Tyrone Shoelaces
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26 minutes ago, glemiln said:
A link to the two loanees from Salford and Widnes and some positive
news about several of our injured players.
That’s good news, sounds like Else didn’t have a broken arm after all.
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55 minutes ago, jroyales said:
Great little player Else, if he had stayed on he would have been a nuisance all afternoon.
Just wish him all the best and hope for a speedy recovery and a return to full fitness.
I’ve always liked him. I thought he was good at Swinton, he always gave us a hard time.
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3 hours ago, glemiln said:
It looked so innocuous…..around 43mins….. good luck to a quick recovery.
https://www.youtube.com/live/29doCtZJyng?si=n3eUu65QIzx97KshSame when Rangi Chase broke his arm. It looked to be a nothing incident.
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I believe Else has a broken arm. Another key player out along with Ridyard and McNally. If it wasn’t for the bad luck we wouldn’t have any luck at all.
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It looks like Christmas came early this year.
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Good, he was excellent yesterday.
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We beat ourselves really. We had them rocking after an error free start but got dragged into a more attritional sort of game. The twenty minutes before half time killed us. Too many easy penalties and too many wrong choices with the ball, especially the decision not to take the two bang in front of goal. I could have back heeled that one over. I don’t think we “ got to the kick , once in that period. The game was going to be hard to pull back from the half time score.
What was encouraging was the way we stuck at it and came back in the second half. We deserved a draw I thought but you don’t always get what you deserve. We played some good rugby with the ball in hand. The length of the field try was worth the price of admission alone.
I thought we missed the experience of Ridyard and McNally. If Ridyard had have been playing he would have kicked that goal at the end, it was a relatively easy kick for a right footer. -
10 hours ago, Anita Bath said:
All five motions passed so all systems go for the US ownership.
Bully boy Gauge threatened to call off Saturdays Dale game if the motions werent passed. Went on to insult shareholders who voted against motions.
He is a lovely lad…for a southener.
Gauge - Hero to Zero in no time at all. At least the scales have fallen from some of the Dale fans eyes now. The snidey way he treated Hornets told me all I needed to know about his character.
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2 hours ago, shrewsbury roughyed said:
Oldham’s worst start to a game (ie 30 plus minutes) for a long time. In danger of believing our own publicity? Basic skills very poor. Catching and passing dreadful. Panic in attack. Senior players Poe performance. Sean Long’s first real test as Roughyeds’ coach. Needed that score just before HT. Swinton just patient (mostly) and doing the job. I still think Oldham will win though.
I thought the ref looked about 10 at the start- he’s been outstanding so far though.
The ref was the best “player “ on the pitch. The game was a bit turgid, lots of basic errors, neither team really got going for any length of time.
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I’m really pleased Wigan won, it’s great for British Rugby League, but that “ try “ was never a try. The ball never touched the line. In my opinion of course. I also thought there was a forward pass in one of the earlier tries but it was only a little one and you see those all the time. Shame about the French ‘“ try “ it would have been a worthy match winner.
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1 hour ago, Athleticgrounds said:
Ironically...it seems back on keel once again
I’ll reserve judgement.
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There’s a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth over on the football site. It appears that the new chairman isn’t the Messiah most of them thought he was after all. When I used to go on their site I said there was something about the guy that just didn’t ring true to me. This was when he first got involved with the football club. It was obvious that the relationship with Hornets, that had finally got onto an even keel after years of animosity, wasn’t to his liking and he was going to do something about it.
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3 hours ago, HornetsGrey said:
So you had problems for 6 years - long before the current Dale Board. We need to move on and I am pleased that Hornets issued the statement they did on 1st August. It must have stuck in the throat for some. Can we not get behind both teams and start to attract new fans. The way things stand I don't think either club will exist in 5 years time, but hope I am wrong. The Dale Board told fans last night that they were close to selling the club to an Amercian consortium a few months ago but it fell through. That would have allowed new investment - for all I know that deal might have included the acquisition of Hornets. They continue to search - but with the electricity and gas costs for Spotland now a quarter of a million pounds, no real contribution from hornets and the dale fan base declining, they need to find somebody as income is declining rapidly. We need to take the blinkers off and get behind both clubs.
Actions speak a lot louder than words. Re-instate the Hornets office facilities and the club shop, Replace the trophies in the cabinet and the signage outside the stadium.
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12 hours ago, HornetsGrey said:
But he has facilitated the pitch ownership grant application through the Dale Trust to allow Hornets and Dale to remain at Spotland forever. We have to stop the bitterness and work together to preserve whats left of professional sport in the town. If he had the agenda you suggest (but have no evidence to support your view) then why would he be trying to preserve the pitch from future rogue owners so that both clubs can play on it in perpetuity. You and Anita Bath are part of the problem and not the solution - we need to move on and work together or we are all going to need to go to Mayfield at weekends because we won't have professional clubs to support. Sorry if that hurts.
