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  1. 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.
  2. I'd keep Garrity & Ripley. I genuinely wouldn't be bothered if everybody else left the club. It won't happen obviously, but that shows the strength & ability of our current squad. NB: That doesn't include the young lads. They've done their best in very trying circumstances & should be applauded. However, they should be absolutely nowhere near our starting 11 at this level, or the level below.
  3. This squad struggles in League 2.
  4. When the chants started against Flitcroft after the 2nd goal went in, I looked up at where they sit & Paddy was sat just down from Flitcroft shaking his head in disgust at the chants.
  5. Not a single win in 2024. As we head towards the middle of March. Unfathomable. We deserve so much better than this. Keep your heads up Valiants, you're not alone, we're all feeling it. Dark times.
  6. Because our entire future as a football club is not solely dependent on us being relegated this season, that's how.
  7. Just need to vent slightly here, apologies. Just to be very clear, I'm not a huge lover of DF. I understand ppl think he talks waffle & is pulling the wool over Carol's eyes. I understand he's not a particularly 'likeable' guy. He was always on a hiding to nothing when a club legend & fans fave came out & blitzed him publicly upon his arrival. That planted the seed. It went very very quiet though when we instantly got promoted, didn't it. This for me is yet another clear statement from the club. Well done for getting together with the main supporters groups. I'm confident that Porter & Dicko et al got their points of view across. Ultimately it's Carol's decision on how to manage poor performance of the football side of things (Flitcroft). If she believes in him, then ultimately we have to respect that view & get on with it. I'm not sure what some supporters genuinely expect sometimes. We're not the Dog & Duck. We're a professional football club playing in the 3rd tier of English football (for now). The club shouldn't have to give minute by minute accounts of the goings on behind the scenes. I personally hold the view that a lot of the anger & abuse towards the club & DF is unwarranted. DF answered questions recently including covering the January transfer window. That's a fact. If some fans weren't happy with what they heard then that's unfortunate, but ultimately the bloke explained some of the reasons why we didn't do what we should have done. There's been forums (I'm sure there will be another in the summer). Carol has done podcasts, statements. No matter how many times the club engage, or how they engage, it doesn't change anything, because ultimately ppl aren't getting what they're craving, which is DFs head on a plate. You've got to trust in Carol to make these key decisions. She certainly doesn't help herself at times from a PR perspective but I 100% believe she wants what's best for this football club. If she feels that's to give DF more time to rectify some of his very poor performance, then so be it. If we're honest, he's probably earned more time based on his performance over his full time at the club. He's made massive mistakes, but he's also done some good along the way. & even if Carol did get rid, she's just going to bring another DOF in who some people won't like & will want rid of at the first sign of poor performance. We're having a terrible season. Lots of mistakes have been made. Ppl at the club will be dissapointed with their own performances, DF included. As a fan base we really do need to come together & do everything we can to give us a sniff at staying up. It might not be enough, but we're Vale fans aren't we. We have to try. I genuinely believe in my heart of hearts that good times are ahead of us. Even if we go down this season, I do believe important lessons will have been learned & we will come back stronger. We're all Vale aren't we... let's back them & show some faith. I'm really hopeful of better times ahead. UTV.
  8. Yes, because I'm a Port Vale supporter.
  9. When you take a step back & look at our side, it really is God awful. This team would struggle in L2. 2 x 17 year olds with a sprinkle of players who are National League standard + Ojo who's heartbroken about AC. Garrity & Ripley is not enough. Massive summer ahead. Again.
  10. Has Moore's backroom team been officially announced yet? Carol stated during the emotional speech last weekend that all would be sorted this week. We're now on Friday & still no comms unless I've missed it?
  11. Really was a potential sliding doors moment the miss. Loft scores, gets swamped by his teammates infront of the Hamil giving him a huge boost in confidence & removing the monkey off his back. Name gets chanted from the stands, he breaks into a smile. We win the game & stop up relatively comfortably with Loft bagging a few more before the season is out. It was a massive miss in the context of our season.
