22 Jul 2017 21:27:34
Evening all, for my sins I live in Rochdale, a couple of miles from Grotlands so I walked down to watch them play Middlesbrough and I swear to God it was like watching Leeds play last season, not just saying this as Monkey boy there but they were playing as we did the later part of last season, I know it was only a friendly and not to read much into it but they were aimless, Assombalonga played and he looked bored and the team were outplayed by a mediocre Rochdale team who won 2-0. The comparisons between the movement, the basics and when they went 1-0 down were in common with Monks management with us. Like I say maybe don't read to much but if I was a Boro fan I would worried! MOT

1.) 23 Jul 2017
23 Jul 2017 00:22:44
Did you spot Swad and Welshwhite in the crowd? 😜

2.) 23 Jul 2017
23 Jul 2017 01:15:58
I did see two lads leaving very early! Might of been them! I was stood in the Sandy Lane end with the home supporters, it's been years since I stood and watched a match as we are always seated! Rochdale didn't have a full strength team on show but outplayed Boro. I don't know if you went to our late pre-season and early Championship games last season SG90 but we were very disjointed with not a lot of flow to our game well, this is what Monks team was like yesterday. MOT

3.) 23 Jul 2017
23 Jul 2017 11:22:04
Marvellous!

4.) 23 Jul 2017
23 Jul 2017 12:32:31
It wasn't marvellous the last I was a Grotlands George! We got beat 2-0! OMG that was horrific, I had to endure months and months of dale jokes about beating us! We packed their away stand that day but it was a very very poor performance! Seems like light years away now! MOT.