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Thread | What’s our worst squad ever?
at 12:39 17 Nov 2024
Relative to the league we’re in, I mean.
I can’t comment on any before Parkin’s second spell, but personally that Erye squad that eventually took us down from League One is the only one I can’t get past. A squad whose defence was built on players like Trottman, Balkestein, Jordan and Holden, and a forward line featuring big hitters like Barnes-Homer and David Ball - this is what gives me nightmares. Not to mention the fact that Andrew Tutte was considered one of our best players. Diabolical all around. |
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Thread | Paul Waugh
at 19:47 3 Jul 2024
The Labour candidate makes note in his campaign leaflet of being a lifelong Dale fan. Has anyone seen him/spoken to him at a match or is just politician rhetoric? |
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Thread | Building for next season
at 23:21 26 Mar 2024
Does anybody have a list of the contract status of the whole squad? Chaff’s usually good for one! |
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Thread | Alrtrincham (A)
at 22:48 10 Feb 2024
Apologies if I’m just being blind, but is there no match thread? Any comments about the game for those who went? Nice to see Hayes, Mitchell and Nevett back. Did anyone play well? |
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Thread | Keohane
at 22:55 7 Jan 2024
I’m just wondering where Jimmy Keohane ranks on the Dale all-time appearance list? He seems to have been an ever-present for years now. |
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Thread | Best Badge
at 20:38 4 Jun 2023
I saw an interesting thread on Twitter about the best badges of the FL and it got me wondering. What does everyone think? For me, some that stand out are Leyton Orient, Doncaster, Vale, Liverpool, Exeter and Sheff United - ones that have traditional emblems with a bit of a difference.
The worst have to be the likes of Bristol City, Fulham, MK Dons, Cheltenham (all too corporate), and Portsmouth and QPR (too dull). I’m not a huge fan of ours either really.
For anyone who spent far too long looking at this wondering where we are, you’re not the only one. [Post edited 4 Jun 2023 20:38]
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Thread | David Lord
at 18:44 29 Apr 2023
For anyone who knew David, a long-time supporter of Dale, he sadly died this weekend in Fairfield Hospital. |
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Thread | Player Reactions
at 18:58 22 Apr 2023
From anyone who attended today (I was working but I admit I wouldn’t have gone anyway), I’m curious what the reaction from the players was once relegation was confirmed? Was it another typical loss, a half-hearted applause to the fans and then off down the tunnel? Or did any of them seem to care? I want to know that some of them were bloody gutted. Knees on the floor, lost a cup final type gutted.
Although reports of Mellor laughing and shushing the away crowd at FT don’t give me much hope. |
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Thread | Brierley
at 22:58 1 Mar 2023
The Blackburn deal is off according to Alan Nixon, as is their more high profile deal for Lewis O’Brien.
Although he reports the latter has been ruled that Blackburn can’t register him this season. So it might not be off in summer. Doubt he knows what he’s talking about really, as shown with the rumoured Brierley fee. [Post edited 2 Mar 2023 0:47]
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Thread | Most Under-performing Dale teams?
at 18:08 15 Feb 2023
I found Llama’s post in another thread about us being a Jekyll and Hyde team interesting as I don’t see us that way. There’s a real dearth of quality across the squad and I feel even at our absolute best we wouldn’t be much proposition. It then got me thinking about teams we’ve had in the past where the quality was there, but either through mismanagement or sheer lack of effort they didn’t achieve what they could have.
For me a glaring entry would be the side BBM relegated us with. When we look at some of the talent that side had, it’s absolutely criminal we didn’t stay up. Bazunu (only a season later he was one of the best keepers in the league), Humphrys, O’Connell, Morley, Rathbone, Lund, Grant. Most of them are now League One regulars.
We were done with a few crocks who were good players missing far too often (Ryan, McShane, McLaughlin), but I genuinely think any decent manager has that squad comfortably mid-table in League One.
Any other candidates? |
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Thread | New kits around the league 22/23
at 23:16 17 May 2022
Man City:
Diabolical use of a third colour. Doesn’t even remotely match.
Barrow:
Not bad, but a classic example of how a boring sponsor logo can ruin a kit. [Post edited 17 May 2022 23:17]
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Thread | Longest-range goals
at 22:53 2 Apr 2022
I’m just watching MOTD and it noted that Rudiger’s goal was Chelsea’s furthest out since 2007. I don’t imagine distance of goals can be found in the TVOS archives, but what do we think our furthest out are?
Higgy from the halfway line is an obvious one, but other than that Perkins v Darlington stands out as being close to the halfway line. |
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Thread | Favourite Albums
at 19:55 24 Jan 2022
I thought we could have a little distraction from le foot. What are everyone's favourite albums? Mine, in no particular order:
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American. My favourite album by my favourite band. The perfect harmony of young adulthood, inspiring teen melancholy and dreams for the future in equal measure.
