glemiln Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 They look delighted to be there - it will be harder still after seasonal indulgences! Some new faces (to me) in the two last groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryBel Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 2 hours ago, glemiln said: They look delighted to be there - it will be harder still after seasonal indulgences! Some new faces (to me) in the two last groups. Some "more" Mayfield players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lad Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 7 hours ago, RoryBel said: Some "more" Mayfield players This year is a rebuilding year, a portion of the squad won't be here in 2021. Remember we were late to sign players because we were finalising the takeover. I just hope that doesn't get used as an excuse if things aren't going well five games down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickhornet Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 The take over saved the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lad Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 56 minutes ago, mickhornet said: The take over saved the club. Yes I agree and I'm 100 % for it. But there were a lot of excuses last year about why we didn't win games, I hope people don't use it as an excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Russell Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 17 minutes ago, The Lad said: Yes I agree and I'm 100 % for it. But there were a lot of excuses last year about why we didn't win games, I hope people don't use it as an excuse. If they are unprepared they will struggle. That's a fact, not an excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lad Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 50 minutes ago, Stu Russell said: If they are unprepared they will struggle. That's a fact, not an excuse. They have had a whole pre-season that was the "issuse" last time, just look on Twitter. But I had a feeling people will use it as an excuse if we don't get off to a good start. We are in a lower league and while the squad may not be as good as last year on paper, we have to be looking at a playoff place or just missing out on one. Or better peroformances he's had pre-season now and picked players he wants admittedly not from a big pool, this is his squad now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Russell Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Better players might have been signed if Andy Mazey had come in with his offer sooner, but to say there has been full preparation with a full squad is not exactly true is it. They will do well to be competitive enough for top three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickhornet Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 I think we will do ok in L1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glemiln Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 On 22/12/2019 at 13:06, The Lad said: this is his squad now. I thought our signings were currently around 13 players - I guess not a few additions (or loanees) before 5 Jan friendly and certainly before the season proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryBel Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Does anyone know if we are still using Mayfield's ground for a few of the home games next season, due to the football resurfacing the pitch? I know there was talk a fre months ago. Not heard anything since ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe 90 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickhornet Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Very sound player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe 90 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Andy Mazey’s Rochdale Hornets vision Matthew Shaw December 27, 2019 December 27, 2019 Having seen the final ratification of the sale being signed and sealed on Monday, former Swinton Lions chairman Andy Mazey is now one of five new owners of Rochdale Hornets. Mazey, along with fellow new directors Tony Sheridan, Richard Heyes, Peter Smith and current club president Paul Ormerod, have taken the Hornets from a fan-owned organisation to a privately owned club. Having previously had unanimous backing for the change in ownership, Monday’s vote was merely a formality, and Mazey, plus the other owners, have already been putting the hard graft in to breath life back into a Hornets side relegated from the Championship in 2019. And it was the future he can envisage that tempted Mazey back into the game, just months after resigning from the board at the Lions. “We’d taken a bit of a leap of faith and have been helping out behind the scenes with building a quad for several weeks now,” said Mazey. “We’ve been working with them in good faith because it was important that we got to Christmas and we weren’t in a bad place with the pre-season games due to start in the New Year. “We weren’t putting ourselves at risk but we were helping out where we could. “It is exciting times. Now that everything has gone through we can start investing more into the club and start executing our plans and vision. “I can see huge potential in the club and I feel that I can do here, what I couldn’t do at Swinton. “I was a club sponsor at Swinton and they were in a serious financial struggle before I picked them up two years ago. They were just a couple of days away from going into administration. “We turned the club around and had a successful couple of years – from being almost relegation certainties and having the lowest budget, we finished ninth in the Championship last season. “We brought in some great young players, had a great set of staff and got the club on a really good footing. “But we felt it just didn’t have the potential. It was not in Swinton and we felt it was going to be difficult to do anymore with them as things stood and it would have been tough to maintain what we were doing. “We had to move it in a different direction and we would have been Manchester Lions in 2020 if we’d have been able to do what we felt we needed to, but the fans didn’t want to go in that direction. “We moved on at that point as we couldn’t do anymore but I saw some real potential in Rochdale as Rochdale. “There is a first-class stadium in the town, first-class training facilities at Hopwood Hall, a player pathway and a great amateur game in the town. So there is a lot of the building blocks here that you would need for a successful club already in place. “It just needs some investment, strong leadership and people who can put all those blocks together to build a strong club. “We are proud of what we did at Swinton, and we did leave them in a good place, but there just wasn’t the potential to keep that going as a Championship club outside of Swinton. “But with Rochdale, the starting position is going to be difficult as we’re in League 1, and it’s going to be a longer-term project, but I genuinely believe that all the potential we need is there. “If we can engage the local community and the young people to get some bums on seats we can really turn this into a powerful club over time.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glemiln Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Joe 90 said: If we can engage the local community and the young people to get some bums on seats we can really turn this into a powerful club over time.” Let’s hope the ambition is realised....season 2020 will be a stern test for the new squad, particularly against the seasoned clubs in League 1, but confident of the ”team” giving us a happy new year....starting with a good performance v Widnes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lad Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 27/12/2019 at 15:15, glemiln said: Let’s hope the ambition is realised....season 2020 will be a stern test for the new squad, particularly against the seasoned clubs in League 1, but confident of the ”team” giving us a happy new year....starting with a good performance v Widnes. I think the friendlies are a good chance to see where we are, widnes maybe a blowout but swinton and oldham are realistic wins. For me I would settle for a loss against swinton and oldham depending on the score and performance. Friendlies are more about the performance rather than the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Russell Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I am under no illusions, they are going to be taught a lesson by three established teams. It will be a test of damage limitation and not letting their heads go down. If they can get through that and somehow gel as a team themselves, then there will be hope of a successful beginning to the league campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glemiln Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 https://t.co/ysSqQlEJrd Three more young recruits, all ex Hopwood Hall, building for the future.....it’s certainly going to be an interesting ride this coming season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryBel Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 3 hours ago, glemiln said: https://t.co/ysSqQlEJrd Three more young recruits, all ex Hopwood Hall, building for the future.....it’s certainly going to be an interesting ride this coming season. Another two Mayfield players I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyfield Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 11 hours ago, RoryBel said: Another two Mayfield players I believe. All three have played for Mayfield previously, only two last season however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excolt 1 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I have seen the Widnes 20 man squad and it has no first teamers. If you can get a bet on a friendly it I'll be closer than some think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glemiln Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 40 minutes ago, Excolt 1 said: have seen the Widnes 20 man squad and it has no first teamers. Three may feel more at home at Hornets - potential dual-reg? At least 7 of Widnes’ nominated 25 first team squad taking part including 2 recent signings A good performance by Hornets (to push last season’s results further back in memory) would be a great fillip for fans & future. Dec Baker Ollie Brookes Jordan Brown Owen Buckley Brad Calland Jordan Case (trialist) Liam Cooper Connor Dwyer Jacob Dugdale Joe Edge Sean Findlow Billy Glover Jayden Hatton Lewis Hulme (trialist) Calum O’Neill James Rutledge Reece Storey Josh Wilde Connor Williams (trialist) Callum Wood (trialist) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe 90 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glemiln Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Some interesting names to learn/abbreviate in the squad/trialist update: Munyaradzi Sumanyanga; Guilherme De Sousa; Padraig Anglin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryBel Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 4 hours ago, glemiln said: Some interesting names to learn/abbreviate in the squad/trialist update: Munyaradzi Sumanyanga; Guilherme De Sousa; Padraig Anglin Munya, Big G and Patrick ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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