It may be loathed but is the Checkatrade Trophy benefiting Port Vale?
Is the much maligned Checkatrade Trophy helping Neil Aspin’s side this season?
Category: Rob Fielding blog
OVF founder Rob Fielding offers his own opinion on all things Port Vale.
Five areas for Port Vale to concentrate on following the win over Crewe
Rob Fielding ponders how Port Vale can keep the forward momentum after ending their away hoodoo at the Alexandra stadium.
Youthful and dynamic Port Vale midfield sees veterans rightly sidelined
One of the changes made by manager Neil Aspin on Saturday was the lack of veteran faces in the Vale squad says Rob Fielding.
Longest serving list shows continuity breeds success
Rob Fielding says the club should learn a lesson by perusing the longest serving managers list.
Opinion: despite the Q&A, Port Vale’s finances don’t add up
Rob Fielding says that one conclusion that many fans will draw from the Q&A meeting with Norman Smurthwaite on Thursday is that the club’s finances just don’t seem to add up.
Port Vale need clear long-term plans and if not, a change of ownership
Rob Fielding says the club need to either produce a long-term, coherent vision or sell to new owners who can deliver that vision.
Opinion: Hugill fee shows that having a clear transfer policy works
Rob Fielding says that the Jordan Hugill fee justifies the creation of a development squad and that fans and owner should now show some patience with the club’s focus on developing non-league talent.
Opinion: Struggling Vale cannot afford another deadline disaster
Rob Fielding says that a second successive appalling transfer window could send the club spiralling into danger.
Aspin is taking Vale in right direction but he is no miracle worker
OVF editor Rob Fielding says some fans have unrealistic expectations of the Port Vale manager.
A few words of praise for Port Vale’s unsung stars
Rob Fielding would like to praise some unsung members of the Port Vale FC’s backroom team.
A good Friday for Port Vale FC
OVF editor Rob Fielding praises two positive pieces of news from the club.
Yes, Vale are in trouble but Aspin is still the right man for the job
Rob Fielding thinks Neil Aspin deserves to be backed and reports of calls for his head are frankly, ridiculous.
Can the locally produced class of 2017 bring Port Vale a bright future?
OVF editor Rob Fielding is delighted to see a Vale squad which now contains a spine of locally developed talent.
Closed transfer window leaves Dream Team with unbalanced squad
Rob Fielding says it’s going to be tough to turn fortunes around with the squad that Vale possess and an inability to change it until January.
Opinion: the best possible appointments, I’m backing the dream team
OVF editor Rob Fielding praises the joint appointment of John Rudge and Neil Aspin.
Port Vale need experience not another managerial gamble
OVF editor Rob Fielding believes it is vital an experienced manager takes charge of the club.