| Rumour Mill 22:16 - Jun 24 with 6456 views | Walboro |
Sam Beckworth to Carlisle hope not but I believe from good source. |  | | |  |
| Rumour Mill on 23:06 - Jun 24 with 5029 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
Hope this is not true....big player for us and always seems to be enjoying himself. But money talks.
Carlisle bookies favorites for the title........let's see? | | | |
| Rumour Mill on 08:01 - Jun 25 with 4751 views | griff |
I’d take no notice of the bookies, never underestimate our abilities to shoot ourselves in the foot. And they thought we’d do OK last season too.  |  | | |
| Rumour Mill on 08:29 - Jun 25 with 4701 views | NorthernDale |
I hope it is not true as well, we should be strengthening the team and rejecting any potential bids.
Both Carlisle and York are favourites, both are spending and signing good players, and the bookies are not stupid, when it comes to making money, but you never know, there could be a shock. We are, I believe fourth favourites, but if we hold onto the key players and recruit the right players, hopefully we can make a challenge like Oldham.
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| Rumour Mill on 13:52 - Jun 26 with 3459 views | James1980 |
Remember we were told 'We're not going to do a Wrexham' | |
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| Rumour Mill on 13:56 - Jun 26 with 3446 views | Trev |
| Rumour Mill on 13:52 - Jun 26 by James1980 |
Remember we were told 'We're not going to do a Wrexham' |
Yes James, nobody is expecting us to. | | | |
| Rumour Mill on 14:38 - Jun 26 with 3315 views | James1980 |
| Rumour Mill on 13:56 - Jun 26 by Trev |
Yes James, nobody is expecting us to. |
Be good to see a couple of signings in to inspire the fanbase though, I know there's plenty of time till the TW closes | |
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| Rumour Mill on 15:32 - Jun 26 with 3183 views | seasidedale |
Don’t forget transfer window for national league clubs is March | | | |
| Rumour Mill on 17:50 - Jun 26 with 2902 views | NorthernDale |
I have just listen to McNulty and the squad is back in next week, he indicated he is in discussion with a number of players, but, all but admits it is still a learning process. Hopefully he has learn from last season and does not recruit lightweight players, who get dominated by the opposition. | | | |
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| Rumour Mill on 21:48 - Jun 26 with 2492 views | 442Dale |
Steve Cotterill has left Forest Green and Robbie Savage is rumoured to be taking over.
Will do no harm to our chances of finishing higher than last season. |  |
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| Rumour Mill on 21:52 - Jun 26 with 2476 views | EllDale |
Is Robbie Savage allowed to manage one club whilst part owning another, albeit in a different league?
And in response to the original post I heard an interesting rumour whilst down at the Shay yesterday; Halifax unveiling five new players soon including Cody Johnson and Kairo Mitchell. We’ll see. [Post edited 26 Jun 21:54]
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| Rumour Mill on 22:40 - Jun 26 with 2354 views | D_Alien |
| Rumour Mill on 21:52 - Jun 26 by EllDale |
Is Robbie Savage allowed to manage one club whilst part owning another, albeit in a different league?
And in response to the original post I heard an interesting rumour whilst down at the Shay yesterday; Halifax unveiling five new players soon including Cody Johnson and Kairo Mitchell. We’ll see. [Post edited 26 Jun 21:54]
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Unveiling might seem appropriate for the statuesque Mitchell |  |
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| Rumour Mill on 00:10 - Jun 27 with 2205 views | Sandyman |
| Rumour Mill on 21:48 - Jun 26 by 442Dale |
Steve Cotterill has left Forest Green and Robbie Savage is rumoured to be taking over.
Will do no harm to our chances of finishing higher than last season. |
Would swap Cotterill for McNulty. |  | | |
| Rumour Mill on 07:01 - Jun 27 with 2003 views | TalkingSutty |
| Rumour Mill on 17:50 - Jun 26 by NorthernDale |
I have just listen to McNulty and the squad is back in next week, he indicated he is in discussion with a number of players, but, all but admits it is still a learning process. Hopefully he has learn from last season and does not recruit lightweight players, who get dominated by the opposition. |
I thought the interview was a positive one but i was a bit surprised with him saying that sourcing and signing players was still a learning process for him. This is the start of his third season as a manager which will make him one of the longest serving in the lower leagues i would imagine, he's no longer a rooky manager and has signed probably dozens of players since he became manager. Maybe that isn't right though and he has had very little involvement with recruitment, others within the club could have been responsible for that but the process has now changed over the summer? Only those in the Boardroom will know the answer to that. It could also be me reading his comments wrong and thinking he is getting his excuses in early because that's been his mantra when it comes to budgets/ clouts etc.
