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I'm too old now. Not played 11 aside since 2007 and I was 49 years old then. But back in the 1990's (think) it was good fun to play at Deepdale when PNE had an artificial pitch. Slight issue with fetching the ball back and the floodlights failed on one occasion.
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2 hours ago, Nippy Naylor said:
You have seen our defending haven't you 😬 I say go all out attack, Go on Vale
Looking at Bristol Rover's form they haven't scored in the last 3 games and conceded 8. So we mustn't help them out with one of our free gifts. They drew 0-0 at Fleetwood but lost 5-0 at Lincoln. I will discount losing 3-0 at home to Derby because they are a much bigger club as we have found. But I feel Bristol have done what we should have been doing overall which is chug away winning and losing and reach safe mid table. They aren't going to get promoted or relegated and we should have more fire in our bellies. But we must respect they are capable of beating us if we do reckless stuff at both ends of the pitch, so I'm hoping Darren Moore can bring his experience to produce a telling balanced performance that sees us win by a couple of goals without conceding. I don't mind if the second comes in the 93rd minute from a breakaway after Bristol put all 11 men in our box trying to score from their 15th corner. Ryan Loft surely fancies a goal against his former club and should be steaming round the pitch etc.
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This game is now one of the most important in the club's history. Stay mistake free at the back and we can win this.
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7 hours ago, Fosse69 said:
Assuming he plays in France on Tuesday would he avoid playing on Friday so as to be raring to go on Monday?
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I think he's likely to be on the bench on Friday at least. There is a quandary because to develop he needs game time. Ignoring youth, I don't know how good he actually is at this moment. He has scored for us in bit part appearances. Our other players aren't scoring enough. So if he's a natural goalscorer maybe he starts but that's a big call when there is not margin for error in our fight to stay up.
I note the first team played a friendly last Tuesday. Hence the manager thought that ok for a game on Saturday. But Friday is a day earlier.
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1 minute ago, wotsyobeef said:
The first half was pretty even. The second half I felt we were just about the better team until they brought Hudlin on, who many wanted us to sign, at which point I felt their performance fell off a cliff. Not excusing nor signing a forward but I would take Dipepa over him every time.
Dipepa may have a big role to play next weekend. We need to keep the goal threats going throughout the match using subs whilst being solid at the back.
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4 minutes ago, JRC said:
Before getting to Vale what an ugly side Burton have become. They are a talentless Wimbledon.
I thought the players stood up well to the physical challenge. First half against the wind was a challenge. Second half we actually played some good stuff.
I thought Loft's overall game was outstanding. They had big centrehalves and he won more than his share of headers. After a poor start at Vale his general play has been quite good, just no confidence infront of goal. Did well to create the chance for Chislett. Chislett probably did us a favour in missing as you could see how much scoring meant to him. Hopefully he can knock a few more in over the remainder of the season.
Sadly probably a bit too late in the season to make a difference but I want to see fight and for the players to be trying to stay up.
There is a league of 6. We are now 3rd in it. We need to reach the top 2. It is possible but clearly we must win more games starting with Bristol Rovers on Friday.
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13 minutes ago, Playa Amodores said:
Don’t bother, they’re all useless in the box.
This season so far, 5 coffins placed in our six yard box would have defended corners and freekicks better. I guess we could put our defenders in them so they are weighted down. They could be evenly spaced and Ripley could come and catch balls behind them. If we ever get possession we'd have to haunt the opposition. If Ripley kicks it long the attackers could count on spiritual support - pretty much as normal really.
I've had a thought about how to boo the team which will keep their spirits. Only do it when the opposition have the ball.
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On 17/03/2024 at 21:57, TJHValiant said:29 minutes ago, Guppys left peg said:
We’ll see today. My feeling is they just are what they’ve been rather than downing tools. It’s the same type of goal they concede and teams all attack us the same way now. Basically we’ve been found out with our weaknesses and powerless to counter it.
I hope they prove me wrong but as I said earlier until they show me otherwise I just have no faith in any of them.
The interview with Darren Moore showed he's a good coach. There was a lot of techniques mentioned he's using to boost low confidence. It's something hard to do in sport. He's obviously doing things to shore up the defending and working on the attacking play. I'm pleased he's the manager.
But the bottom line is the players need to step up to the level required. If you leave strikers in L1 unmarked, they are much more likely to score than in L2. When attacking, a L1 defence is much better than a L2 defence. There is gulf and we need to bridge it now - not soon - now. Today is just such a big game. I hope PV find the battling qualities and improve by way of taking in the coaching given.
The team selected must be solid at the back first of all. If Burton are a direct team it's the players who best handle that. In front of goal we must start taking our chances.
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David Flitcroft has done some good things for the club and contributed to promotion and bringing young players through more effectively. So the backroom of the playing side is much stronger and deeper. But the failures in recent transfer windows has left the club in deep relegation trouble. He has become a hugely unpopular figure at the club and in the entertainment / sport businesses that's unsustainable. So it's the right decision to move on and presumably with an amicable contractual settlement.
