Port Vale CEO Matt Hancock says the sacking of Darren Moore wasn’t too late saying “I don’t think we over-delayed it.”
Moore was dismissed on the 28th December after a 5-0 defeat to Huddersfield Town but many fans have criticised the club for acting too late, many arguing that the manager should have gone following the home loss to Plymouth on the 22nd November.
Hindsight’s a wonderful thing and it’s easy to say you should have done it earlier but we wanted to give it the best shot possible…
Speaking to BBC Radio Stoke Hancock said: “The intention when Darren was recruited was he would build a football structure and department that would set us up not just for the short term but the medium term and we believed that. We don’t want to pull the trigger immediately on a manager – we want to give the project as much time as we can.
“We’d invested heavily and put a lot of support around Darren and the team and we wanted to give it the best possible chance to be successful.”
The CEO argued that the timing was correct adding: “Hindsight’s a wonderful thing and it’s easy to say you should have done it earlier but we wanted to give it the best shot possible. We’ve still got half a season with a new manager and a transfer window to give us the best chance of staying in League One, so I don’t think we over-delayed it.”
What do you think? Was the club correct or did they leave it too late? Post a comment below.
Bull____! Everyone knew moore had to go weeks before he went
Wasted games=wasted points.be hoped we get 6 points these next two games .
I don’t think they over delayed it either. Hancock’#s rationale makes sense.
Certainly not made any investment in signings more players leaving the club than cumming inn this is were vale are going wrong
Wake up and smell the coffee you bloody fool. Every man and his dog know that Moore should have gone a lot sooner. The fans knew what you should have known and acted upon but instead you ie the hierarchy buried your collective heads in the sand and as a result of your inability to see what was happening we will be playing in league 2 next season. Take off the blinkers and consider yourself lucky to still be employed cos you mr hancock haven’t got a scooby doo about the running of a football club.
Thank god the final legacy of Flitcrofts consultancy/advice has left the club. The project as dreamed up between Flitcroft and the management has sadly failed as we will be back where we started. Time for some new ideas/rationale as trusting any one person for a long term project (including Mr Hancock) is a gamble.
You are unbelievable Hancock, you know nothing, It’s done on the cheap at Vale,at least eight of the players Moore signed are not football league standard, he also sent young lads out “to learn their trade” as it was put.These lads are better players than some of the first team,players.You Mr Hancock don’t know your A from your E.Listening to you is a complete waste of time.In 65 years I have never seen so much rubbish played by a Vale side, Get a grip Hancock Get a grip ,this new manager has at least put some guts in the side.
What chance has the club got when a clown like this is having a say in the running of the club. What hindsight is the clueless gentleman going on about, we were already bottom with a mountain to climb before they sacked him. Have Carol, Hancock and the rest of the Shanahans actually been watching these games? If so couldn’t they see what a mess we were in. Moore left Huddersfield in exactly the same state as us (No alarm bells you lot), He took us down without a whimper from 17th-18th position (No alarm bells you lot). When statements like this are being made, it only highlights what a mess the club is in, and we keep giving them our hard earned money to waste !!
Jollies, I was 25 on the 26th, had tickets for that evening of the 27th, Athens Baron Knights did some high kicks and one lost his shoe it ended up in the round lights adjacent to the stage. Great evening with chips in a basket .
Deluded!
Calling for Moore’s dismissal after the Plymouth home defeat was the right call. That’s not said with the benefit of hindsight, it was true and demanded at the time. Some might even say he should have departed before that. Perhaps the owners who had invested their faith so heavily in Moore weren’t objective enough to call him out sooner. Hancock mentions the importance of the transfer window. We are still waiting for new signings.
There are liars damned liars and Matt Hancock it had only to do with money and paying off Moores ridiculous contract he thinks we are all fools he’s as bigger clown as his namesake the very unfunny Stokie comedian when are we going to have some truth and apologies from the people at the top?