JimmyRiddle

Fair play to GJ & JOT, their performances have been very good under any circumstances, but knowing they were not being kept on speaks volumes about them, and SS' ability to motivate them. I'd have kept them both, but I am a sentimental old fool!

Think it must've been same for Plymouth game too. Met some of my lads Uni mates down at Exeter when we played there, and one had been in London the weekend we played Plymouth. Him and his mate got tickets on a whim and ended up in our end. I didn't get the impression he was really a football fan, but he was mightily impressed by the crowd and atmosphere and followed our results since. Then ended up in a student house share with a white!

Just moved out 6 to 242, row 7, is great with rail behind so can stand up. However also released some good tickets in block 128, Row 30, Again with railing behind. All while trying to have a meeting, god loves Teams.

Can't remember how I did it last time, but what's the process for moving seats?? Buy new and return the original ones I assume

Well if the FA are worried about aesthetics, then that would look shite with 2/3 the middle tier empty!!

However Club Wembley tickets holders don't have to take up their options I dont think? Once the time period for confirming is up then the reminder can be released to he clubs I assume. That was my understanding last time as the middle tier definitely opened up later as was looking to sit in same place I had v Plymouth, and this was how it played out.

There definitely was a willingness just to put our boot through it, for the first 20mins, get them away from our goal. And why not, melding this kind of pragmatism with the footballing philosophy is what is needed. I really think JK getting injured has done us a favour, at least for these Bradford games.

This! Would he have done this if Kenny was fit. I don't think so.

Advice greatly appreciated. I'm looking to sort the summer childcare out and one possibility is to go to N Wales with the little one and let my parents have her at their caravan. They getting on a bit so not keen on leaving her for too long but thought I'd work remotely while they have her in the day. Question is, anyone know if there is a way of searching for day working space?. Happy to pay if needed, just after something like the Whites hotel does, coffee and a desk type setup in Rhyl/prestatyn area. Cheers

I'm in exactly same position, brought up there with a Harwood BWFC dad. In the 80s all City/Utd & Oldham fans on that side of town. So used to have outsider affinity with the odd Dale fan at school! Always used to blow my mind everyone used to be Bolton fans near my Nans*, even she knew how the Whites were doing through the BEN. Never felt like that in Rochdale, hopefully this season may have given them a boost on that front. * I now know this is not explicitly true and the pinks walk amongst us, however, Bolton is pretty partisan as they go round these parts.

Just hope that playing a conventional 10 behind and two central mids allows the wingers slightly more freedom as this was stone formation up until Jan. I always thought the shape looked odd with Kenny shoehorned into the team, despite his goals. Fingers crossed, COYWM.

3-3-2 (wide players)-2 for me, at least away from home. 3 at back, Erahon DLM covering left back, Simons DRM covering right back, Rodrigues or Sheehan CM with licence to push on. Wide players take your pick, ACD/Cissoko at home, wingers, Conway/Tutu away, more defensive wing back. Dalby/Kenny up front

But that's what he does. Despite the three at the back being most secure, with wing backs, he won't as it comprises what he wants up the pitch. He has had a season and a half to get it right and here we are? But it's the same bollocks as Evatt for me, just in a an alternate formation. We set up uber attacking, yet we are the 6th top scorers in the division and only scored 2 more than bloody Barnsley FFS! So the risk isnt worth the reward, and this was always Evatt's issue. One thing I would agree with SS about, at least the stats back up his philosophy, i.e. lots of chances which rarely was the case with Evatt. However after 18 months of the same issues and the infuriating monotone 'what needs to improve' rhetoric from SS. We never hear him articulate the 'how' he is going to change it. And the media chuckle brothers dont help, never ask any probing post-match questions, i.e. 'So Steven, for the umpteenth time your left back has been caught up the pitch and we've conceded down the left with a basic ball over the top, thoughts??' Grumpy as, bad week for me to forget to order my meds 🫪

Won only 2 out the last 10 which is a tad concerning. Which give the game before that run was the Wycombe miracle, only Bolton could get that result then proceed to end up 5th and in the play-offs as the team in the poorest form.

And short of full backs so sell one of our assets to a team now above us into the play-offs, genius!!