The second of three consecutive home games sees Rochdale visit Roots Hall, and it gives us a chance to again test ourselves against play off contenders after the 3-1 victory against Halifax on Tuesday night.
Rochdale currently sit in 8th place, just outside the play-offs, and just a point ahead of us - although they’ve played 4 games fewer than us. If they won all their games in hand then they would be level on points with 4th place Oldham.
Their recent run of results is not that great, they lost on penalties to Wolves under-21s on Tuesday after a 2-2 draw in normal time in the pointless National League Cup, drew 0-0 in the National League with bottom placed Ebbsfleet last Saturday and lost 1-0 at home to Oldham the previous Tuesday. They have, however, (unlike us) progressed in the FA Trophy after beating Worthing in the previous round. They’re just below us in the form table.
Central Defender Jimmy McNulty, now 39, is their head coach after he was given a permanent contract as gaffer in May 2023 following a couple of spells as interim manager. He played 8 games for them last term but hasn’t featured as a player this season yet. They don’t appear to have any players in their squad at the moment with links to our club.
After the win on Tuesday night it would seem doubtful that Kev would tinker with the starting XI unless there are injuries that we don’t know about. Now that Nathan Harness has returned to MK Dons at the end of his loan, it remains to be seen if another ‘keeper will be brought in on loan to challenge Nick Hayes or if our Finnish International goalkeeping coach will continue to warm the bench and provide cover for now.
So who would you choose to start against The Dale, who will hopefully turn up with a better away kit option than Halifax, and what do you predict the result will be?
Rochdale currently sit in 8th place, just outside the play-offs, and just a point ahead of us - although they’ve played 4 games fewer than us. If they won all their games in hand then they would be level on points with 4th place Oldham.
Their recent run of results is not that great, they lost on penalties to Wolves under-21s on Tuesday after a 2-2 draw in normal time in the pointless National League Cup, drew 0-0 in the National League with bottom placed Ebbsfleet last Saturday and lost 1-0 at home to Oldham the previous Tuesday. They have, however, (unlike us) progressed in the FA Trophy after beating Worthing in the previous round. They’re just below us in the form table.
Central Defender Jimmy McNulty, now 39, is their head coach after he was given a permanent contract as gaffer in May 2023 following a couple of spells as interim manager. He played 8 games for them last term but hasn’t featured as a player this season yet. They don’t appear to have any players in their squad at the moment with links to our club.
After the win on Tuesday night it would seem doubtful that Kev would tinker with the starting XI unless there are injuries that we don’t know about. Now that Nathan Harness has returned to MK Dons at the end of his loan, it remains to be seen if another ‘keeper will be brought in on loan to challenge Nick Hayes or if our Finnish International goalkeeping coach will continue to warm the bench and provide cover for now.
So who would you choose to start against The Dale, who will hopefully turn up with a better away kit option than Halifax, and what do you predict the result will be?
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