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Reply | Mcnulty
at 16:10 13 Nov 2024
Genuinely bemused by some of what I'm reading.
I find the lack of appreciation for Jim mindblowing at times. I think a lot of us dont quite realise just how tough those first 18 months in the role were, and to come out the other side of it with a more than respectable league position, saleable assets from our academy and some really smart recruitment that is a big part of our squad today is commendable at the very least. Not only that, lets not forget; we've had a good start to the season?!
Jim will leave us one day. I hope it isnt soon and I hope that he sees out our 3-year plan at a minimum. However football doesnt quite work like that sometimes and as long as he continues to do a really good job with us, then this wont be the first football club to come knocking on the door for his services.
None of us truly know whether he applied or was approached. I'd be very surprised if he actively applied given the 3-year contract and backing he has with us at the moment.
JMBA |
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Reply | Investment update
at 08:03 20 Apr 2024
Oh, I remember and will quite frankly never forget.
Not sure how you’d achieve anything in life with that outlook. Thank god the rest of us have stuck in there and fought too the end. |
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Reply | Today Is The Day..
at 09:51 7 Mar 2024
I really am fingers crossed for tonight, and cautiously(!!) optimistic.
To anyone considering voting against the resolutions, just remember these few things:
1. If you invested in Rochdale FC expecting to get your money back or make money, you did it for the wrong reasons.
2. If you vote against, you are voting against the current & all future generations of Rochdale fans, to whom this club means so much.
I consider it a very simple decision. The outcome for voting against has been CLEARLY outlined, and the outcome has been made ABUNDANTLY clear. So lets not be victims and be sat here tomorrow thinking 'if only we knew'.
I for one, will be doing the right thing tonight and voting 'Yes'.
Of course, this is unchartered territory for us all, and not one of us know how this will all turn out. Give the club a chance to come out of this o the other side.
Embrace the change, don't fear it.
Up the Dale! |
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Reply | Buying more shares?
at 17:33 3 Jan 2024
Likewise...
Those who can should consider. Never has it been more needed! |
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Reply | Eastleigh (H) Match Thread
at 17:42 19 Aug 2023
That performance today was anything but “messing around in defence”.
We had multiple ways of playing out and getting into their final third. We weren’t overly fixated like in previous years on playing out from the back. The number of times we went long to try and get in behind, clipped into a full back or into a striker dropping deep will have far outweighed how many times we pleased across our back 4.
Sorry to jump on this specific comment but that’s the most enjoyable set up of a team I’ve seen for years. Of course we’ll get it wrong sometimes but all we did today was play exactly how the opposition didn’t want us too in every moment.
Yes, they were poor but strongly believe a lot of that was because of how good we were in possession today. |
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Reply | Bars Season 23-24
at 07:06 15 Jun 2023
Hi Anthony, really appreciate the fact you’ve flreached out to supporters for ideas.
2 things that come to mind:
- More craft beer options (how restricted are you with Lees?)
- Dale Themed Lager/Pale Ale
- Dale Trust Member Discount?
- More Dale themed memorabilia to make it more of a home for Dale fans
- Rotated Street Food Vendors
- Live Music pre game [Post edited 15 Jun 2023 7:11]
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Reply | Ashley Eastham
at 09:41 26 May 2023
Would have him back in a heartbeat. Great character and was pretty faultless during his time here. His character and leadership skills would be crucial, and would be a part of guiding what’s likely to be a new look inexperienced squad. |
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Reply | James Rowberry?
at 21:57 10 May 2023
Mike Williamson would be my 1st choice.
Done a tremendous job at Gateshead and ticks a lot of boxes for the type of manager I’d want to see and who we can realistically attract if the board get their act together. |
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Thread | Tonight’s Fans Forum
at 19:53 9 Feb 2023
UnfortunatelY unable to attend tonight but really keen to here some of the key takeaways if those present wouldn’t mind summarising below:
Thanks in advance! UTD |
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Reply | January Transfer Window
at 17:22 25 Jan 2023
Properly furious with this one. In our circumstances it’s probably right we take the right fee for him, but if we’ve sacrificed him playing minutes and helping us get results in our desperate plight to avoid relegation then it’s quite frankly inexcusable - especially when he’s under contract for another 18 months.
I just cannot comprehend what’s going on at the moment. A trial?! Seriously?! Can you imagine if he picked up a bad injury in that game. We’d lose an asset and lose him from our attempt at staying up.
