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Hello,, Firstly, thank you for being a part of the OVF community. It's a community where I would like people to get along, disagree without resorting to personal abuse and where the focus should be primarily on Port Vale. I have a confession to make - for a long time I have steered clear of the Politics section as I found some of the views on there wound me up. This was a mistake as I really wasn't aware of what was going on in there. As a result, when I recently went back in I was shocked. This section seems a totally different world to the rest of OVF - it's full of personal abuse, conspiracy theories and (often) racist views. All of these things are against our forum rules. We also have a small team of admin staff who volunteer their time free of charge. It's not fair on them to spent time moderating such arguments. I have come to the conclusion that politics is too provocative a subject and doesn't have any place in what is ultimately a forum to discuss football. So, with apologies to those who want to genuinely engage in political discussion, I am closing the Politics section with immediate effect. Please note - political messages posted in other sections will be deleted. This is my personal decision as OVF founder. There are other places online to discuss politics. From now on, OVF is a politics free zone. Thanks, Rob30 points
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The most disturbing thing about today for me was the apathy amongst the fans, it is obvious that the fans have packed up and can you really blame them ? This team is not phenomenal Carol, it's just not very good at football and it's plain to see that next season with this set of players it's going to be another struggle and that's where the apathy sets in, once it gets a hold it's very hard to shake off, it can take years to gain support and just months to lose, the damage done with the recruitment policy since January 23 is going to take years to rectify and the paying public deserve an explanation That's why hundreds were streaming off the ground before the final whistle just resigned to yet another home defeat. The fights gone out of the supporters and it's certainly gone out of the team, like I said............. Apathy28 points
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I wonder if carol realises the only way she will ever achieve 10k plus home fans is providing a team that we are all proud of, a team that we are excited to come and watch on Saturday afternoons. Ive never seen such a pathetic excuse of a football team in my life. We let pett go and replaced him with jason lowe..... pett is no world beater but id take him every day of the week over lowe. Dan jones today you'd struggle to find a worse performance than that in any sunday league side across the country this weekend. Pathetic just pathetic. Our strikers have about 5 goals between them all season....... it is the most criminal neglect ive ever seen at vale in my whole life supporting the club. It simply is unacceptable. I could of recruited a better team than this lot. And they supposedly put this together through endless research and non stop hard work????25 points
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We go into our next game, number 38 of the season, and our strikers stats in the league are this…… James Wilson. 3 goals. Uche Ikpeazu. 1 goal. Bailey Dipepa. 1 goal. Ryan Loft. 0 goals. 37 games in. Let that sink in Carol. Let that sink in when you came out publicly and said that David Flitcroft was involved in everything football related. Let that sink in the next time you slag off the fans in your open letter. Let that sink in the next time some WAG tells you we have phenomenal players. Let that sink in the next time narcissist Dave tells you he’s doing a great job. And ultimately……… Let that sink in when fans look at you with distain and disgust in letting OUR football club be ruined by David Flitcroft, whilst you detach yourself further from the fanbase. Forget your 6 monthly, annual, performance based reviews etc. This is no ordinary business. SACK. HIM. NOW.23 points
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Are you married? If so can you pass my deepest sympathy to your missus for having to live with such a miserable bugger!20 points
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My journey to apathy from the start of the season to now: 1. Expecting to win each game 2. Expecting to win the odd game 3. Hopeful of a win 4. Expecting to lose but expecting to score 5. Expecting to lose but expecting to get some shots on target 6. Expecting to lose and expecting that we don't have a shot on target. = not @rs£d19 points
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Not a name known to many OVF posters I suspect. But whilst being Head of Academy Coach & Player Development at the Vale Josh also has a second job as Manager of Leek Town FC and 'his' team are the antithesis of PVFC first team results wise. Whilst we are busy getting ourselves relegated Leek Town have, since a 5-0 drubbing that saw Josh take over as Manager, won 15 drawn 2 lost 0 in the league. This fantastic run now sees Leek Town comfortably top of the league and if results go their way on Saturday will see them win the league and take the one automatic promotion spot to Step 3 of the non league pyramid. Just three more promotions to league 2 may seem a task beyond them, but, on average gates of around 500-600 , I hope you will agree it's an amazing success story. So, congratulations to you Josh and Leek Town FC. Look forward to you taking on the likes of Macclesfield and FC United of Manchester next season if i am not mistaken.16 points
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I’ll be sticking to my new pre-match routine for this one. Bacon and tomato oatcakes and a large whisky chaser for breakfast, light lunch followed by 3 or 4 pints, then whatever beer I can fit in up at the fanzone before kick off and at half time. It’s really made a big difference, and whilst I’m not seeing much of the games I’m enjoying them much more.16 points
