City vs Dale - 10th Jan

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Just the one fixture in L2 tomorrow - our game in hand.

Must win - simple as that. Given Dale’s lowly position and current form, there can’t be any excuses.

Wright has gone back to Villa, so it’ll be interesting to see which formation Hughes goes with.

GK: Harry Lewis

RB: Brad Halliday
CB: Matty Platt
CB: Romoney Critchlow
LB: Matty Foulds

CM: Ritchie Smallwood
CM: Alex Gilliead

RW: Abo Eisa
CAM: Jamie Walker
LW: Harry Chapman

ST: Vadaine Oliver/Andy Cook

3-1 City

A win puts us into 4th, 4 points behind Northampton with a game in hand on them.
 

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It’s strange as we’ve played half our games but are yet to play the bottom 2, I just hope there’s no banana skin’s around.
 

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1-0 HT, fairly comfortable, pitch passed a very late inspection but it’s not helping either team.
 

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Cheating ref denies us a blatant penalty then awards Dale one 2 minutes later
 

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Ebanks-Lendell takes out Eisa in the box, no penalty, Rochdale go up the other end are given the softest penalty you’ll ever see, the amount of times this has happened this season is unbelievable.
 

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Any time someone is potentially moving close to the top three they always slip up.
 

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Losing now in text book City fashion, competent referee and we’re potentially 2-0 up with the penalty and it’s game over. Standard for us.
 

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Absolute nobs.
 

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I've just seen who the ref is at the Bradford game tonight !! He did our game Wimbledon v Grimsby in December!! He was shocking. He gave Grimsby a penalty when the Grimsby player threw himself to the floor and sent off our player that was subsequently rescinded. Even the most ardent Grimsby supporter would say it wasn't a pen. I don't know what he's been like tonight but I don't want to see him at plough lane again.. He should be demoted to Sunday league football.
 

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I've just seen who the ref is at the Bradford game tonight !! He did our game Wimbledon v Grimsby in December!! He was shocking. He gave Grimsby a penalty when the Grimsby player threw himself to the floor and sent off our player that was subsequently rescinded. Even the most ardent Grimsby supporter would say it wasn't a pen. I don't know what he's been like tonight but I don't want to see him at plough lane again.. He should be demoted to Sunday league football.
It was us not Grimsby. Let it go luv.
 

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It’s like no one wants to trouble the top 3.

All of us in the chasing pack… absolutely shite.

3 points between 4th and 12th. Ridiculous.
 

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That is the most corrupt refereeing performance I’ve seen in 25 years watching the game.
Appalling I agree but I think it's just widespread gross incompetence...

Apart from that, did your players mistake this game for a Papa John like the rest this evening...?
 

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I've just seen who the ref is at the Bradford game tonight !! He did our game Wimbledon v Grimsby in December!! He was shocking. He gave Grimsby a penalty when the Grimsby player threw himself to the floor and sent off our player that was subsequently rescinded. Even the most ardent Grimsby supporter would say it wasn't a pen. I don't know what he's been like tonight but I don't want to see him at plough lane again.. He should be demoted to Sunday league football.
Think you’re confused…
 

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Appalling I agree but I think it's just widespread gross incompetence...

Apart from that, did your players mistake this game for a Papa John like the rest this evening...?

We’re renowned for losing these type of games - we always do!

I’ve said it before about this squad of players; I genuinely believe that they think they’re better than what they are, collectively. Their mindset/approach is all too similar - complacent - thinking they just need to make an appearance to win.

It’s tiresome.
 

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Presume they get marked by assessors and the like but don’t know if they can get sacked as such or just told they got it wrong ?
I've seen him in action mate !! He's diabolical. There seems to be no accountability for them though .
 

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That is the most corrupt refereeing performance I’ve seen in 25 years watching the game.
At least someone agrees with me, he was abysmal. Gave everything to Bradford but the two big decisions. Couldn’t see the Bradford penalty shout from our end, but didn’t think ours was a penalty. Says it all that both sets of fans were regularly booing the ref. Penalty incidents aside, we put in a really good shift tonight, lots of fight and desire for once, more of the same please!
 

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Presume they get marked by assessors and the like but don’t know if they can get sacked as such or just told they got it wrong ?
I think the use of VAR higher up has sucked a ton of officials up there, so those who would normally be officiating NLN/NLS (or lower) are up here now.
 

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Looking at the flash score it seems odd as to why it was left that late to bring Cook on.
 

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Appalling I agree but I think it's just widespread gross incompetence...

Apart from that, did your players mistake this game for a Papa John like the rest this evening...?

Corrupt ref or not, we were very poor tonight. We have some decent players technically, but a lot of bottlers when it comes to a scrap.

Poor league, no idea how we are still 5th. Wrexham, Chesterfield and Notts Co, whoever comes up will piss this league next year

I hate Steve Evans with a passion, but he would have us winning this league. He was favourite for the job before Hughes applied
 

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