Rochdale AFC: The Revolution Is Upon Us

Great last update, put a lot of effort in there! some great signings too, you are doing great!:D

Great update, must have taken you a while as well. A really good pre-season and hopefully Rochdale going up?

@Aaron and @joe: Thank you very much guys! And Joe, I hope we can get promotion this year, not going to look for a title victory though, we kinda got lucky last season

Valdes: "I Almost Joined Rochdale"

Victor Valdes recently claimed that he was offered a contract to play at Rochdale AFC. The former Barcelona and Spain shot-stopper was released from his Barcelona contract at the end of last season and high-flying Justin Credible reportedly sent three representives of Rochdale AFC to Spain to open contract negotiations. However, Valdes -- who currently plays for FK Austria Wien -- and Rochdale, failed to come to terms and the visit to Spain was fruitless.

Justin Credible and David Beckham on the other hand however, have quashed all rumours that Victor Valdes was even a target for Rochdale and they were "perfectly happy" with the goalkeepers that they have. Video evidence suggests that three men 'representing' Rochdale (also known as the Three Musketeers) visited the home of Victor Valdes in order to push through the move but failed to do so. The identities of these three men remain anonymous, but Credible has stressed that he would like to know who these men were so he could "show 'em who's the boss around here".

Haha really nice update, made me laugh for sure

2013-11-24 22:19#145925 joethequin : Haha really nice update, made me laugh for sure

Cheers Joe! Would love to know who these three people were

Valdes just isn't good enough for Rochdale.

@NVDTahir I have to admit I have enjoyed reading your story. I particularly like that for the first two years you have done links on the very first post. This made navigating your story very quick, easy, and enjoyable, and I would love to see this brought back in for ease of following your story.

I also would like to mention that personally I preferred your style and layout for the first two years than what has been used more recently. For me the earlier format was very clear, gave a great insight of the two months of game time, with the added flair for the special games, such as your Cup game against Cardiff. I find that the new format doesn't seem to capture and draw me into the story as well.

Overall though, I am thoroughly enjoying reading your story.

Almost getting Valdes awesome!!!!!!!!!

The three musketeers hahaha

Hope to see you lead Rochdale to the Prem my good man!

2013-11-25 02:34#145947 Kaervek : @NVDTahir I have to admit I have enjoyed reading your story. I particularly like that for the first two years you have done links on the very first post. This made navigating your story very quick, easy, and enjoyable, and I would love to see this brought back in for ease of following your story.

I also would like to mention that personally I preferred your style and layout for the first two years than what has been used more recently. For me the earlier format was very clear, gave a great insight of the two months of game time, with the added flair for the special games, such as your Cup game against Cardiff. I find that the new format doesn't seem to capture and draw me into the story as well.

Overall though, I am thoroughly enjoying reading your story.

Thank you very much Kaervek I will be adding more links on the first post as soon as I release more updates, I appreciate the time you've taken to write this comment thanks a lot mate, hope you continue to enjoy it

2013-11-25 12:03#145962 BayernAmerica : Almost getting Valdes awesome!!!!!!!!!

IKR haha, so close as well xD

2013-11-25 12:12#145964 jason_connolly1987 : The three musketeers hahaha

Hope to see you lead Rochdale to the Prem my good man!

Thanks Jason, I read your story before, it's just pure gold!

@Toon: Sorry I forgot about your comment, and you're right, he's just plain awful

August Update

Surprisingly enough, we are doing well above expectations once again in the Championship (only second due to goal difference), although I am still expecting us to go down against teams like Blackburn, West Ham etc, which may get us ending up further down the league table:

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Shocking news. Ashley Eastham was sold to Rangers in Scotland for a huge fee of £875k, which was too good to turn down. He was a rock in our defence last season after I gave him the chance to shine, but sadly we needed the money for younger players. He will be sorely missed. Bastien Héry and Vitalijs Maksimenko were loaned out to other clubs on a short-term basis due to being informed that they might not get as playing time as they did in previous seasons.

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It has been an amazing month so far this month, but we've still had our ups and downs:

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Scoring 4 goals in 7 appearances in the league, Scott Hogan is set to shine in the third league since I joined the club (the first two being League 2 and League 1, in which he was the top scorer both times). He currently has an average rating of 6.94 in the past 5 games so far.

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Here are the fixtures for next month:


We're doing really well up until now, and I hope Lady Luck shines once more so it stays this way.