| Time to go Jim. The turning point 16:36 - Feb 22 with 42542 views | ThreeLions |
Losing to the team on top and in form is no great shame but the way you do it by playing absolute dross is clearly on show this afternoon. Today has to be the turning point that the owners see it's not working and we need a change if we are to save the season.
Crowds are falling, the players look totally demotivated and drained of any spark they once held. I've given him a bit longer to sort it out after him sticking with us last season when we were on the brink of nonexistence but you can't run a football team off the past and the current and future holds more importance.
Thanks for everything Jim we appreciate it but it's just not working. |  | | |  |
| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 20:46 - Apr 9 with 3088 views | 442Dale |
| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 20:42 - Apr 9 by Toffeemanc |
As much as I’d like to think this would be the case it is also part of the problem. Don’t forget the board member who is in charge of footballing decisions is the same guy that gave McNulty the job in the first place. He also has a proven awful track record of getting managerial appointments wrong because although he is making the footballing decisions he knows nothing about the game either. Until we are shot of both the club will simply not move forward. |
Where has it been stated who the board member is in charge of footballing decisions?
The club recently announced its structure off the pitch:
https://rochdaleafc.co.uk/seniorleadershipteamchanges120225/ |  |
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| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 20:56 - Apr 9 with 3036 views | Toffeemanc |
We all know that Gauge is the director responsible for the footballing side and nothing in that article says it has changed. He is as much of a problem to the club as the manager currently is. The biggest issue when the Ogdens took over was Gauge being kept on to oversee the football side of things as the Ogdens had no experience or knowledge of the football side and thought it was better to leave him in charge of it. Unfortunately Gauge is no better qualified to do the job than the Ogdens.
Personally I have no faith in either Gauge or McNulty and won’t be back in the ground or spending another penny at the club until both have gone. |  |
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| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 21:06 - Apr 9 with 2966 views | 442Dale |
| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 20:56 - Apr 9 by Toffeemanc |
We all know that Gauge is the director responsible for the footballing side and nothing in that article says it has changed. He is as much of a problem to the club as the manager currently is. The biggest issue when the Ogdens took over was Gauge being kept on to oversee the football side of things as the Ogdens had no experience or knowledge of the football side and thought it was better to leave him in charge of it. Unfortunately Gauge is no better qualified to do the job than the Ogdens.
Personally I have no faith in either Gauge or McNulty and won’t be back in the ground or spending another penny at the club until both have gone. |
No argument about the lack of footballing experience off the field. However, there is nothing to establish one person is in charge of footballing decisions. I’d be guessing like everyone else when saying it would be a collective decision making process. Especially now the club has restructured. | |
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| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 21:28 - Apr 9 with 2906 views | TalkingSutty |
| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 21:06 - Apr 9 by 442Dale |
No argument about the lack of footballing experience off the field. However, there is nothing to establish one person is in charge of footballing decisions. I’d be guessing like everyone else when saying it would be a collective decision making process. Especially now the club has restructured. |
Yes, I'd like to think that all major footballing decisions will now be a collective one. It would reflect very badly on the Boardroom and the Ogden family if that wasnt the case. We've moved on now with the restructuring of the Boardroom and also staff recruitment in key positions. I would imagine that's something that Simon Gauge is very happy about. [Post edited 9 Apr 21:31]
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| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 07:19 - Apr 14 with 1418 views | rochedale |
| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 17:45 - Feb 25 by kel |
Darren Ferguson is in his fourth spell in charge of Peterborough having won four promotions over his three previous stints.
Ask their fans what they think of said fourth spell. |
I’d imagine they’d be quite happy with a Wembley appearance and a trophy. That’s 2 trophies in 2 years for DF, not a bad return. League form has been inconsistent but it’s likely they will avoid relegation. |  |
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| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 01:00 - Apr 27 with 633 views | ThreeLions |
Go on Jim shove my words down my throat and get us to Wembley and win the play offs. Great turn around in results. | | | |
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| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 04:41 - Apr 27 with 508 views | frenzied |
I just hope should we get a home draw that a defeat in that match doesn’t end with the debacle we saw against Spennymoor….failure again to control the crowd would poss lead to a points deduction at the beginning of next season or a huge fine? |  | | |
| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 06:50 - Apr 27 with 413 views | TalkingSutty |
| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 01:00 - Apr 27 by ThreeLions |
Go on Jim shove my words down my throat and get us to Wembley and win the play offs. Great turn around in results. |
It's more the performances than the results that cause the frustration. A choice of how we would approach games. An approach that not only confused our players but also the fans. Slowing the game down and passing the ball around at a snails pace, ultimately resulting in stopping the game completely. The frustration around the stadium was tangible. When you look back on these performances you are left asking the question, 'what was the point?'.
