hollandspies

I know it might come across as a 'tongue in cheek' question, but after the last two fixtures drawing blanks against championship opposition, how many goals do you think we will get against these two lower league opponents......whilst due to the acknowledged lack of central defensive cover we are also worrying about how many we might concede? Personally, I think these last two games should be treated as much more than just a fitness workout. Time for the strikers to move up a couple of gears and genuinely earn competitive start/s, and for DK to settle a defence into a pattern which identities of our likely partnerships through the first few games to the 31 Aug deadline at least. 0-2 & 1-2 would be fair do's for me.

It was offside according to everyone else. 0-2 now

Anyone remember Steve Eyre? Dale fans certainly do, but for all the wrong reasons. Appointed Dale manager on 13 June 2011, and by 19th December 2011 was sacked after guiding the club to 22nd place in league 2. What were his credentials despite NOT having played a football league game? 21 years at MCFC as a 'successful' academy and youth team coach. What did he do? - he brought young, talented MCFC players to Rochdale. Did it work? No. What did Rochdale eventually do? Brought Back Keith Hill, one of their own tried and tested ...... DID THAT WORK?

No surprise there, he was on those free pies and hot dogs all day.

In 10 years and 343 games as a manager, he has achieved an impressive 43% win ratio!

Goalkeepers, December, Chedgate, Colchester for a Fiver, L Orient, application forms, 100 day plans, a trip to Scunny (plus other stuff we don't even know about) would suggest that not everything had bee rosy in the LJ allotment for some time......

Just checked Skybet..... Dowie now 2/5 with Shefki straight into 2nd Fav at 7/2.

I voted for Dowie simply because his profile and experience sits at a higher level than Shez, and it should guarantee that the likes of Smalley, Trotman, Allesandra and Reid will not return to our club as they've all found their level. Wouldn't mind Clint Hill coming back as captain though.....just to extend his career with us!

It's got to be Kangana Lord N'Diwa for me. Fingers crossed.

Bang out of order that!

.....and spit on them!!

Winchester still on the pitch after 84 minutes!? How on earth was that allowed to happen!? LJ out!

Jabo for me, just feels right that we should sign him given his presence, experience, and all round game. He's a sensible lad, an LJ type of player who's already had three belters for us from what I've seen. Ideally an A Le-F type poacher as well to work off him, but,if not, securing Jabo 'till June 2016 would tick a very big box for us squad wise.

This is my worry!Off to Tenerife for half term, so hopefully the club will avoid rearranging the fixture for half term otherwise that's me and my little fella ruled out plus a few more families who will be disappointed on both sides....surely, the rearrangement should be geared towards achieving the best gate possible, not pis*ing off season ticket holding families who would relish this rare home fixture! We were praised for our support at Spotland and we both sang our hearts out! PLEASE don't compromise our support for the return tie.

He' s recently been hit hard by the flu bug.

Who, specifically, was calling the fans? and take it a step further, do you know why?

Or will he blame his players? As far as I'm aware he's not spoken yet. It might not be bad thing to avoid a knee jerk reaction so soon after the game given the pressures with his dad being around and that. Maybe this time, any strong words will stay in the dressing room? But, if he does speak to the press, I'm very interested to know what he does say after the dust has settled, and how he intends to prepare for the MKD game. He will be in shock today, as the majority of us were. Experiences like today should help him in the future, but is he shrewd enough now to make the right calls?

Setting up at home against a 'struggling' team with 7 players who's primary function is to defend set the trend. Talk about handing over the initiative before the ball is even kicked! "Thanks son, I hope you learn a lot from today, but I'm sorry to say your naivety surprised me."

http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/article/rochdale-v-oldham-athletic-club-statement-2119418.aspx

Err, thanks Cliff, suggest you just stick with the tennis m8.

....with a view to a permanent flight home?

Scary looking stats to say they got a point..... MKD 27 shots 11 on target Dale 8 shots 1 on target which was their 2nd goal, 1st was an OG!

Colchester got a first round bye and were then beaten by Gillingham.Jabo didn't feature in their 16 man squad.

Both sent off today........ Done' s was a straight red so he will be suspended next week. Jabo's was two yellows so should be available next week as he will serve a one match ban on Tuesday night. If I'm right, dare I say it, Done will be a big miss for them.

I could, if I wanted, get as many tickets as I'm allowed as I live just a couple of minutes away from Spotland.The same can be said for many other Latics fans I know. So whether it's all ticket or pay on the day, there's guaranteed to be pockets of latics fans in the other 3 sides. Good luck to them. They have as much right as Dale fans to enter Spotland. Our money is as good as theirs. Nobody should be ejected just for entering the ground. This is Rochdale's problem, not ours, and they have time on their side to sort something out.