  12. It's pretty clear Ojo is still crying about the Crosby sacking. Dedicated his Stevenage pen to him & admitted to throwing tantrums in the week beforehand. He 100% shirked the challenge on the byeline last night. He seems to have thrown the toys well & truly out of the pram & he needs to get a grip, quickly, for our sakes.
  13. Carol & fam are about to be in a different stratosphere from a financial perspective. The future is bright, despite the immediate demoralisation of near certain relegation back to L2. Next season would've been very interesting had we managed to stay in L1.
  14. My prediction for what it's worth. We're relegated with games to spare this season. Moore does a DC & completely overhauls the squad in the summer. We have money to spend & manage to sign a decent squad. We are in & around the playoffs next season, but don't go up. Takes us 2 x seasons to get back to L1. I don't think Moore comes to Port Vale without getting a decent pay packet & the promise of funds to build his own team. I think a massive part of us bringing him in was that bagging a well known manager with a proven track record puts you in a much stronger position when you're trying to attract players & get signings over the line. I think that probably played a part in January. Players were probably looking at us & thinking... bottom half League 1 with Andy who in charge? I think Moore is a piece of the puzzle we were missing. A "big" name who can get signings over the line. Signings who would normally be out of our reach. We will find out in the summer. I think DF & Carol were banking on us being a League 1 side, because the calibre of player we may have been able to attract with Moore as manager & Carol's new found wealth would've put us in a different bracket. It doesn't look like that will materialise & he's going to have to work much harder to get some good signings through the door. There isn't many quality players who want to play League 2 football. I believe stopping up this season would've been transformational for us as a club. I think Carol knows this. Her interview on Saturday said it all. She knows we're within touching distance of a new era, but relegation is going to put us back by 2/3 years. She must be just as frustrated as ourselves, you can tell by how emotional she was in such a public setting.
  15. Battered by the side below us in 2nd bottom. Despite not being able to hit a barn door their number 5 absolutely ran the show. The left winger must have delivered 20+ crosses down Sang's side. There's not enough warriors in this side. Far too many weak players, both physically & mentally. That Vale side that played tonight, even with Ripley & Garrity included, is a bottom half League 2 side at best. It's absolutely nowhere near. We are down for me. Had to win atleast one of the 2 x home games & we've contrived to win neither. Derby will absolutely tonk us on Saturday. Prepare for League 2 folks. It's absolutely happening.
  16. I feel for the guy as a human being. He's just nowhere near good enough. He should have wrapped the game up for us. He then gets the knock that leads to 6mins injury time & he gives the ball away before the equaliser. The blokes cursed in a Vale shirt. Needs to be moved on in summer. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. Everyone needs to cut their losses. His mental health must be down the drain. Hope he's orate.
  17. Going down this season was certainly not part of Plan A, she's desperate for us to stay up (as we all are), as it pretty much puts us back a couple of years if we go down, but she won't be walking away. There's a plan. Others will be involved & we will be back. Stopping up this season will be a huge bonus though.
  18. It was myself that posted about this rumour a week or so ago. Looks like things are moving pretty quickly. I can confirm that the person who I heard the original news from re the windfall, also said Carol will be spending at the Vale, hence her not being interested in selling. She wants to leave a legacy. You're welcome! This was my original post for those who missed it.
  19. The next 4 are huge. Think they dictate whether we stay up or not. Predictions & thoughts on how many points you think we need to give ourselves a chance of beating the drop. I'll start... Lincoln (H) 1-1 Fleetwood (H) 2-0 Derby (A) 2-1 Shrewsbury (H) 0-0 I think DM will have us harder to beat but ultimately I just don't see us having enough to win enough of the next 4, despite 3 x home games. I'm predicting 5 points, although I think we'd need a minimum of 7 points to give us a chance at getting out of trouble.
  20. Whilst I admire your optimism, non of our games are currently very winnable. We've lost at Carlisle, Fleetwood & Cheltenham. The games in hand are no good to us. We are doomed. As I say, I admire the optimism but people need to wake up & smell the coffee. We're yet to win a game of football in 2024. It's almost March. We're going down.
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