Look at all our best performances this season and none of them have come from that style of play, fast slick passing and high energy pressing from the front is when we are at our best. Playing out from our own penalty area results in us throwing daft goals away, im hoping McNulty isn't going to revert to that against the better teams in the play offs but we can't be sure he won't. Does he have the faith in his players to replicate what we saw yesterday or will he revert to what he perceives to be safety first and set us up not to lose. That's the frustration i have with the manager and yesterday's performance is why i think he has underperformed this season. We've played with the hand brake on in too many games for absolutely no reason whatsoever. With a more positive approach and better recruitment who knows what could have happened. Trying to engage Ebbsfleet in a tactical dual by enticing them out of a low block etc. The first half no show against Spennymoor. Two good examples of the manager over thinking the game against inferior opposition and making us easy to play against.
So yet again, let's hope yesterday was a light bulb moment in respect of the play offs and the managers thinking. You can support that style of football and we can beat anybody when we approach every game like that. [Post edited 27 Apr 7:08]
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| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 07:07 - Apr 27 with 366 views | D_Alien |
"McNulty (Cl)out!" |  |
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| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 07:21 - Apr 27 with 345 views | TalkingSutty |
| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 07:07 - Apr 27 by D_Alien |
"McNulty (Cl)out!" |
He's got us to the play offs, he deserves plenty of credit for that. Yesterday proved what we've been saying all season, there's no reason for playing sleep inducing football. The frustration valve was released against Hartlepool and the players looked like they enjoyed it. If McNulty is still manager next season then I'll be supporting him but i can't get behind some of the stuff we've had to endure when there's been absolutely no reason to play that way. His preferred style of play is out of the coaching manual and it doesn't even bring results at this level, it keeps you in games though in the hope you will snatch a goal and wins you the posession stats. It also sends everybody in the stadium to sleep. I say IF McNulty is manager next season because managers who get teams into the play offs are often head hunted for other jobs and there's a possibility that might happen i think. I said in the bar yesterday that McNulty has been the right manager for the club at the right time, he did great last season under difficult circumstances. I believe Simon Gauge deserves the credit for appointing him. He divides opinion but he'll now go down as one of our better managers, achieving a play off spot does that. . [Post edited 27 Apr 7:43]
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| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 10:59 - Apr 27 with 97 views | D_Alien |
| Time to go Jim. The turning point on 07:21 - Apr 27 by TalkingSutty |
He's got us to the play offs, he deserves plenty of credit for that. Yesterday proved what we've been saying all season, there's no reason for playing sleep inducing football. The frustration valve was released against Hartlepool and the players looked like they enjoyed it. If McNulty is still manager next season then I'll be supporting him but i can't get behind some of the stuff we've had to endure when there's been absolutely no reason to play that way. His preferred style of play is out of the coaching manual and it doesn't even bring results at this level, it keeps you in games though in the hope you will snatch a goal and wins you the posession stats. It also sends everybody in the stadium to sleep. I say IF McNulty is manager next season because managers who get teams into the play offs are often head hunted for other jobs and there's a possibility that might happen i think. I said in the bar yesterday that McNulty has been the right manager for the club at the right time, he did great last season under difficult circumstances. I believe Simon Gauge deserves the credit for appointing him. He divides opinion but he'll now go down as one of our better managers, achieving a play off spot does that. . [Post edited 27 Apr 7:43]
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Agree with most of that, although i think SG took the easier option than having to head-hunt someone else he wasn't familiar with after two failures
In basic terms, it's worked out but yesterday (and other games) shows McNulty has more "clout" than he cares to admit, in which case - use it, since the whole point of survival was to enable smiles to return to faces. That's why fans turn up, win lose or draw | |
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