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I'd love to see your evidence to counter act my argument. At Least he got the players in. Carol out. There’s no argument you rose tinted buffoon. This is the man who threatened to bankrupt the club I love. Have you no memory? Can’t you remember him saying he would bankrupt the club, destroy Port Vale. There’s a massive difference between a woeful season and having no club. That man was the dirtiest, greediest, most disingenuous person ever to turn left up Hamil Road. Are you for real?……..counteract your argument my arse.15 points
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I've watched his interviews and he talks tripe. We need to get better on the training ground. How about on the pitch? We look worse under Moore. Our most creative player is on the bench. Massey and Jones...I've said it several times...they are both dreadful. So many players standing around today. We are so pedestrian. It seems the DNA is to fanny around at the back,then pass it to Ripley. No one is prepared to run through the middle. No one tracks the ball all the way back meaning there are players queuing up from the opposition. Even the second goal had their CB following it in. Were it not for Ripley and their final ball, we'd have got battered today. I nearly came away when the second goal was scored. I could play in goal for the opposition...no saves to make yet again. Also,I think I could put more effort in than Massey,and play better than Jones. The team have actually got worse. Play Plant and Shorrock to give us a bit of pace. Jones and Massey should never play for the club again. Carol has a fraud as a DoF,a clueless manager on a 5 year contract and a powderpuff squad of which most are under contract next season. The crowd have been let down for two seasons at home-more than 20 defeats and all the owner can do is write a snotty letter to the fans and appoint an absolute clown as a President. All of your doing Carol...15 points
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People may not like this, but her open letter made things 100x worse. She carries on defending Flitcroft, she makes things another 100x worse. She stays silent, she makes things another 100x worse. She sacks Flitcroft, she gets her club and her fans back. It really is that simple right now.14 points
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The sad part about this whole situation, is that I've seriously gone passed the point of caring now. She doesn't care what we think, she doesn't care about what's going on on the pitch, she doesn't take any other opinion on board. She's made her choice - Flitcroft over the fans. The man whose assembled one of the most pathetic group of maggots ever to put on a vale shirt, will still be here to do it all again next season. I'm not even angry any more, just completely indifferent. Sad sad state of affairs.14 points
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I won’t argue or debate with a WUM. I’ll leave it at this……. Regardless of whether or not he was or is a lifelong Vale fan, he was also a no good, in it for himself, conniving, piece of scum, who almost sent our club to the wall. Him and his cronies were scum then. And will always be that. Glenn Oliver. Peter Jackson. The lot of them. Dont bother me again. I spent years of my life getting those crooks out of the club. Smurthwaite was the worst. Those lot weren’t far behind.13 points
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This season has been an absolute disaster. I don’t mean the relegation necessarily, though obviously that’s a huge setback - but the whole direction of the club is pointing backwards. The priorities are all wrong. The first team football doesn’t even seem to be a top 5 priority. From Crosby, to recruitment ethos, to actual recruitment, to management, leadership, fan engagement, repeated mistakes, losing loans, injuries. It’s just been awful, and this is the future.13 points
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When Crosby was sacked we were 1 point from safety with 3 games in hand. I’d kill for that now.12 points
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There is probably validity in what you say but at the moment this team needs our support. As a Vale fan, I have to try and encourage the team to win, to do their best and try to achieve what some people believe is the impossible. The Flitcroft situation is frustrating but to me not as compelling as maintaining our L1 status. I ask myself where are my efforts best served, ousting Flitcroft or supporting the team? There were no shirkers that I could see on the pitch last night so as long as the players give 100%, from now until the end of the season, regardless of their ability levels, then the least I can do as a fan is match that.12 points
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The negativity is absolutely disgusting. We might be having a poor season but I think it’s only fair to have a reset before each game. Darren Moore has a hell of a job on his hands and he has inherited a team low on confidence. How can any one be a true fan by writing us off before kick off. ? My idea of what being a Vale fan is, seems to differ to a lot of maudlin, defeatist numbskulls who think it is a good idea to write us off before we have kicked a ball this evening. Sad.12 points
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Firstly, I’ve already stated that Darrell Clarke was the glue that held this club together. Secondly, you can’t say we would “definitely” have more points if Crosby stayed. His run was just as abysmal. He’s a PE teaching manager. Thirdly, before Huddersfield, Moore had a superb record. He walked into a car crash there. He’s walked into one here. And finally, John Rudge is <ovf censored> 80 years old mate. Get a grip. All this mess is down to one man. His name is David Flitcroft.11 points
