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Reply | Refwatch - Port Vale v Rochdale
at 09:27 1 Nov 2026
There was a worry in preseason that we'd conceded 2 goals or more in every game. We're now 14 games into the league season and have conceded 26 goals so we're pretty much still at that level.
Until we stop doing that we've got no chance of consistently winning games. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Port Vale v Rochdale
at 22:56 31 Oct 2026
I think if we keep Watson on we're gambling on 1 of 2 things happening:
1) It is all down to our injuries and it will turn around if/when they're fit.
2) There are 2 worse teams than us in this division this season. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Port Vale v Rochdale
at 12:54 31 Oct 2026
Any chance of a defender that will go to the ball and a competent keeper at any point this season. |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Swindon Town
at 18:33 3 Oct 2026
Good performance today to grind out a win.
Tasker was immense, deserved MoM imo. Sherring had his best game at right back, miles better than he's had at CB. Middleton was great down the left and will be a nightmare for defenders when we can get Hayes starting opposite.
To be fair we're starting to look like a team now even with several still out, it'll be hard for them to get back in at this rate. The signing of Flint can't have gone any better, he's turned our defensive and organisation round massively. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Oldham Athletic
at 15:59 19 Sep 2026
I think Flint could be our most important signing. He's a no nonsense defender, he does what he needs to when he needs to and nothing more, he doesn't try to turn into prime Iniesta playing balls everywhere. It's what we need, especially in front of a keeper as poor as Ramming.
Oldham were the better team towards the end of the second half and it could have been a different story if they punished Rammings mistake but I thought we dealt with them really well in the second half. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Gillingham
at 17:25 5 Sep 2026
The keeper is awful, lobbed from 20+ yards for the first goal, wasnt anywhere near the top corner. Has no command of his area, never comes to claim a catch just flaps at everything. Need to give Waller a chance.
Mani D is proving why he hasnt done it at this level. He's easily bullied off the ball, doesn't win duels against defenders, is out maneuvered against defenders, too lazy to put more than the minimal effort in. He was more enthusiastic shaking people's hands at FT than at any point during the game.
Less said about the manager the better, if he's still here in 3-4 week we will be a great bet to go down. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Shrewsbury Town
at 22:58 1 Sep 2026
As an attacking unit we were much better tonight, we were quicker, created more chances whilst still not getting our No.9 into the game as much as we would like. Defensively I still think we were a bit shaky and a better team might have punished that.
Fair play to the starting XI and the subs, they showed more commitment than the previous starting XIs have so far this season, whether that's to do with more players that Watson has brought in playing, I'm not sure.
Adeeko was MoM for me, he seemed to be everywhere and might be the midfielder we've been crying out for. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Crawley Town
at 19:00 22 Aug 2026
We don't seem to have any direction in our play, there's no objective to it and we've made like for like subs until the 85th minute when it was far too late. We're not creating anything, their keeper wasn't tested in the first half apart from a header from far out from Brown.
I'm not sure the injured players will make enough difference because they still won't know what they're doing.
Like others have said Mani D is a passenger in this system, he's too lazy to go looking for the ball and we don't do enough to get it to him. He won't score 10 goals this season playing like we are and we'd be better off with a smaller but more tenacious player in there. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Newport County v Rochdale
at 14:34 15 Aug 2026
That was diabolical, there are no positives whatsoever to come out of that game. We couldn't defend, we couldn't attack, we couldn't pass the ball to another blue shirt. You can say we have injuries fair enough but we didn't even get the basics of football right in any way today.
The biggest worry for me is the amount of goals we're shipping throughout pre-season and the 3 competitive games.
UoM - 2 conceded
Al Rayyan - 3 conceded
Farnham - 2 conceded
Halifax - 3 conceded
Tranmere - 2 conceded
Bradford - 2 conceded
Newport - 3 conceded
This is giving off Stockdale 2.0 vibes to me. |
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Reply | Dale v Farnham Town
at 15:00 25 Jul 2026
It was said all week that there would be free movement between stands until the last minute theyve decided there isnt. |
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Reply | Update on the pitch
at 21:54 11 Nov 2025
Been at the club tonight and it has non stop rained. Significant puddles gathered around the car park and roads near the ground. Not looking good for weekend. |
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Reply | Rochdale v Scunthorpe on Tuesday
at 15:09 4 Nov 2025
We're going to have to start looking for solutions away from our ground until the pitch can be fully dealt with. The rain we've had this weekend wasnt that severe and its not been consistent all weekend and the game is still off. We can't go through a winter of this with a pitch that isn't fit for purpose. |
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Reply | Rochdale v Scunthorpe on Tuesday
at 14:19 3 Nov 2025
I get that the owners don't want to break the bank and want to make us sustainable but the pitch should have been a priority in the summer. Properly sorting it out so that this didn't keep happening. We're not even in the wettest part of the year and are going to have had multiple postponements.
With all the momentum we have in the league. Being stop start due to the pitch then having to play Sat/Tues when we wouldn't have needed to could really be the difference between going up and not. |
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Reply | Chorley Game
at 11:13 24 Jul 2025
I would like to see this, I hope we don't just stick Rodney out wide again. He's far more productive and interested when he's up front as he proved in the second half of last season. |
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Reply | York v Oldham
at 21:24 20 May 2025
Fair play to Oldham, they've taken it to their opponents, given them virtually nothing, got leads, carried on attacking and got the job done for a trip to Wembley.
Something we can't do. |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Southend United (Playoffs)
at 23:46 15 May 2025
Especially under McNulty, I can see us in a doom loop now. Given the standard of the division I'd expect we're never going to be good enough to win it but should be good enough to be in the top 7.
The question then is can we string 3 results together against decent opposition and I just don't think we can and history says we can't. I suspect we'll be in a similar position in 365 days time. |
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