OK, we gave him the week, it clearly hasn’t worked. 

I heard that the two performances this week have been an improvement on recent weeks. But it was hard for us not to improve against a side in the lower reaches of the league below us, and a mismatched out-0f-form Preston team. Even so, improvements in performances haven’t led to results, as we were dumped out of both competitions. 

Since my move we have managed just one victory, the 2-1 home win versus Wycombe. Every Saturday/Tuesday night other than that, I have sat watching Final Score or the BBC Live Vidiprinter and the @officiallydale twitter feed, in despair and frustration. After 17 games, sitting 4th from bottom is not what we had expected to be honest. But further to that, it’s not what we deserve. Being only19, I feel very lucky to have enjoyed the last 4 years or so as a very happy Rochdale supporter, however frustrating the years before that were.

But for the older generation, who have had to sit through years of basement division football, the Barrow era, and the re-elections etc, this is so unfair. These are the people who have pledged so much time and money and effort into supporting this club, and after finally achieving that seemingly impossible promotion, they don’t deserve to have to get relegated and go through it all again. 

A strange aspect of the messageboard this week has been the buzz around a certain Harry Bunn. After scoring our only goal versus Preston, the rumours were rife of the young lad being benched for the Bradford game, much to the outrage of many messageboard fans. Has it really got to the stage where an 18-year-old prospect who is yet to play a competitive league fixture is such a key player? 

The players, the board, the finances all seem up to scratch. Surely that only leaves one thing that needs changing… 

Next week at Deepdale will be very strange. It’s the first time I’ve managed to get to a match since leaving in September, and so I will be absolutely buzzing with excitement, though I have a feeling I’ll be the only one in the Dale end doing so. I have managed to get up to the Stadium of Light for what was a magnificently entertaining game versus Aston Villa, but there’s just something special about watching Dale. Though maybe not over recent weeks. 

Still, I look forward to it. Sort of. 

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geraldo added 11:47 - Nov 14 Good to hear from you again, and you now seem to have realised what most of us already knew - he is just not up to the job. Fisrt half we looked fantastic ( but realistically they were atrocious!) second half we looked panicky and stopped playing football - must have been one hell of a half time talk from Stevie boy............... Apparently SE was given a 3 year deal and it would cost £500k to get rid of him and Bunn so here's to lg 2 next year......... Enjoy Preston but I won't be wasting my money.

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AtThePeake added 17:10 - Nov 15 Sorry Geraldo, I don't really want to make this into some sort of keyboard warrior thing, but for you to call me for not making the 6 hour round trip costing a fair bit of coach/bus/ticket money and then admit you won't be 'wasting your money' on a fairly short journey to Preston, seems ever so slightly hypocritical.
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geraldo added 17:47 - Nov 15 this season I have been to Sheff W ,Oldham, Bury and Bradford and the key words are " wasting my money" which is nothing to do with actually driving there. Sat was the final straw in terms of getting off my axxe and making the effort.It was a chance to put the league pressures behind them and give a very bad team a hiding but they failed. Avery advantagious second round draw would have thrown up the possibilty of making some real money that might just have been spent on the team

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