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Reply | Solihull Wednesday
at 15:08 19 Jan 2026
Has anyone heard about Mani De`s injury.? Jim is making no reference to it in interview. Also Mani Du asked to be taken off on Saturday after taking a knock. All the more surprising that Tyler Smith remained on the bench throughout. Only 1-0 at that time thanks to Amantchi`s 2 dreadful misses. |
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Reply | Update on the pitch
at 14:48 19 Jan 2026
Now there`s an idea. He would frighten York to death. Trouble is he`s now on top of the league. |
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Reply | Incoming Confirmed
at 16:13 16 Jan 2026
Nice to know that Jim can race out and get 3 useful-looking new defenders at the drop of a hat like this.
Pity he can`t do the same with the attack, I wish Manni Duku all the success in the world but he was not quite what I was hoping for.
We play the bottom 2 teams starting tomorrow (with Solihull between)so this is a great chance to improve the goal difference which is already good and may be vital at season end.
Not the time for classic McNulty-ball i would suggest, especially with Southend and the February games looming. But does Jim think like that I wonder? |
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Reply | Dale Closing In On Bilongo?
at 14:46 15 Jan 2026
Now we have signed yet another defender and rumoured to be chasing Perry as well, is there anything in what Jim has said that suggests he is going in for any attackers?
Surely he can see the glaring weakness in the squad. No? |
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Reply | Frost and snow
at 16:02 8 Jan 2026
Today`s update sounds very promising |
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Reply | TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Hartlepool United
at 10:55 31 Dec 2025
Surely the most depressing thing was that it took 58 minutes to register a shot-not on goal but just a shot.
We must have that extra striker now, as we have needed all season.
Also Mani will be 31 in 6 weeks time. We need some new blood if this is to be a serious attempt at the top spot. |
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Reply | Boxing Day
at 15:08 23 Dec 2025
Borehamwood looked a class above Carlisle and Abdul Abdul will be a real handful for Dale out wide. |
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Reply | Boxing Day
at 15:06 23 Dec 2025
They were comfortably better than Brackley and looked well set up. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Altrincham v Rochdale
at 12:51 21 Dec 2025
Sorry to be bah humbug, but
Keepers 3 Tick
Defence 10 tick
Midfield 10 tick
Attack 6 -Not enough
Of the 6, Rodney and Smith are coming back from injuries, Amantchi goes in a fortnight, Allarrakhia is away, Mani is out for a month and Hendo is a fantastic 40 year-old.
The Rodney situation is , as always, unclear in terms of absences.
Agree some young hopeful is very risky.
Do we really want to build on the superb start to the season?
We need to match York and Carlisle in terms of ambition if not in finance. A squad of 29 is high but it is still unbalanced ,as it was at the start of the season. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Altrincham v Rochdale
at 13:05 20 Dec 2025
Excellent performance.
Still think we need somebody upfront to supplement Mani and Rodney. Our one striker to start yesterday was Hendo, who looked a trifle overweight to me, and is he really a striker or a superstar number 10? Ditto Tyler Smith.
The back 3 and the keeper were brilliant. The captain was immense. Alty had 9 corners without scoring! How things have changed. |
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Reply | INJURIES
at 15:28 9 Dec 2025
That means he will miss Morecambe, Hartlepool and probably Brackley by my reckoning.
Strikers problem remains. Pray that Mani stays fit. |
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Reply | INJURIES
at 11:21 9 Dec 2025
At present we have 2 keepers, 8 defenders, 9 midfield and wide players, and 2 attackers who are fit and available.
The 2 attackers are Mani and Hendo, who has started one league game this season (Brackley). Amantchi goes back in 3 weeks.
Big problem. |
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Reply | Pitch video
at 11:01 9 Dec 2025
Bromley took 100 days in the Summer to get the new grass pitch ready for League 2 football.
OBI have agreed to have a playable pitch with new drains in 45 days in Winter, with followup procedures in the Summer.
If they can pull this off they deserve a medal. |
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Reply | INJURIES
at 10:02 8 Dec 2025
You are quite right to be concerned.
Surely the biggest concern is the forward line and goalscoring.
Last season when Mitchell stopped scoring, Rodney came up with a late 8 goal burst and Hendo chipped in with 5 goals(all as a substitute). Now with Rodney and Smith sidelined, Mani stopped scoring and Amantchi just not good enough (and returning to Walsall in 3 weeks) there is a major risk that the goals dry up.
None of the midfielders are in the mould of Keohane, Lund and Sinclair who could provide 10 goals in a season.
Hendo could still play a part but Jim seems unwilling to expose him.
Surely a big loan signing is essential to help Mani. Now would be nice. |
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Thread | Joe Pritchard
at 17:04 27 Nov 2025
Could I recommend you watch the Pritchard injury video on the website.
We criticise players too easily sometimes. Like many others I liked the look of him before the injury, but the video shows how hard it can be.
Here is a 29 year old pro footballer who started the year with MKDons, left by mutual consent in January, Helped Oldham out till the end of the season but no new contract, joined us on a 1year deal, started 3 league games and then was injured tackling back.
With light training after several weeks on crutches no doubt trying to keep his spirits up.
Pro football is no bed of roses. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Tamworth v Rochdale
at 14:19 24 Nov 2025
I thought the result at Tamworth was good in the circumstances- weather, pitch, absence of Rodney and ignoring Hendo. Plenty of effort.
The fact is that we don`t have any other real goalscorers.
East, Gilmour, Allarakhia, Tobi, McBride have no record or suggestion of scoring more than a handful of goals between them. Certainly not in the mould of Lund, Sinclair or Keohane. The loss of Tyler Smith is unfortunate, but we really need more power backup up front. |
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Reply | Dale v Man Utd under 21s
at 22:22 30 Oct 2025
The thing about Amantchi is that he goes back to Walsall at Christmas anyway, so there is so little time and so few outings for him to improve. I think we will need another signing in the second half of the season. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Woking v Rochdale
at 18:06 27 Oct 2025
They did have good chances, but they didn`t really put full pressure on the defence until the subs came on, particularly Allarrakia. |
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