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- Simon Head: Welcome to Jill's 365 Voice Notes. Please leave your message after the tone. 6.05am Saturday morning. Just got in the car with Ava. About to drive over to get on the coach for today's long-away trip. When are they not? Rochdale is the destination today. Looking forward to this one. Football, fingers crossed, we'll be good. But of course, we also have the added bonus. Of the famous Wilburt Street Fish and Chip Shop. So looking forward to that as well. Yeah, feeling confident in terms of the team. Hopefully we get to see at least one of Zekobiro and Eli King in the matchday squad in some form. I think the only other question mark probably surrounds Robbie Mackenzie's fitness, but that's for later on. I'm gonna get on the bus, have something to eat, have a coffee, and then go to sleep. Just walking down to ⁓ get on the supporters coach for the long away trip to Rochdale today. Well Chesterfield decent away point that for me, ⁓ quite dreadful first half performance. but we recovered second half. and showed a lot of resilience in ⁓ getting the drawer under a lot of pressure last 10-15 minutes and showed a kind of grit and determination ⁓ which is encouraging to see and is something that we probably wouldn't have seen last year and I think last season we would have ⁓ lost that game in the closing stages. As for today, Rochdale newly promoted, got a win last time out against Shrewsbury. But what I would say there is I think Shrovey might be one of the sides who are going to struggle this season. I think today represents a decent chance to get our first win of the season. Don't think it'd be easy. It'd be very interesting to see whether any of the three most recent transfer window signings play. For some strange reason, I'm quite encouraged by today. And I will go for a 2-1 Jills win. Morning, it's six forty-nine. Just waiting for the supporters coach to hopefully collect me from the right position. yeah, quite quite optimistic today. I've got two one in my veins, I can feel it. yeah, I think I think we're gonna get our first three points of the season today. ⁓ it's gonna be a long journey, a long trip up. I'm back, but Hey, this is the things we've got to do if we want to tick off the ground in the 92 and also get behind the team and hopefully see our first win in season. so yeah, cautious cautiously optimistic and I'm not expecting too much change in terms of team. I'll be honest, I think any new signs will be on the bench, but the only one I could see potentially coming in is the is the new signer from Middlesbrough. Maybe Dobbs dropping out. ⁓ Nothing that Dobbs has done wrong. I just think it's a lad who's who's come to play football and therefore I fully expect him to be starting. ⁓ and also I think Logan Dobbs, no harm in him having that sit out just keep him on his toes, etc., and not think he's made it in the first team. Anyway, let's hope for a Wednesday up the up the duels. Well we're here at Rochdale and Team News is in. Quite an interesting team. Quite bold, quite attacking. Lots of pressure on Harry Ward opposition the centre as our more only one real defensive midfielder. But yeah, bold I think we're gonna go for this game and I like it. Gao deciders get the three points and excited to see what how how we line up and what what ⁓ Aviro brings to the team. yeah, looking good. Inside the Crown Oil Arena now, Team News is in. Yeah, and you can't accuse Gareth Ainsworth of not going for this. Yeah, there's a couple of changes from Tuesday. Lamin Silla drops to the bench and is replaced in attack by Will Goodwin in a like for like change. But yeah, attacking movement in the middle of the park, Robbie McKenzie drops to the bench and Zekabiro comes in for a debut. So could be a big afternoon for Harry Waldock. But in terms of us, looks like we're definitely going to be trying on the get on the front foot. ⁓ yeah, about hour to kick off looking forward to this one fingers crossed we can get that first three points of the season So Jill's up at Spotland today as we take on the Dale, who have been absent from the EFL for three years. And ⁓ it's nice to have them back in the EFL, I've got to say, because ⁓ no EFL lineup is ever complete without ⁓ Roxdower being in there, and ⁓ it's just great to see them back actually for what it's worth. And yeah, and and also the fact we tend to do quite well up there. So ⁓ hopefully we can continue that today. ⁓ we obviously had ⁓ two sign-ins during the game at Chessville with Drew White All. Obviously, King coming in, and ⁓ of course starting today we have Have ⁓ a Bureau on loan from Leighton Orient. So ⁓ it seems like the bench has a little bit of depth ⁓ now. We've got ⁓ Silla, McCleary, ⁓ Kendall on there, King is also on there. So you know it's it's I know we've got a few players out, but it's slowly, I mean, and really is slowly sort of coming together a little bit. But i it it's all it's all words until we get three points on the board. And do you know what I think that's gonna happen today? I j I is this the day? Three nil jills. You heard it here first. I pray for the day that we can actually