HERE IT IS! 🚨
My Rochdale Summer 2024 Recruitment Plan ✍️
62 Pages 📄
Squad Review 🔎
35 Transfer Targets Analysed 📝
Plus Much More ➕
🔗
Any likes, retweets and feedback are massively appreciated 🙌
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That is that then. The darkest moment in our club’s 116 years history.
Relegation confirmed. 102 years as an EFL club comes to an end.
It’s heartbreaking to see what our club has become.
A sad sad day.
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Relegation out of the EFL Day.
It’s almost certain that come 4:50pm today it will be our darkest moment in our club’s 116 years history - Confirmation of the end of 102 years in the EFL.
It just had to be of all teams to be against Stockport.
Here’s to a humiliating day.
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Tonight could be our darkest moment in our club’s 116 years history.
Confirmation of relegation out of the EFL, after 102 years being in it if ..
we lose or draw and Crawley and Harrogate both win.
we lose and Crawley win and Harrogate draw.
Depressing, I know.
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102 years in the EFL. It’s been a blast. 🫡
Two promotions. Great escapes. Many great memories.
Woke up still hurting of the pain of relegation.
But, I'm sure the good times will return again. As long as we get back to what made us defy many odds.
Rochdale till I die 💙
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Here we go again.
Who’s ready to hear 3000 Stockport fans sing …
“We’ve got more fans than you”
“You’re going down”
as we witness another Jim Bentley masterclass? - Long ball. Set up not to lose. Still lose.
Here’s to a humiliating night.
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🔥 Danny Cashman is in 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐎𝐓 form 🔥
3️⃣ 𝙂𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨 and 4️⃣ 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 in his last 7️⃣ 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨
🆚 Mansfield ⚽️
🆚 Tranmere ⚽️
🆚 Port Vale 🅰️
🆚 Liverpool U21 🅰️🅰️
🆚 Colchester
🆚 Shrewsbury ⚽️
🆚 Northampton 🅰️
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👏 Appreciation for Cameron John 👏
Don’t think I have ever seen a bigger transformation in a Dale player.
He’s been excellent at LB all season + is now doing the same at CM.
Flying into tackles, driving forward + giving his absolute all for the team.
Take a bow Cam 👏
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If today turns out to be the last time I have watched
@CianHayes7
in a Dale shirt, I just want to say it’s been a pleasure.
A truly incredible footballer that gave his all for us.
Hope to see him back in a Dale shirt again, but if we don’t I wish you all the best Hayesy.
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A great way to end the season I’ve loved every second of it. A huge thankyou to everyone involved at Rochdale from the fans to the players and staff everyone’s been unbelievable with me, a season I’ll never forget. This club has a special place in my heart. Up the Dale💙💙
Ethan Brierley.
What a joy to watch. Rochdale through and through. Everything good about us came through him today. A very special player that will go right to the top. I’m sure of it.
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Performing miracles this man.
Under such difficult circumstances, on a shoe-string budget, key players with lengthy injuries and a lack of squad depth, he has transformed the whole culture around the club and has us sat in a play-offs position.
JMBA 💙 |
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SUPER LOUIE MOULDEN IN GOAL 😍
Was top class today.
Another assist to add to his tally (4 in total now).
His quick thinking played a key part in our second goal too.
Brave to rush off his line to claim crosses + to stop 1v1’s.
Take a bow, Louie Moulden 🫡 |
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HERE IT IS. 😃📊
🔵 ROCHDALE SUMMER RECRUITMENT PLAN 2022 🔵
📑 71 Pages
🔎 Full Squad Review
✍️ Transfer Targets Shortlisted
➕ Plus Much More
Would appreciate for anyone interested to have a read through and give me some feedback on it.
👉
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Fortress 🏡
Yesterday was our FOURTH consecutive clean sheet at home in the league ⛔️
We are also now SIX unbeaten at home in the league - Not lost at home since 21st October ✅
After many years of a poor home record, it’s refreshing to see Spotland becoming a fortress.
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There is a feel good factor back around the club again.
We have a squad that will run through a brick wall for each other, for the manager + for the fans.
We are a joy to watch; free flowing attacking football.
Onwards + upwards we go together! 💙
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Just a a little appreciation for Toby Mullarkey performance today:
🕠 90 Minutes
🗡️ 5 out of 6 Ground Duels Won
⛔️ 4 our of 4 Aerial Duels Won
🎯 76% Pass Accuracy
Looks to be some signing.
