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Endowment
at 18:53 18 Feb 2024

Anyone ever thought about setting up an Endowment fund for the club? Any supporters actually have experience of this i.e. work in FS or has it been discussed before?

Would be nice that when the club celebrates it bicentenary, financial certainty is assured though the annual interest on the Endowment.

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Groundhog day ... again
at 16:28 5 Feb 2024

Ah, February 2nd, 2024 - Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, a spectacle where, in a twist of fate, the groundhog saw the shadow of Little Jim McNulty and scurried back to its den. This act, folks, is the epitome of doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome. So, brace yourselves for six more weeks of:

Execs weaving tales of doom and gloom, waxing lyrical about our sheer luck in having not just a team, but the right to have a team. Or was it the right to have the right to a team? It starts to sound like one of those movies that leaves you with a migraine.

Manager Little Jim, spinning tales so thick with clichés it feels like he graduated top of his class from the University of Baffle-speak, majoring in Chocolate Box Clichés 101.

Tactics? More like tip-toe tactics. Playing as if they're scared to dirty their kit because someone used the last of the Fairy Non-Bio. Seriously, at one point D'Mani Mellor was charging down their keeper, and I thought, "Here we go, it's on!" But no, after five passes, we're back with our defense, playing it as safe as a John Lewis display mannequin.

And the commentators? Listening to them is like tuning into the Chinese Communist Party's spokesperson — always on message. How about some guest commentators who sound like actual fans? A bit of Northern bluntness and humor wouldn't go amiss. There was a moment when D'Mani Mellor was subbed off, and the commentator actually said, "Great game from D'Mani, put in a real shift, no assists, no goals, but great effort." Really? If that's the bar for greatness, then I'm an undiscovered football prodigy.

So, it seems we're in for six more weeks of the team going through the motions, standing around like showroom dummies, probably daydreaming they were Manchester City.

Maybe I should've taken up golf. At least there, when you talk to yourself about doing the same thing and expecting a different result, it's just called practicing your swing.

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Podcasts
at 13:31 21 Dec 2023

I really enjoy 'The RochdaleAFC.com Podcast' and 'All Dale Aren't We Podcast?' but have not seen any new additions since October 12 and Sept 01 respectively.

Any news on these and if there are any others?

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I've had enough and after 33 years....
at 00:55 1 Oct 2023

of supporting the Dale I am leavening this forum.

But I'm coming back. as Frankie Boyle.

Courtesy of CHATGBT

From this day forward, until Frankie sends me a cease and desist letter... I shall sail the seas (not sure why I said that) as Sir Frankie Boyle OBE.

My match report:

"So, I’ve just voted, right? And I’ve picked playoffs. Why? Maybe I enjoy the sweet caress of disappointment, or perhaps I just like ticking boxes.

Now, today’s match was a spectacle, and not the good kind. We were outmuscled by a team that, halfway through the first half, decided to actually start playing football. They changed their shape, their tactics, and we’re left there, scratching our heads, wondering when the hidden camera reveal is going to happen.

Sinclair, he was bullied off the pitch. And then, in a moment that could only be described as ‘British awkwardness distilled’, Little Jim tries to low five him, gets blanked, and the camera just pans away, probably to save us all from dying of cringe.

The weaknesses in the team are as well documented as the side effects of a COVID jab, but I still reckon this style of football is about as suitable for lower league as a vegan at a barbecue. The team selection, the substitutions, it’s all as predictable as a BBC scandal.

But hey, we’ll keep watching, won’t we? Because there’s nothing quite like the masochistic pleasure of hoping against hope that maybe, just maybe, they’ll surprise us next time. Spoiler: They won’t."

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ChatGPT view on the Dale
at 16:37 28 Feb 2023

AI defines the Dale as:

Rochdale Association Football Club, commonly known as Rochdale AFC, is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club plays its home matches at Spotland Stadium, a 9,000-capacity stadium located in the Spotland area of Rochdale.

Rochdale AFC was founded in 1907 and has spent the majority of its history in the lower divisions of the English football league system. The club has won the Football League Trophy on two occasions, in 2010 and 2011, and has reached the League Cup semi-finals twice, in 1966—67 and 2017—18. The club also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1962 and the quarter-finals in 1965. In 2020, Rochdale AFC was selected as one of the 12 founding members of the new Football League's third division.

Will we be relegated?
It is too early to predict if Rochdale AFC will be relegated this season. They are currently in 16th place in League One, and the bottom three teams at the end of the season are usually relegated.

who are the best Rochdale AFC or Bury?
It is impossible to say which team is the best, as both teams have had successes and struggles in the past. However, both Rochdale AFC and Bury have some of the most passionate fans in the UK and both have had some great moments in the past. Ultimately, it is up to the individual to decide which team is the best.

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