GIVE ME A BREAK, #RAFC |
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Reply | Jimmy Shan
at 10:21 19 Jan 2023
Just as worrying for sure.
A managers job at this level is hard enough, never mind a below par training facility and no recruitment infrastructure to work with. We have no marginal gains on any of the league and are pretty much reliant on a manager working miracles to keep us afloat.
I think in Jim Bentley, we’ve got a manager that is up for the fight and is willing to crack on with these restrictions. But to give us any fighting chance of progressing as a football club again we really do need to resolve these 2 things. Easier said than done of course but it has to be our aim as a football club. |
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Reply | Jimmy Shan
at 09:18 19 Jan 2023
Think the below is pretty scathing and worrying. I’ve made the point before that our recruitment is one of the main drivers behind where we are now. To be a professional football and not have a recruitment network is concerning and something that needs addressing before we regress any further:
“There was also no recruitment team and we didn’t have anyone out scouting. We were around the play-offs at Christmas time (in 2021/22) and lost our two best players - Jake Beesley to Blackpool and Aaron Morley to Bolton - but there was nobody next on the list.
So we were trying to fit in watching bits and pieces on Wyscout, while preparing, playing and reviewing games on the Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday-Tuesday cycle.
There are some great people at the club. The owners were fans and had done an amazing job; the players worked hard and the staff were good. The analysis boys, Callum Jones (now at Burnley) and Adam Walton (now at Blackpool), were as good as any I’ve worked with.
But there were things I would have known if I'd done my due diligence." |
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Reply | Current Predicament
at 17:05 30 Dec 2022
Sorry, are we not a professional football club? |
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Thread | Current Predicament
at 16:44 30 Dec 2022
Not posted on here for a significant amount of time, but this is my best attempt to articulate where I believe we currently are as a football club:
My opinion: Our current situation all stems from utterly diabolical recruitment since the day BBM left the door. I know many on here aren’t BBM’s biggest fan but his recruitment was pretty much impeccable. The drop off in quality recruits since his departure is there for everyone to see. It’s been lazy, haphazard and square pegs in round holes much of the time. What we are now is a by-product of that, and is exactly what we’ve been planning towards for the last 18-24 months: a team with no identity, cohesion, way of playing, or spirit; not to add no noticeable saleable assets within the squad (something you always have to have in your arsenal for the inevitable financial difficulties a club like us is facing)
We are and always will be a selling club and have to be in a position internally to constantly evolve and capture new talent at the right time for the right price, with some room for error for every recruit not being successful.
This leads to my thoughts of the off-the-field matters at the moment. We have a board of directors who to their credit have been fantastic in staving off the hostile takeover and beginning our trajectory to a sustainable football club at the heart of the community. Sadly, the modern day rigours of EFL dictate that on-the-field performances drives your off-the-pitch outlook.
To put it brutally, our Board of directors have not begun to work towards establishing a footballing culture, where we recruit managers, players etc to fit the mould of what we are all about. I don’t necessarily blame them for this but we as a matter of urgency need a Director of Football style of expertise to supplement the great community work that the existing BoD display and prioritise.
We’re being left behind, and very quickly. To build a strategy, an identity and a clear concise structure takes time and I fear that even if we do stay up this season we’ll be in the exact same position again because we haven’t put the building blocks into place for a thriving elite football environment.
Short term, my expectation is more to focus on how many players we can depart with in January and how many quality players we can recruit.
As fans, we really need to try to unite as much as we possibly can. We’ll documented financial difficulties suggests we need invest in the club where we can, whether this be swapping your pre match pint for the ratcliffe arms or investing some savings into shares.
It’s going to be a bumpy ride but I for one am up for the fight.
Up the Dale ðŸ”µâš«ï¸ |
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Reply | Robbie out. (n/t)
at 07:44 4 Aug 2022
Ridiculous suggestion at this stage. Wish we’d focus our energy on backing him/the club rather than this. |
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Reply | Fanzone
at 15:17 27 Jul 2022
Great work from the club. Been calling for this for some time and it’s something that I hope initially we capitalise on but develop it longer term!
Where possible, think all us Dale fans should try to support this in its infancy. I for one will be prioritising a pint after the game on Saturday! Hope many more Dale fans can to!ðŸ»
Getting giddy for Saturday now! |
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