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Reply | Refwatch - Fleetwood Town v Rochdale (FA Cup)
at 20:14 7 Nov 2026
Building afanbase towards that 5000 will require some resilience when things go badly. If people haven’t been so much, they may find that by continuing to attend during bad spells actually makes the good times that much better.
There are loads of us who could point to that. It’s part of being a supporter. Sticking with the club no matter what (of course life can get in the way at times!). Winning and losing will come in equal measure.
Other clubs have done it, no reason we can’t. Of course there will always be some casual fans who pick and choose games based on results, it’s getting that loyal supporter base up from 2-2500 to 3-3500 and beyond, irrespective of where we are in the league table. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Fleetwood Town v Rochdale (FA Cup)
at 20:05 7 Nov 2026
The reply was specific to that game. Nobody doubt how poor Sherring has been. It was identified very early on, the problem has been Watson has had to pick him recently. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Fleetwood Town v Rochdale (FA Cup)
at 19:08 7 Nov 2026
Acknowledge that. But when it comes to building a fanbase it’s also about building resilience during the bad times and hoping that, as more people become fans year on year, their support doesn’t waver so much when we hit bad spells/seasons.
Because when those times inevitably occur, loyalty will ensure they stick around.
Project 5000 can’t be a “…when we’re good” situation. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Fleetwood Town v Rochdale (FA Cup)
at 18:42 7 Nov 2026
Irrespective of the result and performance, it’s to be hoped fans will stick with their team as much as possible - the definition of loyalty. Of course results impact attendance, but as has been said elsewhere when it comes to the current situation, we didn’t put in all that effort last season to risk ending up in the bottom two this time around.
Supporters will have their own part to play in that, every point will matter and everyone on and off the pitch can help achieve that. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Fleetwood Town v Rochdale (FA Cup)
at 17:43 7 Nov 2026
Good win that and with players returning Watson will be hoping his luck has changed.
Still the main issue is we have got to find a way to get a side on the pitch that is able to control the ball and subsequently games |
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Reply | Refwatch - Fleetwood Town v Rochdale (FA Cup)
at 16:59 7 Nov 2026
Extra time.
Think than means we can now use the extra sub - Henderson for Brown surely?
East on just before full time, the midfield is now totally different to the one that started. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Fleetwood Town v Rochdale (FA Cup)
at 16:33 7 Nov 2026
1-1 from a penalty that Wilson conceded. Radio commentary indicates we’d looked to protect the lead and we don’t seem to be keeping the ball very well as per those in the away end. |
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Reply | Rochdale must act on Ian Watson either way
at 14:32 7 Nov 2026
As McNulty talked about in that interview on another thread, he was across so many areas of the club. It was yet another indication of the remarkable job he did as it is apparent that sometimes roles should have their own specific people covering them.
Of course, a lot of that comes with the resources being available to create that infrastructure. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Fleetwood Town v Rochdale (FA Cup)
at 14:18 7 Nov 2026
We are getting closer to being able to field a side that is more familiar in terms of personnel to that seen last season. The option to got back to a back 3 has to be considered.
Whether the wingers are able to play the wingback role better than TAR and Hannant is on them. The sooner we get Gilmour and Pettit with East ahead of them, the better though. |
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Reply | Prediction League 26/27
at 09:19 7 Nov 2026
Arsenal v Hull City 3-0
Charlton Athletic v Sheffield United 1-1
Boreham Wood v Wigan Athletic 2-1
Fleetwood Town v Rochdale 3-2
Plymouth Argyle v Alvechurch 4-1 |
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Reply | Rochdale must act on Ian Watson either way
at 20:45 6 Nov 2026
In all fairness, it’s only this season that the manager has started doing pre-match interviews regularly again. McNulty rarely did them last season over much of the campaign and it was often a player. |
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Reply | Rochdale must act on Ian Watson either way
at 23:02 4 Nov 2026
That’s a good call. The similarities between how the two set up and identified a way to win games was obvious. The difference in the two sides was that York’s greater potency in attack meant they could get the ball into the box earlier having two targets rather than one. That Maynard has visible evidence of that way of playing converting successfully further up the pyramid may indeed influence his next choice of club. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Doncaster Rovers (EFL Trophy)
at 22:27 4 Nov 2026
It could be argued that Watson has not got “lucky” with the injury situation though. It’s all guesswork, but who knows how things would have turned out had he been able to play his strongest team each week.
There were plenty who believed in his ability to come good up to recently with the injuries being cited as a reason we’d not progressed further.
On paper, his appointment made a lot of sense, it just hasn’t worked out as we stand today. Why? Because he hasn’t got results often enough and even when we did the issues remained and were not being addressed.
Parkin was brought in from outside the club, is generally seen to have been a good appointment that took the club forward. However at this exact same time in his first season we had played seven home games and scored only twice - in the first game of that sequence. There was a lot of noise about whether it was the right appointment. Then Tony Ellis became available and everything changed.
It’s not totally down to luck of course, but it’s certainly dependent on circumstances and moments. Same with Hill and that equaliser against Wrexham. [Post edited 4 Nov 22:29]
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Doncaster Rovers (EFL Trophy)
at 19:10 4 Nov 2026
Very true about the football. It was industrial at best and designed to get a goal and defend it. He did improve results though and we were competitive.
Yeah, fans weren’t that bothered when he left, and to be fair Sutton came in and did quite well for a while - another “lucky” appointment that worked out ok. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Doncaster Rovers (EFL Trophy)
at 13:57 4 Nov 2026
No I agree, that’s the “luck” element of it all.
We could have had Andy Ritchie at the end of 2006 had things gone to plan and who knows where we’d be today.
Terry Dolan wasn’t a bad appointment! |
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