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Monday, August 28, 2006

Rochdale Boss Targets Bulls Defeat

Rochdale manager Steve Parkin has targeted a win over the Bulls on Saturday after collecting their first point at Accrington two days ago.

Speaking to the official Rochdale site about the Accrington game, Parkin said: "They had a great result on Monday against Nottingham Forest and normally you find teams that come into the league are on a crest of a wave. They started better than us but I was pleased we managed to get a foothold in the game and got the goal.

"I thought we started the second half brighter than Accrington, but we seemed to lose the belief to keep playing the way we were playing. They went up a gear and started to push as many men forward as they could to get the equaliser which they managed to do.

"I have no complaints at the end of the day because I think they deserved a draw. Its been a tough couple of weeks for us and it was a tough game on Tuesday night especailly as we came away from there with nothing. It was disappointing to lose the lead but we have got up and running now and hopefully that will give us some confidence now.

"We may have had a penalty in the end but I didn't get a real good view of it. It may have been ball to hand but we have seen those given this season. Having said that it may have been a little unfair so we will take the point but we have to get three at home next week."