We are really dependent on good recruitment this Summer but McNulty yet agan casts a shadow on expectation by insinuating signing players is still a learning process for him. This is the first time he's ever suggested that, poor timing from him and it doesn't fill the fan base with confidence. Maybe that's a question that can be forwarded to the next CAB meeting..who has overall responsibility for recruiting and signing players, bearing in mind the manager has publicly admitted that he is still learning as he enters his third season as the manager? Somebody within the club must know what they are doing because we've signed plenty of good players during McNultys tenure. You don't bring players like Jay Bird in if you are naive when it comes to sourcing players. A bigger budget should give McNulty more options and opportunities to strengthen the squad. He should be over the moon about that.
He prioritises the personality of players over everything else, as a manager he should be able to handle all different types of character. Often the ones with drive and winning mentality will challenge everybody around them, including the manager. Those players are invaluable and every team needs one or two fiesty charachters like that. Good managers recruit them and we're crying out for that, everything was too nice last season and in the big games we were too soft. The budget will be a healthy one this season and in six weeks time the season will be starting, at that point we need to have a stronger squad and starting eleven than what we finished with last season. If the Ogdens are serious about the three year plan they should insist on that happening, this is their money. If McNulty can't deliver on that then bring in a manager who can.
We need to be ready to go from the first game and we need a strong manager who leads from the front and has real belief. We need some winners in the team also, its not a 'good buddy' club, winning games is all that matters. It feels like the club is a soft touch and there's no passion or belief, the manager and everybody within the club should be enthused but compared to other clubs and their media campaigns for the new season it's all very mundane. I hope this isn't a hangover from the play off and Trophy defeat because we can't afford any of that. A previous poster suggested recruiting Steve Cotterell, i think we do need a new manager, somebody who shows a bit of bloody passion and desire would be nice. Somebody who can lift the whole club, the fans and enthuse the Town. McNulty is an academy coach, he loves working with young players and improving them, instilling good values into them. I think deep down we all know that. [Post edited 27 Jun 8:13]
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| Rumour Mill on 07:56 - Jun 27 with 1905 views | 442Dale |
Have to agree that the media output has been disappointing since the end of the season. There should have been a real focus on giving detailed information from people across the club, especially those areas off the pitch we don’t often hear from eg. Ground staff about the pitch, the bar manager who did such a great job last season, the club shop etc. Create an interest.
As for the manager interviews, until he’s asked more specific questions about subjects like where we need to improve, formations, his reasons for making decisions, the club are setting him up to fail. Because the inevitably repetitive nature of them attract valid criticism. | |
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| Rumour Mill on 08:09 - Jun 27 with 1866 views | TalkingSutty |
| Rumour Mill on 07:56 - Jun 27 by 442Dale |
Have to agree that the media output has been disappointing since the end of the season. There should have been a real focus on giving detailed information from people across the club, especially those areas off the pitch we don’t often hear from eg. Ground staff about the pitch, the bar manager who did such a great job last season, the club shop etc. Create an interest.
As for the manager interviews, until he’s asked more specific questions about subjects like where we need to improve, formations, his reasons for making decisions, the club are setting him up to fail. Because the inevitably repetitive nature of them attract valid criticism. |
Maybe we have a media team that is being controlled, a bit like what happens in North Korea. You'd like to think that a manager with the personality of Jim McNulty wouldn't be so insecure as to do something like that but nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors. The media team and club should be at its busiest now, we are desperate to sell season tickets. The manager had a opportunity to rally the people of the Town in his recent interview but instead cast doubts about his own ability to compete properly when it comes to Summer recruitment. He can't seem to help himself and it enthuses nobody. | | | |
| Rumour Mill on 09:47 - Jun 27 with 1660 views | Trev |
I think Jim was probably just being a little too open and honest there. He is only two years into his first ever senior managers role and the first season was a car crash off the pitch. He will still be learning and he is still a rookie.
More generally, though, lots of good points made. I think people need to forget about a new manager, though. Unless we spend too much time outside of the play off positions Jim will be here until the end of the season. | | | |
| Rumour Mill on 09:49 - Jun 27 with 1655 views | Trev |
Ref the media team, I imagine most in-house club media is the same. Sadly, we don't have decent local journalists to hold him to account. | | | |
| Rumour Mill on 09:57 - Jun 27 with 1632 views | TalkingSutty |
| Rumour Mill on 09:47 - Jun 27 by Trev |
I think Jim was probably just being a little too open and honest there. He is only two years into his first ever senior managers role and the first season was a car crash off the pitch. He will still be learning and he is still a rookie.
