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Reply | Favourite Dale goal
at 13:35 8 Aug 2025
Robbie Wakenshaw's free kick in the 4-2 victory over Preston, my 1st away game, remember doing the conga in the away end.
Lyndon Simmonds overhead/bicycle kick against Wrexham.
John Bramhall's last minute header v Torquay (?) Think he scored 2 dentical goals late on, can't remember if it was an equaliser or winner now but it felt like a victory |
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Reply | Where’s the bloke?
at 14:24 28 Jul 2025
Firstly I would like to say that I have no issue with women's football and to those (mainly men) that do. If it offends you, don't bleeding watch it and keep your mouth shut.
What bothers me is the fact that premier league clubs are using their women's teams to manipulate PSR . Already Chelsea and Villa have sold off their women's teams to themselves at hugely unrealistic valuations and whilst they state how much money they are spending on their WSL teams, the actual spend is nothing like as much.
Also Doncaster Belles, probably the greatest women's football side of my generation, booted out because they're not a glamour club. Premier league women's clubs will ultimately result in the women's game becoming like the Premier league only a few teams will ever have a chance of winning the WSL and that's no good for anyone.
Finally you can argue all you want about the quality of the football, personally I think it's improving, but Chloe Kelly's penalty was worthy of winning any final. |
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Reply | Clout
at 17:46 25 Jul 2025
I can't think of a previous Rochdale manager who has been backed as heavily as Jim has this season.
We have added height to the forward line and bite Ito the defence. Ok so we haven't got our own goalkeeper but I think us Dale fans can safely say we have 99% of our wishlist for positions.
It's up to Jim now to manage the players we have, keep them on board and play good, attractive, attack minded, total options football. No excuses, no bigging up the opposition. Respect them of course, then give them a game they won't ever forget.
Got me train tickets booked for Borehamwood and I have to admit I'm a little bit giddy for the beginning of the season. |
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Reply | New Club Shop Option
at 12:10 7 Jul 2025
Went down to the club shop this morning looking to purchase a mug and a hoodie I'd seen on the online shop. Unfortunately neither available to buy in person, online only. I hope that this isn't going to remain the case and it's just that it's early days. |
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Reply | New home kit
at 14:22 4 Jul 2025
Fair point. When I started going it was white shirts with a red watering can, then switched to blue. I say Rochdale kit because black and blue stripes was what was voted for, for our second millennium and as has been been said was certainly unique among football league clubs at the time (I'm not sure about non league)
I think it provides the club with a strong brand identity which people tell me is good. You're never going to please all the fans no matter what kit we play in, it all comes down to personal preference. What I will say though is it's a massive improvement on last seasons kit and that was chosen by the fans, apparently. |
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Reply | New home kit
at 12:58 4 Jul 2025
Initial thoughts, it's a smart looking shirt. I like the richness of the blue and like the collar design. I think the sleeve sponsor would look better reversed with white letters on the blue shirt as oppose to a big white splodge on the sleeve.
Is it a Rochdale kit though? It's just a nice blue shirt, it's most definitely not blue and black stripes (or interpretation of stripes that Palace manage to do so well) which gives us a unique identity, which for me should be paired with white shorts and socks.
Having said all that I have just seen it on the online shop and the side panels which also run down into the shorts look very nice and lifts the overall look somewhat and it is starting to grow on me.
Blue and black stripes next year though please |
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Reply | Continuing To Reward Failure
at 18:55 3 Jul 2025
I have heard this as well but thought Bale was also fronting a consortium to buy Plymouth |
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Reply | THE ITALIAN JOB / Southall wedding may be called OFF by wedding organiser
at 16:54 29 Jun 2025
I believe it's the same bloke who owned Worcester Warriors and bankrupted them. Then they had the usual chancers and tyre kickers come knocking. All throughout this the Morcambe board of directors kept the club running despite the owner so fair play to them for that. |
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Reply | Mani Dieseruvwe?
at 11:37 21 Jun 2025
Harrogate Town now also interested in Dieseruvwe according to the Hartlepool Mail. |
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Reply | Should he stay or should he go?
at 14:40 16 May 2025
On the face of it a 3rd place finish and a cup semi final equates to a successful season and you would assume that any manager achieving this should be safe in their job, however I'm just not convinced.
We all can see where the team needs strengthening it's been said often enough, a couple of strikers, combative midfielder and our own keeper but does Jim see it this way? I want to keep Jim and for him to prove me wrong can he go out and sign those players over the summer, I hope so but he seems so wedded to his coaching manual principals that I don't really trust him to do this, he didn't replace Henry he got more wide players in instead.
It's been a season ot frustration for me, whenever I think we've turned a corner and the penny has finally dropped we revert to type it's soul destroying.
When we are bad it's really bad, it's boring non entertainment- and I don't care if someone wants to point out the stats for goals scored, lack of goals conceded etc, etc and tell me it's been a successful season. This is my opinion, and I'm entitled to it.