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Got to give credit where credit is due to Ethan Ebanks-Landell.
Had written him off at the end of last season.
But, he has totally proven me wrong.
Vital goals. Last ditch tackles + blocks. Starting our attacks off. Leading by example.
Like a different player. 👏 |
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Appreciation tweet for our referee last night. Rebecca Welch. 👏
I thought she was excellent. Didn’t get a decision wrong that I can remember of. Let the game flow too.
She was definitely one of the better refs we have had.
This team.
They might be light in numbers but they are certainly not in fight.
In such difficult circumstances, yet they are still grinding out wins that sends us remarkably into a play-offs position.
Couldn’t be more prouder of this group of players 💙
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📊 No other player in the National League has a better ball progression per minute ratio than George Nevett.
🥇 7.77 Ball Progression Per Minute
Hard to believe that he is still only 17.
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@Wyscout
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Crewe fans👏💙
Always liked Crewe ... a well run club that do things the right way!!
Compare them to Blackpool fans that wanted us to pay for their emergency GK they brought in😂
#CreweAlex
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Not our best of performance’s today, but this team yet again left absolutely everything on that pitch to grind out a big 3 points.
They really are running through brick walls for one another and for the badge.
We haven’t had a Dale team like this one in a very long while.
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Confirmed that Keohane has moved back to 🇮🇪.
Keohane has been a great servant for the club. Over 200 apps. Playing in a number of different leagues + positions for us. Always has given his all + over the years has been a very dependable player for us.
All the best Jimmy💙
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New signing secured ✅ Welcome to Galway United Jimmy Keohane 😍
The versatile midfielder joins from Rochdale, read more here 👉
#ItsATribalThing
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#UnitedAsOne
COME ONNNN!!!! This club - Absolute scenes!
We was nowhere near our best today, but that right there was character to still get the win, when the game looked lost.
Dale sides in the past would have just went under. This team feels very different.
UP THE DALE!
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✅ Back To Back Wins
✅ Clean Sheet At Last
Performance of the season that was for me. We was brilliant. Defensively superb +a real threat going forward.
It feels like the start of something good tonight.
Let’s keep this momentum going now on Saturday. Up The Dale!
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Never fall in love with a loan player, it will only end in tears they say.
⚽️ Ryan East with 4 goals in his last 4 games.
🧤Louie Moulden pulling off a penalty save + class saves one after the other.
🤩 Cian Hayes tearing defenders apart.
It’s too late 😅
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Take that.
Tremendous fight from every one of those players out there today.
Never gave up. Last ditch tackles. Important blocks.
They did us proud out there in what has been a tough week for all connected with the club.
Onto Tuesday now against Wealdstone. Up The Dale!
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Get in there! 3 goals. A clean sheet. 3 points.👌
Some performers that was too. The way we passed that ball around. With tempo and such precision. We were unplayable at times tonight. Such a joy to watch too.
Onto Ebbsfleet on Saturday now! Up The Dale!
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Can we just take a minute to appreciate 𝙅𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙮 𝙆𝙚𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙚 👏
👤 Mr Versatile - RB , LB , CB , CM , RM , LM ... Basically Anywhere!
🔋 100% Effort Every Time He Plays
✅ You Can Always Rely On Him
⚽️ 7 Goals
🅰️ 2 Assists
🇮🇪The Irish Cancelo😍
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The 🐐 stays for another year! - You love to see it! 😍
He might be 39 years old now, but still has a lot to offer us.
Still one of the fittest in the squad. Guarantees you goals. A magician with the ball at his feet. Experienced.
Here’s to you Ian Henderson … 🎵
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Oh my god. This is HUGE!!
Rodney showed towards the end of last season how much of a miss he was last season.
One of, if not the best forward in the NL imo. NL 24/25 top scorer, you heard it here first!
To have him tied down for TWO years as well is huge! 😮
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We're delighted to announce that Devante Rodney has signed a new two-year deal with the club 🤩
Dev will remain at Dale until the summer of 2026 😆
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Sam Graham has come under plenty of criticism during his time at
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, and rightly so, but got to give credit where credit is due.
He was immense yesterday:
🕣 90 Minutes
💣 8 Clearances🥇
🚫 Clean Sheet
💪 3/3 Aerial Duels Won🥇
⭐️ 7.5 Rating🥈
Hopefully more of the same.
Lets Go!!!! Takeover Complete! ✅
Can’t put into words how I’m feeling right now. 😊
All the fears of possibly not having a club can now turn into optimism as we embark on an exciting new journey for our football club.
