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What about a ramekin of chopped luncheon meat with a toasted breadcrumb, lemon and cottage cheese crust, topped with bacon and beef jerky followed by custard flavoured ice cream with peanut butter swirls drizzled with kumquat coulis?
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I think the problems of this season began way back in the January transfer window of last season. Been a downward spiral ever since.
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Apathy stems from the fact that deep down we know what's gonna happen before we've even kicked off. The only variable is how long it takes.
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No wife wants someone that limp in the tackle!
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Probably how Connor Ripley feels playing behind this defense
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Yes but u missed the part where is said reports directly to Darren Moore who must have the final say. The whole structure needs ripping up and starting again.
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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.
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Well if we weren't doing things to attract that next generation of fans with all the other options around these days then there definitely won't be people coming on match days in the future. Also, don't forget that Vale Park has basically had no investment of any note in 20 years. We're also ignoring the unforseen and unprecedented impact of Covid where the Shanahans basically had to spend a lot of money just to see the club continue to exist at all. The thought of what would have happened had the lock down season happened on Norman's watch is truly frightenting. I agree the balance hasn't been 100% right and I think the director of football was always a role too far and is a failed experiment for me now but I totally get why such off field investments had to be made.
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I'm saying that we have to spend money to make money and ultimately become self-sustainable or as close as possible so that we dont end up in the state we were under Norman where our ground was held together with soft bog roll and sticky tape. Again- it isnt going to happen over night but it certainly will never happen without investment. That is just one example of where money has been spent to provide a new money earning facility- the new scoreboard is another, the business centre in the Lorne Street is another, the increased investment in the range sold in the club shop is another, the fanzone is yet another, the improved marketing is another and even the increased community work has seen a massive rise in the number of families with young children- they are the new generation of fans that are more important than ever what with the availability of so much live football on TV. Maybe there's an argument that your first class degree in economics which you were very quick to use as a virtue-signaling device has made you know the price of everything but the value of nothing.
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I think the absolute pits for me was Dean Glovers team. Midfield pairing of Neil McKenzie and Ross Davidson with Klye Perry and Danny Glover up front, Chris Slater at the back. We were so lucky that season as it was only Luton starting on -30. Rotherham and Bournemouth on -17 and Chester being truly horrific that kept us up.
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Are you seriously that dim? We had one suite that had private functions throughout the summer months. We now have 2 doing the same. 1+1=2. 2 is twice the amount of 1. The fact I have to explain how doubling our capacity to host summer events gives us double the money making capability for those events is mind boggling. I shouldn't have to add but will just to clarify that the revenue won't be recouped overnight as you seen to expect.
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Spot on for me. I would add that its difficult to tell whether Ojo has downed tools or is still carrying that injury and is playing at about 50% or even whether the fact he has poorer players in midfield with him is making it difficult to get his game going. Possibly a combination of the last 2 with a bit of frustration and disillusion thrown in. A good summer and pre season could resolve all 3 issues perhaps and his poor form since Christmas may actually work in our favour long term as no-one in League 1 is likely to be interested.
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If I open them at least I know I won't be as short sighted as you. Or are you one of these godlike individuals who has never made a mistake or an error of judgement in work or life in general that seem to get very vocal and pretty damned annoying on a matchday or does your vitriol only come out when you are behind the safety and anonymity of a pseudonym and a computer screen. She has made one error of judgement in one appointment and even though I want Flitcroft gone he did an good job of recruitment for us in league 2 so deserved a shot at league 1. He has been found out of his depth and if we go down which is looking highly likely I fully expect him to be replaced or the role be removed altogether and replaced with a chief scout who knows League 1 well.
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I don't know if there will to be honest. Football fans are very fickle. If we rebuild and are challenging for promotion or playoffs next season we all know crowds will be up not down on average, we will be televised a few times and will probably have a lower wage bill plus the much maligned new suite and corporate facilities will be bringing in twice as much revenue over the summer months before a ball is even kicked.
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Leyton Orient (A) match thread - March 12th
fuzzyvalefan replied to darren1810's topic in Port Vale present
Well if he has its not really appropriate for a loan player coming in to a side that's in deep relegation trouble. If it comes between backing someone who is under contract for next season and one who will be gone in a few weeks there is only going to be one winner. Of course this scenario has been invented in the mind of one poster and then presented on here as a near certainty. -
I was thinking as backup when there are injuries only. I do think Walters is ready for League 2 as he is more physical than the others.
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Realistically I think we have a good crop of youngsters who can provide adequate back up in League 2 but only really Walters and Shorrock should be potential starters. Players to keep: Ripley, Leutwiler as backup, Debrah, Smith (but think he wants to leave), Clark, Garrity, Chislett, Plant, Jones, Sang, Ojo, Walters, Dipepa, Lomax, Shorrock, Ikpeazu, Wilson. Can't see Uche staying. Wilson is worth keeping on a smaller wage but he has to be one of 4. I make we need about 7/8 additions and we are desperate for leaders and physicality.
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Nah she won't mind. I bet your stamina and libido are up, amongst other things 😉
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You buying?
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Sensible post and difficult to disagree with any of it. Carol deserves better and so do we.
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OK then. Won't be missed by me. Flitcroft is a different story however.
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Went to the opening night and it is a superb venture. There are a lot of blokes out there who feel it is a weakness to admit they are struggling with the demands that life and society puts on them. It is not weak to feel this way, but it takes great strength to have the balls to say that you find things difficult at times.
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Well that's what happens when you spend 2 years at Sheffield Wednesday
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Derby C (A) match thread - 2nd March.
fuzzyvalefan replied to ollyandpatch's topic in Port Vale present
'Turkish Obscurity' sounds like one of them dodgy knock-off aftershaves that they sell on the market. -
Derby C (A) match thread - 2nd March.
fuzzyvalefan replied to ollyandpatch's topic in Port Vale present
And what are you basing that on? Cuz he doesnt shout and swear when things dont go his own way like a little child. Lesson for yourself there i suggest.