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Anyone who calls a professional footballer useless clearly has no idea how difficult it is to become one ! i know there are levels but anyone who makes it are in the top few percent in the world at football

Up until Ojo got injured our defensive record wasn't too bad. Either Sang needs to be effective in that role, or we need to bring someone in who can clean up infront of the back 3.

He did look good on occasions but often when starting or coming on as a sub did little of note and it just meant we couldn`t keep the ball up front so I could understand why Crosby didn`t always use him.

On paper, it's easy to improve the squad. Maintain a strong core of regular starters and sign players that improve them. Move on the players that are replaced. In practice, it's really difficult as players that will come to the Vale aren't 'ready made' - they'll either be young, untested, young and untested, injury prone or past their prime with little sell on potential. Rudgie always used to sign a mix but we don't seem to sign many experienced pros at the end of their career or those that have fallen by the wayside- Bob Hazell, Ron Futcher, Chris Sulley, Bernie Slaven, Ian Bogie, Keith Houchen, Andy Hill... I guess it's down to the fact average Championship players can be multi-millionaire's in their early 30s and don't need to keep playing. I'd love one of the above type of players in the squad now.

Hannant wasn’t awful. He was an average league 2 player. Far from awful

Sorry m8 but I don't agree with that. There are rough diamonds out there in the lower leagues that will make the jump up to EFL2/EFL1 and the Championship. Good scouts will find them today the same as they did in the 1980's and 1990's. Tim hasn't stopped the progress of such players

Hannant was truly awful.