NorthernWisdom
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Well, the site owner wants more footy themed so... let's pack it all together 
First game been to for a fair while - whether that reflects on me, my failing interest, my laziness or the club's ineptitude, I leave open for people to decide...
Glad to see pictures of what looks like crowds at the protest, an empty protest would have been a disaster. Logistics meant I didn't go, but sure I wasn't missed
You'd never know inside the ground there was a boycott. A pretty empty ground is a pretty empty ground regardless! Can we stop using 'boycott' as a protest weapon please, and look at what actually is visible and says passion rather than apathy?
Game. Terrible first ten minutes, came into it a bit, McCann's injury may have been a blessing in disguise as we picked up a bit after that. Lucky to be ahead at half time. Second half pretty similar! Still, a win's a win.
If I was Rochdale I'd have been upset, they looked organised and committed, not sure we had much of a shape and we were slow off theblocks in both halves. The midfielders all played in the same section of the pitch which didn't help, no idea why Sordell was out wide and he looked totally lost. Nice bit of skill by Lameiras for the goal, but he too looked lost until the last 20 minutes when space started becoming available - he strikes me as the kind of player who'd flourish in a better side, or the level above, ironically, when he might have a bit more space. He was about the only one of our players showing for the ball at throw-ins however, and not jogging off into the distance! Surely we work at actually moving so we get the ball under less pressure?!? I thought Stevenson was a bit quiet myself, Bigi the best of our midfielders today.
Willis slid as a rock, Turnbull good too. For all Rochdale's possession they didn't have many actual chances. Actually thought Burge had a solid game. One great save from a corner that wouldn't have counted anyway, but generally caught everything he had to. His kicking needs work from someone other than Oggy however!
Agyei busy but guess not fit, Reid offers a threat at least.
Would I give Venus the job on the back of that? Probably not tbh, we didn't look overly well drilled and there didn't seem much willingness to change it about.
But... a win's a win, and we've had a few of them now.
First game been to for a fair while - whether that reflects on me, my failing interest, my laziness or the club's ineptitude, I leave open for people to decide...
Glad to see pictures of what looks like crowds at the protest, an empty protest would have been a disaster. Logistics meant I didn't go, but sure I wasn't missed
You'd never know inside the ground there was a boycott. A pretty empty ground is a pretty empty ground regardless! Can we stop using 'boycott' as a protest weapon please, and look at what actually is visible and says passion rather than apathy?
Game. Terrible first ten minutes, came into it a bit, McCann's injury may have been a blessing in disguise as we picked up a bit after that. Lucky to be ahead at half time. Second half pretty similar! Still, a win's a win.
If I was Rochdale I'd have been upset, they looked organised and committed, not sure we had much of a shape and we were slow off theblocks in both halves. The midfielders all played in the same section of the pitch which didn't help, no idea why Sordell was out wide and he looked totally lost. Nice bit of skill by Lameiras for the goal, but he too looked lost until the last 20 minutes when space started becoming available - he strikes me as the kind of player who'd flourish in a better side, or the level above, ironically, when he might have a bit more space. He was about the only one of our players showing for the ball at throw-ins however, and not jogging off into the distance! Surely we work at actually moving so we get the ball under less pressure?!? I thought Stevenson was a bit quiet myself, Bigi the best of our midfielders today.
Willis slid as a rock, Turnbull good too. For all Rochdale's possession they didn't have many actual chances. Actually thought Burge had a solid game. One great save from a corner that wouldn't have counted anyway, but generally caught everything he had to. His kicking needs work from someone other than Oggy however!
Agyei busy but guess not fit, Reid offers a threat at least.
Would I give Venus the job on the back of that? Probably not tbh, we didn't look overly well drilled and there didn't seem much willingness to change it about.
But... a win's a win, and we've had a few of them now.
