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Because I think clubs at a given level should broadly be able to cope with supporter demand at that level. For example, Sutton are only permitting 450 away supporters this season, and you can't tell me that only three or four clubs in the division could sell that number of tickets. Why not go...

This is not particularly a dig at Barrow, but clubs at this level should not be giving sub-1,000 allocations to visiting teams in my opinion. I think they should be obliged to either allocate a greater percentage of the existing capacity, or improve their ground to make it possible without...

We have sold over 7,500 tickets for Saturday, so heading towards a 10k gate. It seems there might be a bigger than average following from FGR as well.

We had very poor attacking options at the beginning of the season. We were relying on two inexperienced strikers (Glatzel and Nevitt), neither of whom looked like being prolific at that stage. However, as the season has progressed they have both improved and Glatzel was scoring regularly before...

I think both with and without the ball, we are a lot better to watch than some above are suggesting. It was a superb away performance today I thought. We strangled the life out of Crawley, but played some decent stuff ourselves, particularly when Spearing got on the ball. The victory should...

A couple of crackers from John Yems in his pre-match interview. 'We can't afford the fruit and veg market, let alone the loan market.' 'Tom Nicholls has had more positions than Mary Millington.' :lol:

I think we were the first club to really give him an opportunity. He was always an honest, hard working player for us and I have watched his career with interest. Les Parry was a very limited manager but he did spot potential in Akins.

The Scouse derby actually has not been remotely friendly for about thirty years now. There is a lot of animosity, particularly from the Everton side.

This just demonstrates that possession stats and XG (whatever that is) do not give a true impression of a match. Rochdale had lots of the ball in the middle third of the pitch, and played nice patterns, but never looked like getting back into the game. We only actually conceded two genuine...

If points were awarded for artistic impression Rochdale definitely would have got something today, as they knocked the ball around very nicely at times. However, our defending was also a sight to behold and we are ridiculously stubborn if we take an early lead. We were quite sloppy on the ball...

619 Rochdale fans in a crowd of 7,046 at Prenton Park.

Ryan Watson is a strange one. He was one of our marquee signings in the summer and one of our highest earners, but has offered nothing really. He came with a reputation as a goalscorer midfielder but never broke into the box, albeit he was played quite deep at times, and did not seem to have any...

Fortunately, only the Hemmings rumour was true ! Great signing that.

The 'outnumbering the home fans' experience took me back to our non-league days. As did the couple of portaloos behind the away end, and the two mile walk back to the car at the end of the game.

A real battle tonight against Salford in pretty dire conditions, with not much football played by either side. You can see why they have a decent defensive record, but they offered very little in the attacking third, so it is slightly frustrating that we gifted them their goal through a...

We have apparently made bids for Kane Hemmings and / or Armand Gnanduillet, depending on who (if anybody) you believe. I would be happy with either, particularly Hemmings.

I just think Oldham looked far more dangerous on the three occasions we played them, and should have beaten us a few weeks ago. Barrow played better football than Scunthorpe, and had one or two players like Gotts who you were frightened of when they got on the ball. However, I never felt we...

I actually thought Scunthorpe were the poorest of the struggling teams we have played this season. Not because of lack of effort, but lack of quality at both ends of the pitch. They were really toothless up front and really open defensively when they were chasing the game. We are starting to...

273 Scunthorpe fans in a crowd of 6,056 at Prenton Park. Not bad all round considering the Covid disruption.

I thought Swindon did well tonight, and without Garner's suicidal tactics the scoreline would have been closer. McKirdy had a good game and the right back looked decent as well.