Rochdale match thread

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Brandon Buckley joins the First Team squad makes the bench ahead of the Carabao Cup First Round fixture #GTFC #WeAreTown

GTFC XI: McKeown, Davis, Collins, Whitmore, Dixon, Welsh (c), Woolford, Hessenthaler, Vernam, Cook, Hooper.

Subs: Famewo, Robles, Clifton, Wright, A. Rose, Buckley, Russell. #GTFC #WeAreTown

4-3-3??

I recon so with JJ and Vernam playing wide roles

Good to see some continuity.

Is tonights match available on ifollow for uk folk?

Think it’s audio comms only mate

That is the 11 I was expecting I was expecting for Saturday so maybe we’re testing it tonight.

Anyone got a link for Freeview Channel 721. The game is on this on the radio. Kind find one for the life of me!!

Can we have a good cup run for once town please

Very sparse crowd. Just over 1000 i reckon.

Rose's suspension kicking in tonight?

Playing our first team so hope noone gets injured

Quoted from Spatchcock

Anyone got a link for Freeview Channel 721. The game is on this on the radio. Kind find one for the life of me!!

It's on the telly on that number. You need to be on free view though not Sky etc

721 is country music on Radio Wiltshire down here in Dorset! More relaxing than listening to Town though...

How are we doing

I really hate listening to AB and JT. Wish I could of gone tonight.

2 in 5 minutes for Amond - if only

Town the better side last 5 or 10 mins and have created some decent chances. Hessenthaler, Cook, Welsh, Dixon all impressing so far.

I really like this system, we look strong, quick, creative.... So far so good!

Davis hit the post

Whitmore off the bar with a header!

Quoted from Ipswin

2 in 5 minutes for Amond - if only

Apparently he's just a flat track bully. According to those in the know. Will never cut it in League 2.

Quoted from Father Christmas

Davis hit the post

Whitmore

Wilks among the goals again for Donny

We look flat, Clifton for woolford for me, give us some energy

Sounds like we need to add more pressure in midfield we're letting them pass it round us

Rochdale look a bit too neat and quick for us, a good 5 minute spell aside.

Our midfield 3 aren't really getting near them (and Woolford has only touched the ball a handful of times). We've not followed the runners either so a little fortunate to be just one goal down.

Cook and Vernam can't get into the game and the ball has rarely been near Hooper so we've not created much. A couple of nice runs from Hessenthaler but we need another man in the middle to close them down a bit more.

We'll need to play a good bit better to get back into this.

Is there extra time if it’s a draw after 90 minutes?

Quoted from bawarmy

Is there extra time if it’s a draw after 90 minutes?

No...straight to pens

Straight to penalties I believe.

Quoted from oochiad

I really hate listening to AB and JT. Wish I could of gone tonight.

JT twitcher of the year,  after describing the gooses' arrival on Saturday, as there is a peacock on the pitch.  

Quoted from bawarmy

Is there extra time if it’s a draw after 90 minutes?

Think it goes straight to penalties, new rule, but I'm not entirely sure.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Apparently he's just a flat track bully. According to those in the know. Will never cut it in League 2.

WTF does 'flat track bully' even mean?

Hess and Vernham willing runners so far but nothing clear cut created other than the header that hit the post. Welsh has been good and Mckeown made a couple of saves with his legs

Kayden Jackson on the score sheet as well

Think we're lacking any real pace, this lot seem to run past us,at will, staunch defending has pretty much kept it at 0-1 for me...

Quoted from chaos33

WTF does 'flat track bully' even mean?

A batsman who scores lots of runs when the conditions are good but can't cope when the going gets tough.

When Amond was with us, he scored loads of goals but none against our promotion rivals or the stronger teams in the division.

It was our failure to stop goals going in at the other end which kept automatic promotion out of our reach though.

Ian Holloway is at Yeovil for Talksport. "Jaiyesimi looks a beast, just brushed two defenders off"
It is the same bloke we had last year??

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

Town the better side last 5 or 10 mins and have created some decent chances. Hessenthaler, Cook, Welsh, Dixon all impressing so far.

I really like this system, we look strong, quick, creative.... So far so good!