Blink 182 - Blink 182. Loses points for being a self-titled album, but the replayability still being as strong as ever 20 years post-release is something I don't often find with music. Some real bangers in here.
Paramore - Riot. Pop punk at its finest.
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours. I'm not generally a fan of music before 'my era', but Fleetwood Mac are an exception. This album is simply a masterpiece. (Honourable mentions too for Mirage and their self-titled album) |
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Thread | Henderson
at 22:59 2 Jan 2022
Reading RAFCBLUE’s post on another thread got me thinking about the circumstances around Henderson’s departure from the club. His parting words were:
"To find out my 7 1/2 year association with AFC Rochdale was coming to an end via social media was a shock to say the least.
“I only received an email yesterday morning confirming that the offer the club had previously made to extend my contract was being retracted and I was therefore being released.
“I am not just shocked but unbelievably upset and disappointed to have found this out in this manner.
“It was always my intention to try and stay at Rochdale and make it to my testimonial year and try and become the all time top scorer of the football club.
“I had been in negotiations with the football club, for some time, regarding an extension prior to the covid-19 pandemic but if I am honest the lines of communication were extremely inconsistent to say the least.
“I was not trying to ask for more money than what the club was offering and we ended up at a stand-off over some minor details. The negotiations became protracted and it became clear I was not being told the full truth."
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How are people feeling about this now? I do wonder if more shit from underneath Bottomley’s carpet has been found that would substantiate Henderson’s version. If I recall rightly at the time people believed Henderson, then Bottomley released a statement that seemed to tip the balance in his favour. Obviously, much has happened since then to demonstrate how we should treat Bottomley’s words.
Reading Henderson’s statement, it does seem like he had a genuine desire to stay here and that an agreement could have been reached. Can anyone shed any more light? |
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Thread | O’Keefe
at 16:40 28 Dec 2021
What are people’s opinions on Corey? Will we ever see him play for us again? Veiled comments from those usually ITK on Twitter suggest that Mansfield won’t loan him out again and want a big fee for him in January, which presumably rules us out.
It makes sense. After how well he’s done here they’re bound to want a big fee for him, and there’s no way they’d allow him to be loaned out again only to leave for free in summer. |
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Thread | Newcastle stoppage
at 17:32 17 Oct 2021
Not nice to see scenes like this at a football match again, but if this and the one in the summer lead to anything, please let it be for you to book yourself on a CPR course. Ideally book an annual refresher too. It can be daunting to jump in if needed but you’ll feel so much more comfortable if you’ve had a refresher in the previous few months. |
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Thread | 517 days
at 20:18 6 Aug 2021
That’s how long it’s been since that marvellous victory against Rotherham, the last time a good majority of us stepped foot inside a football stadium to watch a live game.
Let’s be honest, the time since then has been a bit shît, hasn’t it? Relegation, BBM-ball, Bottomley’s tears, all those late goals to deny victory, Charlie Kirk’s dive, and some right odious twäts doing some not so great things behind the scenes at our great club. And that’s just the football! It’s fair to say a lot of people’s mental and physical health have been affected by the past 18 months, and the absence of social events like football matches has been a significant factor in that.
So tomorrow (and next Saturday!), we get some semblance of catharsis. I’m looking forward to finally being able to see some live football, to seeing old friends, even to seeing those faces you see year after year, ones you smile and nod to but probably never speak to! I can’t wait for the moans and groans from the crowd, the ‘down the channels!’, the ‘waaayyyy’ when someone falls over or a sprinkler goes off, and the sheer elation of seeing a goal scored just metres in front of you. I’ve bloody missed this! |
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Thread | Playoffs
at 19:37 18 May 2021
Who are we having then? Blackpool currently in control at Oxford in the L1 playoffs, but in the ones that matter to us we have:
L2:
Newport v Forest Green tonight
Tranmere v Morecambe on Thursday
I'd really love Morecambe to do it but I do like our trips there. I think anyone but Tranmere really, purely because their fans have a bit of the ridiculousness about them. Although they'll probably be the strongest of the four next season.
NL:
With a few games still to go there are any number of permutations, but there will be 7 teams fighting for a place in League Two, and they could be any 7 from Sutton, Torquay, Stockport, Hartlepool, Wrexham, Notts Chalky, Chesterfield, Bromley, Halifax and Eastleigh.
It's looking like it'll probably be Sutton coming up automatically, and in the playoffs I'd love it if Halifax could do it but their wheels have come off a bit. Anyone but Stockport. Let their fans suffer a bit more. Wrexham would be nice. |
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