This should hopefully be a winnable game.







I will be attending and taking my Dad with it been fathers day.

Can anyone confirm if Rochdale play at The Crown Oil Arena? I would guess with it been a football stadium it will all be seating? Can anyone confirm this? If so i will take my 7 year old son. Thanks in advance.

They do play there (used to be called Spotland). Last time we played them in the cup, I was in a seated stand, but forget if it was all seated now.

Not going.

Can't make it as away on holiday. On paper we have a higher quality of player. But we simply won't have the fight, or bottle for this match. We know what will happen and how Rochdale are coached. Late hits, high tackles, grubby tactics, taunting when a young lad makes a knock-on. A referee who won't protect the players in anyway shape or form. We simply won't be able to handle it.

This was a winnable game about 9 weeks ago, can't see how they will get anything from it now though. Confidence is shot and I don't think the mental strength is there to grind this sort of result out.

I won't be risking ruining my Father's Day, but I might try and make an effort to go to the Olfham game if the weather is ok. That might be low quality but fair contest.

On holiday, but probably wouldn't have gone anyway. I've got a season ticket and hate wasting money but I've sacked away fixtures for the foreseeable. Though I do tend to flip flop like a lump of jelly on these decisions.

Yes it is the Crown Oil Arena.Decent tidy stadium it is.Im going.There is standing at one end of the ground or if you prefer to be seated they usually open the main stand down the side which is where we sat last time and was a cracking view.

Thanks Johnbulls. Think I will be going for seats with my son coming along.

I wont be going.
Treating my Dad to a meal on Fathers Day.
Unfortunately he is a closet Rhino's fan.
Maybe I am a barsteward after all

So is it just Ricky that's going then?



I certainly won't be for reasons I've outlined before. Eagerly anticipating this interview with Chalmers but I don't think it'll change my mind. Largely because owners could promise the world at the moment and it wouldn't make a difference. The only thing that will is action.

Looks like it pal, just me, my Dad and my Son!!!!

Better not order a coach then!

Reading the interview in the T&A with Chalmers, and considering the improvements he says he is expecting now that Geoff has his visa, my only question is does AC know that Toovey has actually been here all season?

Yeah, we are hoping for the new coach syndrome to kick in, but without the benefit of actually having a new coach.

classic

Rochdale are letting all U16s in for £1 this Sunday.

You say that but listening to the players at Tong - now Geoff has finally been unleashed from his silence, it seems to have created a buzz and given the players fresh optimism that they can get the required number of wins to survive of their own accord.

The feeling and mood in the camp this week is similar to what I experienced the week leading into the game at the Summer Bash with Hull Kingston Rovers.

They'll be a huge uplift in performance on Sunday and oh boy does everyone need it.

The problem is that optimism that built up to KR still resulted in a loss, followed by another god awful performance the week after.

Optimism and good spirits don't get points on their own. And I remain to be convinced the current squad (especially without Chisholm) has enough to win the games required.

Good luck to em, I hope they win. I hope they win every game this season. It still won't be in front of me though until the club pulls it's finger out with communication and stops with the out and out lies to the fans.

We'll see what they're made of when we concede a try or a couple of penalties. It's all very well looking good on the training ground...

Of course they don't but a similar lift in performance against Rochdale would see two vital points heading to Odsal. I remain to be convinced by Keyes and Lilley, but from what I saw on the training ground yesterday, they all know the importance of Sunday's game. Geoff has got them all in that Grand Final mindset.

On the communication front, Andrew Chalmers is definitely looking at doing a monthly online forum with supporters to answer questions that you have.

With all due respect to him, we've been hearing that for months. Actions speak louder than words, and I don't see many actions from Mr. Chalmers regarding sorting out the blatant issues we've been banging on about for ages.

Aside from that, I don't believe a word that comes out of them. When they try to tell me that the away shirt was "always meant to be that one" (clear lies) and that they won't let me bring a ham sandwich in due to safety fears (clear lies), it doesn't help me trust a word the club says.

If they were honest and said "someone f***ed up with the away shirt, we are where we are with it and we're sorry, also we would rather you bought our food so we're banning you bringing your own in", then I'd actually respect the honesty and wouldn't hold it against them. Lie to me though and you can shove it up your 'arris.

That includes junior swaps, who are usually free.

Well, you have the advantage over me there Mick, and I hope you're right.

My (rough and ready) workings out come down to us only being able to lose around another 4 games or it's goodnight Vienna. I know from T&A interviews with various assorted players, that the team is, "Training the house down" and "Ripping it up" at Tong, (but still losing each weekend), so a 'big lift' which improves confidence would be very welcome right now.

Incidentally, though any points gained will count in the survival fight, my understanding is that when the 8s kick in, all the loan players (as distinct from DR) are only allowed to play for one club, so I'd guess that means Lilley, Oledzki etc will be back at Leeds. It certainly isn't going to get any easier!

Bentley, C. Smith, Campbell, Caro, Chamberlain, Chapelhow, Davies, Halafihi, Hallas, Keyes, Kirk, Lilley, Mendeika, Moore, Oakes, Oledzki, Peltier, Thomas, Wilkinson

6 loan/DR players so one will have to drop out. Reckon Oledzki still isn't fit and the shirker Chapelhow is there to cover. Good to see Macani dropped. That Chamberlain didnt look too bad when ive seen him for Widnes. Shame Lumb still can't get a game to give Moore a breather.

I said a couple of weeks ago we could do with getting some like Chamberlain in. It's a shame we couldn't get him when we desperate for centres rather than with Mendeika and Oakes back, but he's certainly better than Mendeika or Caro. For me, either Mendeika or Halafihi misses out (on account of both being crap) along with preferably Chapelhow from the loan/dual reg crowd.