play a team with some pace in it. It's a decent team, but there's not an ounce of pace in that team. Arrived at the Crown Oil Arena and currently watching the teams warm-up before this afternoon's game. A couple of changes to our starting 11, probably not unexpected. ⁓ Silla is out to the pace with Goodwin. And McKenzie, who as we know is carrying a leg injury, is also out. And the ⁓ new guy from Orient Oviedo ⁓ comes in for him. It's gonna be interesting to see how we line up, ⁓ whether it's a straight swap in ⁓ midfield or whether there's a little bit of moving around of personnel. for some strange reason I'm fairly confident we're gonna win. I don't know why, but ⁓ I think it's gonna be 2-1 to us but again it's an away game long distance travelled and an away point as ever is not a bad point to pick up 25 minutes in, and not a lot happened in the way of Dole Mouth action in this one. But the only thing to happen of note is we've had to make two in false changes already. Not sure what's happened to Will Goodwin, but he lasted less than 10 minutes. And at the same time, new boy at Zekabiro was stretchered off eventually with what looks like a fairly severe hamstring injury. Yeah, was tracking back, got himself between the Rochdale player and the ball. There was a bit of a nudge, and from there he got a bit of a push, and something's obviously gone. Be surprised if it's just a short-term one. How many black cats have we run over? Need some support though, unless he can get past his man Taylor. I don't think that's going to happen here. Well, it's got the Brofy. That's really well done by ⁓ Freeman Brofie takes the shot towards go! And he finds a top corner. This guy's busted! What an absolute belcher of a finish! And great work down that right-hand side by Freeman as well. Wow, what a goal! Why Brofie there? air quality, unbelievable. Get in the Jills. Come on. And that is why we brought James Brosby to the football club. That is absolutely Absolutely first class. Ball out of his feet, onto his left foot, and he's whipped an effort into the far corner. Julingham in front, do we deserve it? Maybe not, but we lead. Well, I'm certainly gonna take that half time from kind of another injury despair moment to pure joy when Roughest rifle that ball into that top corner. I just can't believe our luck with injuries though Virio, I mean minor nudge and it it kind of gets his studs caught a bit in the turf, he pulls the hamstring and then he stretched it off. ⁓ just feel thrust. I personally thought there should have been a foul on ⁓ Dobbs just before the ball drops and Alvira has pulled his hamstring, but the referee didn't give it. Hopefully the Goodwin thin is more of a precaution. See walked off kind of okay, but he did go straight down the tunnel. ⁓ yeah, just can't believe our luck the moment. But yeah, let's see the positives. we had a bit of a wobble, but we've grown into the game. Great finish by Profi. and we won a luck. ⁓ that's the positive. And I I I think just watched our team a bit rocky at the back. We just see it's a click for us. ⁓ I think there's gonna be some more opportunities for us in this second half and we're looking pretty solid at the back and I've gotta say ⁓ Ollie Wright I've never known a goalkeeper just to make me feel safe and that's exactly what he does. He makes me feel safe. more so than Morris Turner or anyone I've had in recent years, he just just looks solid and reliable when you every time the ball goes to the box you think Ollie Wright's gonna mop up. So yeah. Up the jewels and ⁓ let's hope we continue in the same paint, second half. Halftime here at Scotland, 1-0 to the Jills, and what a tremendous goal it was. Blofi cutting in and unleashing an absolutely unstoppable left foot drive into the net. Two players off, ⁓ goodwin walked off. Not sure what's gone on there, but far more concern is the ⁓ new left. ⁓ from Organ Obiero went down, ⁓ looks like a really bad hamstring injury, was stretched it off. You know, people will say, you know, is it us, is it is it training methods, tactics, whatever. It's pure bad luck. Obiero was given a shove, stretched his leg out, done his hamstring. You know, you can't legislate for in-game injuries like this. And that's really taken a bit of the gloss off, which I thought I thought was actually a pretty impressive first half. You know, Rochstadt had their moments, what they will do because they're the home side. Did they really test right in our goal? I don't think they did. We look dangerous on the counter. We've actually got a little bit of pace and mobility to turn them and I remain confident that we will win this game. He plays a percentage getting the ball back into the box. Someone gonna head this towards goal with bouncing around. Yes and there it is and is it Beckles who does get the goal in the end. Ha ha ha Rochdale just didn't clear their lines. They were really poor in defense there. Beckles has a second bite of the cherry and gets a mouthful of it. Recycle this from deep with ⁓ Mackenzie standing in the centre circle. He's gonna pass to King instead. He's gonna switch it over to left hand side. It's not a bad ball that heading to