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I don't understand the logic of that philosophy. Aspire to become a championship club through incremental development, but 'behaving' like one is naïve and simplistic. I'd rather us behave as a professional and ambitious 'whatever league we are in' club, and build from there with a solid foundation.11 points
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Avoiding the crap on the first couple of replies the obvious answer is that she hasn’t given him or us a competitive budget to work with. This is why she doesn’t put the blame on him because he was trying to build a competitive league 1 team on a mid table league 2 budget. If it was any other way wouldn’t she have got rid of him given the circumstances? The most obvious answer is usually the right one. Forget all this she’s been hoodwinked or gaslit. They are just ridiculous accusations.11 points
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Some of you don't half love wallowing in your pits of perpetual misery! [emoji1787] We got a point and a clean sheet. Yes well probably still go down, but each game is new. Win on Saturday and there's more hope.11 points
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I disagree, tonight in his correct position he was one of our best performers.11 points
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'Must win' 'Biggest game of the season' 'The lads need your support' Burton 2 - 0 Port Vale Rinse and repeat just change the opposition.10 points
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I think its because the upper hierarchy genuinely feel what we do on the pitch is less important than all the community work we do etc. We've worked really hard to make our reputation a good one outside of our actual fan base by rubbing shoulders with the EFL, Robbie Williams, the city Council and anyone else who can enhance the club's reputation outside of the city and off the pitch, but we've actually neglected the paying customers who turn up every week and actually watch the football!10 points
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What a statement that is all that is needed is carol to get her head in the right place and get rid of the man who is sending us up the river without a paddle.As for EL PRESIDENTE through all the years of my family we have spent more money on the vale than him so do not hold your breath about Robbie Williams. I am proud to be a supporter of the vale family my father for 83 years myself for 75 years my son and daughter for 44 and 51 years my two grandchildren 14 and 22 years .Being a vale in stoke on trent has been hard to swallow at times we are loyal till the end that is DNA that sticks to us all for life.Good and bad times there have been some shocking decisions made i will give you just two sacking the the icon of port vale which is and always will be for me that is Roy Sproson,and doing the same to John Rudge the two men who gave us great pleasure watching the vale play.Now what have we got today THE PROCESS trying to make Smith play like Beckenbaur it will never happen playing people out of positions buying players who are gutless and totally short of abilty to play pro football.10 points
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I've been like this for months. I got criticised quite a bit on here for turning off the away League game at Stevenage at half time as I was bored rigid with the tedium. Think that was October. It was awful even back then. I then regrettably got involved in a spat with a fellow fan at the final whistle at Shrewsbury where I was very vocal in booing off another hideous showing. The signs were gathering pace we were heading for trouble. Fans knew it. Hierarchy slept and were still in denial even 3 weeks ago with the Carol meltdown speech. The club has smashed plenty of records this season and will continue to do so. Crosby stock has gone up immeasurably because of how woeful Moore has been. I can't help thinking that one result this season has relegated us. Mansfield. Other than that Crosby was a dead man walking. As awful as Moore is you don't put plan Z in place once the transfer window has gone. However Moore has been atrocious.10 points
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As somebody on here said - after the promotion it almost felt “trendy” to go to Port Vale. Robbie Williams doing gigs and kit launches, lots of new faces at the Vale Park. My wife knowing players names and wanting to come to watch a League Cup first round match against Rotherham… Even the start of this season felt positive. Now it’s just back to rattling around in a stadium watching the same tripe we’ve largely had to endure at the end of the V2001 era. There are no real standout players you particularly care about - no Popes, Worralls, Scott Browns. Even the ones we have who used to stand out - Smith and Wilson - have gone crap. Loft I keep an eye on because I want him to score, but apart from that it’s a group of loanees and cast offs. Matches are becoming like watching football in a pub, where it’s more of an excuse to go for a beer and catch up with your friends. Hear a small cheer from the away end and our players collapsing in a heap, declare FFS under your breath and back to your conversation. I’ll still keep going of course - I like a chat with a bit of football 😁10 points
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After 52 years, thousands of games, 3 children and a grandkid who all bleed black and white, 19 season tickets and hundreds of away games, today I missed my first home game since 2 years before covid ! I have seen many relegations but this one stings simply because all of our so called clueless fans could see this happening a mile off. Nobody has a crystal ball but my money would be on a continual slide down the pyramid with Flitcroft in control. Flitcroft Out.10 points
