relation to the importance of maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D and to the possible positive influence supplementation has on immune and musculoskeletal functions in athletes, benefiting their performance and preventing future injuries. The objective of this review is to describe the latest research conducted on the epidemiology of vitamin D deficiency and its effects on sports performance and musculoskeletal health."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071499/#:~:text=In%20relation%20to | | | |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:29 - Jan 26 with 1359 views | funkkk |
I know the restraints we’re working under or, at least, the limitations of the squad; but at what point do we have to blame the coaching? Our game management is appalling. |  | | |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:33 - Jan 26 with 1323 views | James1980 |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:21 - Jan 26 by 49thseason |
I am available if needed..... and don't laugh but Liverpool give Vit D supplements to all their players as a matter of course. Man U put their players under sun beds.
Role of Vitamin D in Athletes and Their Performance: Current Concepts and New Trends:
"We are currently experiencing a vitamin D (VITD) deficiency pandemic across the world. Athletes have the same predisposition to low levels of vitamin D, the majority of its concentrations being below 20 ng/mL in a wide range of sports, especially in the winter months. Vitamin D is important in bone health, but recent research also points out its essential role in extraskeletal functions, including skeletal muscle growth, immune and cardiopulmonary functions and inflammatory modulation, which influence athletic performance. Vitamin D can also interact with extraskeletal tissues to modulate injury recovery and also influence the risk of infection. The data presented in this paper has triggered investigations in relation to the importance of maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D and to the possible positive influence supplementation has on immune and musculoskeletal functions in athletes, benefiting their performance and preventing future injuries. The objective of this review is to describe the latest research conducted on the epidemiology of vitamin D deficiency and its effects on sports performance and musculoskeletal health."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071499/#:~:text=In%20relation%20to |
Would you like the job of Club vitamin D distribution consultant? | |
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| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:33 - Jan 26 with 1321 views | judd |
| Match Thread: Rochdale vs Oxford on 22:29 - Jan 26 by funkkk |
I know the restraints we’re working under or, at least, the limitations of the squad; but at what point do we have to blame the coaching? Our game management is appalling. |
Let’s get a game keeper! | |
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