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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 13:06 24 Mar 2025
We can certainly agree that his job would be secure under those circumstances, but the question posed was a different one, and entirely relevant [Post edited 24 Mar 13:09]
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 12:30 24 Mar 2025
I'm actually at the point where - even should we scrape through the playoffs and win the FA Trophy - JM's style of football, inconsistency and inability to learn (he's had more than long enough now) is something which would hinder Project 5000
The post you were replying to suggests "nobody has addressed this" but that's precisely what i have addressed, even whilst celebrating (as any Daley would) if we make those two objectives this season [Post edited 24 Mar 12:32]
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 17:49 23 Mar 2025
It's absolutely vital therefore, that when we do get new, or returning, fans into the ground, that we at least put on a performance. There are crucial games coming up, not least the FA Trophy semi-final, where this will apply
Unfortunately, potential new regulars may have turned up for the Oldham home game (dire non-performance) or the game against top of the league Barnet (dire non-performance) which is very much my point - since those positive performances will have been missed. The gate figures show this: whilst holding up via diehards/st holders, the impact of the better performances is lost because of inconsistency
I know you've referred to our inconsistency too, but it only serves to confirm that JM has yet to demonstrate he has what's required |
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 17:07 23 Mar 2025
I've not indicated anywhere that he should be sacked, just that he's yet to show he can fulfil the long-term agenda for the club, and i have my doubts that he can
As far as this season goes, it we win the FA trophy and/or gain promotion he will naturally deserve to be given every chance to take us forward
Just finishing in the playoffs (with a playoff budget) is a minimum expectation and yes, i agree that at some stage further clarification on how the Ogdens plans might be fulfilled, but that's unlikely to happen until the dust has settled on this campaign; in that respect, ST sales (should we not be promoted) will be highly relevant [Post edited 23 Mar 17:08]
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 16:41 23 Mar 2025
In terms of expectations, it's really very simple
The stated agenda is Project 5000. Winning a trophy and promotion back to the EFL will help with that, but once there, the crowd has to be grown. There's absolutely only one way to do that, and that's by playing the positive type of football that brings people through the gate irrespective of the last couple of results, because they can anticipate watching something against spending their time and cash elsewhere
In that regard, the manager is failing... or at least yet to show he can produce the kind of consistency that will grow crowds
If people turn up on the back of a couple of good results and we revert to the type of soulless game witnessed far too often under JM, they won't come back again for a long time, because they'll feel duped, in a "Same old Rochdale" kind of way. That's what we're up against, and it's my expectation for the manager to be seen to be moving towards fulfilling that agenda [Post edited 23 Mar 16:42]
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 20:15 22 Mar 2025
I wasn't at all of them, having.lost patience with what i'd been watching beforehand ("lost patience" being kind...)
I celebrated those wins, as any Daley would, and started straw-grasping as previously described
A corner hasn't been turned, it's as simple as that...
...although we do still get 'turned over' at corners |
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 19:49 22 Mar 2025
Again, i disagree
Bird is no Haaland (who is?) but he fulfils a similar role. I think even Pep is realising he needs to change things. Jim is a follower, not an original thinker and i wouldn't expect him to be, but when Bird isn't playing there's nothing but reversion to what every single fan could foresee after going ahead today. It's absolutely nowhere near good enough - at any level |
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 19:41 22 Mar 2025
Finished 0-1 to Barnet
It comes to something when we could win our first ever proper trophy AND potentially win promotion and i'd still have misgivings about JM as manager
Can't get away from entertainment value, which is why most people pay money to enter a football ground. Unless we evolve away from the Guardiola rule book that Jim's obviously swallowed whole - and which is now rapidly losing favour at the highest levels of the game - those misgivings will remain |
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 18:29 22 Mar 2025
As you know, i've been consistent in my doubts about JM, right from the start of last season when he was appointed full-time
I've tried grasping at straws every time we show a bit of form, only to be brought back down to earth time after time
It's the poor quality of the league we're in that's keeping us, and him, afloat |
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 17:37 22 Mar 2025
I fundamentally disagree
I really do think a more 'worldly' coach (for want of a better word) would not only improve this squad but have them performing more consistently
It's a moot point whether a different coach would've been able to put this squad together, but there again, there's been a consistent theme throughout the campaign of the squad being unbalanced. I'm not sure our coach has that concept secure in his thinking, and yes - it's only been with the introduction of Bird that we've managed to pull our socks up enough to still be challenging in two competitions. Bird arrived two thirds of the way through the season... [Post edited 22 Mar 17:39]
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Reply | Refwatch - Maidenhead United v Rochdale
at 17:08 22 Mar 2025
It's marker of how shit this league really is, for us to play so inconsistently - i'd say poorly more often than not - and yet still be in position to make the playoffs
Just think what a team with a really good coach could do |
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Reply | Negative and personal
at 13:11 21 Mar 2025
No-one's underestimating Spennymoor
Your point about fan negativity is bollocks. Along with eager support comes the very natural human reaction to voice displeasure when what looks like ridiculous and costly decisions are taken which hinder our progress. That's an opinion, of course, but part and parcel of football |
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Reply | Good luck with that one Oldham
at 13:07 21 Mar 2025
The very same words of his bull-shitting charms are evident in his statement after being appointed
He just can't help himself, but anyone who employs him can... |
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Reply | Good luck with that one Oldham
at 17:59 19 Mar 2025
Here's a thought: if Hornets were to play Roughyeds at COA (cup game or pre-season friendly) will he turn up?
It might just increase the crowd... |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Boston United
at 08:07 19 Mar 2025
Ain't gonna happen
Didn't he sign a contract extension at the start of the season?
He's "Jim's man" and nothing speaks louder than destroying a formula for success which the fans were really warming to than to shoehorn him back in
I mentioned Kingdon and Hogan having every right to feel put out about it, but the most annoyed might be Gilmour - not just finding himself having to play deeper and getting put in the shit but also loss of captaincy status that was helping galvanise him and the whole team
That's what the fans were booing. Nothing personal even though it might've sounded like it. I think JM is likely to double-down on his obstinacy about EEL
Unbelievable, Jim [Post edited 19 Mar 8:10]
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