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Reply | Refwatch - Forest Green Rovers v Rochdale
at 17:48 4 Oct 2025
Chaos theory? That'd be start with Rodney and EEL against Halifax, lose both through injury, take a point from the game and lose today
Let's just start our best XI whenever possible; it'd help avoid unnecessary chaos |
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Reply | Refwatch - Forest Green Rovers v Rochdale
at 17:04 4 Oct 2025
I posted after the Halifax game that only a win today would make up for that defeat
It has
Well done Dale
Top of the pile again: now stay there |
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Reply | Tyler Smith To Return?
at 13:43 4 Oct 2025
"We’ve also rested players and won..."
"The stats were an illustration that other clubs do the same in case there was a doubt they may not."
Apologies if i misinterpreted what you meant by this, from the post i replied to, but either way, glad you've cleared it up in your subsequent post |
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Reply | Tyler Smith To Return?
at 11:26 4 Oct 2025
No - and as i've already pointed out - those stats will include players being replaced due to injury or suspension, not just to "rest" players
There's no indication of the relative rates of reasons for changes, and to argue otherwise is disingenuous
I' m sure that wasn't your intention, but there it is |
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Reply | Tyler Smith To Return?
at 20:00 3 Oct 2025
It's possible, as i alluded to earlier
In fact... i hope so. Whilst Amantchi was probably seen as a like-for-like replacement should Mani not be available, it appears that Mani is irreplaceable and we might do better to consider a variation in how we set up our attack |
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Reply | Tyler Smith To Return?
at 19:22 3 Oct 2025
There are no doubts about what happened against Brackley, or about our starting line-up against Halifax
You've said so yourself. Perceptions are more relevant than stats
Just as a matter of further interest, Halifax left two, sometimes three players upfield whilst defending corners. It looked like a damn good strategy to me, and the Halifax manager may have decided the stats that have us defending corners with all eleven players back in the box needed to be challenged |
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Reply | I'll believe it when I see it!
at 19:06 3 Oct 2025
We've been expecting an update on the Golden Share for months. The latest was provided at the Trust EGM by the Chair who stated there would be a development "within the next few weeks". That was 11 weeks ago. Of course, this wasn't minuted as those "minutes", in the form of a Q&A, were a biased disgrace |
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Reply | Tyler Smith To Return?
at 19:01 3 Oct 2025
No need to apologise, but those stats aren't able to take injuries into account, and even if they were, the perception of changing a winning formula is far more important than lists of numerals |
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Reply | Tyler Smith To Return?
at 13:44 3 Oct 2025
One factor not yet mentioned in terms of player burn-out is that finishing top of the table will avoid having to play a potential three extra games at the back end of the season when real burnout is a factor. Same for all sides involved of course, but whilst i don't follow what other managers are doing with team selection, i doubt they'll be following the McNulty tinkering policy; at least not to the same extent (the Brackley changes, for example)
This makes it all the more imperative we give ourselves the best chance of taking all three points in every single fixture at this stage of the season [Post edited 3 Oct 13:50]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v FC Halifax Town
at 12:09 3 Oct 2025
It's down to McNulty, Taylor and Done that we've won 9 out of 11 league games
I credit the manager with - as you say - having the sense to bring in the help he really needed to take the playing side to another level
I doubt the final team selection on matchday is a joint decision though. Once he stops making poor calls we can be even stronger [Post edited 3 Oct 12:15]
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Reply | Midweek attendances
at 11:15 2 Oct 2025
And... this isn't "guesswork". To label it as such is to presume that someone who's followed Dale for 60 years isn't in touch with being both a regular and (at times, due to other factors) occasional fan, without blinkers
The Ogdens clearly know a thing or two about marketing. I'll leave it to them and their team to try something different. All options are welcome. Sending something out to those non-regulars from last night asking them "Sorry we lost, but did you enjoy it?" would be, to say the least, "interesting"...
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Reply | Midweek attendances
at 06:00 2 Oct 2025
Until this season, our home performances have been abysmal, apart from the odd bright spark
Caving in at the back end, twice, just a few months ago has left a lasting bad taste for many casual fans. So, they give it another go last night, the winning formula gets tinkered with and we lose
Trying marketing ploys under those perceptions (as opposed to a dyed-in-the-wool perception) would fall on deaf ears
Mentioning games from nearly a decade ago is a purely dyed-in-the-wool ploy; there may have been other circumstances which no-one else can remember now
Lots of mums/dads with kids in the Pearl St last night, paying perhaps £50 in total. That's not going to be repeated consistently, but going home with the kids seeing the Willbutts celebrating after a big game (again) is the ultimate factor. I hope they'll be back for the sharp end [Post edited 2 Oct 6:01]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v FC Halifax Town
at 23:29 1 Oct 2025
The frustrations of sport will apply mainly to the regulars
As you say, the details of the changes may well have passed the newcomers by, so all they'll have seen was us getting beat - albeit unluckily - and the gloating opposition fans marching off to the station with their egos massaged |
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