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Reply | Quick comment!
at 19:06 12 Apr 2025
Quick comment thread, so a quick well done today
A playoff place ours to lose but dragging back absent fans will require some serious repairs, carried out consistently [Post edited 12 Apr 19:07]
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Reply | New ticketing partner
at 12:18 10 Apr 2025
Talking of which... it's like all our birthdays came at once!
But on a practical note, if you didn't receive the Happy Birthday message it's likely your email address isn't on the club database, so a chance to put that right |
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 21:35 9 Apr 2025
Probably a figment of my fevered imagination
Just like the first half, just like their late equalizer
That'll teach me to have an emotion-inducing experience
At a football match, anyway... |
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 21:06 9 Apr 2025
Nah, that was premeditated, as it was at Macclesfield
There were also some in the Pearl St on Saturday who came with the sole intention of causing trouble. One of them nearly landed on me as - eyeballs clearly showing signs of drug abuse - jumped off the pitch after causing havoc and run away down the exit tunnel
He wouldn't have had a clue who Mitchell was, but those expressing their views at the game you refer to would |
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 19:48 9 Apr 2025
It's therefore about emotions running high in wanting someone on the pitch who - rightly or wrongly - those fans making a noise believe will help us a win a game |
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 19:42 9 Apr 2025
The fans who're turning up are, in the vast majority of cases, getting by in a difficult financial environment and when spending their time and cash want to see someone who's being paid multiples of their income justifying it
That's how it's always been at Dale. If you didn't know that before, you do now
Becoming a pro footballer has potentially huge rewards, but there's a downside too. The same goes for becoming a manager
No-one turns up to be negative (although some may jump on that opportunity sooner than others) but when we've had to endure the ignominy of nearly going out of existence and the loss of our 100+ years status as a football league club, we're desperate for signs that a corner has been turned. It really, really matters and therefore understandable that emotions run higher than some players may be able to cope with; managers too [Post edited 9 Apr 19:45]
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Reply | Time to go Jim. The turning point
at 19:09 9 Apr 2025
Then, as Fitzochris has intimated, we'll know were we stand and current ST holders can make an informed choice |
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 19:05 9 Apr 2025
You were implying his lack of potency in front of goal was down to lack of fan encouragement
I was simply puting you straight on that score... or failure to score |
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 17:48 9 Apr 2025
You do realise he's being paid an amount of money that most young(ish) men his age can only dream about, for doing something he presumably enjoys?
Fan encouragement is of course great but if he has the slightest inclination to put in less than 100% he's not only at the wrong club, but in the wrong profession
Said so at the time, but "No Kairo, No Party" is, and was, just bollocks |
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 17:06 9 Apr 2025
James, that's as bad as the poster who said the fans would be responsible for any sub-standard display in the semi-final
Does it even have to be spelled out how misconceived that turned out to be? You yourself said it was painful to watch how we started, yet you persist with trying to offset the negative football and lacklustre attempts to score as somehow being the fans fault? |
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 15:24 9 Apr 2025
"Zero momentum"
We started a cup semi-final with zero momentum
We're in the throes of the playoffs in a poor division... with zero momentum
How is this even possible? Sport is about building and sustaining momentum. If it's not happening, it's anti-sport |
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Reply | Rochdale Online Ltd.
at 11:45 9 Apr 2025
https://www.rochdaletimes.co.uk/
New local news website, good coverage of Dale
Edit: but reading further, it's reported that Spennymoor's first goal came from the penalty spot... not that good after all [Post edited 9 Apr 12:16]
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 09:29 9 Apr 2025
Well then, they need telling
And since we've got a fans rep in the boardroom..
...oh wait 
CAB is about non-footballing issues, but there has to be some means of conveying the gathering strength of feeling
Trouble is, it will be attributed to natural disappointment (and we're still.in the playoffs, don't you know?) rather than the cumulation of something that's been growing under the surface like a weed that's now popping it's head above ground in Spring and strangling the life out of everything around it |
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 05:53 9 Apr 2025
You're absolutely right jfm
What's happening is nothing more than what might be expected
Cast your minds back to the dying days of our EFL fixtures, when JM was appointed caretaker (an apt term). We needed a spirited performance away at Stockport to try to salvage our status, even if we went down fighting
No fight, barely a shot, loss of status
Two years on, nothing has changed. Sure, we've had a couple of good wins here and there, but when push came to shove we've got nothing but an empty tank. These past two games, no goals from open play, both against teams with less resources
Do we have to wait another two years before the bleeding obvious is recognised? [Post edited 9 Apr 6:09]
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Reply | Refwatch - Sutton United v Rochdale
at 22:14 8 Apr 2025
If it hasn't, now that would be shocking
Edit: even if we were to not make the playoffs, i can't see how finishing just outside would trigger any exit clauses. Depends on whether they're down to factors other than league position, of course, but i think we're stuck with him for the time being [Post edited 8 Apr 22:17]
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