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Reply | Sam Waller - signed for Crewe
at 16:49 15 Jul 2025
You might be right, Slicker was like a cat on a hot tin roof, very indecisive. I'm hoping we'll sign a permanent keeper before the start of the season. In the end the decision to go down the loan keeper route proved to be very costly for the club last season. [Post edited 15 Jul 16:50]
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Reply | T'2025 Test summer
at 21:28 14 Jul 2025
Thanks for the heads up, watching cricket on the television live from the Caribbean late evening is something i actually enjoy even though the standard isn't very good. [Post edited 14 Jul 21:29]
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Reply | Sam Waller - signed for Crewe
at 07:44 12 Jul 2025
I dont mind being called out on this so please feel free...was Sam Waller really as good as a lot of people are suggesting? I'm not saying he was a bad keeper but we've had plenty better. He was a young inexperienced keeper who still had plenty to learn and i thought his positional play and wandering too far from his goal was a problem and i don't go along with the theory that his kicking was great neither. He was a good shot stoppers though unlike Slicker. It will be interesting to see Wallers progression and i think he will do OK but for me I'd rather have a experienced keeper in the net. |
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Reply | Joe Pritchard Signs
at 22:10 10 Jul 2025
MJ Williams sometimes stepped into midfield, he was a big unit who played in defence also. |
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Reply | Signing #6 inbound...
at 22:02 10 Jul 2025
So there's no possibility that we have turned down bids for players and are maybe recruiting first before deciding to sell, bearing in mind the season starts soon? Most players we sign are a gamble and one of the top considerations will be the possible sell on value, its always been like that. Anyway, let's see but it wouldn't surprise me if we see players going in the opposite direction before the season starts. [Post edited 10 Jul 22:04]
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Reply | Signing #6 inbound...
at 16:36 9 Jul 2025
I think the signings look sound but there's a part of me wondering if we are harvesting players also. By that i mean signing players who we think we can develop and sell on for a large profit over the next couple of years. Speculating to accumulate if the right financial 'gamble/ opportunity' presents itself? We can't do it via our academy so signing youngish players with experience at this level with a view to them kicking on and generating cash for the club makes sense. Personally i think its less of a gamble and a quicker return on your outlay than trying to find jewels in the crown of an academy. I know others prefer the academy route. The problem is keeping them all happy and giving them enough game time. [Post edited 9 Jul 16:43]
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Reply | Matty Done Returns
at 07:39 8 Jul 2025
Yes agree with that, being subservient to the perceived better teams in the league needs looking at also. The results against the top six teams were diabolical over the season and not just a fluke, there was a major failing there. I've no doubt McNulty is good on the training ground and he can communicate well to the point that the players love him but is he skilled in instilling a winning mindset and a belief into the players when it comes to pressure games? Keep talking about clout, budgets, respecting the point, fate etc indicates that he isn't.. he's giving not only the players but himself reasons to fail and one win in fourteen big games last season is evidence of that. ( results against top six teams, Southend play off game, Spennymoor). Done and Taylor both know that it's all gobbledygook, they specialised in having no fear and relished going toe to toe with the so called bigger boys, often beating them home or away. That's what was missing last year, there seemed to be a fear factor and the manager fuelled it by constantly talking up the opposition or meekly accepting why we failed to even compete in some home games. It was all too nice and we were a soft touch, easily bullied out of games. So Done and Taylor now need to challenge the players and instill the winning mentality because they were mentally fragile last season and so was the manager, too negative. [Post edited 8 Jul 8:05]
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Reply | Matty Done Returns
at 19:49 7 Jul 2025
I think it strengthens McNultys position and strengthens the club. Trusted people around him who will be able to give honest advice whether good or bad. This tells me that the manager has analysed last season and also realised he needs a bit of help, he will be a better manager for this. Contrary to what some suggest i don't think Gibbons will be missed. [Post edited 7 Jul 19:52]
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Reply | Signing #6 inbound...
at 08:53 7 Jul 2025
Yes, a good observation that in respect to decent keepers willing to play second fiddle and just take the money. I thought somebody at the club, could have been McNulty, commented that a permanent goalkeeper would be a priority this season? I could have dreamed that though so don't hold me to it. |
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Reply | Signing #6 inbound...
at 06:14 7 Jul 2025
I think we played five different keepers last season, ridiculous that. Personally I wasn't over impressed with any of them. They were all decent shot stoppers but lacked experience when it came to imposing themselves and commanding their box and also their positional play and kicking. Waller was the best but he was prone to wandering too far from his goal and he was a bit on the short side. It's a important position so let's not blood young goalkeepers to benefit their parent clubs, we're better than that now. [Post edited 7 Jul 6:15]
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Reply | Multi Ball new this season
at 12:02 6 Jul 2025
The walking football and trying to pass it around in negative areas of the pitch was rolled out again last night and the ladies England team were cruelly exposed, constantly caught in posession, bullied off the ball and made to look like cart horses. France played with pace and aggression and England couldn't cope with the press. |
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Reply | Multi Ball new this season
at 07:51 6 Jul 2025
Exactly that, football is all about the mindset. We need to be the team that has the desire to grab the ball and play with intensity and desire, just like Barnet did last season, sharp in thought and sharp in deed. The only tactic they employed was to attack at every opportunity and see how many goals they could score..that was a quote from their manager when he was asked to give a break down of his tactical approach over the season. While everybody else was analysing data etc and worrying about opposition his players had clarity of thought. It sends a message out to our opponents if we have that desire and intensity. It appears as though McNulty has signed some very good players, he now needs to find a way of getting the best out of them and i would suggest that there needs to be a desire to play the game in our opponents half of the pitch, get the ball over the halfway line and then keep it there. We looked over coached at times last season and didn't have the options to switch from posession based football to a more direct approach. We have that now with Mani and we need to work on getting the ball to him and getting players around him.