I must be at a different ground to you, we look well off the pace.

Quoted from Maringer

A batsman who scores lots of runs when the conditions are good but can't cope when the going gets tough.

When Amond was with us, he scored loads of goals but none against our promotion rivals or the stronger teams in the division.

It was our failure to stop goals going in at the other end which kept automatic promotion out of our reach though.

He's got 2 at Cambridge tonight, I'll be delighted if any of our strikers do the same when we play there

Quoted from buckstown

Ian Holloway is at Yeovil for Talksport. "Jaiyesimi looks a beast, just brushed two defenders off"
It is the same bloke we had last year??

Both him and Wilks among the goals this season , funny how they couldn't do it at Town. Dembele doing well at Peterboro as well

Quoted from Ipswin

Both him and Wilks among the goals this season , funny how they couldn't do it at Town. Dembele doing well at Peterboro as well

It just goes on, Matt has scored Newport's third, only The Shop, Bogle and Cook to go!  

Danny Andrew as well, was he a Mariner?

1700 odd attendance.....huge thumbs up for the full price ticket approach  

Quoted from Ipswin

Both him and Wilks among the goals this season , funny how they couldn't do it at Town. Dembele doing well at Peterboro as well

Dembele doing well? He's played all of, what, two games?
Wilks was injured when he was with us wasn't he.

Quoted from chaos33

WTF does 'flat track bully' even mean?

I had to look it up myself. The dictionary says it's a 37 goal striker who you fail to retain because he's never scored that many before. Summat like that.

Quoted from chaos33

Dembele doing well? He's played all of, what, two games?
Wilks was injured when he was with us wasn't he.

I don't know about Wilks but Dembele is doing a damn sight better than he did at BP and better than I expected at Peterborough. A couple of assists already, the fans like him and he's not laid out moaning about his back yet.

Perhaps he was too good for us and Div 2

We are crap aren’t we

Quoted from easypeersy

We are crap aren’t we

It doesn't sound great.......0-2

Let's concentrate on the League.

we are too slow all over the pitch to really trouble them

Game over.

Quoted from promotion plaice

It doesn't sound great.......0-2

We looked better at the start of the second half and had a shot just wide then a chance from a free kick but other than that we have looked second best.

We will need to play much better on Saturday

This Rathbone looks quite good used to play for Manure

oof

Lincoln winning 4-0 at Port Vale  

For the first time in a while I’m Actually worried about Saturdays game!! Lincoln are playing bloody well so far this season!

Never easy being a town fan 😔 never a good cup run and always struggling for form. One day it will be our turn to be riding the crest of a wave.....

Quoted from topuphere666

For the first time in a while I’m Actually worried about Saturdays game!! Lincoln are playing bloody well so far this season!

And they rested frecklington o connor and akinde

Quoted from jaygy

Never easy being a town fan 😔 never a good cup run and always struggling for form. One day it will be our turn to be riding the crest of a wave.....

With the present set up... how?

I think this will give jolley the ammunition to go to JF and get some decent loans in .

Sounded pretty poor overall ....beaten by a better side from a higher League with an experienced manager ....no shame in that but with arguably our strongest team still unable to hardly work an effort on goal.
No real strong options on the bench to make a huge difference when it was obvious we werent in the game.

Rochdale are much too quick for us throughout the team. We've, understandably, looked sluggish in the middle. Welsh and Woolford aren't suited to a middle three so I don't know why Jolley persisted with it for so long.

Lacking threat up front but we've had enough chances from set pieces to score at least one (though they could easily have had another themselves).

If it were a league game I'd be concerned we had been so completely outpaced for a second time in three games, but they are in a higher division so hopefully not a sign of things to come for the rest of the season.

have we actually won a cup game since we've been promoted.

Quoted from Ipswin

I don't know about Wilks but Dembele is doing a damn sight better than he did at BP and better than I expected at Peterborough. A couple of assists already, the fans like him and he's not laid out moaning about his back yet.

Perhaps he was too good for us and Div 2

He started well at Town too..... Wait till the going gets tough!

Gutted we couldn't win a cup game yet again.......pleased I saved myself £21 tonight.