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9 points from our last 16 x home games. The worst home run in our 148 year history. Worried about next season. Moore first Vale manager in history to not win any of his first 8 games in charge. Only Vale. See you next week folks.10 points
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Honestly I just think people have had it beaten out of them. Seems most are at the acceptance stage now and I think even if a glance at the table still shows survival should be more than achievable the eye test just tells you this team don’t have it in them. The atmosphere was very eery though, nobody really got on the players backs it was almost a shrug of the shoulders at the latest embarrassment. I just don’t know how many more times an opponent gets their first corner of the game and then proceeds to score with ease while our gormless defenders look at each confused as to how it has happened for the umpteenth time this season.10 points
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A win away at Burton may give new hope going into the gf game vs Rovers at home10 points
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Exactly. Anyone would think she'd stood up in front of a room of supporters and told them our '3 wins in 29 games' squad of jokers are "phenomenal".10 points
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Cannot believe you still think we have a chance to stay up. We were down weeks ago, and I have seen nothing lately to change that opinion.10 points
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How the hell have they managed to funk up all the goodwill and forward momentum we gained during the promotion year - its just beyond belief the error after error after error - like most, iv worked in organisations where the top level "management" takes some believing, but this brings a whole new level of b@lls up to the table - shocking, really shocking - and im a happy clapper FFS🤣🤣🤣10 points
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Smurthwaite was a genius. How he managed to build a similarly talented squad, all by himself, without paying out a director of football salary, I’ll never know.9 points
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Fair play to Carol, she’s done a great job of pissing every fan off when she had almost unequivocal support. She’s been on the terraces, it was obvious to anyone with a basic knowledge of football that we were knackered in late December. Crosby hung on by virtue of the League Cup run and the form had dipped well before then. If she’s had enough and wants out that’s fair enough, but don’t tell us we’re Championship-ready while we’re pissing in Portaloos and haven’t won for three months.9 points
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I think we had some more committed players such as Dave Worrall and James Gibbons but we let them go.9 points
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Our promotion happened a year too soon, didnt allow us to consolidate properly and it has continued to hamper us into this season. If we go down which is looking likely I think we will bounce back quickly and then have a better chance at consolidation in League 1. I do however think that the rebuilding process cannot be allowed to be run by David Flitcroft and in all honesty, i dont think should be done by a director of football at all. Darren Moore has a better CV and better contacts than Flitcroft for a start so Flitcroft's position is not only untenable but also completely redundant. What i would like to see in place is a return to the chief scout role, someone who can oversea the scouting network and report directly to Darren Moore.9 points
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Avoiding the crap you’ve spurted, Carol has given plenty of support in bringing players in and we have seen plenty of players come in. She has just allowed DF to waste more of her money by bringing in a whole coaching staff - no one can say she hasn’t supported fully those doing their jobs. Unfortunately she has put her trust in the wrong man.9 points
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If it was as simple as that there’s no way we’d be replacing Crosby and his staff with Darren Moore and his, we’d have no choice but to go for a cheaper option. Also, Flitcroft himself said we missed out on countless targets, 9 strikers(?), the vast majority not down to money. In fact in the last 2 January windows we’ve hung on for players until the 11th hour only to see the deals fall through leaving us up 💩creek because we’ve had no contingency plan in place. That’s rank bad planning. There will have been strikers out there to fit any budget, there are rumours that Uche is on a fair wedge plus we seemingly paid money for Loft who the DoF said we’d been monitoring for months. Carol would’ve had little if any say in either deal other than perhaps deciding they were both very nice chaps with all the right values before she signed the cheques.9 points
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Well, Vali i ant, I reckon Ken Beamish might chip in with a couple, obviously Jeff Hemmerman and without doubt Adrian Littlejohn. I reckon they were all unlucky not to score tonight. It stands to reason with Trevor Dance in goal, we’ll always have a chance. Did you see them tonight? Did you actually watch the match? Or did you just decide to lambast from afar? I’ve heard of the saying “Happy Clapper” but you are most definitely a “Happy Crapper”, sh177ing over all grains of hope.9 points
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Thanks for clearing that up, it’s really put a spring in my step, 2 in 26 sounded so depressing.9 points
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