It's not just the pitch that they should be embarrassed about. If there was any doubt about the game being on yesterday, which there clearly was, this should have been communicated much earlier.
I understand there can be sudden downpours that can put games at risk - no-one can control that. Had Banbury been called off the other year after that sudden storm an hour before kick-off, no-one would've blamed Banbury.
But what happened yesterday is unacceptable and the National League really need to get on top of it. They won't, of course, because they absolutely useless.
As of 3.30pm today, and according to the Rochdale Forum, there has been no further communication posted by Rochdale since last night's postponement was announced. Rochdale have a Fans Forum planned for tomorrow night, but some of their supporters are now wondering if it will even still go ahead. They want to confront whoever turns up from the Club about last night's debacle and are concerned what might happen next week when they have the rearranged local derby v. Oldham Athletic.
In the meantime, another post by a contributor sums up the feelings of a couple of Rochdale supporters I was talking to last night.
"Well, it didn’t take long for the 'feel good factor' generated on Saturday's win over Yeovil to be smashed did it?
Someone remarked elsewhere on the notable absence of directors and/or senior management in public areas after the announcement of the postponement.
I’d like to think that this was because they were all on some sort of conference call with the Ogden family.
There are two obvious issues emerging from this debacle:-
The first is the pitch, a topic explored extensively elsewhere.
The second is the total mishandling of the situation yesterday starting with misleading social announcements in the afternoon.
I was ready for calling for someone to fall on their sword last night but in the cold grey light of morning all I want is a thorough investigation and some sort of coherent explanation and an assurance that a repeat could never reoccur.
I don’t who I feel sorry for most:-
The Boston players, officials and supporters?
The Dale players and BJ and his staff who have had to frantically rearrange and replan?
The commercial staff who had the embarrassing job of explaining the mess to sponsors and people in hospitality?
All those fans who had set off or had actually even arrived at the ground?
Those casual matchday staff who were sent home without an expected wage?
Something is not right and I’m beginning to subscribe to the theory that some of the board are simply incapable of managing a penny raffle.
I include the chairman in this along with a survivor from the Bottomley era who somehow clings on plus the Trust rep. The latter is a lovely bloke but seems to suffering from the most obvious case of Stockholm Syndrome that I’ve ever seen.
Nothing posted on X either for 15 hours. There should be a fulsome apology and detailed explanation this morning surely?"