More generally, though, lots of good points made. I think people need to forget about a new manager, though. Unless we spend too much time outside of the play off positions Jim will be here until the end of the season. |
I hope you're right, Jim being here until the end of the season will probably mean another play off finish. There has to be improvement though and using other clubs resources as a reason to fail needs to stop, nearly every manager in the country could cite that as a excuse. McNulty needs to improve his performance also because he was exposed tactically on too many occasions last season with team selection, in play decisions and substitutions. Even more so when up against the better teams in this league and in pivotal games. The stats home and away against all the teams who finished in the top six positions make very grim reading and reflect badly on the mindset of both the players and the manager. It points to a lack of belief, a lack of bravery, a negative approach and that played out big time at various stages of the Spennymoor and Southend games. A fragility and negative vibe which was often transmitted from the manager on to the pitch and it spread like wildfire. Substitutions should impact the team in a positive way, unfortunately a lot of Jim's seemed to have the opposite effect and only served to energise the opposition. Will he learn? [Post edited 27 Jun 10:28]
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| Rumour Mill on 10:11 - Jun 27 with 1572 views | MoonyDale |
| Rumour Mill on 07:01 - Jun 27 by TalkingSutty |
I thought the interview was a positive one but i was a bit surprised with him saying that sourcing and signing players was still a learning process for him. This is the start of his third season as a manager which will make him one of the longest serving in the lower leagues i would imagine, he's no longer a rooky manager and has signed probably dozens of players since he became manager. Maybe that isn't right though and he has had very little involvement with recruitment, others within the club could have been responsible for that but the process has now changed over the summer? Only those in the Boardroom will know the answer to that. It could also be me reading his comments wrong and thinking he is getting his excuses in early because that's been his mantra when it comes to budgets/ clouts etc.
We are really dependent on good recruitment this Summer but McNulty yet agan casts a shadow on expectation by insinuating signing players is still a learning process for him. This is the first time he's ever suggested that, poor timing from him and it doesn't fill the fan base with confidence. Maybe that's a question that can be forwarded to the next CAB meeting..who has overall responsibility for recruiting and signing players, bearing in mind the manager has publicly admitted that he is still learning as he enters his third season as the manager? Somebody within the club must know what they are doing because we've signed plenty of good players during McNultys tenure. You don't bring players like Jay Bird in if you are naive when it comes to sourcing players. A bigger budget should give McNulty more options and opportunities to strengthen the squad. He should be over the moon about that.
He prioritises the personality of players over everything else, as a manager he should be able to handle all different types of character. Often the ones with drive and winning mentality will challenge everybody around them, including the manager. Those players are invaluable and every team needs one or two fiesty charachters like that. Good managers recruit them and we're crying out for that, everything was too nice last season and in the big games we were too soft. The budget will be a healthy one this season and in six weeks time the season will be starting, at that point we need to have a stronger squad and starting eleven than what we finished with last season. If the Ogdens are serious about the three year plan they should insist on that happening, this is their money. If McNulty can't deliver on that then bring in a manager who can.
We need to be ready to go from the first game and we need a strong manager who leads from the front and has real belief. We need some winners in the team also, its not a 'good buddy' club, winning games is all that matters. It feels like the club is a soft touch and there's no passion or belief, the manager and everybody within the club should be enthused but compared to other clubs and their media campaigns for the new season it's all very mundane. I hope this isn't a hangover from the play off and Trophy defeat because we can't afford any of that. A previous poster suggested recruiting Steve Cotterell, i think we do need a new manager, somebody who shows a bit of bloody passion and desire would be nice. Somebody who can lift the whole club, the fans and enthuse the Town. McNulty is an academy coach, he loves working with young players and improving them, instilling good values into them. I think deep down we all know that. [Post edited 27 Jun 8:13]
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Can't argue with any of that TS and pretty much where myself and a few others are....Get the excuses in early....After the perceived success (playoffs, semi final) You would think going into this season there would be some enthusiasm and a looking forward to the coming campaign, but nope....Season card bought but pessimism abounds, and I would normally think "oh maybe it's just me" but I know it's not just me....And the players will hear all this still learning bollox...And players talk.. |  |
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| Rumour Mill on 10:39 - Jun 27 with 1499 views | D_Alien |
All good managers (or people in any life circumstance) continue learning - it's built into the DNA of success
For a manager whose impact depends on transmission of confidence into his squad and the fans, it's foolish to point it up
Jim, we know you're still learning, we saw it on the pitch at the sharp end of the season. Just do it - learn - don't talk about it | |
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| Rumour Mill on 10:42 - Jun 27 with 1492 views | TalkingSutty |
| Rumour Mill on 10:11 - Jun 27 by MoonyDale |