Jim has succeeded in one thing that no other manager has done (not even Barrow or Buckley although it was close) and that is stop me going to watch the mighty Dale. I haven't been since Ebbsfleet at home. I knew what was going to happen against Spennymoor and I knew what was going to happen last night. I hoped with all my heart that I would be wrong. I wasn't.
Do I want Jim to go? I think overall yes I do, do I think it will happen, no.
Oh and will I turn up for the beginning of next season, probably but my patience will wear thinner, quicker. |
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Reply | For generations to come
at 16:10 7 May 2025
When I left Rochdale almost 40 years ago now, there was no future in this town if you wanted to get on in life. The pervading attitude was you can't do that, you're to young to be a site manager etc. got to serve your time etc. So I moved down to Essex where to attitude was if you're good enough, you're old enough and it was totally refreshing.
When I used to come back for the game f*** me Rochdale was depressing. Now however I view Rochdale much more positively. The town centre is amazing, I can't think of another town in Greater Manchester that could compare with our architecture. The infrastructure has been put in place with the Metrolink and as it has been said Drake Street is slowly on the up. What we need is an upturn in the economy, the site at the top of Drake Street/ Oldham Road is ready to go. I had hoped that Labour would have put money up for capital projects to get this sort of thing going, that's been a disappointment.
After all these years away, I am now seriously considering moving back to the town once more. With people like the Ogden's this town, this team has a bright future. |
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Reply | DAZN weekly pass price increase
at 17:49 16 Mar 2025
DAZN's profits suddenly increased due to a deal with a company with links to a country with lots of sand who will be getting a world cup soon. DAZN will also be televising the club world cup for FIFA that no other broadcaster is touching with an extremely long bargepole as nobody is interested in it but a great deal of prize money is on offer for those teams competingin it. Now I'm not a cynical person....... |
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Reply | Wealdstone (H)
at 15:22 8 Mar 2025
Is Tobi still in the ground or is he running down Sandy Lane  GTFI |
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Reply | Sack McNulty
at 17:11 24 Feb 2025
No it hasn't but its the hope that kills you. We can see that when we go for it we are more than capable of giving any team I this weak league a scare, trouble is you would hope that Jim has seen this and the penny has finally dropped. Next game we revert back back to pedestrian pass it around ad infinitum boring, soul destroying, I can't even call it football and I sit there in the Pearl Street looking at the trees or the sky or a pigeon. This is death by a thousand cuts and it's getting tiresome. |
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Reply | The race for 7th (Saturday 15th Feb)
at 13:09 16 Feb 2025
I totally agree with this. This season play off's were the minimum requirement and as you say if Jim fails to achieve this then questions over his future will need to be asked.
Up until the Oldham and Ebbsfleet games I thought we would comfortably make the play off's but not get promoted now I'm not so sure, I fear mid table obscurity awaits.
The really annoying thing for me is that we have players who are capable of so much more than what they a currently showing and I can't help but think that compared to earlier in the season Jim has coached the enthusiasm out of them.
The question for me is, should we make the play off's do we stick with Jim next season? The optimist in me says, we are working to a budget and next season Jim goes out and buys a couple of quality players in the positions we can all see we need, a midfield terrier to break up play and drive us forward, and a striker with a much better conversion rate than Rodney. I wasn't a fan of Rodney before he came to the club. I was on the fence when he was offered a new contract as I thought in this league maybe he could do a job, I have to say after the Boston game I thought it was a master stroke but his profligacy in front of goal I fear will cost us. However the pessimist in me thinks that given another season all Jim will do is sign more of the same type of player and nothing will change.
I think this season will turn into one of missed opportunities, we could end up losing our better players to clubs further up the food chain despite having them on decent length contracts. I also think that the division this season has turned out to be particularly weak and represented a decent chance to get out of it. It looks like Carlisle will be down next season and they have plenty of cash to splash about.
To be honest I am looking more now at the National North and South divisions seeing what new grounds are in the offing for next season.
The main positive is the take over of the club by the Ogden's at least I know I will have a team to follow, good bad or indifferent at least they will be there and so will I, cheering, moaning or swearing along. More than likely all three simultaneously.
Up the f****** Dale. |
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Reply | Club Advisory Board
at 23:23 14 Feb 2025
Why would you think that? Personally I am giving some serious consideration to applying. Due to a change in family circumstances I am coming up to Rochdale every couple of months so I see no reason why being an exile would prevent me from being part of the CAB.
If you can commit the time to attend the meetings (you may be able to contribute remotely) and providing you pass the interview, surely your views as an exile would be extremely valuable. |
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Reply | Oldham game
at 09:49 4 Feb 2025
F*** me you've started early, did you wet the bed? Can't you read? Covers are down till 4pm you clown |
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 17:56 29 Jan 2025
Good article especially the bit about committing to keeping the fans informed of plans and progress. We will see if anything improves but I'll believe it when I see it. |
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