The evidence is staring you in the face matey. Open your eyes. We must be the only club in the world that can’t charge for car parking. We’ve been moved out of the club shop. Then we got moved out of the club office. Then the trophy cabinet vanished. Then we end up sat in one eighth of the ground. Then the Hornets signage vanished from outside the ground. All peevish, spiteful moves guaranteed to make life much more difficult for Hornets.
Is that evidence enough for you ?
It reminds me of the old photos of Stalin and the Politburo - one by one the other members were purged and then airbrushed out of existence.
That’s before I get to the disgrace that was the Fiji match having to be moved to Salford because the football club priced us out of being able to hold it at the Crown Oil Arena. Talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face !Every move the new football club board has made has been designed to drive Hornets out of the ground. If they’d have spent one tenth of the effort they’ve used up in trying to remove Hornets on the football team they might still have League status.
I used to watch both clubs, ran on the pitch to slap big Reg on the back after the Southend game, went to Wembley for the play off game etc. I would still go to most important games until recently. I’ll never set foot in the ground for a football match as long as this board are running the show. Fortunately the way that things appear to be going I may not have to wait long. People are finally beginning to see Gauge in his true colours. I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him. Anybody in any doubt - just look how he’s behaved regarding Hornets.The only thing Gauge and his gang will be remembered for will be ruining both clubs. Some achievement !
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The Fiji debacle told me all I needed to know about Gauge and his cronies. The guy’s a “ wrong ‘un “ - remember who told you first.
It’s as plain as the nose on your face that he wanted Hornets out as soon as he set foot in the football club boardroom. He couldn’t do it by fair means as we had a lease on the ground so he decided that foul means would have to do. The old “ Rachmanite “ tactics. Everything he’s done has been to the detriment of Hornets. Things only changed slightly when he got the hard word from the council.
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On 28/07/2023 at 18:21, HornetsGrey said:
They have already sunk £250,000 of their own money in to rescue the club and ground from the unscrupulous bid from a firm that has now gone under. So I think that is more than charitable to be honest. To expect them to put another similar amount in is unreasonable. Unlike Mazey who owns Hornets, these two do not own Dale. I know there are only half a dozen regular posters on here nowadays, but some of the comments are just unfair and are bitter. I just pray we have two clubs in 5 years time. Here's to a good result on Sunday
You’re welcome to Gauge and Knight. They’re now doing to the football club what they have already done to Hornets. Wrecking two clubs in such a short space of time takes some doing. They’re the sort of people that know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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I think the scales are beginning to fall from some of their supporters eyes. The new set of “ Saviours “ aren’t all they are cracked up to be.
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Just in time for me to get back from Spain ! It’s why I buy a season ticket - so I can miss half of the games. It been raining most of the time here. That’ll cheer Hornets fans up.
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6 hours ago, Anita Bath said:
Incidentally there is someone posts on that board under name tyrone shoelaces. I know you are a very longstanding hornets fan and poster on this site. I dont know if you are also the poster on the Dale site, or someone has taken your name.
He’s taken my name - I was using it well before him. I took it from “ Cheech And Chong “. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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10 hours ago, Anita Bath said:
rumours of possible administration next week for Dale on Dale fan forum.
Which forum ?
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On 05/05/2023 at 04:57, Anita Bath said:
season restarts after some folks will have found something else to do on Sundays.
Crusaders winless so an opportunity to get another W.
That’s been a problem with our enforced breaks every summer for pitch maintenance. “ Some folks find something else to do “ and don’t come back. 15 or 20 adds up over 10 to 15 years.
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Over the years I’ve probably been to watch the football club as much as I have Hornets. Certainly in my youth it was Spotland on Saturday and the Athletic Grounds on Sunday for years. As time went by I was an infrequent visitor to the football but I still turned up to give them my support in the big games each season - went to Wembley for the play off etc. However the way the football club has treated Hornets over the last couple of seasons has turned me off them completely. They’ll never get another penny out of me and my nearest and dearest. So if they’re looking for sympathy they’re looking in the wrong direction.
The only thing that concerns me about them dropping out of the football league is how it will affect Hornets. Their attitude since the new board took over at the football club as been been abysmal. We are treated like ###### on the bottom of their shoe. The removal of Gauge and co and the appointment of a new board can only be an improvement in my opinion. You’ve got to be seriously dumb to ###### up two teams.
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I see Chris Dunphy has put in a bid to take over at the football club. We might get better treatment from him. Let’s face it - it couldn’t possibly be worse.
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Well, I thought the guy who he “ challenged “ in mid kick made a bit of a meal of it to be honest. However as I said earlier everybody knows you can’t go near the kicker these days so he only had himself to blame for getting the yellow card. There was too much going on and too many people running in at the resulting melee fr me to pick anyone out as an offender. I missed the incident that resulted in the second yellow card but the referee indicated a swing arm/fist. The guy didn’t help himself.
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You need changes in the boardroom if the football club is ever to move forward. Otherwise it’s just money down the drain. But I suppose you already know that after the success story of the last three seasons.