Lincoln are gonna destroy us on Saturday.
It’s so depressing!

Quoted from buckstown

Ian Holloway is at Yeovil for Talksport. "Jaiyesimi looks a beast, just brushed two defenders off"
It is the same bloke we had last year??

Gutted when he went

I didn't think we were as bad as some are making out. We had a good spell first half when we created a few chances and put them under pressure.

Ultimately their greater pace and experience told. I still saw some.encouraging signs.. Mwe were playing a decent L1 side with a very good manager don't forget.

Despite his end to the season I still think JJ is the weak link... He may have 1 good game in 4/5 but games like tonight he's ananymous and offers very little. Akheem Rose looked more threatening for me in the 10 minutes he had than Hooper had in the previous 80. I wonder when we do get a striker in if MJ will go with a front 3 of Cook - A N Other - Vernham.

I'm sure the gaffer will have learnt more from tonight hut I am surprised to many of the first XI got 90 minutes with an important Derby coming up at the weekend.

Was impressed with Dixon again, especially first half!

Quoted from easypeersy

Lincoln are gonna destroy us on Saturday.
It’s so depressing!

Correct,
Just like last seasons home game.
Oh wait a moment..........

If that is the best or near best 11 we have its going to be a struggle all season. But I won't be putting my hand in my pocket again for the foreseeable future. Looks like a bargain basement team again

Quoted from denni266

If that is the best or near best 11 we have its going to be a struggle all season. But I won't be putting my hand in my pocket again for the foreseeable future. Looks like a bargain basement team again

Because we lost to a team a league above us? Dear me

Come on Town
Someone keep me in positive spirits
Results against Gimps and Dons will help
Dale where a league above us?

Atleast we can concentrate on the league till the FA cup starts wouldn’t mind a run in that tbh

I thought JJ would of had a better start this season tbh

Town where not as bad as some are making out.

Rochdale played well. They have a real clear style and formation.

Town had moments but with Woolford alongside Welsh there just isn't enough pace to pressure a team like that that. All too often it left the front three isolated and lacking service.

Bit of a lesson but we won't play sides like that every week.

Time to keep calm!

1. Our squad is very thin on numbers
2. Our key players are old
3 Hooper looked like he couldn't be arsed
4. How didn't Hess get picked for the first game?
5. Dixon had another good game

Another home defeat; we've had plenty of those recently. Another cup run over before it started. Glad i saved myself £21.

Had some great days out at Rochdale over the years.
I thought tonight we would do well and it would be a good opportunity bearing in mind Rochdale only stayed up via 1 point more than Oldham last season.
Sadly we were miles of the pace.

Thought Clifton may have got on in central midfield to try and match their pace.
Collins and Whitmore did well enough, Vernam showed good pace at times but we did look a little toothless.

Think Lincoln and MK may take the points in next two games but think with our level of budget we should be capable of making mid table.

Additions to give some physical presence and pace would be very welcome

Somebody mentioned Walsh isn't suited to a 3, which seems odd as he is clearly suited to a 3 as far as I can see. He is good but has no pace and is an exclusively defensive midfielder. Not sure he would suit a 2 man central midfield but will b fine esp when playing with a midfielder with more pace and energy than Woolford.
Shame rose is suspended for the derby, would prefer to see Clifton than woolford.
Thought JJ was very quiet too

Quoted from easypeersy

Lincoln are gonna destroy us on Saturday.
It’s so depressing!

It might make a few people wake up.

But don't write the result before the game has happened. Sure Lincoln are big favourites, but football's unpredictable.

Not having Rose or whitehouse is really going to impact us in the coming games, it's an area we really need an addition in with whitehouse out so long term.

Quoted from Stadium

Correct,
Just like last seasons home game.
Oh wait a moment..........

Erm, they might not have destroyed us with the score line but that was
just because they were unlucky. From what I saw they were way better
than us and all because our non Chairman is a cheap skate

Quoted from MuddyWaters

1. Our squad is very thin on numbers
2. Our key players are old
3 Hooper looked like he couldn't be arsed
4. How didn't Hess get picked for the first game?
5. Dixon had another good game

1 and 2. What I don't understand is why the minute Elliot Whitehouse's diagnosis came through we weren't out there scouring for an equivalent on loan.