Up The Billionaire Dale! 🔵⚫️💰
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We are delighted to announce that the Ogden Family have purchased a majority share in Rochdale Football Club.
Read the full Club Statement below ⤵️
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The final nail in the coffin. A must win game and you wouldn’t have known it.
They just don’t get it. It’s just a wage to them.
Just a load of spineless wastes of space managed by an inept manager.
Thanks for throwing our 102 years as an EFL club away without a fight.
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Disappointing result yesterday, but I thought yet again Tiernan Brooks impressed between the sticks.
🧤 4 saves from 6 shots on target
🥅 3 of which were from inside the box
🎯 20 out of 23 accurate passes (87%)
⭐️ 7.4 rating
(📊
@SofascoreINT
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COME ON! 3️⃣ WINS IN A ROW!
Big Jim is cooking. Everything is starting to come together quite nicely.
Yet another dominant display for large parts of the game and some committed defending in the end to get us over the line.
Up The Dale!
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OH. MY. GOD. How have we pulled this one off?!
We needed a LB. And we have just gone + certainly delivered that with this signing.
Arguably one of the best LB’s in the National League. Has so much talent + is EFL calibre imo + is still only 22 too.
Some signing this!
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An appreciation for Harvey ‘Swiss Army Knives’ Gilmour.
Already this season he has played in four different positions; Centre-Midfield, Left-Back, Off the striker + Right Midfield.
Runs his socks off. Breaks play up. Tidy on the ball. Has good vision.
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This is becoming a slow, painful death now.
It’s only prolonging our misery just for Stockport - of all teams it had to be them - to put the final nail in our EFL coffin on Saturday.
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COME ONNNN!!!
A much needed 3 points that! Was far from pretty. But, all that mattered tonight was we got the 3 points.
Showed a resilient side to us tonight to grind out a vital win against a vile Woking side, even when we were not at our best.
Roll on Eastleigh (A) now
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It’s been 2 years on this date, that Luke Matheson gave us a moment to cherish for the rest of our lives. 🙌💙
It still gives me goosebumps watching that goal. 😅
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A long trip made worthwhile.
Brilliant team performance that. From minute 1 to minute 90 total control. 4 very well taken goals. Progressive football.
When we play like that, we are difficult to stop.
Pretty much puts us safe that now too. Up The Dale!
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Never fall in love with a loan player they say.
Been so impressed with Louie - up there with one of the best keepers I have seen in a Dale shirt.
Distribution is an absolute joke. Commands his area well. Great shot stopper too.
Super Louie Moulden in goal 🤩 |
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COME ON! A BIG 3️⃣ POINTS!
A good reaction from last Saturday that. Lot more control to our play today, especially in the second-half. All in all thought we defended quite well too.
Got to back it up on Tuesday now though against Altrincham.
Up The Dale!
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Happy with that.
With a makeshift team, players playing out of position, no options to come off the bench and having to deal with an incompetent linesman, this team once again showed a lot of grit to overcome these challenges to get a well fought point on the road.
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5️⃣ Goals in his last 🔟 Appearances for Devante Rodney
Some very crucial goals too:
⚽️ Last minute equaliser vs Hartlepool
⚽️ The only goal vs Maidenhead in a 1 nil win
⚽️ Goal against Eastleigh in a 4-1 win
⚽️ Late winner vs Woking
⚽️ Equaliser vs Chesterfield
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@OrientOutlook
Very harsh on yous that result. You must be really kicking yourself to not go away from that game with 3 point, as you was the far better side.
I expect to see Orient thereabouts at the top of the table come the end of the season. Best team imo that Dale have played this season
Back to back to back wins! 😮💨
That was professional performance out there from us today. Solid. Controlled. And managed the game to get the 3 points over the line at the end.
Let’s keep this run going now! Up The Dale! 🔵⚫️
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That’s that then. 102 years all thrown away without a fight.
The biggest game in the club’s history and you wouldn’t have known it.
They should be embarrassed. Not like they will though, as they don’t care.
Fuck the lot of them!
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Despite the defeat, I’m coming away from the game feeling rather positive.
Took the best side in the division all the way. With only to be done by our inability to defend crosses.
Take the plenty of positives out of it + we go again on Saturday.
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OMG!! … HE’S BACK!
Don’t need to say how good he is. We saw in his time with us earlier on in the season the quality he has. Unreal player that has the ability to win a game all on his own.