Can't argue with any of that TS and pretty much where myself and a few others are....Get the excuses in early....After the perceived success (playoffs, semi final) You would think going into this season there would be some enthusiasm and a looking forward to the coming campaign, but nope....Season card bought but pessimism abounds, and I would normally think "oh maybe it's just me" but I know it's not just me....And the players will hear all this still learning bollox...And players talk.. |
We also need strong leadership from withing the Club. A leader who can see the overall picture and isnt afraid to make big decisions. Somebody who is focused on improving the club and driving it forward, somebody who isn't fixated on being everybodies best friend. The club lives and dies on results on the pitch. Winning football matches drives everything else and trumps everything else when it comes to a football club. It increases revenue through the turnstiles and through sponsorship, hospitality, merchandise. Everybody wants to be associated with winning. The missed opportunity against Spennymoor was damaging and so was the way we blew it against Southend. We will pay for it now through season ticket sales etc. Nobody likes to see managers replaced but there has to be a realisation at the top that a winning mentality needs to be driven by the manager and excuses for failure dont wash. The whole mindset of the club needs to change from 'poor little Rochdale' to a club that fears nobody and one that isn't afraid to be ambitious and aim for the stars. Let's get some pride in the club and start talking the club up. [Post edited 27 Jun 10:46]
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| Rumour Mill on 10:57 - Jun 27 with 1436 views | Bainesy15 |
| Rumour Mill on 09:57 - Jun 27 by TalkingSutty |
I hope you're right, Jim being here until the end of the season will probably mean another play off finish. There has to be improvement though and using other clubs resources as a reason to fail needs to stop, nearly every manager in the country could cite that as a excuse. McNulty needs to improve his performance also because he was exposed tactically on too many occasions last season with team selection, in play decisions and substitutions. Even more so when up against the better teams in this league and in pivotal games. The stats home and away against all the teams who finished in the top six positions make very grim reading and reflect badly on the mindset of both the players and the manager. It points to a lack of belief, a lack of bravery, a negative approach and that played out big time at various stages of the Spennymoor and Southend games. A fragility and negative vibe which was often transmitted from the manager on to the pitch and it spread like wildfire. Substitutions should impact the team in a positive way, unfortunately a lot of Jim's seemed to have the opposite effect and only served to energise the opposition. Will he learn? [Post edited 27 Jun 10:28]
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I don't understand his post-game responses. When he speaks generally, I like his honesty and he speaks well (I think he's got a journalism degree hasn't he, so this makes sense), so why when it comes to post match interviews does he roll out the same meaningless rubbish instead of keeping up the honesty?
I admire him admitting about it being a learning curve as it humanises him, so why not say after matches "I got it wrong" or "the better team won" instead of "they can spend more" |  | | |
| Rumour Mill on 10:59 - Jun 27 with 1422 views | NorthernDale |
| Rumour Mill on 10:11 - Jun 27 by MoonyDale |
Can't argue with any of that TS and pretty much where myself and a few others are....Get the excuses in early....After the perceived success (playoffs, semi final) You would think going into this season there would be some enthusiasm and a looking forward to the coming campaign, but nope....Season card bought but pessimism abounds, and I would normally think "oh maybe it's just me" but I know it's not just me....And the players will hear all this still learning bollox...And players talk.. |
I have to agree, we have already the basis of a play off team, but McNulty is already making excuses of being relatively inexperience, which is true, but after two seasons he should know what we need to improve and even get advice from people like Keith Hill. As some body else as implied, Jim thinks and if I am honest, also acts like an academy coach and that may be his long term future, and that may also be his problem in how he manages games. He states that he prefers players with a nice personalty, never mind their personalty, I want players with a winning mentality.
Hopefully we will have some signings in the coming weeks, which will show if he as learned anything from the last two seasons. One thing I found interesting in his interview, he mentioned creating a squad with more depth to allow the team to cope issues over the season. | | | |
| Rumour Mill on 11:19 - Jun 27 with 1336 views | Trev |
My gut feeling is that we are going to waste another season and getting out of this godforsaken division gets harder with every passing year.
Realistically I think the best we can hope for would be 3rd place and passage to the play off semi finals. Unfortunately I have no confidence that Jim can negotiate a successful play off campaign, even with one less game to contend with.
Improving squad depth and quality will, of course, improve our chances in the play offs so hopefully we can at least do that. | | | |
| Rumour Mill on 12:03 - Jun 27 with 1173 views | TalkingSutty |
| Rumour Mill on 11:19 - Jun 27 by Trev |
My gut feeling is that we are going to waste another season and getting out of this godforsaken division gets harder with every passing year.
Realistically I think the best we can hope for would be 3rd place and passage to the play off semi finals. Unfortunately I have no confidence that Jim can negotiate a successful play off campaign, even with one less game to contend with.
Improving squad depth and quality will, of course, improve our chances in the play offs so hopefully we can at least do that. |
I think attitudes and mindset needs to change and that specifically applies to the manager. I'm not even sure if winning football matches is his priority over improving players on the training ground and being best mates with everybody. Is there anybody in the club who he is answerable to and does he have regular performance reviews with the Directors, maybe every fortnight? I'm assuming with the staff restructure that does now happen. | | | |
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