Dale run-in will be pressure free
ROCHDALE boss Keith Hill has told his players to enjoy pressure-free football between now and the end of the League One season.
Dale picked up a 3-1 win at Chesterfield on Saturday to remain in contention for a play-off place – they are six points behind sixth-placed Southend with a game in hand.
And ahead of last night’s trip to AFC Wimbledon, Hill said Dale were free of pressure now that their League One status had been secured.
“It gives us 57 points with eight games to go. We are playing out the season, we are not on the beach, but can play free of any pressure,” he said.
“There is no pressure on you have a pitch like ours the first foul. He did over Thomas Stuckmann us, we’re not in a relegation that saturates energy. So I brilliantly to wave play on, in the Chesterfield goal. battle and at Rochdale could understand that but once he’s done that “It’s nice to get to that we are always in a little bit of tiredness in the he’s played on, it was an milestone, it’s been a long relegation battle up to a second half, but I thought infringement, a penalty” road!” he told the club’s certain amount of points. our first half performance “You don’t know what’s official website. “But I
“Once we get those was superb.” going to happen with a want to say thanks to points we’re not and we’re Hill’s men were 3-0 up team that is resigned to Sammy Morgan, who was not now, so we’re playing by the break against the being in the bottom four my first mentor at Norwich quite free. We have a great Spireites and Hill felt they and when they were 3-0 City. He was the Academy attacking intent and I am should have been down at half time they Director there and probably happy going into the final awarded a penalty. came out with a different one of the only people eight games with the “There could and mentality, a fighter’s spirit who ever believed in me. squad of players that I’ve maybe should have been and that was good to see if “The 20-goal mark for the got.” more goals and we had a you’re the home manager. season is a target but it’s not
Joe Bunney was facing a stonewall penalty in the They scored what I considered about me, we have a few late fitness check ahead of second half, I don’t know to be a very good players on double figures. the game against the Dons how the referee ends up goal and they hit the The goals are coming from and Hill said he was still doing what he’s done,” he crossbar. You could argue lots of different players. having to manage the balance said. “He’s made his own it was a game of two “We were hot in the box between keeping consider we drew with rule up there, waved play halves, but it was a game on the day in the first 45 players fit and picking up Millwall in our last game, on but then there was a we deserved to win.” minutes and to go 3-0 up points. that’s seven points from second foul and the Ian Henderson chalked was credit to the boys. We
“We’ve got a little bit of the last three games. second foul was an up 100 career goals with are creating a lot of a fatigue injury with Joe “It’s difficult playing obvious penalty. the opening strike of the chances and converted Bunney,” Hill said after Saturday/Tuesday when “He pulled play back for game, a delicious chip them on the day.”
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“It’s a difficult one to balance, I am trying to balance players’ fitness with getting points and it was important we got points. When you
‘We are not on the beach, but we can play free of any pressure’