the box. Give it chance for Silla! And it's in the back of that next! And Jills have got themselves a third! That is brilliant football! And you've gotta say Eli King with the ball into the box there, headed back over as well. For Sinner to get on the end of. I think it was deflected in off of the defender. Just on the left hand side of Bropey running to a gap there. He's got a chance here. He's gonna get the shot while you the frost. ⁓ he's run through everyone! Go on! Bleed in the net! What a go! What an absolute beauty of a go! He's run through half of Rochdale! And he's managed to find the back of the net. Get his second goal of the game! ⁓ my god! If they had a speaker, the shorts have come down, everything's going on. ⁓ my god. I think I've just seen the best gym goal I've ever seen. Profi, are you Lionel Messi in disguise? ⁓ my god. In all my years of watching the Jills, I can confidently say that is the best goal I've ever seen live. Absolutely fantastic, James Profi. Stop the press. That is Jill's goal of the season there and then James Brothy has beaten four or five men from the left hand side. He's ran fully 30 yards and slipped it past the keeper. Jill's four rots down nil. Back on the supporters coach now. Everyone really in a very buoyant mood after a rampant Jill's 4-1 win. I repeat, a 4-1 win. That means that we have scored four goals in a single game. Two of which were quite spectacular and it's just an amazing performance. Completely dominant on the front foot, great attacking play, and to be honest, there's a huge golfing class between the two sides and that is probably one of the best Jills away performances I've seen in many, many years. And if we can replicate that on a regular basis, we're gonna have a very good season. Wow. Pinch me. ⁓ was quite unbelievable. I thought we wins though. Wow, wow, wow. ⁓ did not expect that. Rochdown had a big big trouble because they capitulated, but we were dominant that second half. Once we got that that goal, we just pushed on and yeah, great to see some confidence come into the team. I thought Silla played well, he grew into the game. Robbie had his best forty five minutes of the whole season when he came on at half time, I thought, back to his best in midfield when he does play well in midfield for me. yeah, just great. I did there weren't many there weren't many below eight out of ten performances in that second half. And ⁓ Nick Freeman was great. I thought Nick Freeman had a cracking game at right wing back. He's had a has a bit of stick, but I thought he had a great game. But it's all about James Profi. I mean, the first goal was Beautiful. But that second goal. I mean, I can't believe it. I I think I look we were looking around, everyone was just in shock. It was as though Lionel Wesley had scored for Jindon. Unbelievable. easily the best goals in live. The best Jill's goal before that was probably the Hesson Tyler from halfway against Coventry all this year's go. Unbelievable. A fantastic result. Well done, Gareth. First underboys. yeah, brilliant. Those that journey home's gonna be a sweet one. This ⁓ s this evening and will fly by now. Who needs pace, When you got James Brophy in your team, he looked absolutely mustard. What a signing for us. And imagine when we get Dak back from injury, having King Dak and him. We've signed some decent midfielders. We've got a decent set of midfielders in that squad. We just need to get them all fit. Obviously, more injuries today. That is not ideal at all. But what a fantastic win. What an emphatic win that was. It was unbelievable. And you just think both teams have massive injury problems going into this. And then going. Going into it fifteen minutes into the game and you get two more injuries and you think it's just the same old cycle and you think you're gonna be clinging on for some points ⁓ at the end of this one, being away from home. And you know, actually after fifteen minutes, if you said to me you can get a point from this game, I'd have taken it. But what you need to account for now is when you've got the quality of Brofi and and Eli King, anything can happen. They can really be creative and put some stuff together to just get you some goals and some attacking prowess. And that was really on display today. And I've gotta say, Brovie, what a player he is. He is absolutely brilliant. My man in the match today, of course, but you know, there's so many more honourable mentions of ⁓ King obviously as well, and ⁓ Dobbs in defence, Beckles, ⁓ just and ⁓ Nick Freeman on the right. I mean you can list list goes on, even the youngsters, Waldock, brilliant. Like it just goes on. And and and the fact that we've got players that will come back as well to make this squad and this team stronger. I know Rosdale weren't brilliant and it's a bad day of the office for them, absolutely. But that will really breed some confidence into our next ⁓ into our next game and hopefully we can grow in ⁓ grow from this and who knows, we actually might have a good autumn period rather than what we've had in previous seasons. But I'm living on the high of this weekend 'cause that four one victory was absolutely brilliant.