Welcome back
@CianHayes7
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Some display that 🤩
I know I shouldn’t get carried away with pre-season games, but I can’t help not too with a performance like that.
We looked unreal. Our attacking play was frightening.
Lot of promising signs to take into our opening game next week!
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Yesterday’s game marked exactly the half way point of the season for us.
23 games played. We sit 8th. 2 points of a play-offs position.
Many would have settled for that before the season.
In it together for a big play-offs push in the second half of the season 💙
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COME ON!!!!! A Big Win & Out of the Bottom Two!
Where the fuck did that second half performance come from?!
What a shift by the team. Well Organised. Battling. High Work-Rate. That's what we have wanted all season.
Need to back it up on Saturday now though!
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JIM MCNULTY’S BARMY ARMY! 🔵
✅ Back-to-back Wins
✅ Got us playing decent football
✅ Cut the gap from 11 points with 8 games left to 6 points with 6 games left
Onto Mansfield Monday! 🔜👊
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At long last the wait is over.
Our 24/25 league campaign begins today!
We take the trip to newly promoted side Boston.
Hopefully it will be the start of a successful season as we embark on this exciting new era as a club.
Let’s bring it on! Up The Dale! 🔵
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Very promising that. Even if it is just pre-season.
Some of the football we were playing was mesmerising to watch at times. Quick progressive passing. Two superb taken goals.
Hopefully more of that is what’s to come this season.
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Days Like Today 😍
3️⃣ Points
🤩 Late Equaliser
😱 Even Later Winner
🤯 Absolute Scenes
Makes it all the worthwhile travelling up and down the country following Dale.
Up The Dale 💙 |
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Just a little appreciation for Max Taylor’s performance last night 🙌
⭐️ Not played since the last game of last season and I thought he was outstanding ⭐️
🧱 100% Tackles Won
🤩 𝙎𝙐𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝙈𝘼𝙓𝙔 𝙏𝘼𝙔𝙇𝙊𝙍 🤩
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@GabSutton
Lincoln just shown why they are 2nd in the league. By far the best team we have played this season. We put in a good performance but Lincoln was just too good for us
Jim McNulty’s Barmy Army! 👊
Jim did a great job last season in very difficult circumstances.
Stabilised the club. Laid down solid foundations. Brought an identity back to the club. Improved the culture.
In Jim we trust! 🔵⚫️
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That Matchday Feeling 😍 - really excited for tonight!
Probably will be our toughest test of the season up against top of the league.
But, let’s bring it on! - we are in a good run of form + have beaten top of the league once already this season.
Up The Dale! |
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@alderson777
@LatestRovers
From a Rochdale fan here: I can’t vouch for how talented Ethan Brierley is. I have never seen a player that has the range of passing like him. Can create something out of nothing. Demands the ball like a seasoned pro too. He just needs to bulk up a little.
Wow. This club.
Can’t remember the last time I’ve come away from a Dale game feeling this happy.
Jim McNulty has transformed this side. Who knew that we could actually play some football.
6 games to go. 6 points behind. 18 to play for. We couldn’t could we? 👀
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Wow. Wow. Wow.
Did I really just watch us win a game?!
At long last, a full 90 minutes performance. In both boxes we was excellent.
I just hope this can spur us on to go on a run and not just be false hope.
11 cup finals to go. We need 11 more performances like today!
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Today marks one of (if not) the biggest games in our clubs history.
102 years as an EFL club at serious threat. It’s now or never! A time to be counted for.
First to the last minute, as Neil Warnock would say “you’ve got to die for 3 points” today.
Come on Dale! 🔵
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Friday Night Football At Spotland 😍
Not been this excited about watching Dale in a long while. There is a good feeling around the club right now on the pitch.
Here’s to hoping we can continue to build momentum with back to back wins tonight.
Up The Dale!
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Character in abundance that.
A game that we were in control of. Then the ref completely spoiled the game with an appalling red card decision.
But, the boys kept on fighting right to the end + got the least we deserved with that late equaliser.
Onto Oldham next week now!
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𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖
4️⃣ years ago on this date Joey Thompson scored the goal to keep Dale in League 1.
Beat cancer twice. Scored the goal to keep us up. Inspirational. Legend.
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We’re in a tough spell at the moment.
No wins in our last 6. The squad is down to its barebones. Same 13/14 players having to play every game. Got no money to strengthen.
Now more than ever, the lads + Jim need our backing, especially with 2 hard games coming up next week
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