The multi ball system can be a great advantage when playing at home, we firstly need a dedicated team of ball boys ( youth players) who understand what their job is and have actually practiced what is expected. It can slow the game down if two balls are on the pitch at the same time. Maybe that could be put in place for the upcoming home friendlies. A mindset from the manager and players to throw the ball forward as a first instinct would be good also. Too many times the choice is to throw it backwards to ensure we keep posession and then pass it backwards and forwards between the defenders. It slows down the tempo of the game. [Post edited 6 Jul 8:06]
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Reply | Signing #6 inbound...
at 10:51 5 Jul 2025
Obviously we all want promotion, a play off place has to be a expectancy and then it's in the lap of the gods a bit. The aim is to win the league, until it becomes apparent that can't happen. I think what we can say hand on heart is that we have some very talented footballers in the club for this level and the manager has been backed by the Ogden family. We are going to see some enjoyable football next season and we don't need to feel second best to anybody in this league including York and Carlise. Anybody stalling on purchasing a season ticket needs to give their heads a wobble and commit, its going to be a enjoyable season watching these footballers, regardless of if we gain promotion or not. Keeping Rodney fit is key i think, him and Mani will terrorise any defence at this level [Post edited 5 Jul 10:56]
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Reply | New home kit
at 08:51 4 Jul 2025
Agree with that, the simple looking shirts always look more classy. The blue Italian shirts down the years always look fantastic. |
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Reply | Signing number 5 arrives.......
at 07:48 4 Jul 2025
If Beckwith gets a better offer and he leaves then good luck to him, we need players who are 100% committed to the Club, hopefully he is because he's quality. Listening to David's interview i think we've landed a good player, he sounds like a belting fella and importantly he describes his playing style as a robust defender. I interpererate robust as meaning 'a bit of a dirty barsteward who won't take any sh*t', we've been short of those type of players for a while. A nice team on the eye but easily bullied out of games.
I like the work we are doing in the transfer market again, it continues the theme of good recruitment during the close seasons since McNulty was appointed. Working with MRKT has been a bit of a masterstroke and i think Simon Gauge originally oversaw that so credit to him for facilitating it. Down to McNulty now to make us into a winning machine. [Post edited 4 Jul 8:55]
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Reply | Morecambe
at 20:15 2 Jul 2025
Yes, it's looking very serious this. Con men in the Boardroom who stand to lose a lot of money. They soon got rid of the Directors and i bet it wasn't done in a civil manner. There by the grace of God, that could have very easily have been us had MH got into the club. [Post edited 2 Jul 20:18]
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Reply | The RochdaleAFC.com Podcast - Episode 84
at 14:33 2 Jul 2025
Well we no longer have the academy and it seems that non league players don't seem to generate their market worth like they used to do anymore. We also have to be wary of selling our best players while we are fully focused on trying to win promotion to the EFL. We are weakening the team and our chances everytime we do that. I think everything you mention in your post becomes relevant once we return to the EFL and get the academy firing again. |
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Reply | Morecambe
at 12:57 2 Jul 2025
It's not just down to luck though, it's down to everybody trying to do as much due diligence on individuals as possible and i include the fans in that. It can be perceived as interference by some but the fan base of any club will include fans with specialist skills when it comes to looking at individuals credentials and their alleged financial wealth.The first thing i do when somebody comes into the boardroom is to try to find out as much about them as i can. I bet i'm not the only one who does that. A lot of fans are also shareholders so they have every right to be nosey when it comes to people showing a interest in buying the club. This hasn't changed even today, there will always be guard dogs watching the club and individuals, i think the Ogden family will be ok with that anyway. When you've been to the dark places that this clubs visited recently then it's natural for fans to always be watching.
We've had plenty of people with bad intentions sniffing around our club over the last few years starting with Bottomley and then Curran and his cronies, the fact they were all smoked out wasn't down to luck. It was the fans that did that and continued to be vigilant right up to the Ogden family stepping forward. It was also the fans who sourced and approached Sir Peter Ogden. So in the case of our club it was more vigilance from the fans than luck. I also include those in the Boardroom when i say fans. Of course, the fact that the Ogden family are all brilliant is a very lucky break for us, i admit that. [Post edited 2 Jul 13:13]
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Reply | New Season, new mindset required.
at 11:30 2 Jul 2025
Agree with a lot of that, there's a chance that Taylor could prove to be the best bit of recruitment this Summer. I don't think he'll put up with under achievement , he might even want to break into management himself. |
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