It was all tongue-in-cheek, don’t worry. Aside from chipping in with the odd goal, he’s done nothing of any note. Again, the only reason why he’s being given an opportunity is because our injury list is beyond comprehensible - it’s been this way all season.
Injury list: Andy Cook, Abo Eisa, Liam Ridehalgh, Caolan Lavery, Paudie O’Connor (although he might be fit for Sat). All would feature in our starting XI, if fit.
As for the game, I’m not anticipating much. If I’m honest, I’m no longer interested. I just hope we can stay in the mix until January window, where we will undoubtedly strengthen the squad.
About 1,000 travelling. Shame it’s on Sky and kicking off at 12pm, because if we was actually any good, we’d be taking more than double down. As it always is with Vale away, it’s either on a Tuesday night or we’re in terrible form.
GK: Richard O’Donnell
RB: Oscar Threlkeld
CB: Paudie O’Connor
CB: Niall Canavan
LB: Matty Foulds
CM: Yann Songo’o
CM: Elliot Watt
RW: Alex Gilliead
CAM: Callum Cooke
LW: Charles Vernam
ST: Theo Robinson
We’re without top scorer Andy Cook (7), so I’d probably take a draw as it stands.
Good luck!