| BRACKLEY TOWN 11:45 - Aug 23 with 18361 views | Edindale |
Expect us to continue our good form and be positive from the outset rather than playing for a cagey draw.
Brackley will be physical and tough but they are part time and our class should shine through.
Elsewhere lets hope that one or more of the other contenders slip up.
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| BRACKLEY TOWN on 20:22 - Aug 24 with 1076 views | fermin |
Like others, when I arrived I thought we had better win to justify such an extreme selection. I also remembered one of the guys on the podcast predicting he would change nine of the team in one of the games so he was almost right.
After we lost I hoped he would at least acknowledge the error of doing this in a league game. Instead we got him saying that Brackley did a smash and grab raid as if it was like when rock bottom Darlo beat us at Spotland in our promotion season. While it is true that their goals were their only real chances I felt they were pretty comfortable throughout and their keeper was not really tested. Perhaps it would have been different if we hadn't given away a penalty shortly after equalising. A Brackley fan I spoke to after the game thought we had wasted too much time passing the ball around between ourselves rather than attacking them and I had to agree. It was noticeable how their fans sometimes jeered us when we passed it back yet again.
Also, we have had performances and results like that against bigger clubs often enough ourselves over the years not to be patronising about it when we are on the receiving end. I didn't like him putting the opposition down like that, especially after he had in effect told them we think we can beat you with our B team.
On a separate note I thought Brackley were very welcoming from the guy in the ticket office who sold me a programme to the steward who greeted me after I went through the turnstiles. My other non- game related observation is that the programme was very good. The 4-page history of Dale was very well-written and so full of detail it could have been written by TVOS. There were also a couple of pages about the culture of the club, town and fanbase that was well researched and captured us well, I thought. |  | | |
| BRACKLEY TOWN on 20:27 - Aug 24 with 1056 views | TVOS1907 |
| BRACKLEY TOWN on 20:22 - Aug 24 by fermin |
Like others, when I arrived I thought we had better win to justify such an extreme selection. I also remembered one of the guys on the podcast predicting he would change nine of the team in one of the games so he was almost right.
After we lost I hoped he would at least acknowledge the error of doing this in a league game. Instead we got him saying that Brackley did a smash and grab raid as if it was like when rock bottom Darlo beat us at Spotland in our promotion season. While it is true that their goals were their only real chances I felt they were pretty comfortable throughout and their keeper was not really tested. Perhaps it would have been different if we hadn't given away a penalty shortly after equalising. A Brackley fan I spoke to after the game thought we had wasted too much time passing the ball around between ourselves rather than attacking them and I had to agree. It was noticeable how their fans sometimes jeered us when we passed it back yet again.
Also, we have had performances and results like that against bigger clubs often enough ourselves over the years not to be patronising about it when we are on the receiving end. I didn't like him putting the opposition down like that, especially after he had in effect told them we think we can beat you with our B team.
On a separate note I thought Brackley were very welcoming from the guy in the ticket office who sold me a programme to the steward who greeted me after I went through the turnstiles. My other non- game related observation is that the programme was very good. The 4-page history of Dale was very well-written and so full of detail it could have been written by TVOS. There were also a couple of pages about the culture of the club, town and fanbase that was well researched and captured us well, I thought. |
Guess what....
And yes, their programme was excellent, although I was shocked to read we had reached the EFL Trophy Final in 2016, especially after the first half against Morecambe in round three. [Post edited 24 Aug 20:30]
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| BRACKLEY TOWN on 20:39 - Aug 24 with 1007 views | TalkingSutty |
| BRACKLEY TOWN on 20:22 - Aug 24 by fermin |
Like others, when I arrived I thought we had better win to justify such an extreme selection. I also remembered one of the guys on the podcast predicting he would change nine of the team in one of the games so he was almost right.
After we lost I hoped he would at least acknowledge the error of doing this in a league game. Instead we got him saying that Brackley did a smash and grab raid as if it was like when rock bottom Darlo beat us at Spotland in our promotion season. While it is true that their goals were their only real chances I felt they were pretty comfortable throughout and their keeper was not really tested. Perhaps it would have been different if we hadn't given away a penalty shortly after equalising. A Brackley fan I spoke to after the game thought we had wasted too much time passing the ball around between ourselves rather than attacking them and I had to agree. It was noticeable how their fans sometimes jeered us when we passed it back yet again.
Also, we have had performances and results like that against bigger clubs often enough ourselves over the years not to be patronising about it when we are on the receiving end. I didn't like him putting the opposition down like that, especially after he had in effect told them we think we can beat you with our B team.
On a separate note I thought Brackley were very welcoming from the guy in the ticket office who sold me a programme to the steward who greeted me after I went through the turnstiles. My other non- game related observation is that the programme was very good. The 4-page history of Dale was very well-written and so full of detail it could have been written by TVOS. There were also a couple of pages about the culture of the club, town and fanbase that was well researched and captured us well, I thought. |
The programme will be a collectors item Did it have the expected team line up on the back page? |  | | |
| BRACKLEY TOWN on 23:09 - Aug 24 with 792 views | mikehunt |
| BRACKLEY TOWN on 20:39 - Aug 24 by TalkingSutty |
The programme will be a collectors item Did it have the expected team line up on the back page? |
The team was on a team sheet given away free. That will be the collector's item :-) |  |
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| BRACKLEY TOWN on 00:04 - Aug 25 with 730 views | fermin |
| BRACKLEY TOWN on 20:27 - Aug 24 by TVOS1907 |
Guess what....
And yes, their programme was excellent, although I was shocked to read we had reached the EFL Trophy Final in 2016, especially after the first half against Morecambe in round three. [Post edited 24 Aug 20:30]
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I see! Even so, they did ask for and print all of it.
I did wonder about that bit but I didn't take much notice of that competition. [Post edited 25 Aug 0:12]
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| BRACKLEY TOWN on 00:34 - Aug 25 with 693 views | rich_dale |
| BRACKLEY TOWN on 09:03 - Aug 24 by Daley_Lama |
That’s a great example of how memories of people are made in football.
Mention Andy Thackaray and first thought is of the Carlisle game i would suspect for most. It can be unfair (Thacks was a great player) or positive e.g.
Ben Muirhead
Steve Davies
BJ has created one of those moments himself. Whether it will will be how he is rembered in 20 years, only time will tell.
This moment can be superceded. For example, primary memory of Keith Hill is not of him playing two strikers as left and right back leading to a drubbing.
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That was similarly bizarre, from Hill's later times at the club - think Hendo at RB and Calvin LB at Peterborough? From the days when you had no idea what team Hill would name, and then try to figure out what the formation was and where each player would be playing. | | | |
| BRACKLEY TOWN on 11:22 - Aug 25 with 360 views | BillyRudd |
I won,t be having a wager on todays game until I know Jack Northover is,nt playing in goal!
ps And before anyone tells me not to be so stupid, I did,nt start it. [Post edited 25 Aug 11:27]
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| BRACKLEY TOWN on 12:22 - Aug 25 with 247 views | TVOS1907 |
| BRACKLEY TOWN on 00:04 - Aug 25 by fermin |
I see! Even so, they did ask for and print all of it.
I did wonder about that bit but I didn't take much notice of that competition. [Post edited 25 Aug 0:12]
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They didn't.
It's in the pack that goes to all our opponents. | |
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