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57 minutes ago, Conrad said:
No chizzy?
If he is to play he needs to be high up the pitch when he gets the ball. Not setting off as he has done recently from the edge of our box on some marathon run where he gets tackled.
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I am hoping after a week working on it that our pattern of losing changes. That is don't go one nil down after 15 minutes leaving someone unmarked. Don't go two nil down after 48 mins leaving someone unmarked. When the golden chance arrives for us, don't completely miss the goal or hit the keeper. If we are to win this game and stay up, this crass defending and attacking has to improve significantly tomorrow and from now on until the end of the season.
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21 hours ago, Seamus O'Wye said:
Should that be 'your' rather than 'you're' in your reply, Warren? 😉😉
It should, I'm off to blow myself up.
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2 hours ago, Nippy Naylor said:
He probably will do mate
and I don't blame him
Carols not going sell at the moment
Her heads in the shed and she's to busy cosying up to Fraudcroft and hanging on his every word , she's totally lost the plot
The correct spelling is too in you're above context. Head should be head's. I'd recommend a full stop after word and commencing a new sentence.
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Well done Baylee.
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I like Darren Moore. I think we have also brought in some other coaching staff of a higher level than we had before. The job they are faced with is very difficult presently. It is rare that a manager can save a team that is in and around relegation and fundamentally struggling at the level. For example Burnley and Sheffield Utd. Too much unravels at once in each game. Maybe we survive likely we don't. The key to success next season at L1 or L2 is give him better players. We all know that.
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We can't find solace in the results these last few months and concluding we are irrevocably worse than the teams we are competing with to stay up. I know I lack as much confidence as the team, but the way to win enough games to get the points required is to focus on the correctable. Stop giving away goals through poor marking at set pieces, take our chances in front of goal, get our best players on the ball in attacking areas and develop a resilient robust and determined midfield. This is not rocket science and therefore it is possible through correct application. Some call it back to basics. Others a team that becomes better than the sum of it's parts.
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If PV owners have the financial resources then surely the current crop of senior players must be moved on irrespective of their contract situations in order to be promotion candidates in L2 or to improve in L1 if we stay up. There is no other way except to languish in the bottom reaches of L2 on gates of 4k etc.
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We must win this game. I know that is obvious, but it should affect the tactics. We could manage 6-7 bookings for example.
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I don't think Carol and associates are quitters. Unless a profit on investment opportunity arises that persuades them in association with a wealthy philanthropic new owner. A lot of money has been put into the club dragging it up from a dilapidated stadium and pitch to something nearing smart. In life terms if I'd done that I would not ditch everything but be determined to leave a positive legacy that can endure. Although we got promoted the management of the off field side of the football team hasn't been good enough for L1. It won't become good enough on return to L2 either. I'm hoping that Darren Moore can turn this around given sufficient resources. I like him and think he knows his stuff. So I'll give him a good go next season. But the bottom line is I'm not up for supporting ticking over near the bottom of L2. I will have paid for season tickets but stop coming if that is where we are headed. I'm not a young or middle aged person anymore who can have a 20 year perspective.
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I have booked my train tickets so I don't flake on Good Friday.
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8 minutes ago, Killersrevenge44 said:
He had a better impact than Moore!
I am not going to attack Moore. I thought there was a run of games under Crosby post New Year where we'd hold our own and get enough points to stay up. But we didn't and kept losing. This has added new dimensions to our problems. The team is now completely shot of confidence. The team must hate playing at home. Moore is faced with a very difficult position. What do you do when you hype everyone one up and the captain passes the ball to the opposition in front of an open goal after 2 mins!
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I don't know what can be done with a defence that keeps making exactly the same mistakes and attackers that don't score. Ultimately they just aren't good enough at L1 level and drilling them on the training pitch won't work. Crosby or Moore or anyone else - it doesn't matter.
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36 minutes ago, darren1810 said:
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.
I feel I should apologise to Crosby because he rightly assessed the squad. His tactics were to minimise the deficit of the team at L1 level. It didn't work. Moore is encountering an even worse problem caused by the Jan window and the loss of our good on loan players.
Surely Darren and his team would only come to Port Vale if there is a clear route to improvement. That likely comes down to increasing the player budget and bringing in better players.
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I'm clear on one other thing - assuming we don't have a miracle and get relegated. The club has wrecked the senior players. The loss of confidence they have suffered is permanent. The fear of playing on their own pitch in front of their own fans is overwhelming and irrecoverable. Hence to be a successful club again wholesale changes are needed and only the younger players can be made good again by way of excellent coaching.
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Option for DOF or similar role
in Port Vale present
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Martin Foyle has had a lot of backroom football coaching / recruitment / scouting jobs since leaving Port Vale. He's definitely time served. But what I read into all the stuff I have followed is that he does want quiet back office roles and not front office jobs that potentially come with a pile of fan base aggro. That said he is currently Head of Recruitment at St Mirren who are upper mid table in the Scottish PL. I guess if he recruited a lot of nonsense and they were in trouble it would be a frontline job!