No ripple effect will derail Dale
KEITH Hill will not let the ‘negative ripple’ of Keith Keane’s dimissal at Portsmouth sidetrack Rochdale’s start to the 2017/18 season.
Keane was sent off just 20 minutes into the new campaign at Portsouth on Saturday where 10-man Dale were eventually beaten 2-0.
Hill said the dismissal had a clear impact on the outcome on the game and would impact his team selection for last night’s Carabao Cup first round game at Mansfield, with Keith Keane made a terrible and I’ve said that to the four minutes of added retained the ball. The Keane serving his onematch decision and it has players,” said the Dale time, then I was really only thing I’m really disappointed suspension. made an impact on the chief. pleased with the majority with is defensive
“I don’t subscribe to the result. “I’ve told them that of the performance. I see responsibilities individually, notion we were always up “It also has an impact they’ve got to do everything plenty of encouragement but we’ve had against it coming to Portsmouth, for Tuesday’s game at possible to win, and in the performance. this now for probably that’s just the sideshows. Mansfield. But these negative the manner in which we “When we had 11 players four seasons in League With our performance ripples do occur and conceded the two goals is on the pitch, I was One, this being our up until the we have managed to overcome poor. comfortable. It’s a shame fourth season in the division. sending off, I think it these ripples in the “We can’t give [Brett] (Keane’s dismissal) We have tried to would have been a different past and we will do it Pitman, who’s a superb because it’s had a massive work on making sure that outcome. But who again.” player, those type of impact on the game and doesn’t happen. knows? I was reasonably Brett Pitman’s brace opportunities, and that’s the other players. “If it doesn’t happen happy with the way we ensured Dale returned what we’ve done. I “As I said, I was pleased then we have a great were controlling Portsmouth, north empty handed at wouldn’t say that they’ve with a lot of what went chance of improving on controlling the the weekend, but Hill saw been created – it’s poor on – the way that we tried lasr season’s points tally if atmosphere and reasonably plenty to be postive about defending. to regain the ball, the it continues to happen happy up until the from the performance. “But if I analyse the full way that we tried to press then we will just be a midtable point of the sending off. “It’s a results business, game, 90 minutes plus and the way that we team again.”
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