Dale

Down to sixteenth now. Minus six again and worst defensive record. Not able too see many positives at the moment.

Positives:
We went 83 minutes without conceding.
The sh*t lost 0-3 at home and snake was sent off.

Feel for traveling supporters at recent away matches hard earned money spent for nothing. Desperate times 1-0 down we need 1 goal for a draw 2 for a win,I know let's bring on a striker that hasn't scored all season instead of a striker that has scored recently. Another apology from the gaffer he got it wrong yet again. Let's move on to the next match I'm sorry but people will not buy into this philosophy for much longer first win in (7) for a Muppet team like Rochdale.

Can't stop laughing, they must be gutted at 6th in the Championship in their 27,000 seater stadium.

Any news on the Colony and refurbed tent end??

Okies, I must be one of first ones back.

Another poor performance.
Not as god-awful as Tuesday night, but we deserved a at least a draw today.

Unfortunately, we don't have any width, imagination, tempo or audacity to conjure a goal atm . We badly miss bodin. We badly miss a decent flank attacking option. We badly miss a big target man. We badly miss a captain whom can organise.

Positives..
Not conceding 4 goals, and apart from the goal conceived, our defence looked solid.

Broadband. My m o m. Steady, got basics right, gave support to Locks.

Sinclair. Moved about a bit, covered blades. His first 90mins back since injury and hope he builds on it.

Gas turnout. After a difficult week, in horrendous conditions, we turned up in numbers again at a venue notorious for non wins and distance.


Negatives..
Again, Ollie Clarke anonymous. One shot early second half, but most of match as much a spectator as I was.

Our movement. Even when we are in possession, we are static. When we aren't in possession, we struggle to mark up especially at set pieces. Want to see more movement, more running wide to stretch defenses. Options are now about hoofing ball up to someone, anyone, upfront. Most of the time aimlessly. We have no offensive structure. No wide outlet. Or if we do get wide, no one supports the service. A few years ago, Brown was highest assist goal scorer....I don't think he's assisted once and certainly doesn't look like scoring this season. We are impotent on left side. No creativity.

Nichols. New lj? Starting to get serious now as he missed what looked like open goal, but he somehow managed to take the more difficult option of hitting fella on the line from 6yards! I can't believe it..

Dc. He seems ponderous in trying to change what's going wrong. We need a goal, he puts on Nichols....ok fair enough, he got himself into a chance to score, just think if anyone else would have the same chance we would have come away with a point. I'm wondering why broom hasn't been given a chance? Why not start Telford? Ok, we were 3-5-2 for large period of match, but never exploited width. So, Leads would get ball, pass into mid, instead of breaking down right wing, he would cover inside and remain narrow. Must be his coaching.

So we move on to an mk game that surely we can get something out of?

I would 4-4-2 it with...
Slocombe.
Brown. Broads. Sweens. Leads.
Sincs. Lines. Sercombe. Broom.
Ellis Telford.

Then think about a formation change depending on how match went.

It isn't clicking atm, defence leaky, strikers weak. We need it sorting..

Do our two new keepers have one or two years contracts.? OK but Lumley they ain't.

Good to hear from someone who went to the game.
I guess lack of confidence is now a factor in our performances?

Football is not a science, we have won multiple games in succession and we’ll lose multiple games in succession but we have a manager and squad who can adapt. So long as we learn from mistakes, which we do, it’ll be fine.

Apart from the horrendous error at Shrewsbury for the second, I too think Slocombe has looked good.