3. As per most of last season until MJ got him fired up for the last few games, let's hope he's not just going to give us half a dozen decent games this season.

We need 3 players - a striker who can play centrally in a front 3 or as a loan striker, a winger and the Whitehouse replacement

Some determined attempts at trolling already from some of the usual suspects. Don't bite, folks.

I was pretty impressed with Rochdale, truth be told. A good footballing side, though lacking bite up front. Hopefully, most of the teams we face this season will be inferior to them.

Just got home and clear to see we are well short in terms of quality .

Probably 5 or 6 players in the current first team that are good enough to make a challenge but imo way off in were we want to be and still struggling to see what the actual gameplan is.

My comment was intended to note that Welsh and Woolford together can't play in a 3. You could get away with one or the other but both together are much too slow.

Quoted from Maringer

Some determined attempts at trolling already from some of the usual suspects. Don't bite, folks.

I was pretty impressed with Rochdale, truth be told. A good footballing side, though lacking bite up front. Hopefully, most of the teams we face this season will be inferior to them.

There's absolutely no trolling from me.

I've watched 180 minutes of competitive football at BP and we have posed little or no threat. We also had a bench full of kids tonight. Whatever the plan is, it looks more Home Bargains than Waitrose.

I think last seasons Summerfield would have been a plus in this team. We had fast forwards on display tonight yet for the entire match not one pass through the channels.Where are the brains in this team. Rochdale played with a plan- we did not. We must improve for Lincoln but the season is still young. 2 more loan players could improve us vastly.

Good to see a couple of youngsters being given a chance but with a few players out injured/suspended we had no choice but to issue a squad number to a youth player.

I thought Rochdale were good and their superiority showed. We had spells but in the main part they controlled the game. Patient possession in the lead up to their first goal waiting for the right opportunity to open up.

McKeown was back in yellow so everyone could see him.

Welsh seemed to play too advanced for much of the game. It is clear he hasn't got the pace to get back although he took a booking to stop Rochdale breaking from deep. I noticed in the warm up today that Clifton was only using his left foot so I wonder if the management team are working on that side of his game to provide left sided competition in midfield?

Saturday is going to be a tough test for our team as we seek to stop free scoring Lincoln and their two forwards; Akinde and Akinde-Pen.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

We also had a bench full of kids tonight.

Good.

Guess the troll remark was aimed partly at me. But hey ho. I would rather speak how I find instead of looking through home bargains rose tinted glasses.

Quoted from Freemoash88

I thought JJ would of had a better start this season tbh

I didn,t hes never been consistent at league level

Quoted from denni266

Guess the troll remark was aimed partly at me. But hey ho. I would rather speak how I find instead of looking through home bargains rose tinted glasses.

Agree. This present team irrespective of injuries or suspensions is not good enough. We are a team of ordinaries. We can make excuses all day long . Whether it is the players that don't fit the system or the system doesn't fit the players something is wrong and needs to change sooner than later. Last night I couldn't make out what formation we were playing or what the players positions were. I know Rochdale are a league above but we were drawn out of position so easily and are completely defunct of the ability to change any plans that we may have had. I want Town to do well  but we urgently need improvement before this loan transfer window closes to do so.

Quoted from golfer

Agree. This present team irrespective of injuries or suspensions is not good enough. We are a team of ordinaries. We can make excuses all day long . Whether it is the players that don't fit the system or the system doesn't fit the players something is wrong and needs to change sooner than later. Last night I couldn't make out what formation we were playing or what the players positions were. I know Rochdale are a league above but we were drawn out of position so easily and are completely defunct of the ability to change any plans that we may have had. I want Town to do well  but we urgently need improvement before this loan transfer window closes to do so.

I agree we are ordinary but then again I dont think we can expect much more. Last season we were shockingly bad so ordinary is an improvement of sorts.

Loanees, subject to attitude, may well improve us but I think there was too much unfounded expectation at the start. Mid table is about the limit of this squad IMHO & i expect massive fallout on social media after Saturday