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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Solihull Moors
at 07:23 24 Sep 2025
Virtually faultless that. Said same thing as ddb observed previously, was like watching us under Hilly in our pomp. It was also reminiscent of the way Barnet took teams apart and dominated them (including ourselves) last year.
Beckwith absolutely a contender for motm. His attacking forays a joy to watch, topped off with a thunderbastard (c) altcomms.
Never seen East in so much space. He received the ball on numerous occasions and the Moors defence parted like the red sea and he played puppet master playing forwards in over and over until Shan decided it might be an idea to try to mark him.
Another great shift from Whatmuff between the sticks including stopping them adding a second with a cracking save but in truth no one played badly last night.
Spotland starting to feel a bit more fortress-like by the game. Regardless of how the season ends, it has been, and should continue to be, a very entertaining one to follow. |
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Reply | Manager & Player of the month
at 15:22 12 Sep 2025
Great achievement and start to the season. I know Jim has numerous detractors but what he did in his first season was incredible under the circumstances and the foundations he laid in his second are mostly what got us to where we are today.
As referenced in many threads, BJ has made some howlers in management as he did in his playing days on the field, but he has built a resilient, together squad. How resilient will be tested throughout this month and hopefully also at season’s end, but as fans who nearly lost their club, it's great to be now getting accolades and looking forward to genuinely competing in games.
Up The Dale [Post edited 12 Sep 15:24]
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Reply | GATESHEAD
at 09:29 21 Aug 2025
Another couple of observations from the bloke I sit next to. We seemed to be first to the majority of balls last night where last season we weren't.
He also likened our playing style to Barnet.
I really hope we continue with the policy of as many balls into the box as possible too. As 442 posted and as I mentioned last night at the match, we have some serious height now at both the front and the back so corners should be much easier on the eye this season. |
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Reply | GATESHEAD
at 22:56 20 Aug 2025
Couldn't agree more. One of our best performances since the Hilly years and it certainly was thrilling entertainment and a complete performance. They could have had a few themselves, but it's no exaggeration to say we could have added another dozen.
For me Rodders for motm. He is so fit and strong this year. Makes you realise what we were missing out on and what a great extension we secured. Pritchard also stood out as pure class but there wasn't a bad player on the pitch for us.
The differences in style between this campaign and the last are stark. We are nearly always looking to pass and drive forwards, the neat little nick and turns followed by leaving a defender for dead are a delight and we are shooting at will and queueing up to do so.
It's early days, but we seem to have the right squad and management team to have a genuine tilt at promotion this year. Granted Gateshead we're nowhere near the team Alty were but we despatched them with ease, comprehensively and professionally.
Making the round trip to Spotland has been a chore on many occasions recently. This season I'm genuinely looking forward to every game.
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Reply | Election of new Trust main board director
at 12:57 7 Aug 2025
Used to be a Trust member and regularly overpaid for the privilege by donation. Membership lapsed now and won't be renewed anytime soon until things change for the better. Ironically, trust exists between people, but isn't obligatory. It has to be earned and can be withdrawn |
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Reply | New stewarding
at 17:51 19 Jul 2025
Commercial idea in car park for next CAB meeting? Oh, I forgot, Bottomleft.
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Reply | CAB meeting minutes
at 18:54 4 Jul 2025
Quick "issue" which I'm raising in case the CAB would like to discuss in a future meeting.
Been bringing F-i-L to odd games for a while now when he's staying over with us, and he brought one of his mates from the apartment complex he lives in for the Spennymoor game and his mate was bitten by the bug despite the loss and the ultimate failure to progress further in the playoffs (disenchanted Utd and WHU fans respectively).
Both qualify and planned to buy an exiles ticket for the main stand, but thought the price was £120. Turns out that's for the Sandy and it's £180 for the main stand, where they want to sit, with no concessions for seniors on this ticket. The p-o-t-d price is £19/game for seniors but with a £5 fan card, it's £14/game. So after 2 games and an outlay of £33, it's already cheaper per game than the £18/match on an exiles ticket.
It's not a problem for them to attend like this, and both have bought a fan card and come to whichever games they want to. It just seems more than a little incongruous that it can be cheaper for anyone to attend matches with a fan card, with no commitment to attend further games, than someone buying an exiles card and committing to 10 games. Pricing should surely be more advantageous for anyone doing the latter?
Thought it was worth a mention. |
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Reply | NL playoff final
at 18:25 1 Jun 2025
Played 3 and scored 10 whilst conceding 2. Including a clean sheet away at York. There's a reason they escaped the NL |
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Reply | NL playoff final
at 16:01 1 Jun 2025
Missed first 15 mins but Southend should be down to 10 men, Biffos should have had a pen and Fondop can't chip like Hendo but should have buried it when through on keeper. So far so good 👍
Edit - spoke too soon [Post edited 1 Jun 16:21]
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Reply | Oldham Match Thread
at 14:52 15 Mar 2025
Think it was Kingdon Rich. As it's the first major mistake I remember him making I'm not going to be too hard on him but yes, a header behind was by far the safer option. Good lesson to learn |
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